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Excerpt from The Constitutional History of England From the Accession of Henry VII to the Death of George II, Vol. 1 of 3 The origin and progress of the English constitution, down to the extinction of tho house of Plantagenet, formed a considerable portion of a work published by mo some years since, on the history, and especially the laws and institutions, of Europe during the period of tho middle ages. It had been my first intention to have prosecuted that undertaking in a general continuation; and when experience taught me to abandon a scheme projected early in life with very inadequate views of its magnitude, I still determined to carry forward the constitutional history of my own country, as both tho most important to ourselves, and, in many respects, the most congenial to my own studies and habits of mind. The title which I have adopted appears to exclude all matter not referrible to tho state of government, or what is loosely denominated tho constitution. I have, therefore, generally abstained from mentioning, except cursorily, either military or political transactions, which do not seem to bear on this primary subject. It must, however, be evident that the constitutional and general history of England, at some periods, nearly coincide, and I presume that a few occasional deviations of this nature will not be deemed unpardonable, especially whore they tend, at least indirectly, to illustrate the main topic of inquiry. 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.