Charles calls the Long Parliament, Neceffitated fo to do. His real opinion of parliaments. Modern politicians differ from him, P. 315-318 Strafforde given up to the block. His character. Charles affures him of fafety. Proceedings against him.

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demned. Executed. Remorfe of Charles on that account. Of the provifo in the bill of attainder, 318-326 Of the bill for taking away bishops votes in parliament. Mifreprefeutation of lord Clarendon. Character of Sir Edward Dering. Character of the house of commons. Their reafons for taking away the bishops votes, 326-330 A project to bring up the army to over-awe the parliament. Charles privy thereto. Ill confequences of it, 331-335 Of the Irish rebellion. Its horrid cruelty. Ill effects on Charles's affairs. An impartial account of the evidence for and against his being concerned in exciting it, 336--351 Charles impeaches the lord Kimbolton, and the five members. Enters the house with his guard to feize them. The members proclaimed traytors. Vindicated by the commons. Mifchievous confequences hereof,

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351-355 The difputes about the militia give rise to the civil war. fifted on by the parliament for their own fecurity. Refufed by Charles. An ordinance passed concerning it by both houfes, the king's name and authority being left out. Juftification of the parliament on this head, 356-361 Of the motives on which the parliament entered into the war. Lord Holles and lord Fairfax's account of them. them. Long parliament juftified in taking up arms by the house of commons who restored Charles II. 361-366 Whether the civil war can justly be filed a rebellion, 366-374 Charles fuccessful in the beginning of the war. Reafons of it, 375-377 Charles fpeaks in an high tone to the parliament. Danger of profperity, 377-379 His fuccefs gives uneafiefs to his friends. Prevalency of the popish party with the king. The king's defign, 379-383 He is reduced to a weak condition by the lofs of the battle of Nafeby. Alters his ftile to the parliament. Sends melages for peace. Of vows in calamity, 383-388 Great court paid to Charles by the grandees of the army.

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Terms propofed by them to him. Refufed with great fiffnefs by him. Bills propofed by the parliament, refufed by him. Votes of no addrefs to him. Different opinions on his behaviour, p. 388-397 The king's anfwers voted to be a ground to proceed on, for the fettlement of the peace of the kingdom. Of Charles's method of treating. Miflakes and mifreprefentations in lord Clarendon, 398-404 The army prefent a remonftrance to the parliament. Seize the king. Seclude great numbers of the house of commons. Bring the king to a trial, and execute him for levying war against the parliament. Parliament acquitted from all blame in this affair by indifputable authorities, 404-411 Of the equanimity or infenfibility of Charles before, at, and after his tryal. Account of his speech on the fcaffold. His behaviour celebrated. Milton's remarks thereon, 411--418 Charles files himself a martyr. Is paralleled with Jefus Chrift. The parallel condemned by the house of lords. Charles's title of martyr denied him by his pretended grandfon, as well as others, 418-423 Character of a king of England. Charles the original caufe of his own misfortunes. Illegality of bis fentence. Of the prerogative. Means of fecurity to princes,, 423–428

HARLES STUART, fecond fon of James I. king of Great Britain, by Ann of Denmark, was born at Dumferling, in Scotland, November the 19th, 1600 (a). He was baptized on Tuesday (a) PerrinDecember the 23d, in the royal chapel, by of Charles I, David Lindsay, bishop of Rofs, with great prefer to folemnity, according to Mr. Carte; though p. 1, fol.

B

other

chief's life

his works,

Lond. 1687.

(b) Carte's other writers give a different account (b)

hiftory of England, vol. iii. p. 679, fol.

Lond. 1752.

(c) Calderwood's hif

(A).

At

(A) Though other writers give a different account.] Calderwood peaks of the birth of prince Charles, but mentions not a word about his baptifm. He was born, fays he, upon the 19th of November, about eleven hours at night, the fame day that Gowrie and his brother's carcaffes were difmembred (c)." Spotfwood obferves, that his chriftening was haftned because of the 'weakness of the child, and that his death was much feared (d). Thus alfo Perinchief, in the very page referred to in the text, tells us, that he was born in fo much weakness, that his baptifm was haftned, without the usual ceremonies wherewith fuch royal infants 6 are admitted into the church.' Here are very different p. 461, fol. accounts, we fee, of the baptifm of this prince; but Lond. 1668. which is moft worthy of belief, must be left to the reader

tory of the church of Scotland, F. 446, fol. Edinb. 1680. (d) Hiftory

of the church

of Scotland,

very

to determine. All Ifhall fay is, that if the young prince had received the benefit of epifcopal baptifm, (a benefit never fufficiently to be valued, in the opinion of fome (e) See Dod- grave and learned writers (e), as it gives fpecial privileges well's epifto- and advantages both here and hereafter) it is amazing lary difcourfe that archbishop Spotswood and doctor Perinchief fhould concerning either have been ignorant of it, or neglected to have lity of hu- mentioned it. But truth is frequently brought to light man fouls, by time; and Mr. Carte, an hundred and fifty years after 8vo. Lond. the ceremony was performed, tells us the name of the

the morta

1705.

bishop, the folemnity úfed, and the place where it was ufed, when all others feem to have known nothing about it! However, fuch as have opportunity may confult MS. in Offic. Leon req; Armor. the authority referred to, in his margin, by Mr. Carte, for it *.

*This MS. fo pompously quoted by Mr. Carte, is, I apprehend, the fame piece which is printed in the Appendix to the Attempt towards the Character of the Royal Martyr King Charles I. Lond. 8vo. 1738, which is faid to be copied from a MS. in the Lyon's Office, written by John Blinfele, Ilay-herald, who affifted at the baptifm: I fay, I apprehend Carte's MS. and this to be one and the fame thing, because it gives exactly the fame account of the pompous baptism of Charles, by David Lindfay, bishop of

Rofs,

At three years old he was committed to the care and government of fir Robert Cary's lady; and in his fourth year he was brought to the English court, where he was made Knight of the Bath, and invefted with the title of duke of York. The particulars of that folemnity, as they may be acceptable to fome readers, I will give in the note (B).

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(B) The particulars of that folemnity, I will give in the note.] We are indebted to fir Dudley Carleton for the following account, which was contained in a letter to Mr. Winwood, written from London, Jan. 1604.- On Twelfth-day we had the creation of duke Charles, now duke of York: the interim was entertained with making Knights of the Bath, which was three days • work. They were eleven in number, befides the • little duke, all of the king's choice. The folemnity ' of the creation was kept in the hall, where first the duke was brought in, accompanied with his knights; then carried out again, and brought back by earls in ⚫ their robes of the Garter. My lord-admiral bare him, ⚫ two others went as fupporters, and fix marched before with the ornaments. The patent was read by my

Rofs, with what Carte quotes from his MS. But from the printed account the MS. appears to be an arrant forgery; the work of fome ignorant person, who knew not the times of which he was writing, and confequently his work must be meer invention: for he reprefents the chancellor Caffils as prefent at the folemnity, though there was no fuch chancellor then in being; and he tells us, that monfieur de Rohan, a nobleman of Brittany, and his brother, called monfieur de Soubife, were his majesty's goffips; though the Scotch historians never mention their being in that kingdom. In fhort, the writer of the account given in that Appendix, (which yet is but a quotation from a book printed at London, 1716, by Mr. Henry Cantrel, called the Royal Martyr a true Chriftian) evidently appears to have had more zeal for the epifcopal baptism of Charles than regard to truth, or even his own character. Authors that invent hiftory, have fo many circumftances to confider and provide for, to render their accounts confiftent, that they need a far more extenfive knowledge than generally falls to the fhare of fuch writers, to secure them from detection and contempt.