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"from that glorious fun, that within a few months afterwards was extinguished, to the grief of all Christians who are not forfaken of "their God."

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The following Letter, written by Sir Thomas Herbert whilst he attended this Prince in his confinement, will fhew the extreme tranquillity of mind which he poffeffed during his melancholy and anxious fituation:

A COPY OF A LETTER FROM S' THO: HERBERT TÔ D SAMWAYS, AND BY HIM SENT TO THE A.BP OF CANT. D' SAncroft.

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"After his late Mâtye's remove from Windfor to St James's, albeit according to ye duty "of my place I lay in the next room to the bed"chamber, the K3 then commanded me to bring

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my pallate into his chamber, wch I accordingly

did, the night before yt forrowfull day. He "ordered w cloaths he wd wear, intending y

day to be as neat as could be, it being (as he "call'd it) his wedding-day. And having a great "work to do (meaning his preparation to eter"nity) f' he w' be stirring much earlier than he ❝ufed.

"For fome hours his Mâtye flept very foundly. "For my part, I was fo full of anguish & grief,

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yt I took little reft. The K fome hours be "fore day drew his bed-curtains to awaken me, " & could by y light of a wax-lamp perceive me "troubled in my fleep; the K3 arose forthwith, " and as I was making him ready, Herbert (f "the K) I wd know why you were disquieted in "yo' fleep. I replied, May it please yo' Majesty, "I was in a dream. What was yo' dream? fa ye"K; I wd hear it. May it please yo' Mâtye, f "I, I dreamed yt as you were making ready, "one knock'd at ye bed-chamber door, wch yo

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Mâtye took no notice of, nor was I willing to "acquaint you wth it, apprehending it might be "Colonel Hacket. But knocking ye. fecond "time, yo' Mâtye afk'd me, if I heard it not. I

f, I did, but did not ufe to go without his "order. Why then go, know who it is, and "his business. Whereupon I opened the door, " & perceived y' it was ye L' A. Bp of Cant. "D. Laud, in his Pontifical habit, as worn at "Court; I knew him, having feen him often. "The A. Bp defired he might enter, having "fome thing to fay to ye Ks. I acquainted yo'

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Mâtye with his defire, fo you bad me lett him "in; being in, he made his obeyfance to yo' "Mâtye in the middle of y° room, doing y° like ❝ also w he came near yo' perfon, and falling "on his knees yo' Mâtye gave him yo' hand to "kifs, and took him aside to the window, where "fome discourse pafs'd between yo' Mâtye &

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" him, & I kept a becoming distance, not hearing any thing y' was f', yet c' perceive yo Mâtye penfive by yo' looks, & that y A. Bp gave a figh; who, after a short stay, againe "kiffing yo' hand, returned, but wth face all y

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way towards yo' Mâtye, & making his usual "reverences, he being fo fubmifs, as he fell "proftrate on his face on the ground, & I im"mediately step to him to help him up, wch I "was then acting, w" your Mâtye faw me troubled in my fleep. The impreffion was fo lively, y' I look'd about, verily thinking it was no ❝ dream.

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"The K f3, my dream was remarkable, but "he is dead; yet had we conferred together "during life, 'tis very likely (albeit I loved him. "well) I fhould have fa fomething to him, might . have occafioned his figh.

"Soon after I had told my dream, D'. Juxon, "then Bp of London, came to the K3, as I re"late in y' narrative I fent S' W" Dugdale, wh "I have a transcript of here, nor know whether "it refts with his Grace y A. Bp of Cant. or "S' W. Dugdale, or be difpofed in S Jo" Cot"ton's Library near Westminster-hall; but wish

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you had y perufal of it before you return into y' North. And this being not communicated X 3

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but your felf, you may fhew it to his "Grace & none elfe, as you promised, S', ❝ Yo' very affect. fnd & fervt

"York, 28 Augst 1680."

"THO: HERBERT.

Many refemblances occur in feveral of the circumstances attending the execution of this Prince and that of the late unfortunate Louis XVI. The following extract is made from a very curious little book, called " England's Shame, or the "Unmasking of a Politic Atheist; being a full "and faithful Relation of the Life and Death of "that Grand Impoftor Hugh Peters. By Wil"liam Young, M. D. London, 1663. 12mo, "Dedicated to Her Moft Excellent Majefty. "Henrietta Maria, the Mother Queen of Eng land, Scotland, France, and Ireland."

"The foldiers were fecretly admonished by "letters from Hugh Peters to exercife the ad"mired patience of King Charles, by upbraid

ing him to his face; and fo it was; for hav❝ing gotten him on board their boat to tranf"port him to Weftminster-hall, they would not "afford him a cushion to fit upon, nay, fcarcely "the company of his fpaniel, but fcoffed at him "most vilely; as if to blafpheme the King were "not to blafpheme God, who had established "him to be his Vicegerent, our fupreme Mo

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❝derator, and a faithful Cuftos Duarum Tabularum Legum, Keeper of both Tables of the "Law.

"The King being fafely arrived at Whitehall,

(that they might the eafier reach the crown,) "they do with pious pretences, feconded with "fears of declining, hoodwink their General "Fairfax to condefcend to this bloody facrifice. "Whereas Oliver Cromwell and Ireton would "appear only to be his admirers, and spectators "of the regicide, by standing in a window at "Whitehall, within view of the fcaffold and the "people; whilft Peters, fearing a tumult, dif "fembles himself fick at St. James's; conceiting "that he might thereby plead not guilty, though "no man was more forward than he to encou"rage Colonel Axtel in this action, and to ani"mate his regiment to cry for justice against the "traitor, for fo they called the King."

"The refolve paffed," adds Dr. Young, "that "the King must be conveyed from Windfor "Caftle to Hampton Court, Harrison rides with "him, and upbraids him to his face. Peters "riding before him out of the Castle, cries, "We'll whisk him, we'll whisk him, now we "have him. A pattern of loyalty, one formerly "a Captain for the King's intereft, feizing "Peters's

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