
Eikon Basilike / The Pourtracture of His Sacred Majestie, in His Solitudes and Sufferings
by John Gauden King of England Charles I
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- Εἰκὼν Βασιλική
- THE
- POURTRACTURE
- OF
- HIS SACRED
- MAJESTIE,
- IN
- HIS SOLITUDES
- AND
- SUFFERINGS.
- The Explanation of the Embleme.
- Τὸ Χῖ οὐδὲν ἠδίκησε τὴν πόλιν, οὐδὲ τὸ Κάππα.
- THE CONTENTS.
- 1. Upon His Majesties calling this last Parliament.
- 2. Upon the Earl of Straffords death.
- 3. Vpon His Majesties going to the House of Commons.
- 4. Upon the Insolency of the Tumults.
- 5. Upon His Majesties passing the Bill for the Trienniall Parliaments: And after, setling this, during the pleasure of the two Houses.
- 6. Upon His Majesties retirement from Westminster.
- 7. Upon the Queenes departure and absence out of England.
- 8. Upon His Majesties repulse at Hull, and the fates of the Hothams.
- 9. Upon the lifting, and raising Armies against the King.
- 10. Upon their seizing the Kings Magazines, Forts, Navy, and Militia.
- 11. Upon the 19 Propositions first sent to the King; and more afterwards.
- 12. Upon the Rebellion, and troubles in Ireland.
- 13. Upon the calling in of the Scots, and their Comming.
- 14. Upon the Covenant.
- 15. Vpon the many Jealousies raised, and Scandals cast upon the King, to stirre up the People against him.
- 16. Upon the Ordinance against the Common-Prayer Book.
- 17. Of the differences between the KING and the two Houses, in Point of Church-Government.
- 18. Upon Uxbridge Treaty, and other Offers made by the King.
- 19. Upon the various events of the warre, victories, and defeats.
- 20. Upon the Reformation of the Times.
- 21. Upon his Majesties Letters taken and divulged.
- 22. Upon His Majesties Leaving Oxford, and going to the Scots.
- 23. Upon the Scots delivering the KING to the English, and His Captivity at Holmeby.
- 24. Upon their denying His Majestie the Attendance of His Chaplains.
- 25. Penitential Meditations and Vows in the Kings solitude at Holmby.
- 26. Upon the Armies surprisall of the King at Holmby, and the ensuing distractions in the two Houses, the Army, and the City.
- 27. To the Prince of Wales.
- 28. Meditations upon Death, after the Votes of Non-Addresses, and His Majesties closer Imprisonment in Carisbrook-Castle.
- Vota dabunt, quæ Bella negârunt.
- FINIS.
- A PRAYER in time of Captivitie.
- Another PRAYER.
- A Prayer and Confession made in and for the times of Affliction.
- A PRAYER in time of imminent Danger.
- A Copie of a Letter which was sent from the Prince to the KING; Dated from the Hague Jan. 23. 1648.
- For the King.
- Munday 29th January, 1648. A true Relation of the KINGS Speech to the Lady Elisabeth, and the Duke of Glocester, the day before His Death.
- Another Relation from the Lady Elisabeths own Hand.
- Another Relation from the Lady Elisabeth.
- An Epitaph upon King Charls.
- FINIS.
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