Excerpt from A Companion and Key to the History of England: Consisting of Copious Genealogical Details of the British Sovereigns, Comprehending Their Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Immediate Issue It would be an insult to point out to the historical student the utility of Genealogy in clearing away the difficulties, that, without her labors, would incessantly beset and oppose him in his path. Her assistance must be appre ciated even by those, who are but little advanced in the wilds of recorded cir cumstanee; and, if Geography and Chronology are called the eyes of History, Genealogy, at least in reference to these later ages, may well lay claim to her share of importance, as constituting the very outlines of her countenance, incapable of being altered or injured by prejudice or the events of futurity, and the expression of which cannot be intelligible to the general beholder, unless they be distinctly and strongly depicted. Therefore, the attention of the Reader will no longer be detained by a lengthened description of the nature and quality of the following genealogical researches, the tables emanating from which, will, it is confidently hoped, be found to be more copious in delineating British and Foreign Alliances, than any that have ever been submitted to the Public on the subject of British history; but the Author, entreating his indulgence to the faults he will undoubtedly discover, refers him at once to the somewhat copious title-page as a substitute for further preface, sincerely assuring him, that should an opportunity be presented, the errors that maybe discovered and pointed out, shall be most carefully corrected, for in the intricacies of the subject some errors are scarcely avoidable. 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.