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The life and death of Charles the First King of Great Britain, France and Ireland: containing an account of his sufferings; his tryal, sentence, and dying words on the scaffold; and his sorrowful farewel and advice to his children, and the whole nation in general.
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Bed-chamber Whence it was next day removed into the Dean's Hall and from thence by the Duke of Richmond the Marquiss of Hertford the Marquiss of Dorchester and the Earl of Lindsey convey'd to St. George's Chapel and there Interred in the Vault as is supposed of King Henry the Eighth and Queen Jane with this Inscription upon the Coffin CHARLES King of England MDCXLVIII This Unfortunate Prince was of a Majestick Comply Presence of a sweet grave but melancholy aspect His Face was regular handsom and well complexioned his Body strong healthy and well made and tho' of a low Stature was able to endure the greatest Fatigues In his temper he was Brave Magnificent Liberal and Constant a great Lover and as great a Master of Manly Exercises and yet no less accomplished in the Graces and Entertainments of a Court Nor did he fall short of the bravest Hero's in Personal Valour having exposed his Person in every Battel he Fought and oftentimes Charging in the Head of his Squadrons He had a good tast of Learning and a more than ordinary skill in the Liberal Arts especially Paiâ—â—ing Sculpture Architecture and Medals and being a generous Benefactor to the most celebrated Masters in those Arts 〈◊〉 acquired the Noblest Collection of any Prince in his time and more than all the Kings of England had done before him In his Devotions he was Constant Regular and Intent a great Patron of the Clergy of the Church of England and so Zealous for the Doctrine and Discipline of that Church that he seal'd it with his Blood and when he could no longer support it with his Arms he defended it by his Pen beyond all contraction He was well read in all the essential Points of Divinity and was as great a Master in it as his Father but without the allay of Pedantry Of this among ether things the Papers that pass'd betwixt him and Henderson at New-Castle will be a lasting Monument He was a lover of Episcopacy because he understood its Antiquity and Excellency in Ecclesiastical Government in opposition to all other new invented Models whatsoever His great Presence of Mind was Conspicuous both in the Field and on the Scaffold and was not mistaken in himself when he said before the High Court of Justice That he understood as much Law as any Private Gentleman in England He was a Passionate Lover of the Queen who was a Beautiful Lady and in all things very accomplish'd In short he was the Best of Husbands the Best of Fathers the Best of Masters and peradventure the Best of Men. He spake several Languages very well and with a singular good Grace tho now and then when he was warm in Discourse he was inclinable to stammer He wrote a tolerable good Hand for a King but his Sence was strong and his Stile Laconick and yet he seldom writ in any Language but English Some of his Manifesto's Declarations and other Publick Papers he drew himself and most of them he Corrected In comparing those of the Kings with the Parliaments he must have lost his Understanding that does not give the Preference to the Kings for strength of reasoning and Force of expression There are several pieces of his own Hand-writing yet to be seen which for Matter and Form surpass those of his ablest Ministers and come nothing short of Strafford and Falkland two most Celebrated Pens of that Time What his Opinion was about Subjects Defending their Religion and Liberties by Force of Arms appeared in the Business of Rochel For though some would have perswaded us of late that Defensive Arms were inconsistent with the Principles of the Church of England I hope they will not deny but this King understood the Doctrine and Principles of the English Church as well as any other Person can pretend to know them and yet it is certain that in his Practice and Declarations he approv'd of the Rochellerr Vindicating their Religion and Liberties from the Encroachments made by their Sovereign and that by Force of Arms and assisted them in so doing No Prince was better Instructed in the Principles of Government than he was and his only unhappiness was that he sometimes trusted to other Men's Counsels rather than to his own and put so much Power into his Enemies hands in hopes of gaining them that he was no longer in Power to defend himself In effect he was too good a Man to be a happy Prince and rather was destroyed by his own tenderness than by the Force of his Enemies as appears by the ill use which was made of it in several Treaties Councils and Battels To conclude the War it self was unjustifiable Rebellious and Barbarous but the Formalities of proceeding against him by Arraignment Tryal Sentence and Execution fill'd all Christendom with Horror and Indignation and 't is to be fear'd that his Blood still cries aloud for Vengeance against the Contrivers and Instruments of that Execrable Murder which no sin can equal but the Justifying it and tho' Indemnity has pardon'd it no Oblivion can deface it FINIS ADVERTISEMENT THe Best and most Experienced Remedy for Sore or Weak Eyes that ever yet was made known to the World being of that wonderful Efficacy that it infallibly dispels any Humor or Salt Rheum distilling from the Head and takes all Soreness or Redness or Swellings It also strengthens weak Eyes sometimes occasioned by the Small-Pox and will disperse any Film or Cataract growing over the Eye whereby the Sight oftentimes becomes dim In a few times using this Excellent Remedy to those that will be perswaded to use it often it will preserve the Sight to an incredible Age and read the smallest of Prints It being a Secret acquired by a Gentleman in his long Study whereby he has wrought wonderful Cures among his Relations and Acquaintance and now made publick for the Benefit of all People that will make tryal of it For those that are really Poor they shall have it for nothing to Others for 6 d. the Bottle Only to be had at the Bible in Fetter-Lane near Fleet-street
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The King answer'd these Petitioners to their Satisfaction which was to Summon all the Peers to Consult what would be most Conducive to the safety and Honour of the Nation who accordingly met S. p. 24. where it was determin'd that a Parliament should be call'd to meet Novem. 3â— and in the mean time a Cessation should be made with the Scots Novem 3d. began that fatal Parliament that Involved the Nation in a Sea of blood ruin'd the King and betray'd all there own Privileges and the Peoples Liberty into the Power of a Phanatick and Perfidious Army And tho' his Majesty could not hope to find them Moderate yet he endeavour'd to make them so Committing himself freely to the Direction of his English Subjects promising to satisfie all their just Grievances but the Malignity of some few and the Ignorance of others Employ'd that Assembly to other matters First in purging the House of such as they thought would not comply with their Destructive Enterprizes then they declar'd upon publick Grievances every way raising up Contumelies against the present Power Then they fell upon all the Chief Ministers of State Impeach'd the Earl of Strafford the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and others and after five Months time for so long they took to take up Evidence the Earl of Strafford is brought to his Tryal Condemn'd and Beheaded when this was done the Parliament began to think of sending home the Scots and his Majesty follows them into Scotland to settle the Kingdom while the King was here broke out the Popish Rebellion in Ireland which help'd yet more to enflame matters The next thing after the Kings Return from Scotland was to take away the Votes of the Bishops in the House of Lords and the Ceremonies in the Church And Twelve of the Bishops that Protested aganst this unwarrantable Proceeding were Committed to the Tower They spread a rumour that they intended to Impeach the Queen of High-Treason which necesitates the King to send Her into France for her Security and besides the attempts upon his Honour they endeavour another upon his Family in Seizing upon the Prince and Duke of York which the King hearing he immediately removes with the two young Princes to Theobalds in order to his Journey to the North where he intended to settle his Abode till he saw what Issue this storm would have and that the King on his arrival there should not make use of that Magazine at Hull which at his own Charges he had provided for the Scotch Expedition The Parliament send down Sir John Hotham to Seize upon them who when his Majesty approach'd the Place shut the Gates against him aed deny'd him Entrance And now began to kindle the War which soon took Fire on the whole Nation The Parliament having the Navy in their Hands Some vain Proposals of Peace from the King hasten'd all they cou'd to raise Horse and Foot They seiz'd also upon the Revenues of the King Queen Prince and Bishops and plunder'd the Houses of those Lords and Gentlemen whom they Suspected to be Favourites of the Kings Cause His Majesty in the interim moved from York to Nothingham and thence to Shrewsbury gathering an Army greater than his Enemies imagin'd he could have form'd with which he begins his March towards London and in his way thither met with Essex's Army and at Edgehill gave them Battle and Routed them took Banbury and enter'd Tryumphantly into Oxford and having secur'd that Place he Advances toward London and fell upon the remainder of Esse's Army at Brentford sunk their Ordnance and took Five hundred Prisoners and intended to proceed to London but that he had intelligence that the City was sending all their Auxillaries to Re-inforce Essex's Troops wherefore he returned again to Oxford At the opening of the Spring 1643. the Queen comes back into England bringing with her considerable Supplies and great successes follow'd it for he obtains an Advantage at Edghill that Oxford and is Marching toward London Successes follow'd it This put the Parliament upon a direct Method to encrase the Nations Miseries by calling in the Scotch to their assistance The Winter was spent on both sides in preparations tho' the King wrote for Peace but they burnt his Letters by the Hand of the Common Hangman The Parliament Forces encreased by the Scotish Succours obtain several Advantages over the Kings Party His Majesty having once more provided for the safety of the Queen by sending her to Exeter there to be brought to Bed and from thence seek shelter in France taking his last farewell of her left Oxford strengthned against the Siege and afterwards falling upon Sir William Waller at Cropedy-Bridge obtained a Compleat Victory which wou'd have been of more Consequence but for his Majesties tenderness in shedding his Subjects Blood But all these little Advantages weighed little to what soon followed in the Irrepareable Blow to the King's Interest receiv'd at Marston-Moor under Prince Rupert which was seconded by the Surrender of York and all the whole North was reduc d to the Obedience of the Parliament The King had some small success in the West against Fssex yet in general the tyde run against him and his Forces grew Weaker every day Jan. 10th the Arch-Bishop Laud was Beheaded on Tower-Hill The fatal Battle of Naseby follow'd soon after upon which the Kings Garrisons Surrender'd by heaps and his Affairs quite ruined in England all his hopes were now on Scotland which Montross had Conqur'd almost from one end to the other but at last he was quite Vanquish'd under these Distresses His Majesty finding no Security for his Person for the Parliament would not let him come to London wherefore having no other hopes he put himself into the Power of the Scots then Besieging Newark who instead of Protecting him make a Bargain and Sale of him to the Parliament for 200000l and 200000l more when they had deliver'd up Berwick and other English Garrisons they were Possess'd of so the Scots return home and the English having bought the King confine him to Holmby-House a Seat of his own in Northamtonshire And now the business as they thought being done there was like to be more Disputes for the next Difference is between the Parliament and the Army the latter Seize the King and oppose and give Laws to their Masters So that now both the Army and the Parliament Court his Majesty The latter send him Conditions of Peace and the former offer to Settle him on his Throne he rejected those Propositions Nor did they agree much better about his Person The Parliament send Instructions for his being resident at Richmond but the Army cannot submit to his being so near the Parliament they Convey him first to Royston thence to Hatfield and not long after to Causam and at length to Hampton-Court And now the Mistery of Iniquity begins to work Cromwell being affraid that the King shou'd aggree with the Parliament offer'd to stand by him with the Army and