A Complete History Of England From The Descent Of Julius Caesar To The Treaty Of Aix La Chapelle 1748 Vol 7 PDF Download

Excerpt from A Complete History of England, Vol. 7: From the Descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle, 1748; Containing the Transactions of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three Years '603 that he had been proclaimed, without the lead: 0p, pofition, than he began to prepare for his journey to England. In the mean time, he fent Sir Roger Afhton to. Inform the council and nobility of his intention and confirmed the lord-keeper, with all the reft of them, in their offices, during pleafure Having left a commiflion with his Scottiih council, for the adminifiration of affairs in that kingdom, he, on the fifth day'of April, departed from Ediné burgh, attended by the duke of Lennox, the earls of Mar, Murray, and Argyle, the lords Hume and Kinlos, Sir George Hume treafurer, and fe. Cretary Elphini'ton'. He had received from the Englifh council (ix thoufand pounds to defray the expence of his journey; and the fheries of the counties through which he pafl'ed had been ordered to attend him in their refpeétive diftriéts, and fup ply him plentifully with provifions and other ne cefi'aries. The people in general expreffed the moft tumultuous joy at his entering the, kingdom. The towns through which he travelled vied with each other in the magnificence of their entertain-w ments. The roads were crowded with innumerable multitudes, who came to fee their new fovereign. 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.