THE

HISTORY

OF THE

REIGN

OF THE

EMPEROR CHARLES V.

WITH

A VIEW of the PROGRESS of SOCIETY in EUROPE,
From the Subverfion of the ROMAN EMPIRE, to the
Beginning of the SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

IN THREE VOLUME S.

By WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D. D.
PRINCIPAL of the Univerfity of EDINBURGH, and HISTORIO
GRAPHER to His MAJESTY for SCOTLAND.

Printed by W. and W. STRAHAN,

For W. STRAHAN; T. CADELL, in the Strand; and J. BALFOUR,
at Edinburgh. MDCCLXIX.

TO THE

KIN G.

I

SIR,

PRESUME to lay before Your Majefty the Hiftory of a Period, which, if the abilities of the Writer were equal to the dignity of the Subject,. would not be unworthy the attention of a Monarch, who is no lefs a Judge than a Patron of Literary Merit.

HISTORY claims it as her prerogative to offer inftruction to KINGS, as well as to their people.. What reflections the Reign of the Emperor CHARLES