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Alter amyntor:, or, The case fairly stated between King Charles I. and Dr. Gauden Mr. Wagstaff and Mr. Toland, touching icon basilike. With short notes
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promise of the Bishoprick of Winchester That he afterwards acquainted the Duke of York that he was the Author c. This is the Summ and Substance of Mrs. Gauden 's Evidence II. The next is Dr. Walker the Substance of whose Evidence is as follows 1st That Dr. Gauden sometime before the whole was finished acquainted him with his Design and shew'd him the Heads of divers Chapters and some of the Discourses written of them and after sometime spent in the perusal he asked his Opinion concerning it and he Dr. Walker told him he supposed it would be for the King's Reputation but he expresly added he stuck at the Lawfulness of it and ask'd him how he satisfied himself to impose upon the World To which he reply'd Look upon the Title 't is the pourtraicture c. and no man draws his own Picture c. That he explained to him a passage in the Second Chapter and that he meant it of Dr. Jaxon 2 That he went with Dr. Gauden to the Bishop of Salisbury's and as they came back Dr. Gauden told him the Bishop had promised to write two Chapters more to be added to the Book viz. that on the Ordinance against the Common Prayer and the denying his Majesty the Attendance of his Chaplains 3. Upon Dr. Walker's asking Dr. Gauden after the King was murdered whether the King had ever seen the Book Dr. Gauden answered I know it certainly no more than you but I used I my best Endeavours that he might for I delivered a Copy of it to the Marquess of Hertford when he went to the treaty at the Isle of Wight and intreated his Lordship if he could obtain any private Opportunity he would deliver it to his Majesty and humbly desire to know his Majesty's Pleasure concerning it But the violence which threatned the King hastning so fast he ventured to print it and never knew what was the issue of sending it for when the thing was done he judged it not prudent to make further noise about it by enquiry 4. Dr. Walker asking him And adds in a Parenthess For we seldom were in private but somewhat was discoursed of this Book even to the last time I saw him after he was Lord Bishop of Worcester elect whether King Charles II. knew that he wrote it He answered I cannot positively and certainly say he doth because he was never pleased to take express notice of it to me but I take it for granted he doth for I am sure the Duke of York doth for he hath spoken of it to me and owned it as a seasonable and acceptable service and he knowing it I question not but the King also doth 5. Mrs. Gauden the Drs. Wife Mr. Gifford and Dr. Walker believed it as much as they could believe any thing and were as much assured of it as 't is possible they could be of any matter of fact 6. Dr. Gauden delivered to him with his own hand what was last sent up after part was printed or at least in Mr Royston's hand to be printed and after he had shevved it him and sealed it up gave him caution to deliver it which he did on Saturday December 23. 48. in the Evening according to direction to one Peacock Brother to Dr. Gauden's Steward who was instructed by vvhat hands to deliver it to Mr. Royston and in the same manner as the Impression vvas finish'd he receiv'd six Books by the hand of Peacock as an acknovvledgement and one of them he hath still by him III. King Charles II. and the Duke of York did both in the last Session of of Parliament 1675. when I shewed them in the Lords House the written Copy of this Book vvherein are some Corrections vvritten with the late K. Charles I's ovvn hand assure me that this vvas none of the said King 's compiling but made by Dr. Gauden Bishop of Exeter which I here insert for the undeceiving others in this point by attesting so much under my hand ANGLESEY As to this Memorandum no man that has not bid an utter defiance to reason can believe it to have been written by my Lord Anglesey 1. Because my Lord who understood as well as any man living what would pass for good Evidence would never have left it unattested and with so uncertain a Date if he had design'd to undeceive the World by it as the Memorandum pretends 2. If he had design'd to undeceive the World he would not have taken such extraordinary care to hide it from the World as appears by his never having communicated it to his Countess His Children his Relations his Friends nor any Body else that we can hear of but hiding it in the vacant Page of a Book and then putting it up again into its place in his Study leaving it to ten thousand chances whether it should ever be seen or no and indeed I verily believe had any body beside Mr. Millington had the selling my Lords Liberary it never had been seen But it Mr. Millington will Pardon me I will offer one probable conjecture why he might be more diligent in finding it out than any body else It might be to remove part of the Odium which lies upon the Name by his Gilbert Millington's having been one of the Judges of the High Court of Justice and who was present at the Tryal and Condemnation of King Charles I. Author of Icon Basilike for which after the Restoration he was try'd and receiv'd sentence of Death Lastly To asperse the memory of K. Charles I. it has been alledged that Pamela's Prayer is taken word for word out of Pembroke's Arcadia To which it has been answer'd That it was not in the first Editions of the Book and therefore could not be Printed by the King's order But that one Dugard a friend of Milton's being taken printing the Book which was at that time a very high crime made his application to Milton who together with Bradshaw told him they would procure his Pardon and Liberty provided he would put Pamela's Prayer into it which accordingly he did and was set free and this is attested by Dr. Bernard and Dr. Gill. who had it from one Mr. Hill Printer to Oliver and the Army And Mr. Hooker Corrector in 1648 to Mr. Dugard's Press deposed before Mr. W ff March 30 91. Trat Icon Basilike was Printed at Mr. Dugard's Press and that he Mr. Hooker corrected the same That Mr. Dugard being known was thrown into Prison and turn'd out of his Place of Merchant Taylors School and that Mr. Hooker to save himself went to Travel for several Years Yet such is the Infatuation of some people that they are sure King Charles I. could not be the Author of Icon Basilike but strenuously assert him to have made use of this Prayer and that he caused it to be Printed For this only reason as may be supposed That the first would redound to his Reputation the Letter to his Disgrace Short NOTES upon the Evidence for Dr. GAUDEN 1. Mr.
Testimonies of two Authors Eye and Ear witnesses of Charles I. his being Author of Icon Basilike who in the year 49 immediately after Milton's Iconoclastes and other Pamphlets came out writ in Vindication of the K's Book and were never answer'd their Assertations being then taken as full proof of the matter of Fact The one Intituled Icon be piste has these remarkable Words The Author viz. of Icon alethine a virulent pamphlet might have informed himself of divers who have seen the Original Copy manuscribed by the King himself he might have seen it himself for asking And afterwards I take it to be the Kings Book I am sure of it I knew his hand I have seen the Manuscript I have heard him own it The other was the Author of a Book call'd the Princely Pelican writ on purpose as he says to satisfie the world that the King was Author of Icon Basilike In p. 4. he has these Words He the King was pleased some few days after he had retired from his Parliament to communicate his thoughts in his Garden at Theobald 's to some of his Gentlemen who were nearest to him and of whose intimacy and abilities he stood most confident how he had set pen to paper to vindicate his innocency in the first place by shewing the Reasons he had of receding from the Parliament and that not so much as one line had fallen from his pen which with Honour he might not confirm And then told us his next Essay should take its discourse from the faithfullest Servant and most incomparable Statesman that any Prince could rely on meaning the E. of Strafford and then gives us the Kings particular discourse condemning himself for suffering his hand to thwart the resolution of his heart c. And particularly writes at large the Discourses of his Attendants on that Subject with his Majesty He tells us further p. 19. that the King told him that as his morning Devotions took up the first part of the day so he ever reserved the next for these Meditations he had now in hand The Author yet further tells us p. 21. That at Navesby those Divine Meditations were siezed by the Enemy with other Papers of concern being inclosed in a Cabinet reserved for that purpose and that by the Benignity of the Conqueror or Divine Providence rather it was recovered above all Expectance and returned to his Majesty's hand and which infinitely cheered him And further p. 22. That a Person of high Command in the Rebel Army gave this censure of it Saying It was an Handsome piece of Hypocrisie XVI To these are added usually some Expressions Drawn from the Book it self which show that no man Living but the King himself could write it but being too many to insert here I shall refer the Reader to a Book intituled The Vindication of King Charles the Martyr for satisfaction in that Point WITNESSES for Dr. Gauden I. Dr. Gauden's Wife who is said to have left behind her some Papers in which the following account they say is found 1st a Letter to my Lord Chancellor Hyde Decemb. 28. 1661 and a Copy of a Petition to the King setting forth how kind he had been to his Fathers Friends and urging That what was done as a King should have a King-like Retribution Another Letter there is to the Duke of York dated Jan. 17. 1661. urging his great Services As also a Letter from the Lord Chancellor Hyde to the Bishop of the Chancellor's Hand-writing dated March. 13. 1661. Importing the Receit of several Letters from him that he was uneasie under the Bishops importunity And towards the Close hath this expression The particular you mention has indeed been imparted to me as a Secret I am sorry I ever knew it and when it ceases to be a Secret it will please none but Mr. Milton Among these Papers there is said to be A Letter of Mrs. Gauden's after the Death of her Husband to her Son John Gauden in which she speaks of the Book commonly called the King's Book and calls it the Jewel and adds Her Husband hoped to make a Fortune by it and wonders it should be doubted whether her Husband wrote it but says she has a Letter of a very great Man to clear it up There is also said to be a long Narrative of Mrs. Gauden's Hand-writing shewing that her Husband wrote the Book and sent it to her Son with the Letter This Narrative sets forth that after her Husband had wrote the Book he shewed it to the Lord Capel who approved it and was for the Printing it but wished the King might have a sight of it that an opportunity was taken to convey it to his Majesty by the Lord Marquess of Hertford when he went to the Treaty at the Isle of Wight That the Marquess after his return from thence told her Husband that he gave the Book to the King and his Majesty did well like it but was for putting of it out not as his own but anothers but it being urged that Cromwel and others of the Army having got a Reputation with the People for Parts and Piety it would do best to be in the King's name His Majesty took time to consider of it That her Husband not hearing the King's Pleasure about it and finding Dangers hastning on him he having kept a Copy by him sent it by one Mr. Symonds to the Press together with a Letter That Mr. Royston was the Printer but did not know but the King wrote it That part was seized in the Press together with her Husband's Letter and Mr. Symonds was taken That nevertheless the Work was carried on and finished a few days after his Majesty's Death that when it was Published the Parliament was inraged and her Husband conceiving his Life and Estate in danger fled to Sir John Wentworth's near Yarmouth intending thence to pass the Seas but Mr. Symonds falling sick and dying and her Husband not being discovered he altered his purpose and returned home That the Title first intended was Suspiria Regalia but changed to Icon Basilike and that there were two Chapters added That the Marquess of Hertford and the Lord Capel Bishop Duppa and Bishop Morley were at first the only persons privy to it That Dr. Duppa Bishop of Winchester being very sick her Husband went to the King and acquainted him that he was the Author of that Book and for the truth thereof appealed to Bishop Duppa his Majesty's Tutor who was yet living and made an Apology for Printing it without his Majesty's Father's Order or his but pleaded the Circumstances of Time and the King's Danger that his Majesty told her Husband That till then he never knew that he wrote it but thought it was his Father's yet wondred how he could have time and observed that it was wrote like a Scholar as well as like a King and said if it had been published sooner it might have saved his Fathers life that at the same time the King gave him a