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    Boscobel Or, The History of his Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation
    Boscobel Or, The History of his Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation
    Boscobel Or, The History of his Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation
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    Boscobel Or, The History of his Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Boscobel Or, The History of his Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation - Thomas Blount

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      Title: Boscobel

      Or, The History of his Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation

      Author: Thomas Blount

      Release Date: June 6, 2011 [EBook #36339]

      Language: English

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      Cha.y. 2. was proclaymed King of great Britan, France & Ireland at Worcester, 23 Aug. 1651.

      BOSCOBEL:

      OR, THE

      HISTORY

      OF

      HIS SACRED MAJESTIES

      MOST MIRACULOUS

      PRESERVATION

      After the Battle of Worcester, 3. Sept. 1651.

      Joel i. 2.

      Hear this ye Old Men, and give ear all ye Inhabitants of the Land: Has this been in your dayes, or in the dayes of your fathers?

      LONDON:

      Printed for Henry Seile, Stationer

      to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1660.

      DONCASTER:

      REPRINTED AND SOLD BY THOMAS AND HUNSLEY,

      Sold also by Stoddart & Craggs, Hull;

      Mozley, Gainsbro'; Slater, Bacon, & Co. Sheffield;

      and may be had of all other

      Booksellers.

      1809.

      TO

      THOMAS PARK,

      AND

      SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES,

      Esqrs.

      WHOSE UNITED EFFORTS,

      IN RESCUING FROM OBLIVION THE EARLY

      PRODUCTIONS OF THIS COUNTRY,

      WILL CAUSE THEM TO BE REVERED BY EVERY

      BIBLIOGRAPHER,

      THIS LITTLE WORK

      IS PRESENTED AS A TESTIMONY OF THE

      UNFEIGNED REGARD

      THE EDITOR OF THESE SHEETS

      BEARS TO THEIR

      LABOURS.

      ADVERTISEMENT

      FROM

      THE EDITOR.

      The book which is here republished contains an account of the sufferings of Charles the Second, after the battle of Worcester, until his escape to the continent;—written by a co-temporary, and dedicated to that monarch whose misfortunes he records; we may therefore naturally infer, that the book is a true relation of the same. [1]

      As this work has become so scarce that a copy can with difficulty be procured, the editor thought he should do a service to the curious by having it reprinted verbatim [2] from the edition of 1660.

      The subject of this tract is interesting: it teaches us the instability of human greatness. We are presented with a picture of the sufferings of one, by lineal descent born to be the governor of a kingdom, reduced to the alternative of either suffering on a scaffold, or quitting the kingdom in habits of disguise.

      When princes forget their subjects, or they their king, then both lose their former allegiance and respect, they become mutual enemies, and their inveteracy does not diminish until one or both are on the precipice of destruction.

      When Charles the First ascended the throne, his subjects were tenacious of that religious freedom which they had procured under the reign of a sovereign, whose name will ever be revered by innovators in theoretical principles of religion. They had shaken off their subjugation to the Roman Pontiff, and when he shewed signs of partiality to that persuasion, they dreaded the consequences. They had not yet forgot the atrocities committed in the reign of Mary; and were fearful, that if their liberties were abridged, the same enormities would ensue. They struggled for liberty, and he for power: both felt the lash of civil commotions.

      When men are enthusiastically partial to an opinion, they are so zealous in its cause they will die in its support. How many people have suffered on this account, in all classes of religious opinions, in different nations? Such was the case at that period. A rage for polemical divinity took place, and brother against brother fought in support of each other's tenets; each fully assured he was in the right. The same spirit of innovation is too prevalent in the present day: the principles they profess are at variance with the prosperity and happiness of the country. They have made their way into our possessions in the East Indies; and by their influence have brought on disaffection among the native troops. From the organization of their native laws, they are particularly tenacious of their theological principles; according to which a man had better die than be a sceptic; for on embracing any other faith, he must first lose his cast; [3]and in that case he is deserted by all his relatives and countrymen, and driven from the society of all he holds most dear on earth, so that his life becomes insupportable.

      In the present state of civil commotions in the European countries, caused by the ambitious views of Napoleon, it is exceedingly impolitic. It is well known that he wishes to add India to his possessions, and in the present

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