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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B21038	The history of His sacred Majesty Charles the II, King of England, Scotland, France & Ireland, defender of the faith &c. begun from the murder of his royall father of happy memory & continued to this present year, 1660 / by a person of quality.	Dauncey, John, fl. 1663.; Davies, James.	1660 (1660)	Wing D292	74,871	224

to Rebellion Who knows not that in our unfortunate jnterregnum the design of our hardharted task-masters was to blind if not put out the Eyes of the three Kingdoms by endeavouring to pilladge those formerly famous Seminaries of Learning and discourage it for the future as if they had been of that judgement that ignorance was the Mother of devotion All which and much more that might justly be vrged on this subject must needs make us acknowledge as it is in the forementioned psalme and that often as it is there to Praise the Lord for his goodnes in restoring him declare the wonders that he hath done for him and the people of these Kingdones I am sure we may justly say If God had not been on our side we had been destroyed but to him for ever be the praise The snare is broken and we are delivered Yet there are a sort of people in the world and too many in this kingdome the more is the pitty God grant there be none in England the Epistle of Saint Jude espetially the 10. 16. describs them that through ignorance misinformation prejudice or advantage are redy to slander the foot-steps of the LORDS anoynted who live in this dark corner of Ireland and are ignorant of the worth of that happines that is in the King to themselves thereby I thought it therefore a necessary duty having this History by me to get it reprinted here for information being as far from endeavouring to gain applause thereby as I am uncapable of attaining it by any thing from my selfe only that I may manifest the goodnes of God which is the duty of every Christian and my loyalty which is the duty of every Subject good Christian though for these twelve years I have been a sufferer for it and informe those that yet know not so much as this manifests To the Lord the only ruler of Princes whose right hand and mighty arm hath done it for ever be the praise Yea let all the People praise thee O Lord for thy goodnes to us in restoring the light of our Eyes the breath of our Nostrills the Kings most excellent Majesty the restoring of whom unto his Throne must needs be acknowledged the hand of God and if enough to convince an Athist may evince to the World the validity of vnited and devout prayers such as are injoyned with good authority by the Church of England and are the very Marrow of the Scriptures and where are not Scripture are vncontroulably agreeing composed by those that lay'd down their lives to maintaine and bequeathed as the best Legacy to their Wives and Children And in a word are those prayers for which our blessed Saviour will not refuse to be an intercessour and which have so miraculously restored the defendor of our Faith to his Throne which noe rational man alive but may well conclude being as I am confident they were put up to the Throne of Grace with pure upright hearts by the dutifull and obedient Sons of the Church And therefore let all but espetially such never forget to return due praise for his mercyes to us and to our King and as it is there directed yeild praise and thanksgiving for our deliverance from those great and apparent dangers where with we were incompassed and to acknowledge it his goodnes that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them beseeching still his goodnes and mercy to us that all the World may know that he is our Saviour and mighty Redeemer And that all those that do confess his holy Name may agree in the truth of his holy word and live in vnity and Godly love that under our Lawfull King and governour we may be Godly and quietly governed And for our most gratious Soveraign also let us pray That he knowing whose Minister he is may aboue all things seeke his honour glory that so we his Subjects duly considering whose authority he hath may honour and humbly obey him according to Gods blessed word and Ordinance And as it is directed by that Divine Orthodox ancient and best lyturgie of the Church of England To keep and strengthen in the true worship of thee in righteousnes and holynes of life thy Servant CHARLES our most gratious KING and Governour That it may please thee O Lord to rule his heart in thy faith feare and love that he may ever more have affiance in thee and ever seek thy honour and glory That he may alway incline to thy will and walk in thy way Endue him plentyously with heavenly gifts grant him in health wealth long to live strengthen him that he may Vanquish and over come all his Enemies and finally after this life he may attain everlasting Ioy and felicity through Iesus Christ our Lord. As for those who so barbarously acted in that horrid crime the Murder of his Sacred Majesty of blessed memory they have had at least some of them the reward of Regicides So let his Enemies perish O Lord and all that rise up against him But on his own head let his Crown flourish Let his dayes be many and prosperous and let all but espetially those that are truly loyal finde the Comfort of it The unexpressable joy of all his Subjects felt and declared at his return requires a Volume and at this place cannot be inform'd it being indeed beyond expression God inclining the hearts of all his people as some times all the Subiects of King David the people of Juda to bring home their King 2. Sam. 19.14 Take one for all a Copie of Verses presented with his own hand at his return to his Government By that most Honorable and Heroick person and renowned Champion of the English interest in Jreland which Maugre all opposition will eternize his fame to all posterity The Lord President of Munster all that know him know his excellency that way it s enough to say they are his and they follow as well worthy to conclude the History of his most excellent Majesty whom God preserue H F Cork 22. No 1660. TO THE KING UPON HIS MAJESTIES Happy Return AS the Great World at first in Cbaos lay Then darknes yeilded to triumphāt day And all that wild and undigested Mass Did into Forme and to perfection pass So in our lesser World Confusions were Many and vast as now our Blessings are Our past and present State fully express All we could bear and all we would possess Wonder not that your forces could not bring You to Your Crowns nor us unto our King Fate made therein this high design appear Your Sword shall rule abroad Your Virtues here The lesser Conquest was to you deny'd That by the greater it might be suppy'd Nor think it strang that som so long have strove With that which they did most admire love Since all against their dissolution pray Although to Heav'n there is no other way Like to Bethesdas Pool our Common-wealth Till it was troubled could not give

Duke of York and Glocester staid still in France The first having under the Command of the Marshall of Turine against the Spaniards performed such eminent services as had made him deservedly esteemed a most valerous and prudent Prince in so much that notwithstanding his Youth he was made Lieu. Generall of the French Army and thought so well worthy that Command that when Turine the most esteemed Generall the French have for a long time had lay desperatly sick and it was expected that he should breath his last he was by the King of France sent to to desire him that seeing there were so little hopes of his life he would nominate such a Generall of his Army as he might judge fit to succeed him To which Turine answered that if his Majesty would have his affairs prosper he should make choice of a Noble Valorous and fortunate Generall which if he did he could make choice of no fitter person then the thrice Heroick Duke of York As for his Brother the Duke of Glocester he remained at the Palace Royall in Paris with the Queen his Mother who shortly after the departure of his Royall Majesty endeavoured by all the bonds of filiall obedience and the most prevailing Arguments could be used to perswade him to become Roman Catholick nor did she alone but the Queen Mother of France and the prime Nobility of that Kingdome attempt the same when the Retorique of the Court could not prevail the most eminent for learning set upon him with that depth of reason as long acquired study and their own interest could oblige them to use or furnish them withall nor were Arguments and Reasons only used but the highest temptations this world could present to a Prince in adversity such were a Cardinals Hatt and a Revenue suitable to his Dignity when these could not prevail the indignation of a Royal Mother was poured forth upon him which wrought him the deprivation of his Tutor his Servants and all Comforters in these temptations But that Noble Prince was so far indowed dureing this affliction with the Principles of the Religion of the Church of England besides that naturall piety and constancy flowing from his most religious Father of blessed Memory that by the depth of truth and Reason he defended himselfe against these attempts After this he is committed to the care of one Mr Walter Montague Abbot of Nantueil living at Pontoise who keeps him in very closely and works and persists still in endeavouring to pervert him using the Argument of Duty and Obedience to his Mothers Commands which she did enjoyn him to doe or never more to see her face which from that day to this he hath not seen This noble soul replyed with a sorrowfull heart That as the Queens Majesty was his Mother he ought her duty but as his Brother was his King and Soveraign he ought him duty and Allegiance which he could not dispute Whilst he is at Pontoise the most noble and religious Lord Hatton takes occasion to go wait upon the Duke according to private iustructions received from his Majesty who to his great sorrow had advise of these particulers he is admitted with much trouble to the presence of the Duke who embraces him as his Deliverer and with some difficulty urging the Commands of his Majesty his own arguments he is delivered to his care who conducts him with a spetiall respect and diligence to his house in Paris where he is entertained divers dayes with all honour and confirmed wih all diligence by that Learned Lord in his so well imbued Principles untill the arrivall of the Marquess of Ormond who by the Kings Command receivs and conducts him to his Majesties Court. His Majesty in his journy towards Germany came first to Catillon a Castle belonging to the Prince of Conde whither he was accompanied by his Brother the Duke of York and his Cousins prince Rupert and Edward Palatines here Prince Edward the Duke of York left them the one going to Bourbon the other returning to the Army where he continued a good while after his Majesty Prince Rupert continued for some few daies their journy together 'till the Prince parted from him to go visit his Brother Frederick at Hidelberg his Majesty passing through Cambray and Leige to the Spaw where he tooke up the first place of his Residence in Germany whither his Sister the Royall Princess of Orange came to visit him and they no doubt during the time of their being there were as merry as two such afflicted Princes could But let us a little leave his Majesty at the Spaw and look into his Kingdomes where Cromwell that he might secure himself in his ill-gotten Estate endeavours by all means possible either to take away the lives or wholly impoverish disable his Majesties loyall Subjects who are continually charged with somthing which he by his usurped power takes hold of to destroy them severall persons are apprehended and charged with a design to have seized on the Tower and Proclaimed his Majesty King of those Kingdoms which by right were his for tryall of which persons a High Court of Justice a thing we now in England know very well was erected for the tryal of those persons Col. John Gerard Mr. Peter Vowell and Sommerset Fox were condemned to be hanged drawn quartered for no less then high Treason for-sooth though there were then no Act in being making it Treason to conspire against the power then in being in England but somwhat of the sentence was remitted Col. Gerard was beheaded Mr Vowell only Hanged Mr. Fox reprived I have alwayes observed that in all the tryals made by those high Courts of Justice for plots as they call them there hath still been some one person who though brought to tryal have either not been condemned though look't upon by the people as eminent in the business as any and though condemned yet have been reprived what others guess of it I will not determine I know what I do The truth is that his Majesty had alwaies the ill fortune to have such false servants about him as have for the Lucre of money either betrayed any enterprize of his for the gaining of his right the Protector especially being very prodigal in such expences his intelligence as most affirm standing him in no less then two hun dred thousād pound per annum or else those persons engag'd for him being many of them deboist fellows and who often ran upon designes uncommissioned have in a Tavern both lay'd and betray'd their own undertakings or else some here in England who have undertaken in such businesses have either for fear or gain betrayed both their Prince friends and Countrey Thus much for England let us now take a viwe of his Majesties affaires in Scotland which Kingdome was not yet wholly conquered for the Lords Seaforth Atholl Glencarne Kenmore and Glengary and severall others who had some of them been formerly followers of the noble Marquess of Montrosse