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Excerpt from The Correspondence of Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, and of His Brother, Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, Vol. 1 of 2: With the Diary of Lord Clarendon From 1687 to 1690, Containing Minute Particulars of the Events Attending the Revolution, and the Diary of Lord Rochester During His Embassy to Poland in 1676 The materials are derived from a large collection of the original papers of Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, second son of the illustrious author of the History of the Rebellion, which have been fortunately rescued from oblivious Obscurity, and now form part of the very interesting collection of mss. Accumulated by the unwearied assiduity of Mr. William Upoott, of the London Institution; to whose interference the public upon more than one occasion has been indebted for publications of a similar nature. These papers were obtained by him from a lady who inherited them from persons very nearly connected with the noble family of Hyde. A large proportion of the papers selected have the advantage of being hitherto unpublished, and comprise a very interesting series of letters from J ames Duke of York, William Prince of Orange, the Duke of Ormonde, Sir William Temple, and other illustrious persons, together with Lord Rochester's Diary of Occurrences during his Embassy to John Sobieski, King of Poland, in 1676; some highly important minutes Of conversations with King James and with Barillon, on the subject of his attempted conversion to the Roman Catholic faith meditations on the anniversary of his father's death, and on that of his daughter. Among the letters addressed to Lord Rochester, is one of the highest interest from the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth imme diately after he was taken at Ringwood; with others of equal historical im portance; it may be sufficient to mention those containing the particulars of the loss of the Gloucester, and of the defection of the fleet under Lord Dartmouth, an event which so essentially contributed to the Revolution. 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.