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SIR JOHN FROISSART
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries
from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.1
page 45
AN
ESSAY
OK Τ Η Β
WORKS OF FROISSART.
fjpHE life of Froiffart has been the fubje& of th$ preceding pages. I will now give the hiftory
of his works, as well printed as manufcript, in verfç
and in profe ; and I will, as faithfully as I am able*
detail their contents. It may, perhaps, be thought
I have been too minute ; but I feel myfelf to owe %:
particular attention to an hiftorian who alone is worth
more than a multitude of others, by. the importance
of the fubje&s he inveftigates, and the long period of
time his hiftory contains. I have befides obferved
that the author has unfolded in the courfe of his
work, many faâs which ferve to clear up many pre
ceding ones ; and for want of this information, it
has often happened that I have been flopped in my
reading, and have not profited fo much by it, as I
otherwife ihould have done. It is this which has jnade me fenfible of the want thofe who read Froiffart would experience of fuch an explanation. To c % fmooth
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