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felt it necessary, from considerations of space, to compress more than I could have wished. It remains for me to express my thanks to those from whom I have received encouragement or help, and especially to the officials of the State Paper Office, to whom I fear I must have been sometimes troublesome, but who have been invariably most kind and helpful; and, among them, particularly to the late Mr. Selby, whose loss is so widely felt. Above all, I must thank my old friend, the Rev. C. W. Boase, Fellow and Librarian of Exeter College, who has most kindly helped me throughout, and supplied me with many illustrations out of his stores of historical learning; and also the Rector and Fellows of the College, who have allowed me the unrestricted use of their valuable library.