John Evelyn
Published: 2016-06-26
Total Pages: 172
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Excerpt from The Life of Mrs. Godolphin The following Memoir was drawn up by the ao complished John Evelyn, of Wootton, and intended by him for publication; but it never received his final corrections. In a manuscript paper of memoranda left at Wootton in Mr. Evelyn's hand-writing, its title occurs in a list of Things I would write out faire and reform if I had the leisure. In his family, the ms. Has remained until the present time, having passed into the hands of Mr. Evelyn's great-great-grandson, * His Grace the Honourable Edward venables-vernon Har court, Lord Archbishop of York, by whom it has been intrusted for publication to the care of the present Editor. The ms. Which is written with extraordinary care and. 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.