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Edward Earle of CLARENDON Lord High CHANCELLOR of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. An. D. 1667.

HISTORY C

OF THE

REBELLION and CIVIL WARS

1510

IN

ENGLAND,

Begun in the Year 1641.

With the precedent Paffages, and Actions, that contri-
buted thereunto, and the happy End, and Conclufion
thereof by the KING'S bleffed RESTORATION, and
RETURN, upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660.

Written by the Right Honourable

Hyde, l.

EDWARD Earl of CLARENDON,
Late Lord High Chancellor of England, Privy Counfellor in
the Reigns of King CHARLES the First and the Second.

κλῆμα ἐς ἀεί. Thucyd.

Ne quid Falfi dicere audeat, ne quid Veri non audeat. Cicero.

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NNE, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these Prefents fhall come, Greeting. Whereas Our Trusty and Well-beloved William Delaune, Doctor in Divinity, and Vice-Chancellor of Our Univerfity of Oxford, has humbly reprefented unto Us, in the behalf of the faid University, that They have at a Great Expence already Publish'd one Volume of the late Earl of Clarendon's Hiftory, and intend in a short time to Publish the Second and Third Volumes for Compleating the Work; and the fole Right of the Copy of the faid Work being Vefted in Our Univerfity of Oxford, and They having humbly befought Us to Grant Them Our Royal Privilege and Licence for the fole Printing and Publishing the fame for the Term of Fourteen Years; We being Graciously enclined to encourage the Undertaking, are pleased to condescend to their Requeft; and therefore hereby Give and Grant unto Our faid University of Oxford, Our Royal Licence and Privilege, for the fole Printing and Publishing the faid Three Volumes of the late Earl of Clarendon's Hiftory, for and during the Term of Fourteen Years, to be computed from the Day of the Date hereof; ftrictly Charging, Prohibiting, and Forbidding all Our Subjects to Reprint or Abridge the faid Hiftory, or any Part of it, or to Import, Buy, Vend, Utter, or Distribute any Copies of the fame, or any Part thereof, Reprinted beyond the Seas, within the faid Term, without the Confent and Approbation of Our faid Univerfity first had and obtain'd, as They and every of them Offending herein will Answer the Contrary at their Peril, and fuch other Penalties as by the Laws and Statutes of this Our Realm may be inflicted; Whereof the Master, Wardens, and Company of Stationers of Our City of London, the Commiffioners and Officers of Our Customs, and all other Our Officers and Minifters whom it may Concern, are to take Notice, that due Obedience be given to Our Pleasure herein fignified. Given at Our Court at Hampton Court the 24th day of June 1703. In the Second Year of Our Reign.

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