David Hume, The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Cæar to the Revolution of 1688, New Edition, Chapter 48, paragraphs 1--10.

This extract from Hume's History was scanned in from the edition printed by Harper and Row, New York, 1879, Volume IV, pp. ?? Hume's History was originally published 1754--1757, and the corrected edition excerpted here was published in London, 1762.