THE Object of the Letters here presented to the Reader has been explained in the Preface to the former Series.
It may be sufficient to add generally here, that the Combination of the Whole, exclusive of historical interest, affords a more complete Succession of Specimens of the English Language, during the Reigns to which the Letters relate, than will be found in any other Work.
In this Series, the Portions of History which are illustrated, except in one or two particular cases, differ entirely from those which received explanation in the former Volumes. New events are introduced; and new secrets of State unravelled.
In point of time, the Correspondence is brought lower: and in some of the Reigns, at periods in which