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Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick, was a prominent figure in seventeenth-century England. This biography, originally published in 1893, provides a detailed account of her life and influence on the politics and culture of the time. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Excerpt from Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick (1625-1678): Her Family and Friends If, in spite of an effort to the contrary, I have obtruded too prominently upon the reader's attention this, the local, or Essex, side of my subject, I must plead in extenuation the claims of my native county.' In quoting from letters and diaries of the seventeenth century, I have, except in a few places where the spelling seemed too quaint or picturesque to lose, modernised both spelling and punctuation. Without this, I fear the meaning of many sentences would have been, to ordinary readers, very obscure, and the names of numerous persons and places unidentifiable. The dates in the margins are intended, mainly, ...