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NAVAL EXPEDITIONS

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BOOK I.

Giving an Account of the most memorable Naval Expeditions andTransactions of the English, with some other material Oc-currences, from the Norman Conquest to the Death ofQueen Mary I. ( a )

CHAP. I.

Naval Expeditions and 'Transactions of the English, interspersed with otherEvents, during the Reign of King William I. called the Conquerour.

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Promise of Harold, got ready a consi-derable Fleet and Army, to recover hispretended Right by an Invasion. Hesent, however, first to Harold, who up-on Edwards Death had mounted theThrone, to* demand the Surrender ofthe Kingdom to him. Harold, insteadof a favourable Answer, immediatelyprepared for his Defence ; But being, apthe fame Time, invaded by his own

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, (a) TheAPm/ Transactions of the Englijh , du-ring the Reigns of some of our first Monarchs, af-ter the Norman Conquest , have been very sparinglytreated of by the MonkiJh'WntQrs of those Times,who were more sollicitous about the Affairs of theChurch, and it’s Immunities. I was, therefore,un-

determined, when I set about this Work, whe-ther I should go so far back ? According to myPlan of keeping up an Historical and Chronolo-gical Connexion, it was fitting I should begin atsome remarkable Period of our History. That ofQueen Elizabeth's Reign would have been a

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