Excerpt from Privy Purse Expenses of the Princess Mary, Daughter of King Henry the Eighth, Afterwards Queen Mary: With a Memoir of the Princess, and Notes The present work was undertaken and commenced some years ago, as a source of relaxation and amusement in leisure hours; but owing to a series of unfortunate circumstances, over which the Editor had no control, added to the illness occasioned by severe domestic affliction, its publication has been interrupted and protracted till the present time, much, as the Editor fears, to its disadvantage. He may truly assert, that the pages of the volume at length presented to the public, have been written and revised in sickness and in sorrow, and may therefore justly claim some indulgence for the. 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.