Comprehensive, tho' compendious character of the late royal martyr King Charles I. of ever-blessed memory. Delineated by one of the most eminent divines of the Church of England. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B20590 of text R228992 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B20590 Wing C5662 Interim Tract Supplement Guide 105.f.17[30] ESTC R228992 ocm99888077

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 eng Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Early works to 1800. eebo Comprehensive, tho' compendious character of the late royal martyr King Charles I. of ever-blessed memory. : Delineated by one of the most eminent div n/a 1670 2 884 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2014-02 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-09 Sampled and proofread 2014-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Comprehensive , tho' Compendious CHARACTER of the Late Royal Martyr King CHARLES I. of ever-blessed Memory . DELINEATED by One of the most EMINENT DIVINES OF THE CHURCH of ENGLAND .

depiction of Charles I with others — Luis talia fando Temperet a lacrymis ? — VIRG .

HE was a David , a Saint , a King , but never a Shepherd . Some of all the Royal Blood in Christendom ran in his Veins ; that is to say , many Kings went into the Composition of this One Potentate : His Education and Improvements were commensurate to his Extraction : He was accurate in all the recommending Excellencies of human Accomplishments ; able to deserve , had he not inherited a Kingdom : Of so controuling a Genius , that in every Science he attempted , he did not so much study as reign , and appear'd not only a Proficient , but a Prince .

HIS own Performances make good this Assertion , and speak him as much an Orator , as a Monarch . These are compos'd with such an uninterrupted , and unfailing Accuracy ; such a commanding , majestic Pathos ; as if they had been written , not with a Pen , but with a Scepter . As it is hard to counterfeit the Spirit of Majesty , and the inimitable Peculiarities of an incommunicable Genius and Condition ; so are some of his Works ridiculously imputed to others ; they did not write them , because they could not .

AT the Council-Board , he had the Ability still to give himself the best Counsel , but the unhappy Modesty to diffide in it : Indeed , his only Fault ; for Modesty is a Paradox in Majesty , and Humility a Solecism in Supremacy .

LOOK we next upon his Piety and unparallell'd Virtues ; tho' , without an Absurdity , it may be affirm'd , that his very Endowments of Nature were supernatural : So pious was he , that had Others measur'd their Obedience to Him , by his Obedience to God , he had been the most absolute Monarch in the World : As eminent for frequenting the Temple , as Solomon for building One : So firm to the Protestant Cause , that tho' he convers'd in the Midst of Temptation , in the very Bosom of Spain ; and tho' France lay in His ; yet could nothing shake him , but that he espous'd the Cause of Religion , even more than his beloved Queen .

HE fitted every Way the Title under which he was pray'd for . He could defend his Religion as a King ; dispute for it as a Divine ; and dye for it as a Martyr .

THIS eminent Piety of his was adorn'd with the whole Train of moral Virtues . His Temperance was so great and impregnable , amidst all these Allurements , with which the Courts of Kings are apt to melt , even the most stoical and resolv'd Minds , that he did , at the same Time , both teach and upbraid the Court ; so that it was not so much their own Vice , as his Example , that render'd their Debauchery inexcusable . Look over the whole List of our Kings , and take in the Kings of Israel to boot , and Who ever kept the Bond of Conjugal Affection so inviolate ? David was chiefly eminent for repenting in this Matter ; Charles for needing no Repentance : None ever appear'd of greater Fortitude of Mind , which was more resplendent in the Conquest of himself , and in those miraculous Instances of passive Valour , than if he had strew'd the Field with all the Rebels Armies ; and to the Justness of his own Cause , had join'd the Success of theirs ; and yet withal so meek , so gentle , so merciful , and that even to a Cruelty to himself , that , if ever the Lion and the Lamb dwelt together , if ever Courage and Meekness were united , it was in the Breast of this Royal Person .

HIS EPITAPH By the Celebrated Mr. BUTLER . STAY , Passenger , stay here , and see Intomb'd lies injur'd Majesty . Why tremblest not ? — Here 's That would make All but a hard'ned Rebel quake . A King ! — O! starts thou not with Fear ? A murder'd King lies bury'd here ! Search all the Records of old Times , And muster up all Ages Crimes , And roll 'em up in one great Mass , 't will fall far short of what This was : A Monarch sentenc'd to his Death , By vulgar , base , Plebeian Breath : A Law-giver , by Laws unknown , Condemn'd to lose his Head and Throne ; Nay , and to make the Odium more , This must be done at his own Door ; And all under the false Pretence Of Liberty of Conscience .

N. B. His Majesty King Charles I. was Born in the Year of our Lord 1600 , Crown'd in 1625 , and Martyr'd on the 30th . of January , 1649.