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Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reigns of the Stuarts Volume 4; Including the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell

Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reigns of the Stuarts Volume 4; Including the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell

Jesse, John Heneage

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ISBN10: 1235857638
ISBN13: 9781235857638
Publisher: General Books
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.16 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX. CHARLES II. Dying Injunctions of Charles--Grief of the Queen--Affecting Descriptions of the King's Last Moments--His Piety and Resolution--His Death--Neglect Shown to His Remains--His Funeral in Westminster Abbey--Reasons for Believing Him to Have Been Poisoned--Anecdotes Illustrating the Supposition--Extraordinary Story Related by the Duchess of Portsmouth--Evelyn's Reflections on the Death of Charles--Description of the King's Person--His Loss Lamented by the Lower Orders--His Illegitimate Children. A Short time before his death Charles gave his keys to the Duke of York, who is described as kneeling by his bedside and in tears. He recommended to his care all his natural children, except the Duke of Monmouth, with whom he was on bad terms. He begged him also to be kind to the Duchess of Cleveland, and especially to the Duchess of Portsmouth, and that Nelly might not starve. 1 1 The Viscountess de Longueville says that Charles's dying request to his brother was to take care of Carewell (so the English pronounced Querouaille), and not let poor Nelly starve. Charles Fox, alluding to the dying requests of Charles, makes the following remarks: The king's recommendation of the Charles, almost as soon as he had recovered from his first fit, had sent for the queen, who appears to have remained with him till within a few hours of his death. At last the scene became too painful for her, and, being seized with convulsions, she was compelled to withdraw. She sent, however, a message to him from her chamber, praying him to forgive her absence, and to pardon her if she had ever offended him. Alas! poor woman, he replied, she beg my pardon! I beg hers with all my heart. Such is the account of the Rev. Francis Roper, chaplain of the Bishop of Ely, w...

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