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Eikon Basilike: The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings

Eikon Basilike: The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings

Attributed to Charles I (substantial authorial participation); largely compiled by John Gauden, Bishop of Exeter then Worcester·1648–1649·from the En

A full modern English translation of the work — 1 book, 30 chapters — translated sentence by sentence from the En, with scripture echoes traced and brief notes on the harder turns of phrase. Choose a section to begin reading.

30 chapters1,294 sentences204 scripture echoes
Devotional manualContemplatio — The Ascent
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Eikon Basilike: The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings

  1. 1.1Upon His Majesty's calling this last Parliament
  2. 1.2Upon the Earl of Strafford's death
  3. 1.3Upon His Majesty's going to the House of Commons
  4. 1.4Upon the Insolency of the Tumults
  5. 1.5Upon His Majesty's passing the Bill for the Triennial Parliaments, and after settling this during the pleasure of the two Houses
  6. 1.6Upon His Majesty's retirement from Westminster
  7. 1.7Upon the Queen's departure, and absence out of England
  8. 1.8Upon His Majesty's repulse at Hull, and the fates of the Hothams
  9. 1.9Upon the listing and raising Armies against the King
  10. 1.10Upon their seizing the King's Magazines, Forts, Navy, and Militia
  11. 1.11Upon the 19 Propositions first sent to the King, and more afterwards
  12. 1.12Upon the Rebellion, and troubles in Ireland
  13. 1.13Upon the Calling in of the Scots, and their Coming
  14. 1.14Upon the Covenant
  15. 1.15Upon the many Jealousies raised, and Scandals cast upon the King, to stir up the people against Him
  16. 1.16Upon the Ordinance against the Common Prayer-Book
  17. 1.17Of the differences between the King, and the two Houses, in point of Church-government
  18. 1.18Upon Uxbridge-Treaty, and other Offers made by the King
  19. 1.19Upon the various events of the War; Victories, and Defeats
  20. 1.20Upon the Reformations of the Times
  21. 1.21Upon His Majesty's Letters taken and divulged
  22. 1.22Upon His Majesty's leaving Oxford, and going to the Scots
  23. 1.23Upon the Scots delivering the King to the English, and His Captivity at Holmby
  24. 1.24Upon their denying His Majesty the Attendance of His Chaplains
  25. 1.25Penitential Meditations and Vows in the King's solitude at Holmby
  26. 1.26Upon the Army's surprisal of the King at Holmby, and the ensuing distractions in the two Houses, the Army, and the City
  27. 1.27To the Prince of Wales
  28. 1.28Meditations upon Death, after the Votes of Non-Addresses, and His Majesty's closer Imprisonment in Carisbrook-Castle
  29. 1.29Divers prayers used by his Majesty in time of His sufferings
  30. 1.30His Speeches to the Lady Elisabeth and Duke of Glocester; and His Reasons against the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice