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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Vol. 2 of 2: With Lists of Their Works After his death was published by authority a treatise in his own profession, which He composed while a prisoner in the tower: It is called "Observations upon military and political "affairs, written by the most honourable George "Duke of Albermarle, &c." A small folio, Lond. 1671. Besides a dedication to Charles the Second, signed John Heath, the editor; it contains thirty chapters of martial rules interspersed with political observations, and is in reality a kind of military grammar. Of the science I am no judge: The remarks are short sensible and pointed. Armour was not yet in disuse: He tells his young galants, "That men "wear not arms because they are afraid of "danger, but because they would not fear it." I mention this to show his manner. 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.