. The great civil war of the times of Charles I. and Cromwell . ry of man, thanto offer loyal assistance to their sovereign. j On the hUl, three troops of horse and a coi-ps of about sis hundred foot, were drawnup, to guard the standard. As soon as it was brought to the summit, the king directeda herald to read his proclamation, declaring the ground and cause of that act of warlikesolemnity. Just as the herald was about to begin, a scruple seemed to cross Charlessmind. He desiied to see the proclamation ; and calling for pen and ink, placed the paperon his knee, as he sat in the saddle, and ma
. The great civil war of the times of Charles I. and Cromwell . ry of man, thanto offer loyal assistance to their sovereign. j On the hUl, three troops of horse and a coi-ps of about sis hundred foot, were drawnup, to guard the standard. As soon as it was brought to the summit, the king directeda herald to read his proclamation, declaring the ground and cause of that act of warlikesolemnity. Just as the herald was about to begin, a scruple seemed to cross Charlessmind. He desiied to see the proclamation ; and calling for pen and ink, placed the paperon his knee, as he sat in the saddle, and made several alterations with his own hand;afterwards returning it to the herald. That officer then read it, but, on coming to thepassages which the king had corrected, vrith some embarrassment. Immediately thetrumpets sounded, the standard was advanced, and the spectators threw up their hats,shouting, God save the king ! The standard was a large blood-red ensign, or streamer,bearing the royal arms quartered, mth a hand pointing to the crown, which stood THE RAISING OF IHE STANDARD. 49 and inscribed with the motto, Give to Caesar his due. Farther on, towards the point,were represented, at intervals, the rose, the fleur-de-lis, and the harp, each surmounted bya royal crown. A more stirring legend than that cold appeal to justice might, perhaps,have been wisely chosen j yet its temperate demand was calculated to rouse in Enghshbosoms a thought wliich the wild course of events had been sweeping towards obUvion—viz. while aU besides were clamoring for rights, real or feigned, had not the king liisrights also; rights which never should have been regarded as hostile to those of thepeople ? Some delay now took place. It was with difficulty the standard could be fixed in thisplace, the ground being a solid rock, and no instrvmient to pierce it having been had this object been accompUshed, by means of digging into the firm stone withthe daggers and halberd-poin
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