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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE FOUNDING OF THE FAMILY . . . i
II. WILLIAM CECIL, LORD BURGHLEY . . 15
III. WILLIAM CECIL, LORD BURGHLEY continued. 36
IV. WILLIAM CECIL, LORD BURGHLEY continued . 60 V. THOMAS CECIL, FIRST EARL OF EXETER . 79
VI. EDWARD CECIL, VISCOUNT WIMBLEDON . 103
VII. THE EXETER LINE 121
VIII. ROBERT CECIL, FIRST EARL OF SALISBURY . 146
IX. ROBERT CECIL, FIRST EARL OF SALISBURY
continued ....... 171
X. ROBERT CECIL, FIRST EARL OF SALISBURY
continued ....... 193
XI. THE SALISBURY LINE 219
XII. THE THIRD MARQUESS OF SALISBURY . . 247
XIII. THE THIRD MARQUESS OF SALISBURY continued 279
��APPENDIX : THE MANUSCRIPTS AT HATFIELD . . 313 INDEX . 317
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