"Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord."

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

TO THE

HONOURABLE AND VERY REVEREND

THE DEAN OF MANCHESTER,

THIS little work is affectionately dedicated, as a very inadequate, though very sincere, token of gratitude, not only for more than a father's love and tenderness, but for imbuing him from his earliest age with a taste for those pursuits, in which he delights humbly to follow, though he may never hope to emulate the steps of one, who, whether in the pulpit, at the bar, or in the forum, whether in the abstruse walks of science, or in the easier paths of poesy, has won respect and honour, and esteem from his contemporaries, and may aspire to renown from posterity,

By his Son,

HENRY W. HERBERT.

ADVERTISEMENT.

In presenting himself, for the first time, in propriâ personâ, as a candidate for the favour of his countrymen, the author of "Oliver Cromwell" takes the liberty, in the first place, to thank them for the kindness with which they received that work, when introduced to their notice under the distinguished sanction of Mr. Horace Smith; and to express a hope that they will not deny to "Marmaduke Wyvil" that meed of encouragement, by which alone he was emboldened again to appear before them.

Among many faults, which doubtless will be discovered in the following pages, he is bold, however, to assert, that there is not a word, that can do harm, and to hope that there may be something not wholly valueless in the at