Mr. William Lilly's True history of King James the First, and King Charles the First. With sundry observations, remarkable passages, and many secret transactions not 'till now divulged / Faithfully published from his own copy.

  • Lilly, William, 1602-1681.
Date:
1715
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Credit: Mr. William Lilly's True history of King James the First, and King Charles the First. With sundry observations, remarkable passages, and many secret transactions not 'till now divulged / Faithfully published from his own copy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fortune affigned ic; She had been the only ftately and magnificent Woman of Europe ; Wife co the greateft King ever lived in France, Mother unto one King and unto two Queens. ‘The King cared not much — for the Earl of Arundel, being he was of @ fevere and grave Nature, could not endure -Court-Novelties or Flatterers, was potent in Allies, &c. But there was one Thing or Caufe. mainly above the reft, and that was, becaufe the Earl of Arundel being Lord High Stew- ard and Judge in Strafford’s Tryal, gave his Voice that he was Guilty of Treafon, @c. “The Earlalfo had but a few Years before gi- ven the King a touch of his own great Heart, and the King’s Unthankfulnefs unto him and his Family ; the Cafe was thus: A Prieft pretends the King had a Right in a Rectory the Earl challenged for his, and had procu- red Canterbury for his Friend and Second ; the Matter had many Debates, for Arundel was no Fool, but ftood ftoutly for his Right ; Canterbury was as violent for the Prieft, and_ had procured the King to take Cognizance, or hear the Matter; the King upon fome ‘flight Evidence maintained it was his, viz. belonged to the Crown ; the Earl feeing the Obftinarenefs of the King, and his Siding -- with a petty Prieft againft him, and his pro- per.Right, out of the Greatnefs of his Heart, {aid Sir, This Refory was an Appendant a uc