The life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford : containing, I. An account of the Chancellor's life from his birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A continuation of the same, and of his History of the grand rebellion, from the Restoration to his banishment in 1667 / Written by himself. Printed from his original manuscripts, given to the University of Oxford, by the heirs of the late Earl of Clarendon.

  • Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.
Date:
1759
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Credit: The life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford : containing, I. An account of the Chancellor's life from his birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A continuation of the same, and of his History of the grand rebellion, from the Restoration to his banishment in 1667 / Written by himself. Printed from his original manuscripts, given to the University of Oxford, by the heirs of the late Earl of Clarendon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    father. To this E?id They have fent to the Univerfity this Hifory, to be printed at our Prefs, on Condition that the Profits arifing from the Publi¬ cation or Sale of this Work be applied, as a Beginning for a Fund for fupporting a Manage, or Academy for Riding, and other ufeful Exer- cifes, in Oxford. THE Work here offered to the Publick confifts of two Parts. The Seconds which is the mofi important and biter effing Part of the Work, is The History of the Earl of Clarendon’s Life from the Year 1660 to 1667, from the Reft or at ion to the Tbne of his Banifhment, and in¬ cludes in it the mofl memorable TranfaSlions of thofe Times. It may be therefore confidered in two Views. It is a Second Part of Lord Claren¬ don’s Life : and is alfo a Combination of his former Hiftory, entitled The History of the Rebellion, from the Tear 1660ywhere that ends, to the Tear 1667. This is carefully printed, without any material Varia¬ tions, from a Manufcript all of Lord Clarendon’s own Hand-writings ex¬ cepting fome few Pages in the Hand of his Amanuenfiss which are only TranJ'cripts from two Papers, the one, a Letter from the Chancellor to the King on the Subjedt of his Majefty’s declared Difpleafure; the other, a Paper containing his Reafons for withdrawing himfelf, which He left be¬ hind him to be prefented to the Houfe of Peers. / TO this our noble BenefaSlreffes have thought fit to prefix, as a Firft Parts The History of the Earl of Clarendon’s Life, from his Birth, to the Year 1660, extraSled from another Manufcript of Lord Clarendon’s own Hand-writing. This other Manufcript is entitled by his Lordfijips The History of his own Life, and contains likewife the Sub¬ fiance c/The History of the Rebellion. However, it is not the Ma¬ nufcript from whence that Hiftory was printeds but appears rather to be the rough Draughts from whence that Hiftory, or however great Part of it9 was afterwards compiled. For although He tells us towards the Clofe of this Works that He wrote the firft four Books of The History of the Rebel¬ lion in the Ifiand of Jerfey, [many Tears before the Date of this History of his Life) yet He likewife informs uSs that He did not proceed to corn- pleat that Hiftory till after his Banifhment. It is therefore fuppofed by the Family (ancl the Suppofition feems to carry with it great Probability) that, feeing an unjuft and cruel Perfecution prevail againft hinis He was induced at that Time to extend the original Plan of his Works by introduemg the particular Hiftory of his own Lifes from his earlieft Days down to the Tbne of his D if graces as the moft effeSlual Means of vindicating his CharaSler wickedly traduced by his Enemies, and artfully mifreprefented to a Mafters whom he had long and faithfully ferveds whofe Countenance and Favour be¬ ing transferred to the Authors and Abettors of his Ruins might probably in the Eyes of the Worlds give too much Colour to their Afperfions. But afterwardss on more mature Thoughts, his great Benevolences and publick Spirits pre¬ vailed on him to drop the Defence of his own private CharaSler, and refume his original Plan of The History of the Rebellion. However his noble DefCendant Ss willing to do ffuftice to the Memory of their Great Grandfathers and thinking it might be alfo of Service to the Publick to deliver his Exem¬ plary Life as compleats as They could authentically colleSl its have caufedfuch Parts of this Manufcript, as related to the Earl of Clarendon’s private Life, to be extraSleds and according to their DireSlions it is printed. 3 The