. The great seals of England and some others . of the Faith. Reverse: James in full armorrushing toward his foes. He was such an admitted cowardthat he would not even touch a sword, so this ferocious war-rior must have caused many a laugh—behind his back. CHARLES I. Born 1600. King 1625. Died, rathersuddenly, 1649. Morally much like his father; physically agreat improvement, with the enormous advantage of VanDyke for his portrait painter. Charles the Martyr; othersthink that he got just what he deserved. The portrait on theSeal is quite good, though an unfortunate pressure onCharles nose has s
. The great seals of England and some others . of the Faith. Reverse: James in full armorrushing toward his foes. He was such an admitted cowardthat he would not even touch a sword, so this ferocious war-rior must have caused many a laugh—behind his back. CHARLES I. Born 1600. King 1625. Died, rathersuddenly, 1649. Morally much like his father; physically agreat improvement, with the enormous advantage of VanDyke for his portrait painter. Charles the Martyr; othersthink that he got just what he deserved. The portrait on theSeal is quite good, though an unfortunate pressure onCharles nose has somewhat modified its form. Remainderof the Seal much like his fathers. In 1642, Charles moved his court to York (war practicallydeclared August 22, 1642). Shortly after his arrival, to hisjoy, Littleton, the Lord Keeper, arrived with the Great Parliamentary party were dismayed, for there was hardlya man on either side who was not convinced that he was fight-ing for Constitutional Monarchy, and the policy of theRound- 30 Plate House of Commons. 1651. p. 32. Oliver Cromwell, p. 33. Queen Elizabeth, p. 28. Heads was to carry on the government in the Kings name,but without the Great Seal they were powerless. Hallamin his Constitutional History, says:—It must surely excitea smile that men who had raised armies and fought battlesagainst the King, should be perplexed how to get over sotechnical a difficulty. But the Great Seal of England, in theeyes of English lawyers, has a sort of mysterious efficacy, andpassed for the depository of royal authority in a higher degreethan the person of the King. OLIVER CROMWELL. It was high-treason to coun-terfeit the Great Seal, but a Seal must be had; so the Com-mons, despite the dire threats of Charles, passed the requisiteResolution, 86 votes to 74, and Thomas Simonds, for £100supplied them with a rather crude imitation of the old GreatSeal (1643). Oxford surrendered in 1646, when the Com-mons, much to their delight, got posse
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