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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31734	A character of His Most Sacred Majesty, King Charles the IId with a short apologie before it, an introduction to it, and a conclusion after it / written by a minister of the word ...	Minister of the word.	1660 (1660)	Wing C2017; ESTC R21751	17,960	39

were Captives unarmed and some of them half naked when wounded before and many of them faint sick and almost famished circumstances which did most highly aggravate the cruelty which was shewed them for when it was thus with them above all example of immanitie and barbarousness ever read or known before as I suppose especially by men that dust call themselves Christians yet by such had in cold blood their brains beaten out in several places as they passed by the English Souldiers because they went not forward and faster when by reason of their extreme lameness and feebleness they were scarce able to move at all and nothing done to those barbarous inhumane monsters for so doing though we may say of their cruelty then what was long since spoken by the Spirit of God of that horrid act of Simeon and Levi who fell upon the Shechemites when they were sore and expected not that violence and fury which they were made to feel Cursed be their wrath for it was fierce and their rage for it was cruel Of which cruelty in those strange Butcheries the Relator hereof lived near enough the road where they passed to have been an eye witness of some of them if he could have endured to behold the sight of men causelesly murdered And they of the City of Durham as very many others inhabiting those most remote Northern parts of England are able to relate many like horrid cruel parallel stories before this time after the Scots defeat at Dunbar O what a Savage Cruel Bloody thing is man when he hath lost his Humanity for then they who have been inured to shed blood make it but a sport to kill as if the life of a man were not worth the valuing for custome makes that most hateful and unnatural sin so familiar to them as that the horror thereof is tvrn'd into pleasure thus they making havock of men as fearfully made as dearly redeemed as tenderly cherished and brought up as others yet occidendi causa occidunt they kill because they take pleasure in killing and are no more troubled at the death of a man then if a dog had faln before them But the lives of those poor men I named as the blood of very very many more within the circuit of this Nation to go no further cry loud for Vengeance and the avenger of blood will certainly in his due time return full answer to that loud cry For God who is Mercy it self abhors Cruelty above all other sins he cannot endure that one man should destroy an other as the Beasts of the field the Fowls of the air and the Fishes of the sea do And as every sin hath a tongue so that of blood out-cryes and drowns the rest it is alwayes clamorous and restless and will never leave crying out unto God until it be washed away with a flood of tears issuing from bleeding and broken hearts and dyed into another colour by the blood of Christ but if not so it will certainly in conclusion bring woe and misery enough unto them that shed it For there was never any drop of Inocent blood spilt upon the face of the Earth from the blood of Righteous Abel unto this present hour or that shall be shed so long as there be men and malice and mischief in the world but it swels big as the sea in the eyes of God and cannot be washed away by all the waters therein And further neither the heat of the Sun nor the dust of the ground shall ever be able to dry or drink it up till it be either Avenged or Pardoned Unless the Earth and Heavens and all that are therein can be bribed to keep silence and to take no notice thereof And the Lord the Lord God of Mercy deliver this Land from that and from all other Blood-guiltiness I have done with this most Melancholy Sad Bloody Story which hapned as I have said about the time when that Noble Person before mentioned was intreated by some who much desired to have satisfaction therein That he would please he having had such a particular Knowledg of the King by reason of his near attendance on Him to give them a true Character of his Majesty and to speak nothing but what they might confidently from his mouth believe and report as Truth The Gentleman was very free to it and assured them amongst whom was this Relater that he would not say any thing more or less as to it but what he should report for Truth if desired as his last words when he came to dye which now hear speak thus The Character I. THat His Majesty was a Prince unto whom the Lord had given a very large measure of Wisdom and Understanding far above his Years for to the great Admiration of those who there sate in Council with him and when they thought that they had spoken unto some good purpose His great Reason upon Emergent occasions would weigh down all theirs II. He said That while he had the Honor and Happiness to wait upon his Majesty at St. Johnstons in Scotland which was during the whole time of his abode there he kept both his Eyes and Ears open upon him and could never observe nor hear which was very remarkable that his Majesty was addicted unto any sin of Youth III. To testifie this his Majesty was very careful to have a most Regular and Exemplary Court keeping his whole Family therein very excellent and good Order And to this end if he had heard of any Person or Persons in it given to Swearing Drunkenness or to any other Exorbitancies upon a Serious Admonition if they did not Reform they were shewed the way out of his Doors not to be taken into his Family any more IV. He told us that he had heard the King oftentimes to say thus and he desired that this might be in a special manner remembred by us That if ever it should please God to Restore him unto and to settle him in his Just Rights that he would assoon endure a known Traitor about him as a Debauched man V. That his Majesty was very strict in the Observation of his Private Devotions twice every Day and would not suffer any occasions to divert him from those Duties and that he was as careful likewise to frequent the Publick Ordinances VI. That his Majesty retired himself in his Chamber or Closet where he Fasted every Tuesday in Memoral of his Royal Father that day of the Week forced out of his Life by the hands of Violence which day weekly he reserved himself as much as he could from all company and business whether Publick or Private VII That his Majesty was a Prince as Just to make his Word good as any one in the world could be for he would never fail to perform any thing he promised if possibly in his power and therefore was more shie in promising for fear that he might not be able to make good his Word VIII That his Majesty was a Prince

in whose Disposition he had ever observed a very high measure of Nobleness Goodness and Gentleness as good a Friend as any one could find any where like Theodosius that good Emperor who then thought he had a kindness done to himself when he had a good occasion offered him to shew courtesie unto others for his Majesty was alwayes ready to be doing favours And as he was so good a Friend so was he as good an Enemy too for he could easily forget and forgive any injuries done unto himself IX That his Majesty knew how and when to take up the State and Person of a King and when to lay it down And further that when he had any good occasion to improve his Valor he was then as bold as a Lion and when not as meek as a Lamb. X. Lastly He said That he looked upon his Majesty as upon a Prince too good for Scotland too good for England too good for the World and therefore thought that his Goodness might hasten his Glory But then he further added That he had some great reason to hope that God had not so wonderfully Qualified him and so miraculously Preserved him but that he had some great things to do For him and some great things to do By him The Conclusion NOw as this and much more was affirmed by the Person of Honour before spoken of concerning that most excellent King so the same in substance was likewise often attested by many Godly Scotch Ministers and others taken Prisoners at Worcester and since that time by divers more of good Quality and of repute too for Godliness and Honesty of which thousands in these Nations have heard However then it hath pleased Almighty God for causes onely known to himself to suffer his Majesty to drink so deep of the Cup of affliction since he was so violently forced from his own Countrey and from his Fathers house and cast wholly upon the Providence of God for his subsistence which must needs be a very heavie and grievous tryal unto him for the wants of Kings are by far more weighty and pressing then those of private men in respect of themselves their high Names Titles Places and in regard of others who look for shelter and comfort under their shadow which they cannot afford if their substance be taken from them Sapiens miser plus miser est quam stultus miser A Fool in misery is insensible because he apprehends not his condition whereas a wise man can both feel and aggravate it though both many times to little purpose and therefore upon consideration concludes that it is best to bear what he cannot remedy Fortièr ille facit qui miser esse potest No man more strong then he that can stoutly stand under and not be made to buckle under his heavie Cross not bear it up onely with head and shoulders as brutish men may do but with life and spirit and certainly they are most happy that can be most miserable and make least complaint And such hath been the carriage of his Majesty since he was forced as David sometime was to Adullam yet hath born all with marvellous Wisdome and Christian Patience for more then eight years last past when God preserved him at and delivered him from Worcester not to speak of his many flittings up and down to and fro and his great unsettlement before that time I say that his Majesty in all his Tryals hath been still looking up unto that invisible hand from whence all afflictions come And I speak not this of my self but from other credible Witnesses that do affirm it having observed the whole tenour of his conversation all along wherein his Majesty hath highly improved his most heavy pressures bearing them all with an even mind in being as well taught as chastened and consequently made by far more perfect through his sufferings and now long enough in the fire to come forth pure Gold wherein his Majesty hath been tried to purpose tried for many years last past with the want of any certain or known Revenue to support his Person and Dignity tried with many tentations to divert him if it had been possible from the Protestant Religion in which he hath alwayes stood constant firm stedfast and unmovable with his head against the storm not at all wrought upon by many specious overtures made unto Him by many subtle and plausible Arguments pressed upon Him to pervert him from it yet still hath continued like some fresh Rivers which they write make their way through the salt Sea and still retain their savour And after all such attempts it may further and truly be said of Him what was sometimes written of that Noble Fabritius That he would resolve well and when once he had resolved you might as soon have put the Sun out of his course as Fabritius from his resolution Which with many more particulars that might be added are sufficient to confirm all those who have made any scruple or doubt to the contrary that as his Majesty hath hitherto appeared so he is like to continue a very good and a gracious Prince And we have very great cause further to settle us in this kope if we seriously consider of one instance more which I shall here insert For as it was sometimes recorded to the very high commendation of that no less good then great Emperour Constantine who when he was told by his Physicians That there was no way to cure him of his Leprosie but by bathing his flesh in the blood of young Infants his heart abhorr'd their advice and he presently answered like himself Mal● semper aegrotare quam tali remedio convalescere That he had by far rather continue a Leper still then be so cured the remedy was so much worse then the disease So when his Majesty hath been often told That the best way to recover his Rights unto his three Kingdomes was to make his way by force and violence with any foreign aid he could get to his assistance and without doubt if tenderness of Conscience had not awed and kept him from a sinfull compliance with them if he would but hiss he could not have wanted help enough from abroad He hath always manifested such a marvellous regret against that desperate remedy upon many serious and sad considerations as the effusion of much more blood which he desires exceedingly to be tender of with divers other great mischiefs which must unavoidably follow such a force as if he had rather be and remain a great sufferer still if that violence may possibly be avoided then so setled And many of his Majesties greatest Adversaries have heard enough to acknowledge this to be a truth if they would but speak out That we may therefore seek out for help before our hurts grow incurable and not for ever continue to be our own spoilers and our own prey I shall add this That though the Body of these three Nations if they be considered collectively and together may not