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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70389	Restitution to the royal author, or, A Vindication of King Charls the Martyr's most excellent book intitutled 'Eikōn basilikē' from the false, scandalous, and malicious reflections lately published against it	Levett, William.; Keble, Samuel.	1691 (1691)	Wing K121B; ESTC R36779	4,996	9

Majesty in his Bed-chamber as also by Mr. William Levet a Page of the back-Stairs the Title then perfix'd to it being Suspiria Regalia who not only read several parts thereof but saw the Ring divers times writing farther on it Add hereunto the Testimony of Mr. Richard Royston a Bookseller at the Angel in Ivy-Lane who having in those Rebellious times adventur'd to Print divers of his Majesty's Declarations Speeches and Messages about the beginning of Oct. 1648 the King being then in the Isle of Wight was sent to by his Majesty to prepare all things ready for the printing some papers which he purposed shortly after to convey to him Which was this very Copy brought to him on the Twenty Third of December next following by one Mr. Edward Symmons a Reverend Divine who Receiv'd it from Dr. Bryan Duppa then Bishop of Salisbury and afterwards of Winchester In the Printing whereof Mr. Royston made such speed that it was finish'd before that dismal Thirtieth of January that his Majesties Life was so taken away as before is observ'd To make the proof more incontestible if possible I shall in the last place insert a Letter transcribed from the Original written by Mr. Levet now Living the Gentleman mentioned by Sir William Dugdale in the place above cited The Superscription of the said Letter runs thus For Seymer Bourman Esq near the Arch in Lincolns-Inn Fields Dear Brother YOurs of the 21th of this instant April I received and one Letter before that to the same effect Viz. To give a true Account of my knowledg of that unparallel'd Book which his Sacred Majesty of ever blessed memory King Charls the First murdered by his own Rebellious Subjects before his own Pallace at White-hall with all the violent and malitious circumstances that wicked Men could invent which Book of my certain knowledge I can depose was truly His own having observed His Majesty oftentimes writing His Royal Resentments of the bold and insolent behaviour of His Souldiers His Rebellious Subjects when they had Him in their custody I waited on His Majesty as Page of the Bed-chamber in ordinary during all the time of His Solitudes except when I was forced from Him and especially being nominated by His Majesty to be one of His Servants amongst others that should attend Him during the Treaty at Newport in the Isle of Wight had the happiness to read the same oftentimes in Manuscript under His Majesties own Hand being pleased to leave it in the Window in His own Bed-chamber where I was alwayes obliged to attend His Majesties coming thither But the Treaty being ended in few dayes after the Souldiers with One to conduct them by name Mr. Anthony Mildmay then Cup-bearer came to the Bed-chamber about ii of the clock in the Night and knocked at the door and one Mr. Herbert Mr. Kirk and my self having some hint of their intentions were watching in an inward Room and hearing the noise went into His Majesties Bed-chamber and asked who they were that durst disturb His Majesty at that unseasonable time of the Night who answered they were sent to tell the King He must rise and go with them We acquainting His Majesty with their design He was pleased to command us to tell them He would go with them but it was not His usual hour to rise so soon we again acquainted the Souldiers with His Majesties answer They instead of complying with his Majesty bid us tell Him if He did not rise presently they must force Him to it His Majesty onely said if I must give me my Cloaths and so He immediately arose Here you may observe a mirrour of Patience in a distressed Prince During the time of His Majesties making himself ready he concern'd himself only how to secure this Book of his and a small Cabinet wherein he secured his Letters to his Queen who was then beyond the Sea and his Majesty having procured a Pass for me from the Governour that I should wait on him there He gave me in charge this said Book and small Cabinet which I faithfully presented to his Majesties own hands that Night in Hurst-Castle But the Governour by what information is too tedious to insert here at this time and therefore I omit it did on the Saturday banish me out of the Castle I should have sent you a Relation which I had from Royston the Kings Printer for the Printing the said Book by his Majesties especial Command brought to him by a Divine but not to be * * By Printed is to be understood Published printed till after the Kings death which he observed accordingly for which Cromwel sent for him to White-hall not onely promising Rewards but also threatning Punishment if he would not deny that he printed it by his Majesties Order which he refusing to do did imprison him for about a fortnight but seeing he could not work upon him released him which is all at present from From Savernack Park near Marlborough Apr. 29. 1691. Your Affectionate Brother To serve you WILLIAM LEVETT These Authorities together with Remarks upon the Memorandum are I conceive sufficient to clear the Point in hand and to give the Reader full satisfaction I shall just add a word concerning the Prayer which Milton pretends the King took from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia and so conclude I. We may take notice that the Prayer it self is Grave Pious and unexceptionable II. This Prayer as it is observ'd by the excellent Author of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 82 Was neither made by an Heathen Woman nor to an Heathen God as the Objection supposes but composed as is believed by the Author a Christian with out Reference to any Heathen Deity III. This Prayer was not printed with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in two or three of the First Impressions of that Book which is an Argument it was not used by the King but afterward inserted by the Printers for their private advantage This Inference besides the reasonableness of it is the Opinion of the Learned Person aboyementioned FINIS ADVERTISEMENT PReparation to a Holy Life or Devotions for Families or Private Persons with Directions suited to most particular Cases c. by the Author of the Weeks Preparation to the Sacrament c. A Collection of Private Forms of Prayer out of the Common Prayer Book for Morning Noon and Night and other special Occasions being in a different method from any former by the Author of the Weeks Preparation to the Sacrament c. Together with the Holy Feasts and Fasts as they are observed in the Church of England explained and the Reasons why they are yearly Celebrated A Table to all the Epistles and Gospels in the Book of common-Common-Prayer so that you may find any Texts of Scripture being contained in them Rules of more Devout Behaviour in the time of Divine Service in the Church of England An Explication of the Terms Order and Usefulness of the Liturgy of the Church of England by way of Question and Answer recommended to be learned after the Church Catechism All Five Printed for Sam. Keble and are to be Sold at the Great Turks-Head in Fleetstreet over against Fetter-Lane end 1691.