A short view of the life and reign of King Charles (the second monarch of Great Britain) from his birth to his burial.

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Title
A short view of the life and reign of King Charles (the second monarch of Great Britain) from his birth to his burial.
Author
Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.
Publication
London :: printed for Richard Royston, at the Angel in Ivy-lane,
1658.
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Subject terms
Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649 -- Early works to 1800.
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"A short view of the life and reign of King Charles (the second monarch of Great Britain) from his birth to his burial." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43552.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.

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1618.

On the eighteenth day of November Anno 1618. There appeared a great bla∣zing Star, the fore-runner of many woful events in these parts of Christendom. But the first sad effect thereof which we found in England, was the death of Queen Anne, which hapned on Tuesday

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the second of March next following. A losse which the Prince bare with great e∣quanimity, or evennesse of Spirit; nei∣ther banishing all shews of grief with a Stoical Apathie, nor spending his time in too much womanish lamentation. At the Funerall of this great Queen, he was principall Mourner, and it became him so to be; she having always been to him a tender and indulgent Mother, expres∣sing more affection to him then to all the rest of her Children.

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