Excerpt from Boscobel or the Royal Oak: A Tale of the Year 1651IN his letter to Mr. Hughes, the then Bishop of Llandaff describes King Charles the Second's Wanderings after the Battle of Worcester as being by far the most romantic piece of English history we possess.I have always entertained the same Opinion, and after reading the Boscobel Tracts, so admirably edited by Mr. Hughes, I resolved to write a story on the subject, which should compre hend the princi al incidents described in the various narratives of the King's adventures; but not having at that time visited any of the hiding-places, I deferred my design, and possibly might never have executed it, had I not seen a series Of Views depict ing most graphically the actual state of the different places visited by Charles, and privately published by Mr. Frederick Manning, of Leamington.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.