The Works Of Of The Late Reverend Robert Traill A M Vol 1 Of 4 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Works of the Late Reverend Robert Traill, Minister of the Gospel in London, Vol. 1 of 3 Mr Robert Traill was descended of an ancient family, that had been in the possession of the estate of Blebo in Fife, from the time of Walter Traill Archbishop of St Andrew's, who purchased, and gave it to his nephew. His great-grandfather, Andrew, was a younger brother of the family of Blebo; who, following the prosession of a soldier, rose to the rank of a Colonel; and was for sometime in the service of the city of Bruges, and other towns in Flanders, in the war which that city, with the other confederate states and cities of the Low Countries, carried on in defence of their liberties and privileges against the King of Spain. When he left their service, his arrears amounted to 2700 l. Sterling; for which sum the city of Bruges, and the other towns concerned, granted bond; making their goods liable for the said debt, in whatever country or state they should be found. After this he served under the King of Navarre, afterwards Henry IV. of France, in the civil wars of that kingdom; and had occasion to do that prince considerable service in the taking of a town by stratagem. Upon his return to Britain, he was made a Gentleman of Prince Henry's privy chamber. Our author's grandfather, James Traill, endeavoured to recover the sum due to his father by the cities of Flanders; and, upon a petition to King James, which was referred to Sir Harry Martin, Judge of the Admiralty, he obtained warrant to arrest a ship belonging to the city of Bruges at London; which he did accordingly. But the Duke of Buckingham being gained by the adverse party, the ship was set free. Nor could he ever afterwards obtain any part of the debt due to his father. 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.