ASTOR

THE

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EDWARD Earl of CLARENDON,

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND,

AND

CHANCELLOR of the UNIVERSITY of OXFORD,

CONTAINING,

An Account of his LIFE from his BIRTH to the RESTORATION in 1660.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

Printed from his ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, given
to the UNIVERSITY of OXFORD by
the Heirs of the late EARL of

CLARENDON.

Ne quid Falfi dicere audeat, ne quid Veri non audeat. Cicero.

LIBRARY

NEW-YORK

THE THIRD EDITION.

OXFORD,

At the CLARENDON PRINTING-HOUSE. M,DCC.LXI.