The Roxburghe ballads . THE EXECUTION OF KING CHARLES I. [In fac-simile, from a Conieniporary, Broadside : see p. 624.] With my own power my Majesty they wound,In the Kings name the King himselfs uncrownd:So doth the Dust destroy the Diamond.—Charles I, p. 620. That thence the Royal Actor borne,The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands :He nothing common did, or mean,Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axes edge did try;Nor calld the Gods, with vulgar spite,To vindicate his helpless right: But bowed his comely head, Down, as upo
The Roxburghe ballads . THE EXECUTION OF KING CHARLES I. [In fac-simile, from a Conieniporary, Broadside : see p. 624.] With my own power my Majesty they wound,In the Kings name the King himselfs uncrownd:So doth the Dust destroy the Diamond.—Charles I, p. 620. That thence the Royal Actor borne,The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands :He nothing common did, or mean,Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axes edge did try;Nor calld the Gods, with vulgar spite,To vindicate his helpless right: But bowed his comely head, Down, as upon a bed.—[Marvels Ode, p. 61S.) ?p Bflltwatmg tge last gcarg of tge £>tuart0* EDITED,WITH SPECIAL INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES, BY J. WOODFALL EBSWORTH, , Cantab., Author of Karls Legacy, 1868, and Cavalier Lyrics, 1888; Editor of four reprinted Drolleries of the Restoration ; of The Bagford Ballads and Amanda Group of Bagford Poems ; The Two Earliest Quartos of A Midsummer Nights Dream, 1600 ; The Poemsroxburgheballads07chapuoft
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