Buchanans History Of Scotland In Twenty Books PDF Download

Excerpt from Buchanan's History of Scotland, in Twenty Books, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing an Account of Its Several Situations, and the Nature of Its Soil and Climate; The Ancient Names, Manners, Laws, and Customs of the Country, and What People Inhabited the Island From the Very Beginning; A Chronicle of All Its Kings Tranfcribers take to cenfure the of other Men, had altered many Things, and corrupted others, according to their feveral Humours. But whilfi I was endeavouring to remedy thefe Dif orders, . The fadden and unexpected 80 licitations of my Friends broke my Meafures; all of them, as if they had confpired together, exhorting me to lay afide things Of lefs Weight, that rather delight the Ear than infiru't the Mind, and apply myfelf to write the Hifiory of our Nation, as a fubjed: not only fuitable to my Age, and fufiiw cient to anfwer the Expectation of my Countrymen but deferving great Com mendation, and mofl likely to preferve ones Memory to fucceeding Ages. Ad mongfi others Reafons, Which I omit, they added, That though britain be the moft famous Ifland in theworlcl, ' and every part of its Hifiory contain mofl remarkable Things; yet, efcarce one was to be found in any Age, who durfi attempt lb great a Work, or if he did. 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.