The Trials of Charles the First: And of Some of the RegicidesJ. Murray, 1832 - 338 pages |
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... hand of the King , and the like , vacant , space leading from the head of the stairs to the King's apartment aforesaid . In the partition allotted for the King was also placed a small table covered with a Turkey carpet , and a standish ...
... hand of the King , and the like , vacant , space leading from the head of the stairs to the King's apartment aforesaid . In the partition allotted for the King was also placed a small table covered with a Turkey carpet , and a standish ...
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... hand of the King , as he sate , and the said mace was sometimes handed by their Serjeant at arms , on the out - side of the bar , nigh the King on his left hand . H The scale of benches ( which were covered with scarlet bays , and the ...
... hand of the King , as he sate , and the said mace was sometimes handed by their Serjeant at arms , on the out - side of the bar , nigh the King on his left hand . H The scale of benches ( which were covered with scarlet bays , and the ...
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... Reign of Charles I. 2 " All the officers of the army kissed his hand , and all kneeled , except Fairfax and Cromwell . " Clarendon State Papers , vol . ii . Append . B - by the parliamentary leaders , negotiated with by Cromwell ,
... Reign of Charles I. 2 " All the officers of the army kissed his hand , and all kneeled , except Fairfax and Cromwell . " Clarendon State Papers , vol . ii . Append . B - by the parliamentary leaders , negotiated with by Cromwell ,
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... made con- cerning the treaty unto his Majesty , then prince ; and this Mr. Oudert , whose hand his Majesty used in those de- spatches , transcribed . " - Memoirs , 325 . King is much changed , " said the Earl of 8 THE TRIAL OF.
... made con- cerning the treaty unto his Majesty , then prince ; and this Mr. Oudert , whose hand his Majesty used in those de- spatches , transcribed . " - Memoirs , 325 . King is much changed , " said the Earl of 8 THE TRIAL OF.
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... hands in the blood of the King , either by an as- sassination or a trial , without dividing the odium and responsibility with the parliament , or at least with the Commons . Their memorable purifica- tion of the House removed all the ...
... hands in the blood of the King , either by an as- sassination or a trial , without dividing the odium and responsibility with the parliament , or at least with the Commons . Their memorable purifica- tion of the House removed all the ...
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Page 4 - The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene...
Page 164 - Dear Robin, our fleshly reasonings ensnare us. These make us say, 'heavy,' 'sad,' 'pleasant,' 'easy.' Was there not a little of this when Robert Hammond, through dissatisfaction too, desired retirement from the Army, and thought of quiet in the Isle of Wight ? > Did not God find him out there ? I believe he will never forget this.
Page 96 - For all which treasons and crimes this Court doth adjudge that he, the said Charles Stuart, as a tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy to the good people of this nation, shall be put to death by the severing of his head from his body.
Page 324 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand...
Page 101 - WHEREAS Charles Stuart, King of England, is and standeth convicted, attainted and condemned of High Treason and other high Crimes ; and Sentence upon Saturday last was pronounced against him by this Court, To be put to death by the severing of his head from his body ; of...
Page 129 - He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 101 - Heed, my child, what I say; they will cut off my head , and perhaps make thee a king. But, mark what I say, you must not be a king so long as your brothers Charles and James do live. For they will cut off your brothers' heads, when they can catch them, and cut off thy head too at the last. And therefore, I charge you, do not be made a king by them.
Page 165 - Thirdly, Whether this Army be not a lawful Power, called by God to oppose and fight against the king upon some stated grounds ; and being in power to such ends, may not oppose one Name of...
Page 101 - Sweetheart, now they will cut oft' thy father's head (upon which words the child looking very stedfastly on him) ; mark, child, what I say, they will cut off my head, and perhaps make thee a King. But mark what I say, you must not be a King, so long as your brothers, Charles and James do live ; for they will cut off your brothers...
Page 7 - ... which being made known to a committee there, she was by them ordered to have her tongue fastened by a nail to the body of a tree by the highway side on a market day, which was accordingly done ; and a paper in great letters, setting forth the heinousness of the fact, fixed to her back to make her the more notorious.