спаси к

усом Муy. Allemanle 34-3et 1532.

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.

TILDEN LIGRARY

1895

Ergo, regibus occisis, subversa jacebat

Pristina majestas soliorum, et sceptra superba:
Et capitis summi præclarum insigne cruentum
Sub pedibus vulgi magnum lugebat honorem:
Nam cupide conculcatur nimis ante metutum.
Res itaque ad summam fæcem turbasque redibat,
Imperium sibi cum, ac summatum quisque petebat.
LUCRETIUS, lib. v.

Then prostrate lay, the rightful monarch slain-
The throne's proud majesty and ancient reign:
The diadem that crown'd th' anointed head
Crush'd by the vulgar foot dark blood-drops shed.
Law's just restraint, once fear'd, was vilely spurn'd,
And the state's fabric into dust return'd,

When each at will grasp'd at imperial power,
And strove to reign the despot of an hour.

LUCRETIUS, book 5. (W. S.)

The axe that strikes the King lays Order low-
In every limb old Reverence feels the blow;

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.)