England under Charles II. from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1660-1678: English History from Contemporary Writers
Taylor, W. F.
1889
Charles beseeches Parliament to be clement. Secret History of the reign of Charles II. Clarendon, ed. 1792. vol. i., p. 80.
His Majesty went himself to the House of Lords on the 27th of July, and made a well-advised and persuasive speech . . . "I earnestly desire you to depart from all particular animosities and revenge, or memory of past provocation, and to pass this Act [of Indemnity] without other exceptions than those who were immediately guilty of the murder of my father." | |