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The Boscobel Tracts, relating to the escape of Charles the Second after the battle of Worcester, and his subsequent adventures ... Edited by J. H

John Hughes · 1857 · Scanned text

96,751 words · about 6 h 47 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: PDM · British Library Digitised Books dataset db14 (doi 10.21250/db14) marks the OCR texts CC Public Domain Mark 1.0 (c. 1510-c. 1900 publications); text+metadata JSONL release doi 10.23636/r7w6-zy15 is CC0 1.0. Public Domain Mark is a status label, not a new copyright licence. · Digitised by the British Library (with Microsoft). Text: British Library Digitised Books, CC Public Domain Mark 1.0.

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Author
John Hughes
Language
English
Published
1857
Length
96,751 words · about 6 h 47 min
Sections
6 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0

 

Contents (6)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Appendix under 1 min
  3. Introduction about 3 h 16 min
  4. Preface about 4 min
  5. Part I about 1 h 4 min
  6. Part II about 2 h 21 min

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Front matter

THE BOSCOBEL TRACTS Bi«W rfram if. West. II' lil.irkis.;,/! & SOUS, E/luil,ur<ih .V 1.,-n.i. ■ THE BOSCOBEL TRACTS BELATING TO THE ESCAPE OF CHARLES THE SECOND AFTER THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER AND HIS SUBSEQUENT ADVENTURES EDITED BY J. HUGHES, ESQ. A.M. Author of " Provence and the Rhone." SECOND EDITION WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLVII PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH. TO THE RIGHT REVEREND EDWARD, LORD BISHOP OF LLANDAFF, Œjjfe ©ompllaticm, UNDERTAKEN BY HIS ADVICE AND IMPROVED BY HIS SUGGESTIONS, IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL FEIEND, THE EDITOR. 1830. CONTENTS. PAGR INTRODUCTION, 1 DIARY, COMPILED BY THE EDITOR 32 EXTRACT FROM LORD CLARENDON, 109 LETTER FROM A PRISONER AT CHESTER 138 THE KING'S NARRATIVE, EDITED BY Pepys 147 BOSCOBEL— Part 1 183 BOSCOBEL— Part II 253 Mr WHITGREAVF/S NARRATIVE, 289 Mr ELLESDON'S LETTER, 301 Mrs ANNE -\VYNDHAM*.S "CLAUSTRUM REGALE RESER- ATUM," 323

Appendix

LIST OF PLATES. — ♦ — BOSCOBEL HOUSE, 1814, from the West, . . To face Title. BATTLE OF WORCESTER, To face Page 3S CHART OF KING CHARLES II.'s JOURNEY, „ „ 4S KING CHARLES MAKING HIS ESCAPE, ATTENDED BY THE FIVE PENDRELS, &c, . . . „ .r.6 BOSCOBEL HOUSE, from the South, . . . „ „ 98 THE ROYAL OAK AT BOSCOBEL „ 99 MOSELEY HALL „ 101 TRENT HOUSE, „

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