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Excerpt from Itinerarium Thomæ Carve, Tipperariensis: Sacellani Majoris Anglorum, Scotorum Et Hibernorum Sub Exercitu Cæsareæ Majestatis Militantium, Cum Historia Facti Butleri, Gordon, Lesly Et Aliorum
Its scarcity is not the only value of Curve's Itinerary; it contains im portant details regarding Wallenstein, the Civil War in England, and the general history of Christendom at the period; and all writers upon the Thirty Years' War, who could procure u sight of it, have used it, though seldom with acknowledgment. It is styled a curious and valuable work by Coxe in his House of Austria, and Hurte's Life of Gustavus Adolphus indeed, the former says that everything in Harte's work, as far as regards Wallenstein, is based almost exclusively on Curve. It contains a description of Ireland, and an account of Lon don and its buildings, which are curious and interesting; and here and there is garnished with marvellous nurrativeè, which are the more amu sing that they are told in a spirit of entire belief.
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