[Autobiography], 1732 Apr 13.

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Fuller, William, 1670-1733. [Autobiography], 1732 Apr 13.

[Autobiography], 1732 Apr 13.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177729

Manuscript, in a single hand, of an account of the author's adventurous life. The work describes the political intrigues in which he was involved, including his work as a double agent for William II after he had been persuaded "to renounce the doctrine of the Church of Rome and to imbrace that of the Church of England" and his acquaintance with, and the personal history of, the Jacobite spy Matthew Crone, whom he met when "the Queen...recommending him as a perfect stranger in that country and language, commanded me to assist him in getting good Lodging." Later, he describes his time in prison, where he remained for almost 15 years, and declares at the end of the manuscript, "as surely it will be the last account I shall write I sollemly declare...that everything I have writ in the narrative is true." The manuscript is followed by a "Postscript," in which he writes, "I have thus shewed you kind reader the adventures of my unhapy life the various changes of my condition which hardly any man living in the resent or late ages has seen more of the vain glories of the world-the pomp and grandeurs of the English and other Courts wheare I have often apeered in great Splendor."

1 v. (ca. 109 p.) ; 33 x 21 cm.

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