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A62841	Amyntor, or, A defence of Milton's life containing I. a general apology for all writings of that kind, II. a catalogue of books attributed in the primitive times to Jesus Christ, his apostles and other eminent persons ..., III. a complete history of the book entitul'd Icon basilike, proving Dr. Gauden and not King Charles the First to be the author of it, with an answer to all the facts alledg'd by Mr. Wagstaf to the contrary, and to the exceptions made against my Lord Anglesey's Memorandum, Dr. Walker's book or Mrs. Gauden's narrative, which last piece is now the first time publish'd at large.	Toland, John, 1670-1722.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; Wagstaffe, Thomas, 1645-1712. Vindication of King Charles the martyr.; Gauden, John, 1605-1662. Eikon basilike, the pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie in his solitude and sufferings.; Walker, Anthony, d. 1692. True account of the author of a book entituled Eikon basilike.	1699 (1699)	Wing T1760; ESTC R22638	52,206	178

Reason after his Death They were not concern'd so much for his Honor as their own Interest and having contriv'd this Forgery to carry their Cause they thought themselves afterwards oblig'd to support it Mr. WAGSTAF affirms that there is no presumtion that the Royal Brothers communicated this Affair to any other Person besides my Lord ANGELSEY which is a negative Argument and proves nothing 'T is possible enough that my Lord ANGLESEY himself told of this to others tho' they may be since dead or are not willing to tell it again If the Royal Brothers had spoke of it to no body else it follows not that a Secret was never committed to one because it was not to more as if it were necessary for a Man to call Witnesses that he imparted a Secret to his Friend But we shall presently alledge more than a Presumtion that both King CHARLES the Second and the late King JAMES declar'd thier Opinion to other People besides my Lord ANGLESEY that Icon Basilike was not their Father's Book By such nice Cavils against the Memorandum we can easily judg of the Exceptions we may expect to Dr. WALKER's Account That GAUDEN hop'd o make a Fortune by this Book as well as to promote the Cause of the Church ought by no means to be counted strange for who is it pray that serves the King any more than God for nought Have not most of the Bishops and other Clergymen of those times that either liv'd depriv'd here in England or that accompany'd CHARLES the Second in his Exile pleaded their Loyalty and magnify'd their Services at the Restoration as many others would questionless do if King JAMES should ever return again Were not great Persons employ'd to solicit and make an Interest for them And in a Word are not Divines observ'd to make the same Steps and take the same Measures that all other sorts of Men do to get Preferment I should rather doubt that Dr. GAUDEN was not the Author of this Forgery if he had not expected a Reward for it from CHARLES the Second for 't is certain that the Credit of Icon Basilike contributed more to his Establishment than any other single Motive whatsoever But 't is well known that this Prince was not the kindest in the World to his Father's Friends who would too often forget his own and that it was not the Interest of som People to have this business unravell'd tho' their impolitic Conduct has bin since the occasion of divulging what every body suspected before THE Immorality of this Forgery is urg'd as an Argument against it and if it could by any means hold Water is indeed an Argument worth a Million Then it would clearly follow that because it was a most immoral thing to ly for God and to forge Books Epistles or the like under the Names of CHRIST and his Apostles there were therefore never any such Pieces and that because it was an ill thing to feign Miracles or to destroy Mens Lives for the Advancement of Religion there never was therefore any Priestcraft nor any of these infamous Practices known in the World But if the contrary be as clear as the Day I believe Men might be found that would make as bold with the Name of King CHARLES as others have don with that of King JESUS Mr. WAGSTAF knows tho' Mr. BLACKHALL does not that TERTULLIAN tells us of a certain Presbyter of Asia who when he was accus'd of having forg'd a Book containing the Travels of PAUL and THECLA confest the Fact and alledg'd that he did it for the love of PAUL and I say that Dr. GAUDEN wrote Icon Basilike for the Church's sake the King 's and his own AS for the plausible Accounts given in that Book of the King 's Secret Intentions his particular Trobles his Remorses of Consciences and the like it is very ridiculous to alledge 'em as an Argument of the Genuinness of it when the Book was written for that very end For the Design of the Author was to give such a Color to all the King's Actions and to tell such fine things of his gracious Purposes as would beget a better Opinion of him in the Readers Mind and move his Indignation against the Parliament or Compassion of his Misfortunes But that Dr. GAUDEN has frequently made the King's Thoughts to contradict his Actions is evident to any Man that has both read Icon Basilike and the History of those times And this Subject is thro'ly handled by JOHN MILTON in his Iconoclastes to which I refer those who want Satisfaction BUT there is an Objection still behind and as strong be sure as any of the rest which is that Dr. WALKER did not see Dr. GAUDEN write this Book nor tells us that it was in his own Hand But I believe Mr. WAGSTAF is the only Man living that questions whether Dr. WALKER meant Dr. GAUDEN's own Writing when he says that before the whole was finisht Dr. GAUDEN was pleas'd to acquaint him with his Design and shew him the Heads of diverse Chapters with som of the Discourses written of them and that Mr. GIFFORD transcrib'd a Copy of it This is all that can be said of any Author in the World and if Dr. WALKER had said more expresly or rather superfluously that it was likewise D. GAUDEN's Hand-writing we should then have bin told that it was a Transcript from the King's Copy in the Hands of Mr. SYMMONDS of which more hereafter WE proceed now to those Pieces commonly call'd Mr. NORTH's Papers he being the Discoverer Chancellor HYDE in his Letter to Dr. GAUDEN tells him as was said before That the Particular he mention'd had indeed bin imparted to him as a Secret which he was sorry he ever knew and that when it ceast to be a Secret it would please none but Mr. MILTON Was there no other Secret in the World but this says Mr. WAGSTAF that the divulging of it would gratify Mr. MILTON Yes doubtless but I believe not one that would please none but Mr. MILTON as the Chancellor expresses it For he having particularly question'd the Genuinness of this Book and offer'd a fair Proof of the Spuriousness thereof from intrinsic Evidence only without any further Light would be extreamly pleas'd to find his Reasonings and Judgment confirm'd by undeniable Matters of Fact Nor does any indifferent Person in the World understand this Passage otherwise that weighs Dr. GAUDEN's Pretences with Mr. MILTON's Concern and considers that Mrs. GAUDEN put this and the other Papers relating to Icon Basilike in one Bundle together with her own Narrative for the Information of her Son Besides that all those who ever saw other Writings of the Chancellor own this to be his Hand and particularly his eldest Son the present Farl of CLARENDON as Mr. WAGSTAF himself acknowledges BUT he says That my Lord CLARENDON from whom he had it in a Letter by leave of the King and Queen preparing to attend his Father in France in the beginning