Excerpt from An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. And Charles I. And of the Lives of Oliver Cromwell and Charles II.; After the Manner of Mr. Bayle, Vol. 2 of 5: From Original Writers and State-Papers This ms. So pompously quoted by Mr. Carte, is, I apprehend, the same piece which is printed in the Appendix to the Attempt towards the Cha reeter of the Royal Martyr King Charles I. Lond. 8vo. 1738, which is said to be copied from a ms. In the Lyon's Office, written by John Blinsele, Hay-herald, who assisted at the baptism: I say, I apprehend Carte's ms. And this to be one and the same thing, because it gives exactly the same account of the pom'pous baptism of Charles, by David Lindsay, bishop of Ross, with what Carte quotes from his ms. But from the printed account the ms. Appears to be an arrant forgery, the work of some ignorant person, who knew not the times of which he was writing, and consequently his work must be mere invention: for he represents the chancellor Cassils as present at the solemnity, though there was no such chancellor then in being; and he tells us, that monsieur de Rohan, a nobleman of Brittany, and his brother, called monsieur de Soubise, were his Majesty's gossips though the Scotch historians never mention their being in that kingdom. In short, the writer of the account given in that Appendix, (which yet is but a quota. Tion from a book printed at London, 1716, by Mr. Henry Cantrel, called the Royal Martyr a true Christian) evidently appears to have had more zeal for the episcopal baptism of Charles than regard to truth, or even, his own character. Authors that invent history, have so many circumstances to consider and provide for, to render their accounts consistent, that they need a far more extensive knowledge 'than generally falls to the share of such writers, to secure them from detection and contempt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.