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COLLECTED FROM THE

AND ENGRAVINGS OF THEIR

ARMORIAL BEARINGS;

PRESENT BARONETAGES-APPROVED HISTORIANS-PUBLIC RECORDS
AUTHENTIC MANUSCRIPTS-WELL ATTESTED PEDIGREES AND PERSONAL INFORMATION,

BY THE REV. WILLIAM BETHAM,

EDITOR OF THE GENEALOGICAL TABLES OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF THE World.

It is hardly necessary to observe, that Genealogy is so-intimately connected with Historical Know-
ledge, that it is impossible to arrive at any proficiency in the one, without being minutely
versed in the other,
RICHARDSON on the Languages, &c. of the Eaftern Nations, p. 74.

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