Miscellanies upon various subjects ... / [John Aubrey].

  • John Aubrey
Date:
1784
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Credit: Miscellanies upon various subjects ... / [John Aubrey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a RL SE IN <8: and evening fervice, are as propheites of the troubles that did enfue. When the high court of juftice was voted in the parliament houfe, as Berkenhead (the mace bearer) took up the mace to carry, it before the Speaker, the top of the mace fell off. This was avowed to me by an eye witnefs then in the houfe. The head of King Charles Ps. ftaff did fall off at his trial: that is commonly known. The fecond leffon for the 3oth of January in the calendar before the common prayer, is concerning the trial of Chrift: which, when Bifhop Duppa read, the King was difpleafed with him, thinking he had done it of choice ; but the Bifhop cleared 2 See by the calendar, as is to be feen, King Charles II. was crowned at the very conjunction of the fun and Mercury ; Mercury being then in Corde Solis. As the King was at dinner in Weftminfter Hall, it thundered and lightened extremely. The cannons and the thunder played together, King
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