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METRICAL

HISTORY OF ENGLAND,

&c. &c.

Of some of the most prominent Features in our
NATIONAL CHRONOLOGY,

FROM THE

LANDING OF JULIUS CÆSAR,

TO THE

COMMENCEMENT OF THE REGENCY,

IN 1812.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

“ Their Names, their Years, spelt by th’ unlettered Muse."

BY THOMAS DIBDIN,

AUTHOR OF “ THE JEW AND THE DOCTOR," “ THE CABINET,"

," AND OTHER
DRAMATIC ATTEMPTS.

The Authorities from Hume, Hollingshead, Smollett, Salmon, Dr. Goldsmith, Gibbon,

Dr. Henry, J.P. Andrews, De Moleville, Lockman, Rapin, &c. &c.

With Characteristic Quotations, Illustrative Annotations, &c. &c.

London:
PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR,

BY JOSEPII HARTNELL, WINE-OFFICE-COURT, FLEET-STREET :
AND SOLD BY LONGMAN, HURST, PEES, ORME, AND BROWNE, PATERNOSTER ROW;
BY R. W. ELLISTON, AT HIS ESTABLISHMENT IN BRISTOL;

AND BY ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS,

1813.