A messenger from the dead, or, Conference full of stupendious horrour, heard distinctly, and by alternate voyces, by many at that time present. Between the ghosts of Henry the 8. and Charls the First of England, in Windsore-Chappel, where they were both buried. In which the whole series of the divine judgments, in those infortunate ilands, is as it were by a pencil from heaven, most lively set forth from the first unto the last.
         Nuntius a mortuis. English.
         Perrinchief, Richard, 1623?-1673.
      
       
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             A messenger from the dead, or, Conference full of stupendious horrour, heard distinctly, and by alternate voyces, by many at that time present. Between the ghosts of Henry the 8. and Charls the First of England, in Windsore-Chappel, where they were both buried. In which the whole series of the divine judgments, in those infortunate ilands, is as it were by a pencil from heaven, most lively set forth from the first unto the last.
             Nuntius a mortuis. English.
             Perrinchief, Richard, 1623?-1673.
             Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
             Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
          
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           A
           MESSENGER
           
             From
             the
             DEAD
             ,
          
           OR
           ,
           CONFERENCE
           Full
           of
           stupendious
           horrour
           ,
           heard
           distinctly
           ,
           and
           by
           alternate
           voyces
           ,
           by
           many
           at
           that
           time
           present
           .
        
         
           BETWEEN
           THE
           
             Ghosts
             of
          
           Henry
           
             the
          
           8.
           
             and
          
           Charls
           the
           
             First
          
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           in
           
             Windsore-Chappel
             ,
          
           where
           they
           were
           both
           Buried
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           the
           whole
           
             Series
          
           of
           the
           Divine
           Judgments
           ,
           in
           those
           infortunate
           Ilands
           ,
           is
           as
           it
           were
           by
           a
           Pencil
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           most
           lively
           set
           forth
           from
           the
           first
           unto
           the
           last
           .
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Vere
             ,
          
           and
           
             W.
             Gilbertson
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           their
           shops
           ,
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Angel
           ,
           and
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Bible
           without
           
             Newgate
             ,
          
           1658.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             The
             Messenger
             from
             the
             Dead
             :
          
           OR
           ,
           The
           dreadfull
           Conference
           between
           the
           Ghosts
           of
           
             HENRY
          
           the
           Eighth
           and
           
             CHARLS
          
           the
           first
           ,
           King
           of
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             SAy
             !
             Who
             art
             thou
             that
             presumest
             by
             a
             Sacrilegious
             Impiety
             to
             disturbe
             the
             ashes
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             which
             so
             many
             years
             have
             been
             at
             rest
             ?
          
           
             
               When
            
             Henry
             
               had
               spoken
               these
               words
               ,
               there
               immediately
               was
               heard
               another
               voice
               in
               a
               softer
               ,
               but
               most
               doleful
               accent
               ,
               which
               seamed
               to
               be
               the
               voice
               of
               King
            
             Charls
             ,
             
               expressing
               himself
               after
               this
               manner
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               I
               am
               that
               unhappy
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               the
               undoubted
               heive
               of
               sixty
               and
               two
               Monarchs
               ,
               and
               who
               did
               wear
               my self
               the
               Royall
               Crown
               two
               and
               twenty
               years
               ,
               and
               longer
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             What
             you
             a
             King
             !
             Did
             you
             ever
             wear
             a
             Crown
             on
             your
             head
             ,
             who
             have
             not
             a
             head
             on
             your
             Shoulders
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               I
               have
               not
               alwayes
               wanted
               a
               head
               ,
               my
               Subjects
               ,
               wo
               is
               me
               ,
               did
               lately
               bereave
               me
               of
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             Your
             subjects
             !
             How
             could
             that
             be
             ?
             What
             hainous
             crime
             
             have
             you
             committed
             ,
             that
             could
             inforce
             your
             subjects
             to
             so
             great
             a
             violence
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               I
               know
               not
               wel
               what
               ;
               but
               this
               I
               am
               most
               confident
               of
               ,
               that
               I
               never
               did
               Commit
               adultery
               with
               any
               woman
               ,
               nor
               ever
               defloured
               any
               Virgin
               ,
               I
               never
               axpelled
               any
               man
               from
               his
               House
               ,
               or
               Lands
               ,
               of
               all
               which
            
             Henry
             
               the
               Eighth
               my
               Predecessor
               is
               condemned
               to
               be
               guilty
               by
               all
               the
               World
               ;
               
                 Here
              
            
             Charls
             
               made
               a
               little
               pause
               ,
               to
               see
               what
               answer
               that
            
             Henry
             
               would
               return
               to
               him
               ;
               But
               when
               he
               perceived
               him
               to
               be
               stil
               silent
               he
               thus
               did
               prosecute
               his
               Discourse
               ;
               
                 My
                 Father
                 being
                 dead
                 strange
                 Rumours
                 were
                 spread
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 not
                 long
                 afterwards
                 I
                 marryed
                 with
                 the
                 Daughter
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 my
                 Raign
                 made
                 two
                 unfortunate
                 Wars
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 with
                 the
                 Spaniard
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 with
                 the
                 French
                 ,
                 a
                 Parliament
                 being
                 called
                 at
              
            
             Oxford
             
               I
               lost
               the
               love
               of
               my
               people
               ,
               for
               dissolving
               it
               at
               that
               instant
               when
               the
               Duke
               of
            
             Buckingham
             
               was
               questioned
               for
               having
               a
               hand
               in
               my
               Fathers
               Death
               ;
               At
               this
               I
               perceived
               that
               the
               people
               did
               repine
               ,
               but
               I
               was
               too
               constant
               alwayes
               to
               my
               own
               Counsailes
               ,
               and
               although
               many
               Parliaments
               were
               afterwards
               called
               ,
               I
               dissolved
               them
               all
               .
               This
               inforced
               me
               to
               put
               unusuall
               taxes
               upon
               my
               people
               ;
               by
               which
               and
               by
               the
               enertainment
               of
               the
               Queen
               Mother
               of
            
             France
             
               (
               a
               Lady
               most
               extreamly
               hated
               by
               the
               Generallity
               of
               the
               Nation
               )
               I
               wonderfully
               increased
               their
               evil
               opinion
               of
               me
               ;
               At
               the
               last
               we
               did
               proceed
               to
               Armes
               (
               the
               Parliament
               then
               bearing
               sway
               ,
               by
               me
               not
               suddainly
               to
               be
               dissolved
               )
               and
               the
               War
               not
               thriving
               with
               me
               ,
               I
               was
               brought
               to
            
             London
             ,
             
               a
               Court
               was
               called
               ,
               not
               before
               heard
               of
               ,
               and
               I
               protesting
               against
               the
               unlawfullness
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               was
               no
               Power
               on
               Earth
               by
               which
               I
               was
               to
               be
               tryed
               ,
               they
               passed
               the
               sentence
               of
               Death
               on
               me
               ,
               according
               unto
               which
               I
               suffered
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             The
             greatest
             prejudice
             that
             can
             arrive
             unto
             a
             Prince
             ,
             is
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             peoples
             love
             .
             And
             thus
             my
             Neece
             
               Mary
            
             Queen
             of
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             having
             lost
             the
             affections
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             amongst
             other
             things
             suffered
             for
             that
             Indiscretion
             by
             the
             loss
             of
             her
             head
             in
             England
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             are
             discended
             from
             such
             Kings
             as
             you
             do
             boast
             you
             are
             ,
             had
             it
             not
             been
             better
             for
             you
             to
             have
             your
             bones
             to
             rest
             amongst
             them
             ,
             then
             here
             to
             interrupt
             my
             peace
             at
             
               Windsor
               ?
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             I
             
               dying
               did
               desire
               to
               be
               buryed
               at
            
             West-Minster
             ,
             
               but
               my
               starres
               which
               did
               shine
               but
               Clowdily
               ,
               and
               obscurely
               on
               me
               ,
               in
               my
               life
               ,
               were
               as
               inauspicious
               to
               me
               at
               my
               Death
               .
               I
               suffered
               many
               things
               grievous
               to
               relate
               .
               At
            
             West-Minster
             
               I
               received
               my
               fatal
               sentence
               where
               my
               Predecessors
               were
               accustomed
               to
               be
               crowned
               ;
               At
               Saint
            
             James
             
               I
               was
               kept
               in
               Custody
               ,
               a
               place
               much
               beloved
               of
               me
               by
               reason
               of
               my
               Child-hood
               spent
               there
               ,
               and
               the
               many
               innocent
               recreations
               of
               my
               youth
               ;
               At
            
             White-Hall
             
               I
               was
               Beheaded
               ,
               the
               Scaffold
               being
               erected
               before
               the
               Doors
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               I
               passed
               through
               that
               place
               in
               which
               I
               was
               accustomed
               to
               be
               present
               at
               Masks
               and
               Showes
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               entertainment
               of
               the
               Ambassadors
               of
               forrain
               Princes
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             Are
             you
             
               Charls
            
             the
             son
             of
             King
             
               James
               ,
            
             and
             do
             you
             not
             yet
             perceive
             wherefore
             you
             are
             oppressed
             with
             such
             a
             weight
             of
             affliction
             ?
             do
             you
             not
             plainly
             perceive
             the
             admirable
             course
             and
             tenour
             of
             the
             Divine
             Justice
             ?
             It
             was
             greivous
             to
             you
             to
             be
             in
             custody
             at
             S.
             
               James
               ,
            
             because
             in
             your
             tender
             years
             ,
             you
             did
             there
             delight
             your self
             with
             innocent
             pastimes
             .
             Do
             you
             not
             cal
             to
             mind
             how
             heretofore
             I
             seized
             upon
             that
             place
             by
             violence
             ?
             As
             indeed
             what
             place
             was
             free
             from
             my
             cruelties
             and
             oppressions
             ,
             you
             are
             not
             ignorant
             how
             most
             unjustly
             I
             brought
             unto
             my
             Exchequer
             ,
             to
             satisfy
             my
             own
             avarice
             ,
             all
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             
               Carthusian
               ,
               Bernardine
               ,
            
             and
             
               Cistercian
               Monks
               ,
            
             and
             of
             all
             the
             other
             Orders
             ,
             but
             especially
             of
             the
             Order
             of
             Saint
             
               Benedict
               ,
            
             whose
             Lands
             and
             revenues
             were
             the
             greatest
             ,
             and
             whose
             Covents
             ,
             and
             houses
             were
             the
             fairest
             ?
             How
             many
             innocent
             men
             have
             I
             imprisoned
             ,
             because
             they
             would
             not
             be
             subject
             to
             my
             will
             ?
             It
             was
             I
             that
             caused
             some
             
               Abbots
            
             to
             be
             hanged
             before
             their
             own
             doors
             ,
             to
             become
             a
             terrour
             to
             the
             other
             
               Monks
               .
            
             Do
             you
             not
             know
             that
             even
             your
             own
             Palace
             ,
             was
             heretofore
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Archbishops
             of
             
               York
               ,
            
             which
             I
             extorted
             from
             
               Cardinall
               Wolsey
               ,
            
             whom
             I
             advanced
             to
             great
             honours
             and
             riches
             ,
             whiles
             I
             found
             him
             a
             profitable
             Minister
             to
             my
             lust
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             crushed
             him
             to
             peices
             when
             I
             found
             it
             to
             be
             expedient
             for
             my
             avarice
             ;
             It
             was
             I
             who
             although
             I
             never
             started
             from
             the
             obedience
             of
             the
             Church
             
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             but
             onely
             in
             one
             particular
             to
             satisfy
             my
             lust
             ;
             did
             afterwards
             compell
             all
             the
             Bishops
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             to
             subscribe
             to
             what
             I
             commanded
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rochester
            
             onely
             excepted
             ,
             whom
             because
             I
             could
             not
             overcome
             ,
             neither
             by
             threatnings
             ,
             nor
             perswasions
             ,
             I
             made
             him
             shorter
             by
             the
             head
             .
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               But
               I
               was
               never
               accused
               of
               such
               enormities
               ;
               Must
               I
               suffer
               for
               the
               offences
               of
               others
               ,
               the
               stedfastness
               and
               unaltered
               Resolution
               of
               my
               Spirit
               ,
               was
               never
               prejudicicall
               unto
               any
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             unto
             your self
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             that
             had
             relation
             to
             you
             ;
             Besides
             ,
             Flatter
             not
             your self
             ,
             He
             who
             receiveth
             money
             of
             a
             Judge
             for
             the
             seat
             of
             Judicature
             ,
             perverteth
             Justice
             .
             You
             need
             not
             to
             fear
             that
             any
             private
             designes
             or
             Combinations
             should
             dispossesse
             you
             of
             your
             life
             ,
             for
             so
             the
             punishment
             would
             not
             answer
             the
             offence
             ,
             it
             is
             expedient
             and
             necessary
             that
             publick
             sins
             should
             be
             publickly
             expiated
             .
             I
             afterwards
             that
             I
             began
             to
             offend
             ,
             did
             not
             act
             fearfully
             ,
             nor
             did
             seek
             out
             Corners
             ,
             for
             the
             commiting
             of
             Iniquity
             ,
             but
             made
             pretences
             of
             Justice
             for
             my
             Impiety
             .
             I
             divorced
             my self
             from
             my
             lawfull
             wife
             ,
             and
             pretended
             Law
             for
             it
             .
             On
             the
             same
             account
             I
             brought
             the
             goods
             of
             divers
             men
             into
             my
             Treasury
             ,
             whosoever
             opposed
             me
             ,
             I
             impeached
             them
             of
             Treason
             ,
             and
             caused
             them
             to
             suffer
             accordingly
             for
             it
             ,
             therefore
             when
             I
             did
             acts
             of
             unrighteousness
             ,
             and
             pretended
             Law
             ,
             I
             ought
             not
             to
             wonder
             if
             I
             my self
             should
             suffer
             punishment
             in
             the
             same
             nature
             .
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               Should
               a
               King
               suffer
               by
               his
               Subjects
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             We
             deserve
             greater
             punishments
             ,
             because
             we
             commit
             greater
             offences
             ,
             they
             offend
             against
             a
             mortall
             King
             ,
             we
             against
             a
             King
             immortall
             ;
             but
             could
             not
             you
             (
             unless
             by
             the
             divine
             providence
             you
             were
             destined
             to
             be
             a
             Sacrifice
             ,
             for
             the
             expiation
             of
             the
             Crimes
             of
             your
             predecessours
             ,
             and
             your
             own
             )
             could
             you
             not
             by
             your
             own
             power
             dissolve
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             so
             bring
             about
             your
             own
             Counsailes
             ,
             for
             the
             managing
             of
             the
             affaires
             of
             the
             Nations
             ,
             according
             to
             your
             own
             will
             ?
          
        
         
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               I
               told
               before
               that
               I
               had
               dissolved
               many
               sever
               all
               Parliaments
               ,
               but
               understand
               what
               followed
               ;
               My
               native
               Subjects
               the
            
             Scots
             
               did
               by
               force
               of
               Armes
               invade
            
             England
             ,
             
               and
               whiles
               I
               staid
               at
            
             York
             
               to
               carry
               on
               with
               more
               vigour
               the
               Affaires
               of
               the
               War
               ,
               the
               Lord
               of
            
             Kimbolton
             
               did
               present
               me
               with
               a
               Petition
               ,
               to
               which
               twelve
               of
               the
               Nobility
               had
               set
               their
               hands
               .
            
          
           
             
               When
               king
            
             Henry
             
               had
               heard
               the
               name
               of
            
             Kimbolton
             ,
             
               he
               fetched
               a
               déep
               sigh
               ,
               as
               if
               from
               the
               bottome
               of
               his
               heart
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             Ah!
             At
             
               Kimbolton
            
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             excellent
             Mirrour
             of
             her
             sex
             and
             the
             Example
             of
             all
             Vertues
             my
             first
             wife
             Queen
             
               Katharine
            
             dyed
             ,
             whom
             I
             divorced
             from
             my
             bed
             that
             I
             might
             bring
             into
             it
             
               Anne
               Bollen
            
             an
             incontinent
             woman
             ,
             whom
             not
             long
             afterwards
             being
             taken
             in
             adultery
             I
             caused
             to
             be
             beheaded
             by
             the
             common
             Hangman
             ;
             That
             this
             divoree
             from
             my
             first
             wife
             contrary
             to
             all
             laws
             both
             divine
             and
             humaine
             might
             remaine
             unquestioned
             ,
             being
             not
             able
             to
             defend
             one
             wickedness
             but
             by
             another
             ,
             I
             did
             assume
             unto
             my self
             to
             govern
             this
             nation
             ,
             by
             an
             Arbitrary
             power
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             original
             of
             all
             the
             calamities
             that
             have
             since
             befallen
             ,
             either
             to
             my self
             ,
             or
             you
             ,
             or
             to
             our
             unfortunate
             Kingdomes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               Having
               rashly
               (
               as
               I
               have
               said
               )
               estranged
               my selfe
               from
               the
               love
               of
               my
            
             English
             
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               finding
               the
            
             Scots
             
               to
               grow
               more
               and
               more
               upon
               me
               ,
               I
               was
               inforced
               to
               make
               use
               of
               those
               Counsailes
               which
               I
               thought
               most
               expedient
               for
               my
               present
               safety
               ,
               I
               observed
               that
               my
               dissolution
               of
               so
               many
               Parliaments
               ,
               (
               called
               to
               give
               redress
               to
               the
               sufferings
               and
               complaints
               of
               the
               people
               )
               was
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               reasons
               that
               at
               first
               did
               pull
               upon
               me
               their
               suspition
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               their
               hatred
               ,
               they
               feared
               also
               that
               I
               would
               introduce
               amongst
               them
               an
               Innovation
               of
               Religion
               ,
               which
               laying
               a
               force
               upon
               their
               Consciences
               they
               accounted
               the
               greatest
               tyr
               any
               that
               could
               be
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               therefore
               to
               give
               them
               a
               plenary
               and
               a
               thorough
               satisfaction
               on
               the
               one
               side
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               discharged
               of
               the
            
             Scots
             
               Army
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               I
               gave
               order
               that
               a
               Parliament
               should
               be
               called
               againe
               not
               to
               be
               dissolved
               by
               me
               without
               their
               own
               liking
               and
               approbation
               ;
               To
               this
               many
               of
               the
               most
               apparent
               
               of
               my
               Counsaile
               did
               readily
               agree
               with
               me
               ,
               and
               amongst
               others
               my
               own
               kinsman
               ,
               the
               unfortunate
               Duke
               of
            
             Hamilton
             .
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             You
             were
             more
             tame
             (
             beleeve
             me
             )
             then
             I
             would
             have
             bin
             ,
             had
             it
             bin
             in
             my
             time
             ,
             my
             subjects
             should
             have
             found
             I
             would
             have
             dealt
             more
             roundly
             with
             them
             ,
             but
             I
             most
             plainly
             do
             perceive
             that
             the
             measure
             of
             my
             iniquities
             was
             compleated
             in
             you
             my
             successour
             ,
             and
             the
             divine
             vengeance
             did
             mark
             you
             out
             for
             destruction
             .
             The
             houses
             got
             by
             me
             ,
             by
             violence
             and
             rapine
             ,
             must
             be
             pluckt
             from
             you
             ,
             to
             be
             established
             on
             another
             that
             is
             more
             worthy
             of
             them
             .
             Were
             you
             so
             weak
             ,
             that
             when
             it
             proceeded
             so
             far
             you
             could
             not
             with
             largesses
             and
             honours
             procure
             and
             confirm
             unto
             your self
             a
             strong
             party
             even
             in
             that
             Parliament
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               I
               did
               indeed
               attempt
               it
               ,
               but
               all
               things
               did
               fall
               out
               cross
               to
               my
               Expectation
               ,
               for
               all
               the
               Bishops
               and
               the
               Catholick
               Lords
               ,
               who
               were
               faithfull
               to
               me
               ,
               were
               cast
               forth
               by
               the
               adverse
               party
               ,
               who
               were
               more
               powerfull
               and
               numerous
               .
               They
               used
               their
               utmost
               Indeavours
               to
               promote
               my
               Interests
               .
               The
               Catholicks
               hoped
               that
               I
               would
               moder
               ate
               that
               severity
               of
               the
               Laws
               which
               were
               made
               against
               them
               by
               you
               and
            
             Q
             Elizabeth
             ,
             
               and
               King
            
             James
             
               my
               Father
               ,
               laying
               a
               great
               penalty
               on
               all
               those
               who
               would
               not
               acknowledge
               them
               to
               be
               the
               supreame
               Governours
               ,
               in
               the
               Territories
               of
               their
               Dominions
               .
               The
               Bishops
               and
               Prelats
               were
               eager
               to
               maintaine
               my
               cause
               ,
               that
               so
               they
               might
               preserve
               their
               own
               Dignities
               ,
               and
               Fortunes
               ,
               that
               is
               their
               Bishopricks
               ,
               and
               Benefices
               ,
               which
               seemed
               otherwise
               to
               be
               in
               a
               most
               ruinous
               Condition
               .
               Having
               by
               this
               meanes
               lost
               above
               forty
               voyces
               in
               the
               upper
               House
               ;
               those
               who
               remained
               were
               more
               flexible
               ,
               and
               did
               conforme
               themselves
               to
               the
               temper
               and
               resolution
               of
               the
               rest
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             But
             could
             you
             by
             no
             printed
             papers
             ,
             insinuate
             into
             the
             minds
             of
             your
             Subjects
             ,
             how
             much
             you
             stood
             devoted
             to
             their
             safety
             and
             prosperity
             ?
             When
             I
             was
             resolved
             to
             use
             my
             Arbitrary
             power
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             appeare
             unto
             the
             world
             to
             undertake
             nothing
             by
             force
             ,
             I
             caused
             books
             to
             be
             dictated
             according
             to
             my
             own
             pleasure
             ,
             which
             were
             presented
             to
             me
             as
             if
             they
             came
             from
             the
             Monks
             themselves
             .
             If
             any
             refused
             to
             subscribe
             unto
             them
             I
             caused
             them
             to
             be
             hanged
             up
             ,
             especially
             
             the
             chiefest
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             terrour
             to
             the
             rest
             .
             Thus
             when
             I
             was
             pleased
             to
             exercise
             my
             will
             ,
             I
             caused
             divers
             for
             fear
             of
             Death
             ,
             to
             subscribe
             to
             what
             I
             did
             propound
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             handsomly
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             their
             own
             motion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               But
               I
               did
               deal
               more
               gently
               ,
               nevertheless
               being
               resolved
               at
               the
               last
               to
               have
               recourse
               to
               Armes
               ,
               I
               did
               betake
               my self
               to
               the
               Northern
               part
               of
               my
               Kingdome
               ,
               and
               having
               erected
               the
               Royall
               Standard
               ,
               not
               far
               from
            
             Notingham
             ,
             
               the
               most
               faithfull
               of
               my
               Subjects
               ,
               did
               from
               every
               part
               of
               the
               Kingdome
               resort
               unto
               me
               ,
               whose
               number
               in
               a
               short
               time
               was
               so
               great
               that
               they
               hold
               out
               a
               War
               for
               above
               the
               space
               of
               seven
               years
               against
               the
               Parliament
               ;
               It
               is
               remarkeable
               to
               see
               with
               what
               resolution
               ,
               above
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               the
               Roman
               Catholicks
               did
               adventure
               their
               lives
               ,
               and
               their
               fortunes
               for
               me
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               onely
               in
               one
               field
               ,
               but
               wheresoever
               their
               War
               made
               triall
               of
               their
               valour
               ;
               but
               the
               Army
               of
               the
               Parliamen
               prevailed
               ,
               and
               I
               being
               driven
               to
               the
               greatest
               extremities
               did
               betake
               my self
               unto
               the
            
             Scots
             ,
             
               as
               to
               my
               last
               refuge
               ,
               amongst
               whom
               I
               did
               not
               long
               continue
               but
               I
               was
               delivered
               to
               some
               of
               Note
               in
               the
            
             English
             
               Army
               ,
               who
               carrying
               me
               from
               one
               place
               to
               another
               ,
               have
               at
               last
               brought
               me
               hither
               in
               this
               sad
               Condition
               wherein
               you
               see
               me
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             The
             English
             were
             alwayes
             much
             addicted
             to
             their
             Parliaments
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             found
             a
             constant
             redress
             for
             all
             their
             greivances
             ,
             it
             is
             therefore
             less
             to
             be
             admired
             that
             they
             revolted
             from
             you
             ;
             but
             how
             came
             it
             to
             pass
             that
             those
             of
             your
             own
             Nation
             the
             
               Scots
            
             should
             make
             war
             against
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Revolt
               of
               the
            
             Scots
             
               was
               the
               cheifest
               cause
               of
               my
               Ruine
               ,
               for
               if
               I
               had
               to
               deal
               onely
               with
               the
            
             English
             ,
             
               I
               could
               have
               kept
               them
               in
               obedience
               ,
               or
               have
               reduced
               them
               to
               it
               by
               the
               assistance
               of
               my
               faithfull
               Subjects
               ,
               both
               im
            
             England
             ,
             
               and
               in
            
             Ireland
             ;
             
               But
               the
            
             Scots
             
               fell
               off
               from
               me
               upon
               this
               account
               ;
               It
               was
               my
               desire
               that
               throughout
               all
               my
               Dominions
               ,
               there
               might
               not
               be
               onely
               the
               same
               form
               of
               faith
               ,
               but
               of
               Rights
               ,
               and
               Ceremonies
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Liturgy
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               together
               with
               the
               Surplice
               might
               
               be
               used
               by
               the
               Ministers
               of
            
             Scotland
             .
             
               This
               I
               must
               confess
               I
               did
               by
               the
               perswasion
               of
               the
               Arch-bishop
               of
            
             Canterbury
             ,
             
               whom
               I
               did
               reverence
               as
               a
               Patriarch
               ,
               which
               when
               the
               people
               of
            
             Scotland
             
               understood
               ,
               and
               perceived
               that
               it
               began
               to
               be
               put
               in
               practise
               ,
               they
               presently
               cried
               out
               that
               Papistry
               ,
               and
               the
               abomination
               of
               Rome
               began
               be
               introduced
               ,
               hereupon
               seditions
               began
               to
               increase
               which
               were
               much
               fomented
               by
               the
               Pulpits
               .
               At
               the
               last
               the
            
             Scots
             
               were
               resolved
               to
               defend
               their
               Religion
               by
               Armes
               ,
               and
               as
               already
               I
               have
               made
               mention
               they
               invaded
            
             England
             ,
             
               and
               possessed
               themselves
               of
            
             New-Castle
             .
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             cleerer
             then
             the
             noon
             day
             ,
             and
             you
             see
             all
             along
             ,
             what
             it
             is
             to
             govern
             by
             an
             Arbitrary
             power
             .
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               Too
               late
               I
               perceive
               it
               ,
               but
               I
               do
               not
               yet
               understand
               wherefore
               those
               Calamities
               did
               not
               overwhelm
               you
               ,
               who
               did
               first
               practise
               it
               with
               so
               much
               constancy
               and
               so
               much
               cruelty
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             Ah
             
               Charls
            
             you
             are
             much
             deceived
             ,
             if
             you
             think
             me
             free
             from
             punishment
             ,
             punishment
             doth
             alwayes
             follow
             sin
             ,
             neither
             was
             there
             ever
             any
             one
             that
             hath
             got
             cleerly
             off
             ,
             and
             not
             payed
             for
             his
             Impiety
             .
             Not
             to
             speak
             of
             the
             torments
             which
             I
             do
             now
             indure
             ;
             What
             pangs
             did
             I
             not
             feel
             within
             me
             whiles
             I
             was
             alive
             being
             perpetually
             scourged
             with
             rods
             of
             knotted
             steel
             by
             the
             three
             Beadles
             of
             
               Avarice
               ,
               Cruelty
               ,
               and
               Incontinency
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             my
             
               Avarice
            
             was
             so
             unsatisfied
             that
             after
             I
             had
             overthrown
             three
             hundred
             and
             seventy
             six
             Monasteries
             ,
             and
             with
             one
             Edict
             taken
             away
             all
             their
             Goods
             and
             Lands
             ,
             one
             year
             was
             not
             fully
             expired
             ,
             before
             I
             oppressed
             my
             Subjects
             ,
             with
             greater
             taxes
             then
             before
             .
             Being
             palate-taken
             by
             this
             first
             Morsell
             ,
             not
             long
             afterwards
             ,
             I
             brought
             into
             my
             treasury
             all
             the
             other
             Monasteries
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             easy
             to
             comprehend
             how
             many
             &
             how
             rich
             they
             were
             .
             Whiles
             I
             made
             havock
             of
             these
             ,
             I
             did
             feed
             my
             Subjects
             with
             vain
             hopes
             that
             the
             goods
             thus
             gotten
             would
             so
             cram
             my
             treasury
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             never
             have
             need
             to
             fear
             any
             more
             Subsidies
             ,
             which
             news
             was
             so
             welcome
             to
             the
             people
             that
             they
             were
             greatly
             pleased
             ,
             and
             much
             applauded
             what
             I
             did
             ;
             But
             they
             were
             so
             deluded
             of
             their
             expectations
             ,
             that
             after
             this
             I
             exacted
             more
             upon
             them
             then
             all
             
             my
             Predecessors
             had
             done
             in
             five
             hundred
             years
             before
             .
             After
             that
             I
             had
             Plundred
             and
             levelled
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             about
             one
             thousand
             Churches
             ,
             and
             converted
             to
             my
             use
             the
             goods
             appropriate
             to
             them
             ,
             after
             that
             by
             force
             I
             had
             seized
             upon
             their
             gold
             ,
             their
             silver
             ,
             and
             consecrated
             vessailes
             ,
             and
             sold
             the
             brass
             ,
             the
             lead
             ,
             the
             stones
             and
             timber
             belonging
             to
             them
             ;
             and
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Canterbury
            
             alone
             ,
             had
             taken
             two
             great
             Chests
             so
             full
             of
             gold
             ,
             and
             precious
             stones
             ,
             that
             four
             men
             could
             hardly
             stir
             either
             of
             them
             ,
             I
             was
             driven
             to
             so
             extreame
             a
             penury
             ,
             that
             whereas
             at
             first
             by
             my
             Proclamation
             ,
             two
             ounces
             of
             brass
             were
             to
             be
             mixed
             with
             ten
             ounces
             of
             silver
             ,
             I
             afterwards
             gave
             order
             that
             two
             ounces
             of
             silver
             ,
             should
             be
             mighled
             with
             ten
             ounces
             of
             brass
             ;
             After
             this
             manner
             was
             I
             tormented
             by
             my
             Covetousness
             ,
             neither
             did
             I
             suffer
             less
             by
             my
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             for
             the
             first
             20
             years
             before
             I
             exercised
             any
             violent
             &
             arbitrary
             power
             ,
             no
             King
             before
             me
             did
             shed
             less
             blood
             ;
             In
             all
             that
             time
             there
             were
             but
             two
             Noble
             men
             that
             lost
             their
             lives
             ,
             but
             after
             that
             I
             began
             to
             show
             my self
             in
             my
             own
             colours
             ,
             I
             was
             as
             greedy
             of
             blood
             as
             I
             was
             before
             of
             gold
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             great
             laughter
             of
             all
             ages
             ,
             sexes
             ,
             and
             orders
             whatsoever
             ,
             and
             for
             no
             other
             trespass
             but
             that
             they
             opposed
             my
             pleasure
             .
             Four
             Queens
             that
             successively
             had
             bin
             married
             to
             me
             ,
             did
             lose
             their
             lives
             ,
             either
             by
             the
             Axe
             ,
             or
             by
             a
             grief
             as
             fatall
             as
             the
             Axe
             .
             I
             proscribed
             two
             Princesses
             ,
             two
             Cardinalls
             ,
             and
             the
             third
             who
             was
             not
             onely
             my
             Kinsman
             ,
             but
             at
             that
             time
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             .
             I
             did
             put
             to
             Death
             by
             the
             common
             Hangman
             12
             eminent
             personages
             who
             were
             either
             Dukes
             ,
             or
             Marquesses
             ,
             or
             Earls
             ,
             or
             the
             Sons
             of
             Earls
             ,
             two
             and
             twenty
             Barons
             ,
             and
             Knights
             ,
             sixteen
             Abbots
             and
             Priors
             ,
             seventy
             seven
             Priests
             and
             Religious
             men
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             a
             lower
             rank
             almost
             not
             to
             be
             numbred
             .
             And
             in
             this
             so
             black
             a
             cruelty
             I
             was
             feared
             by
             none
             more
             then
             by
             the
             most
             faithful
             of
             my
             won
             friends
             ,
             as
             the
             Events
             of
             
               Wolsey
               Norris
               ,
            
             of
             the
             Family
             of
             the
             
               Bullens
               ,
            
             and
             of
             the
             
               Howards
               ,
            
             have
             declared
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Moreover
             I
             did
             so
             prostrate
             my self
             unto
             Lust
             ,
             that
             after
             the
             divorse
             of
             my
             best
             and
             my
             first
             wife
             ,
             I
             saw
             no
             Lady
             handsommer
             then
             other
             ,
             with
             whom
             I
             not
             presently
             fell
             in
             love
             ,
             neither
             made
             I
             love
             to
             any
             whom
             I
             would
             not
             enjoy
             .
             
             Was
             it
             not
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             my
             sins
             ,
             that
             you
             and
             your
             Father
             were
             crowned
             Kings
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             when
             I
             left
             nothing
             unattempted
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             hinder
             you
             from
             the
             possession
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             by
             some
             heir
             of
             my
             own
             might
             confirm
             it
             in
             my
             own
             house
             .
             Two
             wives
             I
             did
             drive
             out
             of
             my
             bed
             ,
             and
             two
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             the
             fifth
             I
             caused
             to
             be
             ripped
             up
             alive
             ,
             being
             then
             in
             labour
             and
             full
             of
             her
             childing
             throwes
             ,
             that
             her
             child
             might
             be
             preserved
             ,
             adding
             to
             the
             cruelty
             these
             barbarous
             ,
             and
             inhumane
             words
             ,
             
               that
               Wives
               could
               more
               easily
               be
               found
               then
               Children
               .
            
             I
             married
             the
             sixth
             wife
             ,
             and
             intertained
             thoughts
             of
             taking
             her
             our
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             when
             not
             long
             afterwards
             I
             was
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             World
             my self
             .
             But
             in
             this
             great
             care
             of
             mine
             ,
             and
             iudeavour
             for
             posterity
             ,
             not
             any
             of
             my
             race
             lived
             threescore
             years
             after
             my
             Death
             ;
             It
             is
             true
             that
             a
             child
             of
             mine
             ,
             of
             nine
             years
             of
             age
             ,
             did
             succeed
             me
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             but
             not
             well
             able
             to
             govern
             himself
             ,
             much
             less
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             who
             departed
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             before
             he
             departed
             out
             of
             his
             nonage
             ,
             My
             Daughter
             
               Mary
               ,
            
             did
             afterwards
             receive
             the
             Crown
             ,
             but
             rejected
             the
             Religion
             of
             her
             Brother
             ,
             I
             might
             well
             expect
             to
             have
             had
             issue
             by
             her
             ,
             being
             five
             years
             Married
             to
             
               Philip
               ,
            
             the
             Catholick
             King
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             but
             God
             the
             Revenger
             of
             so
             many
             Murders
             ,
             and
             abhominations
             committed
             ,
             would
             not
             that
             my
             Race
             
               should
               inherite
               the
               Land
               ;
            
             for
             he
             is
             not
             to
             be
             mocked
             ,
             neither
             doth
             his
             word
             fall
             upon
             the
             ground
             ,
             which
             saith
             ,
             
               For
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               Fathers
               the
               daies
               of
               the
               Children
               ,
               shall
               be
               shortned
               .
            
             She
             therefore
             in
             a
             short
             time
             dying
             without
             issue
             ,
             the
             Kingdome
             is
             translated
             unto
             you
             .
             It
             is
             true
             that
             my
             Daughter
             
               Elizabeth
            
             succeeded
             my
             Daughter
             
               Mary
               ,
            
             but
             being
             never
             Married
             she
             also
             without
             issue
             descended
             into
             the
             sleep
             of
             Death
             .
          
           
             Thus
             do
             I
             find
             true
             what
             the
             Kingly
             Prophet
             did
             foretell
             me
             .
             
               The
               seed
               of
               the
               wicked
               shall
               perish
               ,
               Psalm
               .
            
             37.
             and
             in
             another
             place
             .
             
               Thou
               shalt
               destroy
               their
               fruit
               from
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               their
               seed
               from
               the
               sons
               of
               men
               ,
               Psalm
               .
            
             12.
             
             By
             wofull
             experience
             ,
             I
             do
             say
             ,
             I
             have
             proved
             the
             truth
             of
             his
             prophecy
             ,
             for
             it
             pleased
             God
             to
             laugh
             at
             the
             vain
             counsails
             of
             men
             ,
             And
             
             the
             same
             Prophet
             giveth
             this
             reason
             of
             it
             ,
             
               For
               they
               imagined
               Counsailes
               which
               they
               could
               not
               bring
               to
               pass
               .
            
             Psalm
             .
             21.
             
             
               For
               their
               is
               no
               Counsaile
               against
               the
               Lord
               .
               Pro.
            
             21.
             
             As
             now
             too
             late
             I
             have
             learned
             .
             Will
             you
             have
             me
             yet
             further
             to
             confirme
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             unto
             you
             .
             When
             I
             was
             dying
             I
             did
             leave
             unto
             my
             Son
             
               EDWARD
            
             twelve
             Tutors
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             Catholicks
             ,
             as
             I
             conceived
             ,
             and
             commanded
             them
             to
             bring
             him
             up
             in
             the
             Catholick
             Religion
             ,
             the
             Supremacy
             of
             the
             Church
             onely
             excepted
             ,
             which
             I
             would
             have
             him
             to
             continue
             ,
             and
             to
             reserve
             unto
             himself
             ,
             but
             I
             who
             violated
             the
             testaments
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             overthrew
             so
             many
             Monuments
             of
             Piety
             ,
             did
             not
             deserve
             that
             my
             own
             should
             be
             kept
             ;
             Of
             so
             many
             Tutors
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Somerset
            
             Unkle
             to
             
               Edward
               ,
            
             by
             his
             mothers
             side
             ,
             after
             my
             Death
             was
             Tutor
             alone
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             brought
             him
             up
             in
             that
             Religion
             ,
             which
             I
             forbad
             him
             ,
             and
             hated
             .
             I
             commanded
             also
             that
             a
             more
             sumptuous
             Monument
             should
             be
             provided
             for
             me
             ,
             then
             was
             ever
             raised
             for
             any
             of
             my
             Predecessors
             ,
             and
             as
             yet
             I
             have
             no
             Monument
             at
             all
             ,
             although
             of
             all
             the
             Kings
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             not
             one
             of
             them
             had
             three
             children
             that
             successively
             swayed
             the
             Scepter
             but
             my self
             .
             But
             ,
             alas
             ,
             I
             need
             not
             fear
             that
             I
             shall
             be
             ever
             lost
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             men
             ,
             I
             have
             purchased
             to
             my self
             an
             everlasting
             Name
             ,
             by
             my
             enormous
             offences
             .
             All
             sorts
             of
             men
             do
             strive
             as
             it
             were
             in
             emulation
             who
             shall
             hate
             me
             most
             .
             I
             am
             become
             justly
             odious
             to
             the
             Catholicks
             because
             I
             divided
             
               England
            
             from
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
             I
             am
             abhomination
             to
             the
             orders
             of
             the
             Religious
             ,
             because
             I
             have
             extinguished
             their
             Charters
             and
             themselves
             ,
             and
             have
             sold
             their
             Lands
             ,
             and
             houses
             .
             I
             am
             detestable
             both
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             and
             the
             Laity
             ,
             because
             I
             have
             raised
             a
             persecution
             ,
             against
             even
             the
             whole
             Name
             of
             Catholicks
             ,
             which
             continueth
             to
             this
             day
             .
             The
             Protestants
             hate
             me
             ,
             because
             through
             all
             the
             course
             of
             my
             life
             ,
             I
             did
             pursue
             them
             with
             fire
             and
             Sword
             ;
             
               Luther
            
             named
             me
             a
             big-bellied
             Beast
             ,
             and
             a
             Tyrant
             ;
             
               Calvin
            
             hath
             written
             bitterly
             against
             me
             ,
             and
             brandeth
             me
             in
             his
             books
             ,
             as
             destitute
             of
             all
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             shame
             of
             men
             .
             All
             Lettered
             men
             will
             evermore
             curse
             my
             memory
             ,
             beause
             I
             have
             utterly
             destroyed
             such
             excellent
             Monuments
             of
             Learning
             
             and
             Antiquity
             that
             the
             Christian
             World
             can
             hardly
             parralell
             .
             Finally
             whiles
             I
             was
             alive
             ,
             most
             men
             hated
             me
             ,
             all
             men
             feared
             me
             ,
             no
             man
             loved
             me
             .
             In
             my
             last
             dayes
             ,
             like
             
               Orestes
               ,
            
             I
             was
             tormented
             with
             the
             Consciousness
             of
             my
             sins
             ,
             and
             desired
             to
             reconcile
             my self
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             some
             amends
             for
             the
             injury
             offered
             to
             my
             wife
             ,
             the
             latter
             I
             did
             in
             some
             part
             performe
             ,
             for
             I
             provided
             in
             my
             will
             ,
             that
             my
             Daughter
             
               Mary
            
             born
             of
             Queen
             
               Katharine
               ,
            
             whom
             before
             I
             had
             disinherited
             ,
             should
             succeed
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             if
             my
             Son
             
               Edward
            
             should
             dye
             without
             children
             .
             Oh
             how
             often
             have
             I
             discoursed
             with
             my
             friends
             of
             the
             first
             ,
             but
             as
             I
             deceived
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             heretofore
             by
             the
             same
             artifice
             ,
             so
             now
             I
             my self
             became
             suspected
             to
             them
             all
             ,
             and
             they
             grew
             to
             be
             jealous
             of
             me
             ,
             and
             to
             shun
             me
             ,
             as
             diving
             into
             their
             secrets
             .
             And
             thus
             being
             abandomed
             by
             all
             ,
             I
             dyed
             without
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             repeating
             oftentimes
             in
             my
             last
             houre
             these
             words
             ,
             
               We
               have
               lost
               all
               .
            
             Being
             dead
             ,
             I
             had
             the
             same
             end
             as
             
               Ahab
               ,
            
             and
             it
             is
             the
             more
             remarkable
             because
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Ruines
             of
             a
             Religious
             house
             ,
             for
             as
             my
             Corps
             nasty
             with
             excessive
             fatness
             ,
             and
             too
             great
             a
             Belly
             ,
             was
             on
             the
             way
             tobe
             convaied
             hither
             ,
             the
             Coffin
             of
             Lead
             in
             which
             it
             was
             put
             did
             crack
             by
             chance
             ,
             and
             opened
             ;
             To
             soder
             which
             ,
             a
             Plummer
             being
             sent
             for
             ,
             my
             Corps
             was
             set
             down
             in
             the
             said
             ruines
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             there
             ,
             whiles
             the
             Plummer
             was
             running
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             being
             very
             busie
             at
             his
             work
             ,
             his
             dog
             most
             greadily
             did
             lick
             the
             blood
             that
             issued
             from
             me
             .
             A
             Revenge
             from
             God
             for
             the
             effusion
             of
             so
             much
             blood
             ,
             which
             in
             my
             life
             time
             I
             had
             soilled
             .
             
               Charls
               ,
            
             Do
             you
             not
             now
             see
             sufficiently
             how
             God
             hath
             scourged
             me
             in
             my
             own
             person
             ;
             Never
             think
             that
             I
             have
             eseaped
             unpunished
             !
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               This
               is
               a
               sad
               story
               indeed
               ,
               and
               most
               worthy
               to
               be
               remembered
               ,
               and
               seriously
               to
               be
               considered
               of
               by
               all
               posterity
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             But
             these
             things
             which
             I
             have
             rehearsed
             ,
             although
             they
             seem
             greivous
             to
             the
             eares
             of
             the
             living
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             but
             meer
             Delights
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             compared
             to
             the
             Torments
             which
             I
             indure
             amongst
             those
             who
             inhabite
             the
             Regions
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             
             for
             besides
             those
             punishments
             which
             I
             have
             pulled
             upon
             me
             by
             my
             own
             sins
             ,
             whatsoever
             evills
             that
             my
             posterity
             hath
             committed
             by
             my
             Example
             ,
             it
             doth
             increase
             my
             sufferings
             by
             a
             new
             addition
             .
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               I
               would
               to
               God
               that
               Flattery
               had
               never
               been
               heard
               of
               in
               the
               Courts
               of
               Princes
               ,
               would
               to
               God
               that
               I
               had
               never
               heard
               that
               we
               are
               above
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               give
               an
               account
               to
               God
               onely
               for
               what
               we
               have
               committed
               upon
               Earth
               ,
               neverthelesse
               it
               doth
               administer
               some
               comfort
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               made
               no
               innovation
               in
               Religion
               ,
               I
               have
               been
               above
               my
               other
               Predecessors
               most
               gentle
               to
               the
               Catholicks
               ,
               and
               came
               neerest
               to
               their
               Religion
               ,
               and
               used
               my
               Supremacy
               with
               the
               greatest
               moderation
               .
               And
               because
               in
               my
               apprehension
               it
               was
               not
               fit
               for
               a
               Lay-man
               ,
               I
               committed
               almost
               the
               whole
               Exercise
               of
               the
               Ecclefiasticall
               affaires
               to
               the
               Arch-Bishop
               of
            
             Canterbury
             .
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             And
             have
             not
             you
             observed
             in
             these
             late
             troubles
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             all
             the
             Bishops
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             but
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             
               Canterbury
               ,
            
             alone
             did
             lose
             his
             head
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               Was
               I
               guilty
               of
               it
               ?
               By
               his
               Instigations
               indeed
               I
               shewed
               more
               countenance
               to
               some
               practises
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               then
               either
               my
               Father
               did
               ,
               or
               the
               Queen
               your
               Daughter
               that
               raigned
               before
               him
               ;
               I
               confess
               my self
               not
               to
               be
               altogether
               without
               fault
               ,
               nevertheless
               I
               would
               fain
               understand
               ,
               being
               more
               moderate
               then
               any
               of
               my
               Predecessors
               ,
               and
               more
               forward
               then
               they
               in
               the
               promoting
               the
               peace
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               wherefore
               I
               am
               visited
               with
               far
               more
               grevous
               punishments
               then
               any
               of
               them
               all
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             
          
           
             Are
             you
             still
             to
             understand
             that
             the
             jealous
             God
             who
             visiteth
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             fathers
             .
             on
             the
             children
             ,
             doth
             most
             usually
             exact
             the
             punishments
             of
             the
             most
             enormous
             offences
             on
             the
             third
             of
             fourth
             Generation
             ,
             for
             if
             the
             should
             inflict
             present
             punishment
             upon
             all
             sins
             ,
             men
             would
             be
             apt
             to
             beleive
             that
             they
             were
             quickly
             ,
             and
             easily
             expiated
             ,
             neither
             doth
             the
             defer
             the
             punishment
             unto
             so
             many
             Generations
             ,
             that
             the
             memory
             of
             the
             offender
             may
             perish
             from
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             could
             not
             know
             for
             what
             enormity
             the
             pushment
             was
             inflicted
             .
             
             You
             are
             the
             third
             King
             from
             me
             ,
             and
             do
             suffer
             punishment
             in
             the
             third
             Generation
             ;
             For
             although
             my
             two
             Daughters
             
               Mary
            
             and
             
               Elizabeth
            
             did
             raigne
             successively
             ,
             yet
             they
             do
             make
             but
             one
             Generation
             with
             
               Edward
            
             their
             Brother
             and
             my
             Son
             .
             If
             therfore
             you
             do
             number
             the
             Generations
             or
             the
             Kings
             ,
             
               Edward
            
             succeeded
             me
             ,
             
               James
            
             succeeded
             him
             ,
             and
             you
             succeeded
             
               James
               .
            
             Neither
             do
             I
             beleive
             it
             is
             without
             the
             providence
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             so
             direfull
             a
             revenge
             hath
             fallen
             on
             you
             ,
             the
             most
             moderate
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             innocent
             of
             them
             all
             ,
             that
             so
             all
             might
             understand
             that
             not
             so
             much
             your
             sins
             ,
             as
             the
             hereditary
             Evils
             ,
             and
             the
             wickedness
             annexed
             to
             your
             Crown
             and
             your
             titles
             ,
             are
             taken
             vegeance
             of
             in
             your
             person
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             of
             the
             Prophet
             ;
             
               The
               Fathers
               have
               eaten
               a
               sowre
               bunch
               of
               grapes
               ,
               and
               the
               teeth
               of
               the
               Children
               are
               set
               on
               edge
               .
               Ezekiel
               .
            
             18.
             
             Which
             is
             not
             so
             to
             be
             undestood
             ,
             that
             children
             altogether
             guiltless
             and
             innocent
             should
             be
             overwhelmed
             in
             the
             punishments
             of
             their
             most
             ungodly
             fathers
             ,
             
               For
               the
               Soul
               that
               sinneth
               shall
               dye
               ,
            
             but
             that
             Children
             not
             so
             guilty
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             innocent
             in
             comparison
             of
             their
             fathers
             ,
             are
             oftentimes
             involved
             in
             their
             punishments
             ;
             for
             if
             this
             punishment
             had
             come
             to
             pass
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             some
             luxurious
             and
             wicked
             King
             ,
             I
             should
             have
             looked
             to
             further
             for
             the
             causes
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             Crimes
             of
             so
             dissulute
             a
             Grovernour
             ;
             But
             that
             your
             Subjects
             who
             do
             call
             themselves
             Protestants
             ,
             should
             affict
             upon
             you
             so
             ignominious
             a
             Death
             as
             by
             making
             you
             shorter
             by
             the
             head
             ,
             when
             your
             Enemies
             can
             accuse
             you
             of
             no
             gross
             offence
             ,
             must
             certainly
             be
             imputed
             to
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Capitall
             sin
             of
             my
             misgovernance
             ,
             in
             which
             though
             not
             so
             visibly
             ,
             others
             and
             your self
             ,
             no
             doubt
             have
             partaken
             with
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             O
             how
             just
             are
             the
             Judgments
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             wayes
             past
             finding
             out
             ?
             For
             in
             whatsoever
             a
             man
             finneth
             ,
             he
             either
             sooner
             or
             later
             shall
             be
             punished
             by
             it
             ,
             either
             in
             himself
             ,
             or
             in
             his
             posterity
             .
             
               I
               would
               to
               God
               when
               I
               was
               alive
               and
               in
               my
               prosperity
               ,
               or
               that
               in
               the
               time
               of
               my
               Imprisonment
               when
               I
               had
               leasure
               enough
               ,
               that
            
             I
             
               had
               seriously
               thought
               on
               these
               things
               .
            
             O
             that
             in
             the
             bitterness
             of
             my
             soul
             I
             had
             observed
             
               the
               proceedings
               of
               the
               divine
               Justice
               ,
               ow
               slowly
               it
               came
               on
               ,
               and
               how
               long
               it
               did
               hang
               over
               
               my
               devoted
               head
               .
               An
               incomparable
               Scholler
               ,
               and
               highly
               esteemed
               in
               the
               days
               of
               my
               Father
               and
               Q'een
            
             Elizabeth
             ,
             
               hath
               left
               recorded
               that
               God
               doth
               most
               for
               Kings
               ,
               and
               Kings
               ,
               againe
               do
               least
               for
               God
               .
               But
               be
               wise
               O
               you
               Princes
               ,
               and
               learn
               righteous
               Judgment
               ,
               O
               you
               Judges
               of
               the
               Earth
               ;
               O
               that
               the
               flattery
               of
               being
               obove
               all
               Laws
               had
               never
               sounded
               in
               my
               eares
               ;
               O
               that
               I
               had
               never
               been
               accused
               of
               Arbitrary
               Government
               ;
               O
               that
               I
               had
               known
               that
               my
               highest
               Prerogative
               had
               b●en
               the
               love
               and
               the
               obedience
               of
               my
               Subjects
               !
               I
               had
               leisure
               enough
               to
               write
               and
               to
               compose
               a
               whole
               Book
               on
               other
               Anguments
               ,
               as
               on
               the
               overthrowes
               of
               my
               Armyes
               ,
               on
               my
               own
               miseries
               and
               calamities
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               insolencies
               of
               other
               men
               ;
               But
               these
               things
               which
               I
               ought
               to
               lay
               most
               neer
               unto
               my
               heart
               ,
               and
               on
               which
               above
               all
               things
               I
               ought
               most
               to
               meditate
               ,
               did
               never
               enter
               into
               my
               thought
               .
               I
               would
               to
               God
               that
               the
               Bishop
               of
            
             London
             ,
             
               honest
            
             Juxon
             ,
             
               for
               so
               I
               was
               accustomed
               to
               call
               him
               ,
               or
               he
               who
               intirely
               loved
               me
               ,
               and
               was
               to
               me
               a
               faithfull
               Counsailer
               in
               all
               other
               things
               ,
               and
               who
               laid
               down
               his
               life
               for
               my
               sake
               ,
            
             William
             Laud
             ,
             
               the
               Arch-Bishop
               of
            
             Canterbury
             ,
             
               had
               advertised
               me
               of
               these
               things
               either
               by
               Letters
               from
               himself
               ,
               or
               by
               words
               of
               mouth
               from
               his
               friends
               ;
               he
               had
               before
               his
               Death
               ,
               the
               tedious
               leisure
               of
               three
               years
               Imprisonment
               ,
               to
               meditate
               and
               to
               ruminate
               on
               them
               .
            
             But
             they
             were
             hid
             from
             their
             eyes
             .
             
               O
               how
               blind
               were
               my
               seers
               !
               But
               ,
            
          
           
             
               
                 Jam
                 sero
                 sapinus
                 ,
                 sed
                 sine
                 fruge
                 Phriges
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 True
                 Trojans
                 we
                 ,
                 whose
                 hapless
                 Fates
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Is
                 to
                 grow
                 wise
                 when'tis
                 too
                 late
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             .
          
           
             You
             do
             confess
             that
             you
             came
             more
             neer
             in
             your
             Religion
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             the
             either
             your
             Father
             or
             Queen
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             if
             you
             had
             been
             absolutely
             a
             Catholick
             I
             do
             beleive
             it
             had
             been
             better
             for
             you
             ;
             for
             what
             doth
             it
             profit
             you
             to
             have
             inclined
             to
             the
             
               Roman
            
             Catholike
             Faith
             ,
             unless
             you
             altogether
             did
             profess
             it
             .
             It
             doth
             not
             suffice
             to
             sit
             down
             in
             the
             porch
             unless
             you
             enter
             into
             the
             Church
             .
             It
             was
             not
             sufficient
             to
             Salvation
             for
             King
             
               Agrippa
            
             that
             he
             was
             almost
             a
             Christian
             ,
             nay
             because
             he
             was
             not
             wholly
             converted
             when
             
               Paul
            
             preached
             ,
             he
             is
             now
             howling
             with
             me
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Darkness
             .
             You
             acknowledge
             that
             you
             were
             more
             inclined
             to
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             ,
             then
             either
             of
             your
             two
             Predec
             effors
             that
             immediately
             swayed
             the
             Scepter
             before
             you
             ,
             had
             you
             been
             wholly
             devoted
             to
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             likely
             that
             it
             might
             have
             been
             better
             for
             you
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Charls
             .
          
           
             
               It
               is
               likely
               that
               my
               Armies
               were
               the
               more
               unfortunate
               ,
               because
               I
               was
               so
               indulgent
               to
               it
               .
               The
               super
               stition
               of
               the
               Papists
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               petulant
               probhaneness
               of
               the
               other
               part
               of
               my
               Army
               ,
               have
               rendred
               me
               a
               greater
               Subject
               of
               Calamity
               and
               Contempt
               then
               I
               believe
               I
               should
               have
               otherwise
               appeared
               to
               the
               World
               .
               I
               have
               bled
               enough
               already
               .
               Think
               not
               to
               give
               new
               wounds
               unto
               me
               by
               striking
               at
               me
               in
               my
               Religion
               .
               What
               the
               sacred
               Authority
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               light
               of
               my
               own
               Conscience
               hath
               convinced
               me
               unto
               :
               What
               neither
               the
               frequent
               solicitations
               of
               forraign
               Princes
               ,
               nor
               the
               hourly
               Importunity
               of
               my
               dearest
               Wife
               ,
               could
               disswade
               me
               from
               ;
               What
               (
               dying
               )
               I
               commanded
               my
               children
               to
               imbraces
               ,
               I
               shall
               never
               after
               Death
               be
               induced
               to
               retract
               .
               In
               this
               resolution
               I
               do
               expect
               the
               day
               of
               a
               joufull
               Resurection
               ,
               the
               Morning
               ayre
               whereof
               I
               do
               already
               feel
               refreshing
               me
               .
               The
               unrighteous
               shall
               then
               tremble
               at
               the
               sound
               ,
               and
               the
               summens
               of
               a
               Trumpet
               from
               Heaven
               ;
               they
               shall
               wish
               that
               the
               Rocks
               and
               the
               Hills
               might
               cover
               them
               ,
               that
               sobeing
               hid
               from
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Lamb
               ,
               they
               might
               lye
               for
               ever
               confin'd
               to
               the
               dull
               peace
               of
               a
               Grave
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           End
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           In
           malevolos
           hujus
           narratiunculae
           obtrectatores
           .
        
         
           
             ZOile
             me
             laceres
             morsu
             mea
             Scripta
             canino
             ,
          
           
             Neve
             meris
             dicas
             omnia
             suta
             dolis
             ,
          
           
             Extimus
             historiae
             cortex
             (
             volo
             )
             fictus
             habetur
             ,
          
           
             Vera
             sed
             huic
             intus
             ligna
             subesse
             scies
             .
          
           
             Istaque
             corporeis
             licet
             auribus
             invia
             nostris
             ,
          
           
             Mentis
             at
             internae
             sensibus
             hausta
             putes
             .
          
           
             Fia
             ,
             age
             ,
             mendacem
             me
             ,
             carptor
             inepte
             ,
             Poetam
          
           
             Occine
             ;
             narranti
             ,
             res
             dabitipsafidem
             .
          
           
             
               R.
               P.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               DEtractor
               ,
               tear
               not
               with
               a
               dogged
               tooth
            
          
           
             
               These
               leaves
               ,
               nor
               yet
               upbraid
               them
               with
               untruth
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Though
               counterfeit
               the
               bark
               without
               be
               found
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Know
               that
               the
               Tree
               within
               is
               good
               ,
               and
               sound
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               what
               's
               not
               obvious
               to
               the
               outward
               eare
               ,
            
          
           
             
               More
               deep
               Impression
               in
               the
               mindn
               doth
               bear
               ;
            
          
           
             
               The
               tax
               me
               not
               that
               Poet-like
               I
               faign
               ,
            
          
           
             
               This
               Story
               ,
               to
               its
               Speaker
               ,
               truth
               will
               gaine
               .