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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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 June 15, 2024.

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1604.

The next year order was given for bringing the young Duke to the Court of England. But before such as had the Charge of him could begin their jour∣ney, the young Duke was taken with a feaver. Which being signified to the King, he sent thither Doctor Atkins one of his Physicians, who in six weeks restored him to such a degree of health as made him fit to be removed to a Warmer Aire, and a more comfortable Climate.

On the sixteenth of July this Remove began, which brought him by short and easie stages in the first week of October, to Windsor Castle, where the King then was, by whom he was committed to the Governance of the Lady Cary, as before is said. And not long after, for his better welcom into England, he was on the sixth day of January next following (common∣ly called Twelfth-day) invested solemnly with the title of Duke of York by cincture

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of a Sword, imposition of a Cap and Coronet of Gold upon his Head, and by delivering unto him a Verge of Gold; himself with ten others of eminent No∣bility, having been made Knights of the Bath (with all the accustomed Cere∣monies) the day before.

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