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Title:  The court and character of King James whereunto is now added The court of King Charles : continued unto the beginning of these unhappy times : with some observations upon him instead of a character / collected and perfected by Sir A.W.
Author: Weldon, Anthony, Sir, d. 1649?
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After that, he converted his studies, and endeavours, to make the King an absolute Arbitrary Monarch, by screwing up the Regall Preroga∣tive to so high a strain as hath made it crack; and by raising his Reve∣nues so high that he made them fal; in which also his owne interest was concerned: For, he did neither serve God nor the King for nought. Nor would Straffords abilities have been so transparent, had any such Con∣currents as Buckhurst, Walsingham, or Hatton been now living, or such an one as the Earle of Essex (who was Salisburies Antagonist.) But this man had onely the Arch-Bishop (whose proper Element too, was but the Church) and they drew both in one line. And here I shal give you one note of Straffords failing in his Ma∣ster-piece, that he was no such ab∣solute wise man (that could not find the just Medium of the peoples Tem∣per) but by striving to make the King all; and on a sudden, he made 0