Excerpt from William Stafford's Compendious or Briefe Examination of Certayne Ordinary Complaints of Diuers of Our Countrymen in These Our Dayes, A. D. 1581: Otherwise Calld "a Briefe Conceipt of English Pollicy" The Times Whistle, and other Poems, by R. C., a.d. 1616, edited by J. M Cowper, Esq. (part of this gives a dark picture of the vices of the time). 6s. 1871. 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.