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Excerpt from A New Historic Manual Concerning the Three Rattles: At Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey; During the War for American Independence; In 1776 and 1777 IN the sixteenth century a little book was the gift of the first English martyr to his family, of whom the writer claims to be a lineal descendant. It was given to comfort the faithful and to warn the faithless that Truth will outlive persecution. In the nineteenth century, in this now all free country, martyrdom is dead. Little books and big books can be copy-righted by the act of Congress, and what is written can be read or let alone. SO be it with my humble Brochure. 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.