Boscobel: Or, The History of his Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation After the Battle of Worcester, 3. Sept. 1651Blount, Thomas
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Boscobel: Or, The History of his Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation After the Battle of Worcester, 3. Sept. 1651
Blount, Thomas
Boscobel (England) -- Early works to 1800; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685 -- Early works to 1800
And soon after Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Whitgreave made their humble
addresses to his Majesty, from whom they likewise receiv'd a gracious
acknowledgment of their service and fidelity to him at Mosely; and this
in so high a degree of gratitude, and with such a condescending frame
of spirit, not at all puff'd up with prosperity, as cannot be
parallel'd in the best of Kings.
Here let us all with glad and thankful hearts humbly contemplate the
admirable Providence of Almighty God, who contriv'd such wonderful
wayes, and made use of such mean instruments for preservation of so
great a person: Let us delight to reflect minutely on every particular,
and especially on such as most approach to miracle; let us sum up the
number of those, who were privy to this first part of his Majesties
disguise and concealment; _Mr. Giffard_, the five _Penderels_, their
mother and three of their wives, Col. _Carlis_, _Francis Yates_ and his
wife, some of the inhabitants of _Whiteladies_, _Mr. Woolf_, his wife,
daughter and maid, _Mr. Whitgreave_ and his mother, _Mr. Huddleston_,
_Col. Lane_ and his sister; and then consider whether it were not
indeed a _miracle_, that so many men, and (which is far more) so many
women should faithfully conceal so important and unusual a secret; and
this notwithstanding the temptations and promises of reward on the one
hand, the danger and menaces of punishment on the other.
To which I shall adde but this one circumstance, that it was concealed
by persons, for the most part, of that religion, which has long
suffer'd under an imputation (laid on them by some mistaken zelots) of
disloyalty to their soveraign.
[Sidenote: Dan. 3. 10.]
And now, on my bended knees, let me joyfully congratulate his restored
Majesty, and humbly offer him this short and hearty wish, O KING, LIVE
FOR EVER. And not content with my own inconsiderable prayers, with all
my soul I beg the universal assistance of others, earnestly inviting
all the nation, even all the three nations, to sing
_Te Deum Laudamus_.
2 SAM. xix. 14.
_And he bow'd the hearts of all the people, as the heart of one man; So
that they sent this word unto the King_, Return thou and all thy
servants.
_FINIS._
_Thomas & Hunsley, Printers, Doncaster._
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