History of the Progress and Suppression

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It has not been in my power to procure several Italian works, which, I have reason to think, would have helped to illustrate parts of my subject. Some of the most curious and valuable of those quoted in the following pages I had the opportunity of examining in Holland, and particularly in the library of the venerable Mons. Chevalier, one of the pastors of the French church in Amsterdam, whose uncommon politeness I have to acknowledge, in not only allowing me the free est use of his books, but also in transmitting to me a number of extracts which I had not time to make during my short stay in that city. Amidst such a multiplicity of facts, as to many of which I had not the advantage arising from a com parison of different authorities, I do not flatter myself that, with all my care, I have kept free from mistakes and shall feel obliged to any one who shall put it in my power to correct the errors which I may have committed.