THE TRIALS OF CHARLES THE FIRST, AND OF SOME OF THE REGICIDES: WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF BRADSHAW, IRETON, HARRISON, AND OTHERS. AND WITH NOTES. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXXXII. Ergo, regibus occisis, subversa jacebat Pristina majestas soliorum, et sceptra superba: Then prostrate lay, the rightful monarch slain- When each at will grasp'd at imperial power, LUCRETIUS, book 5. (W. S.) The axe that strikes the King lays Order low- Law, Faith, Love, Honour, Grace are trampled down In the same bloody quagmire with the Crown. The awe of ages poison'd into hate, Fierce leaps the rabble hoof on all that's great Till vulgar rage, expert Ambition's tool, Dies out and some cold scoundrel grasps the rule. LUCRETIUS, book 5. (J. G. L.) |