Excerpt from Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, Vol. 1 of 4: From the Restoration of King Charles II. To the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the Reign of Queen Anne T were to be Wifhed, that the Author himfelf had lived to have compi'eated his Whole Defign, and as he m e Thuanus his Pattern In Hifiory, like Work with an Account of his own Life: That he intended {o to hgiv'e done, is evident both from his froth a rough Draught or imperfeéi nature, left behind him He a&ed a Part In the World, In fo many d he met with {0 large a {hare Of Fa and {o much Cenfure from others Whgre the Scenes were fo various, there mufi Be IO many Occurrences, Which will be both u-feiul and entertaining; that I feared the Public'k wouid fearce forgive me, as an Editor, if I ihould not endeavour to fupply this only Part Of the Autholg's Plan, Which he himfelf did not live to execute. A 2 The? A. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.