Excerpt from The Lives of William Cavendishe, Duke of Newcastle, and of His Wife, Margaret Duchess of Newcastle: Written by the Thrice Noble and Illustrious Princess, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle Among the curiosities of biographical and autobiographical literature of the seventeenth century, there are but few which exceed in interest the two mentioned in the title-page of this book. 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.