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THE

POURTRACTURE

OF

HIS SACRED

MAJESTIE,

IN

HIS SOLITUDES

AND

SUFFERINGS.

With a perfect Copy of Prayers used by his Majesty in the time of his sufferings.

Delivered to Dr. Juxon Bishop of London, immediately before his Death.

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Rom. 8.

More then Conquerour, &c.

Bona agere, & mala pati, Regium est.

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Printed at London, 1649.

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The Explanation of the Embleme.

P

Onderibus genuus omne mali, probriq; gravatus,

Vixq; ferenda ferens, Palma ut depressa, resurgo.

Ac, velut undarum Fucts Ventque, furorem

Irati Populi Rupes immotta repello.

Clarior tenebris, clestis stella, corusco.

Victor ternum flici pace triumpho.

Auro fulgentem rutilo gemmisque micantem,

At curis Gravidam spernendo calco Coronam.

Spinosam, at ferri facilem, quo spes mea, Christi

Auxilio, Nobis non est tractare molestum.

ternam, fixis fidei, semperque beatam

In Clos occulis specto, Mobsque-paratam.

Quod vanum est, sperno; quod Christi Gratia prbet

Amplecti studium est: Virtutis Gloria merces.

T

Hough clogg'd with weights of miseries,

Palm-like depress'd, I higher rise.

And as th' unmoved Rock out-braves

The boyst'rous winds, and raging waves;

So triumph I. And shine more bright

In sad Affliction's darksom night.

That splendid, but yet toilsome Crown,

Regardlesly I trample down.

With joy I take this Crown of Thorn,

Though sharp, yet easie to be born.

That heav'nly Crown, already mine,

I view with eyes of faith divine.

I slight vain things; and do embrace

Glory, the just reward of Grace.

, .

Frontispiece

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Frieze

THE CONTENTS.

V PonHis Majesties calling this last Parliament.

Upon the Earl of Strafford's death.

Upon His Majesties going to the House of Commons.

Upon the Insolency of the Tumults.

Upon His Majesties passing the Bill for the Trienniall Parliaments: and after setling this, during the pleasure of the two Houses.

Upon His Majesties retirement from Westminster.

Upon the Queens departure, and absence out of England.

Upon His Majesties repulse at Hull, and the fates of the Hothams.

Upon the listing and raising Armies against the King.

Upon their seizing the Kings Magazines, Forts, Navie, and Militia.

Upon the 19 Propositions first sent to the King; and more afterwards.

Upon the Rebellion, and troubles in Ireland.

Upon the Calling in of the Scots, and their Coming.

Upon the Covenant.

Upon the many Jealousies raised, and Scandals cast upon the King, to stirre up the people against Him.

Upon the Ordinance against the Common prayer-Book.

Of the differences between the King, and the two Houses, in point of Church-government.

Upon Uxbridge-Treaty, and others Offers made by the King.

Upon the various events of the War; Victories, and Defeats.

Upon the Reformations of the Times.

Upon His Majesties Letters taken and divulged.

Upon His Majesties leaving Oxford, and going to the Scots.

Upon the Scots delivering the King to the English; and His Captivity at Holmbie.

Upon their denying His Majestie the Attendance of His Chaplains.

Penitentiall Meditations and Vowes in the King's solitude at Holmbie.

Upon the Armies surprisall of the King at Holmbie, and the ensuing distractions in the two Houses, the Army, and the Citie.

To the Prince of Wales.

Meditations upon Death, after the Votes of Non-Addresses, and His Majesties closer Imprisonment in Carisbrook-Castle.

Divers prayers used by his Majesty in time of His sufferings.

His Speeches to the Lady Elisabeth and Duke of Glocester: And His Reasons against the jurisdiction of the high Court of Justice.

EIKN BASILIK

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1. Upon His Majesties calling this last Parliament.

T His last Parliament I called, not more by others advice, and necessity of My affairs, then by my own choice and inclination; who have always thought the right way of Parliaments most safe for My Crown, and best pleasing to my People: And although I was not forgetfull of those sparks, which some mens distempers formerly studied to kindle in Parliaments, (which by forbearing to convene for some years, I hoped to have extinguished) yet resolving with My self to give all just satisfaction to modest and sober desires, and to redress all publick grievances in Church and State; I hoped (by My freedom and their moderation) to prevent all mis-understandings and miscarriages in this: In which as I feared, affairs would meet with some passion and prejudice in other men, so I resolved they should finde least of them in my self; not doubting, but by the weight of Reason I should counterpoiz the over-ballancing of any Factions.

I was, indeed, sorry to hear with what partiality and popular heat, Elections were carried in many places; yet hoping that the gravity and discretion of other Gentlemen would allay and fix the Commons to a due temperament (guiding some mens well-meaning zeal by such rules of moderation as are best both to preserve and restore the health of all States and Kingdoms:) No man was better pleased with the convening of this Parliament then My self; who knowing best the largenesse of my own Heart toward my Peoples good and just contentment, pleased my self most in that good and firm understanding, which would hence grow between me and my people.

All jealousies being laid aside, my own and my Childrens Interests gave me many obligations to seek and preserve the love and welfare of my Subjects; The only temporal blessing that is left to the ambition of just Monarchs, as their greatest honour and safety, next Gods protection. I cared not to lessen my self in some things of my wonted Prerogative; since I knew I could be no loser, if I might gain but a recompence in my Subjects affections.

I intended not only to oblige my friends, but mine enemies also: exceeding even the desires of those that were factiously discontented, if they did but pretend to any modest and sober sense.

The odium and offences which some mens rigor or remissnesse in Church and State had contracted upon my Government, I resolved to have expiated by such Laws and regulations for the future, as might not only rectifie what was amiss in practice, but supply what was defective in the constitution: No man having a greater zeal to see Religion setled, and preserved in Truth, Unitie, and Order then my self; whom it most concerns both in pietie and policie; as knowing, that, No flames of civil dissentions are more dangerous then those which make Religious pretensions the grounds of Factions.

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