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

1619.

Not long after the death of the Queen, King James fell very sick at Newmarket, and having a desire to come to London, advanced on his way as far as Royston, where he was fain to stay till his sickness was over, which at last became so dan∣gerous, that his death was feared. At what time Dr. Andrews Bishop of Win∣chester attending on him, bewailed with great Affliction the sad condition which the Church was like to fall into, if God should take away his life, the Prince be∣ing in the hands of the Scots, which made

up the greatest part of his Houshold, and not well principled by those which had the tutelage of him, either as to the Government or Liturgie of the Church of England. The King acknowledge∣ing this sad truth, and condemning his own negligence in it, made a solemn vow, that if God would be pleased to re∣store him to his health, he would take the Prince into his own immediate care, instruct him in the Controversies of Re∣ligion, and set him on so right a bottome, that there should be no fear of his disaf∣fection either unto the Hierarchy, or the rites and Ceremonies of the Church; which he did accordingly. And he did it so effectually, that at such time as the Prince made his journey into Spain, and that some principal persons in all the Places and Offices belonging to him, were to follow after, Dr. Maw, and Dr. Wren, two of his Chaplains being appoin∣ted for that service, came to King James to know his pleasure and com∣mands. The King advised them not to put themselves upon any unnecessary

Disputations, but to be onely on the defensive part, if they should be chal∣lenged. And when it was answered that there could be no reason to engage in such Disputations, where there could be no Moderator; the King replied, that Charles should moderate between them and the opposite party. At which when one of them seemed to smile on the o∣ther, the King proceeded, and told them, that Charles should manage a point in Controversie with the best studied Di∣vine of them all; and that he had trained up George so far as to hold the conclusi∣on, though he had not yet made him able to prove the Premisses.