2o8 HISTORICAL FRAGMCXTS. June 25, 



he win never receive any challenge from the writer 

 for infcrting them : — But whether J flinll be permitted 

 to trniifcribe more largely from the work, of which this 



is a part, 1 cannot fa)' Wilhing fuccefs to your lau 



dable undertakinc', I am, &c. 



Candidus. 



Chronicles of Great Britain, Chap. cv. 



21. And it came to pafs, that, in thofe days, a de- 

 lire of revolutions prevailed, and whole nations were 

 employed in afcertaining the rights of men ; and fcarce- 

 ly any thing elfe was fpoken of than liberty. 



22. And the people of Britain bclieijed themfelves to 

 be a free people, and they prided themfelves upon this 

 privilege. 



23. And they boafted, that by their bill of rights, 

 it was decreed, that the perfon of no man among them 

 could be feiy.ed, unlefs he had been guilty of a crime ; 

 and that their judges had declared that no man could be 

 a flave in this land. 



^24. And the trade of this nation was very great, and 

 its feamen were hardy and bold, infomuch that the 

 people ufed to boaft that their fhips tormed a wooden 

 rampart around their ifle. 



Chap. cvi. ^he Sailors. 



1. Now it came to pafs, that a fnip had returned from 

 a voyage to a far country, the mariners whereof were 

 emaciated with hunger and fatigue ; for they had been 

 abfent from home many years. 



2. And when they landed, they rejoiced ; and their 

 hearts leaped within them, on the profpeft of once 

 more meeting their wives, their children and friends, 

 and in recruiting their exhaufted ftrength in tbe Dofona 

 of their families. 



