Basiliká the works of King Charles the martyr : with a collection of declarations, treaties, and other papers concerning the differences betwixt His said Majesty and his two houses of Parliament : with the history of his life : as also of his tryal and martyrdome.

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Title: Basiliká the works of King Charles the martyr : with a collection of declarations, treaties, and other papers concerning the differences betwixt His said Majesty and his two houses of Parliament : with the history of his life : as also of his tryal and martyrdome.
Author: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
Publication: London :: Printed for Ric. Chiswell ...,; 1687.
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His MAJESTIES Declaration at the Isle of VVight, Novemb. 19. 1647.

CHARLES R.

HIS Majesty doth declare, That he came from Hampton-Court for no other cause but for the preservation of His Person, which was (as He apprehended) in such danger, that He could not with Safety continue longer there: That if He could have been there with Safety, He would not have departed thence, nor from the Army: And that He chose this place rather than any other (when He was at liberty to have gone whither He pleased) that He might still continue under the protection of the Army (Colonel Hammond being a Mem∣ber thereof) and that He might have conveniency of free intercourse between Himself and the Parliament for the settlement of a general Peace, to which He professes a very great in∣clination and desire, and that there shall be nothing wanting on His part that may be rea∣sonably expected from Him.

And His Majesty doth further Declare, That in case these Gentlemen be taken from Him and punished as evil doers, for counselling Him not to go out of the Kingdom, but rather to come to the place where He now is, for the ends aforesaid, and for their endeavouring accordingly in attending Him hither; He cannot but Himself expect to be dealt with accor∣dingly, His case being the same.

Carisbrooke Castle, Novemb. 19. 1647.