The order of the extracts is strictly chronological, each being numbered, titled, and dated, and its authority given. The text is modernised, where necessary, to the extent of leaving no difficulties in reading. We shall be most grateful to teachers and students who may send us suggestions for improvement. S. E. WINBOLT. KENNETH BELL. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION v 1660. DECLARATION OF BREDA _Parliamentary History_ 1 1660. THE RESTORATION _Clarendon's "History"_ 3 1662. THE ACT OF UNIFORMITY _Statutes of the Realm_ 11 1665. THE PLAGUE IN LONDON _Defoe's "Works"_ 14 1666. THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON _Pepys's "Diary"_ 22 1668. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE _Sir W. Temple's "Letters"_ 27 1672-73. THE DECLARATION OF INDULGENCE _Journals of the House of AND TEST ACT Commons_ 30 1673. COFFEE HOUSES _Harleian Miscellany_ 34 1673. A PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION "_Lives of the Norths_" 38 1675. A BOGUS "KING'S SPEECH" "_Contemporary Satire_" 40 1679. HABEAS CORPUS ACT _Statutes of the Realm_ 43 1678-81. THE POPISH TERROR _Burnet's "Own Times"_ 47 1680. STAFFORD'S TRIAL _Evelyn's "Diary"_ 56 1681. CHARACTER OF SHAFTESBURY _Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel"_ 61 JUDGE JEFFREYS--A CHARACTER SKETCH "_Lives of the Norths_" 63 1688. TRIAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS _Kennet's "Complete History"_ 66 1688. THE INVITATION TO THE PRINCE OF ORANGE _British Museum MS._ 71 1688. THE COMING OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE _Burnet's "Own Times"_ 75 1689. THE BILL OF RIGHTS _Statutes of the Realm_ 83 1691. CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO "_Letters of Bonwicke NON-JURORS and Blechynden_" 90 1692. PACIFICATION OF THE HIGHLANDS _Domestic State Papers_ 93 1696. THE TREASONS ACT _Statutes of the Realm_ 95 1699. THE COLONIAL POST _Treasury Papers_ 97 1701. ACT OF SETTLEMENT _Statutes of the Realm_ 99 1704. MARLBOROUGH ON BLENHEIM "_Marlborough's Letters_" 100 1707. ACT OF UNION OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND _Statutes of the Realm_ 102 1710. IMPEACHMENT OF DR. SACHEVERELL _Parliamentary History_ 105