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Excerpt from The Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson, in Six Books, Vol. 1: Edited, With a Commentary Drawn From the State Papers and Other Original Sources William monson, who has the honour, SO far as is known, Of having been the first English seaman to write any historical and critical account Of the war fare in which he took part, belonged to a respectable but undistinguished family Of Lincolnshire squires, settled for several generations at South Carlton, some three miles from Lincoln.1 The naval his torian was the third son Of Sir John Monson, the then head Of the family, who died in 1593, and Of Jane Dighton, his wife.2 Little is known of Monson's youth, or, indeed, Of his whole career, beyond What he tells us himself in the Tracts' or what can be gleaned from incidental references in the State Papers and elsewhere. Our ignorance is Of the less importance in that we are chiefly con cerned with him as a Seaman and as a critic, but it must be confessed that what is known Of certain. 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.
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