The present volume is considerably larger than its predecessor, and I have therefore been more sparing than I could have wished in the use of State Papers, especially in illustration of Father Persons' narrative of Tyrrell's Fall. I regret that when I sent the Chapter on the Bellamy family to press, I had for the moment forgotten an article by Mr. Simpson in the Raméler, by the help of which I could have made that portion of my book more complete.