A true NARRATION OF THE Title, Government, and Cause OF THE DEATH Of the late CHARLES STVART King of ENGLAND.  
Written for the satisfaction of all those that are not wilfully obstinate for a Regal Government, and neglecters or contemners of their own Just Liberties.  
Published by Authority.  
London, Printed for R. W. 1649.   

A True Narration of the Title, Government, and Cause of the death of the late Charles Stuart King of England.  
THe Title of William the Conqueror, (by some surnamed the Bastard) who first compelled our English Necks to bear his Norman Yoke, (whatever others may pretend) was by his sword only, by power whereof, his successors (even to this Charles Stuart, late King of England) have, as it were, forced the suffrage of the people to their several Elections and Coronations, and by the same power have maintained all their Actions, howsoever Injust, Tyrannous, and Illegal, contrary to that ancient, known, and received opinion in Law, that the King is Singulis major, universis minor; by which unjust, usurped, and Tyrannous power of Kings, they are become indeed (instead of shepherds, careful to defend their flocks) most ravenous Wolves, whose paunches are never longer full, than they are devouring the silly sheep, as may most plainly appear in the late Bloody, and Tyrannous reign of this Charles Stuart, whose boundless prerogative (had his sword prevailed) had like a general inundation, at once swallowed up both the Laws of the Land, the Liberties of the Subject, the Privileges of Parliament; and turned the sweet, and pleasant streams of the Gospel (into that sea of Antichrist) into popish superstition. In the times of Peace, he was the most Covetous P. that ever reigned in England not caring how his Subjects were impoverished or abused, so his private Coffers were enriched. He never cared to maintain the Laws, 
Witness the Monopolies, and Ship-money. Witness the long vacancy of Parliaments, and the Illegal, proceed against the Earl of Castle haven; the overawing the Judges about ship-money, and the Tyrannical proceed of the Star-Chamber.  except such as conduced to his own particular profit, or to the augmenting his Prerogative to that unlimited Power, that his Will like the great Turks, might-command the lives and fortunes of all his subjects. In point of Religion, his intents may be easily discerned, by intruding the new liturgy on the Kirk of Scotland, and that too immediately after his Coronation there, he well knowing that it could be no way consistent with the Covenant by them taken, and maintained for some ages before, as also by enjoining, and compelling the Communion Tables in England to be removed, and set Altar wise, with Altar-worship, (thereby making way for the introducing of Popery,) it being contrary to the known Laws of this Kingdom: We let slip his ambition of rule, though by common fame sealed in his father's blood. And fall to the point of that unparaleld piece of Tyranny begun against the Scots, and since prosecuted against us, his late subjects of England: To begin therefore with the Scots, who after many humble Petitions, and fruitless answers, were forced, for their own safeties, to take arms, yet with all submission (upon a Treaty, taking the King's solemn engagement) laid them down, notwithstanding the great charge they had been put to, and their unability to bear the same; after which peace, the end of war being then expected; the conditions of the Treaty were so well kept, that the Spring following they were again forced, (for their refuge) to take Arms, in which then success is so notorious to all men, that the King not able to raise, or maintain an Army able to oppose them, was by necessity compelled to call a Parliament, only (as by the issue it appeared) to borrow moneys, (without any intent to satisfy the Subject) which when he found he could not accomplish, he not only suddenly dissolved, and imprisoned the Members, but by power of his own royal prerogative, as he calls it, (without consent of Parliament) endeavoured to impose on the free people of England the heavy tax of Tonnage and Poundage; which when he found that he could not wade through, 
The Scots lie still liable to be questioned for their first coming into England, not being authorized by King, nor Parliament.  the Scots at that time being come into the Kingdom, necessity once more compelled him to call another Parliament, who in their wisdoms, Contracted with the Scots for a great sum of money to departed the Kingdom, and willingly condescended that the King should go into Scotland, to compose, and settle businesses there; which was no sooner effected; and he well rid of the Scots, and received into the City of London with Joy and Triumph, but he had presently his design on foot, how to be rid of this Parliament also, which by reason of the Act of Continuation, could not be otherwise effected, then by bringing up his Northern Army (not then, disbanded) which sailing, he resolved to render his Act of Continuation (of Grace he called it) as fruitless as possible might be; whereupon he first makes way to send the Queen beyond Seas with the chief Jewels of the Crown, endeavouring, through her means, to move foreign Princes to send him aids, to make war upon his Rebellious Parliament, (as he called them) after whose departure, (contrary to all Laws, or the precedent of any his predecessors) he associated with a company of rude and uncivil fellows, armed, came to the house of Commons to demand the five Members, and notwithstanding he received the assurance of the house for their forthcoming, never so much as brought in any Charge against them, but finding himself frustrated in that his Tyrannous design, immediately left the Parliament, and repaired to Windsor, where he mustered together many deboysed persons, and Cavaliers, with promise of great preferments, and moneys, if they would attend him at York, which they accordingly did; he in the mean while trifling out the time (under the pretence of a Treaty about settling the Militia,) with the Parliament, first at Tyballs, after at Newmarket, & at last at York in the mean time, demanding the Town of Hull, and providing Arms, Money, and Men to make an Army (the Parliament not yet dreaming of any such matter) which he soon after performed, by setting up his Standard at Nottingham. And as this Army was treacherously raised, under the cunning pretence of a Treaty; so he hath proceeded with them, 
Witness the falling on at Brainchford, on Col. Hollis his Regiment.  to destroy the good people under the same colour ever since, so long as he had an Army; in which time, on both sides, above an hundred thousand of the good people of England have been murdered and destroyed. And since the said Armies by him raised, have been routed and dispersed, and he himself as a prisoner at the dispose of Parliament and Army; how many new commotions (in Wales, Scotland, Kent, Essex, Surrey, and the West) he hath contrived (as much as in him lay) to the utter destruction of this whole Nation, is sufficiently manifest to all men, who are not more blinded in affection to the name of King, then in love with their own just liberties. And in the last Treaty in the Isle of Wight, it did most evidently appear to the High Court of Justice, upon the examination of sufficient witnesses, That Charles Stuart (what pretences so ever he made, or what assurances soever he pretended to give) never did, nor ever would decline the late murder of his Subjects, but would ever approve it as an act most just. Yet notwithstanding all these tyrannies (so unwilling were the Parliament to depose him, much more to take his (long since forfeited) life; that had he not sent his two sons beyond Seas, with Commission to invade this Nation, and to rob and murder his good Subjects, both by Sea and Land (and at this very instant time of Treaty, plotted and endeavoured a new disturbance, by all means, labouring to engage the City of London to join with him in the same bloody design) he might have yet remained unquestioned.  
Thus having given the Reasons that forced on the King's ruin, and in him the disabling the Norman Line for the future. All those that are true lovers of Liberty, the Laws, Religion, and the Kingdom's welfare, may both feel and see themselves unloosed from the Norman Yoke, under which our forefathers have suffered for the space of five hundred sixty and two years; for which let all true Englishmen rejoice, and with the Author, cry, Vivat Lex, Exercitus, vera Religo Senatus populusque Angliae.  
FINIS.