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Excerpt from A Short Abridgement of Britane's Distemper: From the Yeare of God 1639 to 1649
Its author, Patriok Gordon of Rnthven, was of the family of Cluny, who were among the most attached adhemte of the house of Huntly. We find his father, Sir Thomm, reserving his duty in all respects to his ehief, the Earl of Huntly, at a time when the s ri m under ban as an Open rebel; and the name of his eldest brother, Sir Alexander Gordon, frequently oeonre, in the annah of the period to which our history relatee, as the confidential agent of the second Marquis, in my of the secret and dangerous enter prises of the time.' Little is lm0wn mating Patriek Gordon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
