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the Duke of Glocester, he was little more than an infant--the Princess notwithstanding her tender Years showed an advanced judgment and the calamities of her Family had made a deep impression upon her--The morning of the fatal Day the King, rose early When the King came upon the Scaffold he addressed the few persons who were about him He forgave all his enemies even the chief instruments of his death and exhorted them to pay obedience to their lawful Sovereign his Son & successor--when preparing himself for the block he said "I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown where no disturbance can have place" At one blow was his head severed from his Body--Charles was executed in the forty ninth Year of his age and the twenty fourth of his reign--He was of a middling statue robust and well proportioned, His visage was pleasing but melancholy--As for his character the reader will deduce it with more precesion and satisfaction to himself from the detail of his conduct than from any summary given
