THE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND

FROM

The Invasion of Julius Cæsar

ΤΟ

THE ABDICATION OF JAMES THE SECOND,

1688.

BY DAVID HUME, ESQ.

A NEW EDITION,

WITH THE AUTHOR'S LAST CORRECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE,

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF

VOL. II.

BOSTON:

PHILLIPS, SAMPSON, AND COMPANY

1258, Earl of Leicester attempts an Innovation in the Govern-

ment;

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1264.

Calls a Meeting of the most considerable Barons,

Provisions of Oxford...

Usurpations of the Barons,.

1261. Situation of Henry more favorable,

Prince Edward,

The King re-assumes the Government,

1263. Civil Wars of the Barons,.

Violence of Leicester's Faction,

Reference to the King of France,

Renewal of the civil Wars,

May 14. Battle of Lewes,

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