The history of the Puritans, or, Protestant . lly have ruined the Proteftant Intereft, forwhich, indeed, he never expreffed any real Con-cern. But I am rather of Opinion, that all his Re-ligion was his pretended King-Craft. He wascertainly the meaneft Prince that ever fat uponthe Britijh Throne: England never funk in its Re-putation, nor was fo much expofed to. the ScornL 4 and 1*5* tte HISTORY Vol. II. Ktng and Ridicule of its Neighbours, as in hisReign* HowJames I. wiUjng hjs Majefty was to unite with the Papifts thefcj^*^, foregoing has difcovered ; and yet in the
The history of the Puritans, or, Protestant . lly have ruined the Proteftant Intereft, forwhich, indeed, he never expreffed any real Con-cern. But I am rather of Opinion, that all his Re-ligion was his pretended King-Craft. He wascertainly the meaneft Prince that ever fat uponthe Britijh Throne: England never funk in its Re-putation, nor was fo much expofed to. the ScornL 4 and 1*5* tte HISTORY Vol. II. Ktng and Ridicule of its Neighbours, as in hisReign* HowJames I. wiUjng hjs Majefty was to unite with the Papifts thefcj^*^, foregoing has difcovered ; and yet in thePrefcnce of many Lords, and in a very remarkableManner, he made a folemn Proteftation, That hewould fpend the laft Drop of Blood in his Body before hewould do it i and prayed, that before any of his IffueJhcJd maintain any other Religion than his own [theProteftant] that God would take them out of the far this Imprecation took Place upon himfelfor any of his Pofterity, I leave with Mr. Arch-deacon Eachard to the Determination of an Qmni-fcient HHne;.. CHAP. Chap, III. of the Puritans, 153 CHAP. III. Xrom the Death of King James I. to theDijolution of the third Parliament of KingCharles I. in the Tear 1628. BEFORE we enter upon this Reign, it will be Kingproper to take a Ihorc View of the Court, andcharl *•ofthemoft active Minifters under the King for the^Jf^.iirft fifteen Years. ^v^ King Charles I. came to the Crown at thecharaBerAge of twenty five Years, being born at Dumferling°f Kingin Scotland, in the Year 1600. and baptized by acharles *•Prefby terian Minifter of that Country. In his Youth,he was of a weakly Conftitution, and ftammeringSpeech •, his Legs were fomewhat crooked, and hewas fufpected Cfays Mr. Eachard) to be of a perverfeNature. When his Father [King James] came tothe EngHJJj Crown, he took him from his Scots Tu-tors, and placed him under thofe that gave him anearly Averfion to that Kirh^ into which he had beenbaptized, and to thofe Doctrines
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