Eikon Basilike: Or The KingS Book (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt From Eikon Basilike: Or The KingS Book On May Sth, 1646, Charles Surrendered Himself Into The Hands Of The Scotch Army At Newark. Soon Afterwards The English Army Appointed Holmby House For His Residence. There He Was Well Treated, And Consulted His Favourite Authors. Passing Over The Incidents Of His Capture, And The Hampton Court Period, We Next Find Him At Carisbrooke Under Colonel Hammond. The Latter, As Governor, Had Exceptional Facilities For Studying The Habits Of His Royal Prisoner, And It Is Remarkable That It Is From Him That We Get The Following Important Testimony Part Of That Book, If Not The Whole, Was Writ When He Was My Prisoner In Carisbrook Castle, Where I Am Sure Hehad Nothing But A Bible, Pen, Ink And Paper; And Going To Call Him Out Of His Closet To Dinner, Which I Always Did, I Found Him Still A-Writing, And Staying Behind To See What He Writ, The Paper Being Still Wet With Ink, I Read At Several Times Most Of That Book. About The Publisher Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At This Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work. Forgotten Books Uses State-Of-The-Art Technology To Digitally Reconstruct The Work, Preserving The Original Format Whilst Repairing Imperfections Present In The Aged Copy. In Rare Cases, An Imperfection In The Original, Such As A Blemish Or Missing Page, May Be Replicated In Our Edition. We Do, However, Repair The Vast Majority Of Imperfections Successfully; Any Imperfections That Remain Are Intentionally Left To Preserve The State Of Such Historical Works.