10 _Upon their seizing the Kings Magazines, Forts, Navie, and Militia._ 11 _Upon the 19 Propositions first sent to the King; and more afterwards._ 12 _Upon the Rebellion, and troubles in_ Ireland. 13 _Upon the Calling in of the_ Scots, _and their Coming._ 14 _Upon the Covenant._ 15 _Upon the many Jealousies raised, and Scandals cast upon the King, to stirre up the people against Him._ 16 _Upon the Ordinance against the Common prayer-Book._ 17 _Of the differences between the King, and the two Houses, in point of Church-government._ 18 _Upon_ Uxbridge-_Treaty, and others Offers made by the King._ 19 _Upon the various events of the War; Victories, and Defeats._ 20 _Upon the Reformations of the Times._ 21 _Upon His Majesties Letters taken and divulged._ 22 _Upon His Majesties leaving_ Oxford, and going to the_ Scots._ 23 _Upon the_ Scots _delivering the King to the_ English; _and His Captivity at_ Holmbie. 24 _Upon their denying His Majestie the Attendance of His Chaplains._ 25 Penitentiall Meditations and Vowes in the King's solitude at _Holmbie_. 26 _Upon the Armies surprisall of the King at_ Holmbie, _and the ensuing distractions in the two Houses, the Army, and the Citie._ 27 _To the Prince of_ Wales. 28 _Meditations upon Death, after the Votes of Non-Addresses, and His Majesties closer Imprisonment in_ Carisbrook-Castle. 29 _Divers prayers used by his Majesty in time of His sufferings._ 30 _His Speeches to the Lady_ Elisabeth _and Duke of_ Glocester: _And His_ Reasons _against the jurisdiction of the high Court of Justice._ [Illustration] [Greek: EIKÔN BASILIKÊ] 1. _Upon His Majesties calling this last Parliament._ This last Parliament I called, not more by others advice, and necessity of My affairs, then by my own choice and inclination; who have always thought the right way of Parliaments most safe for My Crown, and best pleasing to my People: And although I was not forgetfull of those sparks, which some mens distempers formerly studied to kindle in Parliaments, (which by forbearing to convene for some years, I hoped to have extinguished) yet resolving with My self to give all just satisfaction to modest and sober desires, and to redress all publick grievances in Church and State; I hoped (by My freedom and their moderation) to prevent all mis-understandings and miscarriages in this: In which as I feared, affairs would meet with some passion and prejudice in other men, so I resolved they should finde least of them in my self; not doubting, but by the weight of Reason I should counterpoiz the over-ballancing of any Factions.