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Excerpt from The History of England, Vol. 9 of 12: From the Earliest Period to the Death of Elizabeth; The Commencement of the Reign of Henry the Eighth
That the public had not been put into possession of the entire truth on the subject: that the king and his conduct had not been impartially appreciated; and that many transactions which were connected with our dearest and most essential institutions, had been both imperfectly known and inaccurately narrated. As these circumstances were observed, the desire to supply what seemed wanting gradually arose, but to accomplish this wish, it was obvious, that new sources of correct information must be explored. The printed accounts of this period had been so often laid before the public in various shapes, and at times with so much ability, and especially ln these recent discussions; that it could not be either necessary or advantageous to burthen the world with another work which merely re-stated what was already fami liar. It would be still less useful to engage, on the same' grounds, in controversies which others have been agitating with a zeal and with talents that can rarely be equalled, and that require no coadjutor. To elic1t any further light on what was obscure or.
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