The Tangled Skein

Excerpt from The Tangled Skein Here a couple of solemn burgesses in velvet cloaks edged with fur, and richly Slashed doublets, are discussing the latest political events whilst a group of Hampton mer chants, more soberly clad, appraise the wares of a cutler lately hailed from Spain. 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.… (more)