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II. Another Relation from the Lady ELIZABETHS own Hand.
WHat the King said to me the 29. of Jan. 1648. being the last time I had the Hap∣piness to see Him. He told me, He was glad I was come; and although He had not time to say much, yet somewhat He had to say to Me which He had not to ano∣ther, or leave in writing, because He feared their Cruelty was such as that they would not have permitted Him to write to me. He wished me not to grieve and torment my self for Him, for that would be a glorious Death that He should die, it being for the Laws and Liberties of this Land, and for maintaining the true Protestant Religion. He bid me read Bishop Andrewes Sermons, Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity, and Bishop Laud's Book against Fisher, which would ground me against Popery. He told me, He had forgiven all his Enemies, and hoped God would forgive them also; and com∣manded us, and all the rest of my Brothers and Sisters, to forgive them. He bid me tell my Mother, that His thoughts had never strayed from Her, and that His Love should be the same to the last. Withal He commanded me and my Brother to be obedient to Her, and bid me send His Blessing to the rest of my Brothers and Sisters, with com∣mendation to all His Friends. So after He had given me his Blessing, I took my leave.
Further, He commanded us all to forgive those People, but never to trust them, for they had been most false to Him, and to those that gave them Power; and He feared also to their own Souls: And desired me not to grieve for Him, for He should die a Martyr; and that He doubted not but the Lord would settle His Throne upon His Son, and that we should be all happier than we could have expected to have been if he had lived. With many other things which at present I cannot remember.
ELIZABETH.