Excerpt from A Genealogical History of the Noble and Illustrious Family of Courtenay: In Three Parts<br><br>Hen I had You in your Studieé iii, Curiofit'y put me upon: into the Antiquity and. Of your Familyz'ifhad' fore (asall that have heard, n'gfof'the' Family mufl) that it is truly: and I had feen fome {hort Camden, Dugdale, and other modernsauthors? But when I made a particularsearch'into the Hif'cories of our Nation, and other Hifiories'; }i' found a great deal which did tend to thew forth? The. Greatnefs and Lui'tre having made a Colleé'tion of all thati found relating to the Family, I have put it in the befl; method'i could, and do here prefent it to Yousi' Ihad For my Patron, by yourfre'commen'i. Dation, that generous and noble-fpirited Gerri; tleman your Grandfather, and 7'i have ~fince ré ceived many Favours from you and Iwas glad of an Opportunity of {hewing my Gratitude, and of doing What Service I could forthe Fa mily: And I hope by laying rena) ED me no N.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.