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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47247	The late history of Europe being a narration of all remarkable actions and other various affairs, both civil and military, that have happened in the several kingdoms and republicks : from the Treaty at Nimiguen in anno 1676 to the conclusion of the late peace at Res-Wick in September 1697 : which makes up a history of one and twenty years : accuratly and succinctly abridg'd / by Captain David Kennendy.	Kennedy, David, Captain.	1698 (1698)	Wing K290; ESTC R13952	122,066	192

THE LATE HISTORY OF EUROPE BEING A Narration of all remarkable Actions ' and other various Affairs both Civil and Military that have happened in the several Kingdoms and Republicks From the Treaty at Nimiguen in Anno 1676. To the Conclusion of the Late Peace at Res-Wick in September 1697. Which makes up a History of One and Twenty Years Accuratly and Succinctly Abridg'd BY Captain DAVID KENNEDY Frustra sit per plura quod aeque commode sieri potest per pauciora EDINBVRGH Printed by GEORGE MOSMAN and are to be sold at his Shop in the Parliament-Closs Anno 1698. TO THE KING Great SIR IT has been my Unhappiness to be Discharged of late though too soon from Your Majestie 's Service in a Military Capacity In which Sphere I have unerringly moved in the Service of the Royal Family even from my Childhood to this time Only after the Happy Revolution I served for some time in another Capacity for being turn'd out of the Late Kings Army in Ireland by Tirconnel as generally all Protestants were I retiered with my Family into Scotland And from thence I was remitted and ordered by the then Privy Council to reside at the head Quarter of the English Army with the Duke of Schomberg and to give account to the Council from time to time how all Affairs went in Ireland Which I did till Your Majestie 's Arrival in that Kingdom in June 1690. And by the same Authority I had the great Honour and Satisfaction of attending Your Majesty in the same Post thorow all that Campaign till Your Return to England And in my Reteirment this last Summer I happily met with The Late History of Europe Being A full Narration of all Memorable Transactions Both Civil and Military that have happened for Twenty one Years preceeding September 1697. The perusal of it pleased me so well As I thought it worth my time to Compendize it Which having accomplished I began to consisider to whom I should Dedicate my Puny Labours when reflecting on the whole Series of the History And finding WILLIAM HENRY by the Title of Prince of Orange for the first Twelve Years And the same WILLIAM by the more Splendid Title of KING of GREAT BRITAIN c. for the last Nine of the One and Twenty Years to be a person who had alwayes made an Eminent Figure amongst the greatest Neighbouring Princes and Potentats And been deeply interested in most of the Grand Affairs Treated of in the History Without any Hesitation I concluded the Dedication most properly and absolutely due to this most Illustrious WILLIAM SIR I must acknowledge it far above the rate of an ordinary Confidence my presuming to Address Your Majesty with so mean a Present But I am Animated thereto by what I have Read in Commendation of Alexander the Great who being presented with a small Basket of Fruit by a Poor Woman Generously accepted of it as a Testimony of her Real Kindness Supposing If she had any thing of greater value she would as freely have given it Now SIR As Your Majesty has alwayes Emulated if not Excell'd this great HERO in all Princely and Glorious Atcheivments So I hope with him You will Vouchafe to accept of this small Mite tendered by him who with the deepest Humilty and sincerest Affection Prostrats Himself and His all at Your Royal Footstool And who cannot affirm a greater Truth than that He is Great SIR Your Majestie 's Most Humble Faithful And Devoted Subject And Servant DAVID KENNEDY THE PREFACE WHEN I had perused and considered the late History of Europe I was so extremely pleased with it as I thought it worth my Labour to Extract all the most Important Transactions therein contained and have Sum'd them up breifly in the following Treatise And who ever will be at the pains to read it will therein find a Relation of so many various Occurrences as may afford him a pleasing Diversion and a great deal of Satisfaction But before He enter upon the Book I would have him take notice of a few things which I thought fit to Premise for his Satisfaction and my own Vindication 1st I have Varied quite from my Authors Stile which was impossible for me exactly to follow else my work had not been properly an Abridgement but a Transcription of the History so as I was necessitate to pick out of each Page or Paragraph what I found most Material and dress it up in such a homely Methode and Plain Language as my own Genius could Suggest 2ly Tho I have thus fail'd in the Forme I have not in the Main for I have with all possible care kept so closs to matter of Fact as in my Collections I have omitted nothing needful for the Readers Information in all notable Emergents whereof if any doubt I appeal to the Original 'T is true there are in the History some Prolix Declarations and Intricate Debares and Altercations at the Treaties at Nimeguen and Reswick with several other Excursions from the cheif design of the History which I have deliberatly omitted for tho I knew the perusal of them might be agreeable enough to the Curious and leasurely Reader yet the gratifying of such was not my cheif Aim but to give the Serious and Judicious a Comprehensive view of all Occurrences worthy of Observation or of a Room in Memory too large a share whereof such Circumstances would have Usurped had they been admitted Yet even in these I have not left the Reader altogether in the Dark for tho I have Contracted them I have not Totally exploded them but have given Him the Contents and such a Cursorie view of many of them as may lead Him to a Competent Apprehension of the whole 3ly I Observe the Author goes on in a continued Discourse only distinguishing by Paragraphs and those pretty large too not allowing the Intent Reader any time to Breath to ease him of this Fatigue I have divided the Treatise into Chapters one for each year Again I have Subdivided the Chapters into Sections and have placed on the Margent the Names of the Kingdoms and Countreys in order as their several Affaires are therein handled together with some other useful Marginal Notes And at the end of the Book I have placed an Index or Table of all the most Remarkable Passages which will readily direct to the Page where the same is Treated of And I presume this smal Peice may pretend to some Advantages over the Original not only on the preceeding account but on some other Considerations also As first 'T is of a smaller price which perhaps may bear somewhat with the Meaner sort or less Inquisitive 2ly 'T is of a lesser bulk and so more portable and useful either at Home or Abroad and any Gentleman may have it ready at hand to decide any Dispute that my happen in ordinary Conversation about matters contained in it and so end the Controversie 4ly Through the whole Series of the History I observe the Author doth manifest a