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THE POPULAR EDUCATOK- 



unto me as soon as they return hither. ... I will trouble 

 you no more, but tell you I do expect, as soon as they come to 

 the House, you will send them to me ; otherwise, I must take 

 my own course to find them." 



With the same show of respect they had shown him when he 

 came in, the assembled members waited on him as he again 

 passed down their ranks. Bareheaded and in silence, they 

 allowed him to get as far as the door ; but ere that had closed 

 upon him low mutterings of anger were raised, and the cry of 

 " Privilege ! Privilege ! " mingled ominously with the conversa- 

 tion in which the king told his friends in the Hall of the result 

 of his errand. 



The five members were not arrested, though the king spared 

 no pains to take them. By all means in his power he tried to 

 get hold of them by warrants, by proclamations, by personal 

 application. No one would betray them ; and it having been 

 resolved to restore them to their seats in the Commons' House, 

 the king feared the temper of which this resolution was the 

 sign, and within a week of his foolish visit to Westminster to 

 arrest the members he was a fugitive from London, deeming 

 himself not safe from the violence his actions had aroused. 



By his recent conduct, no more than consistent with his 

 former conduct, he had thrown down a challenge to the nation. 

 The House of Commons took it up. Mr. Forster well says: 

 " It had become clear that the attempt upon the members could 

 not be defeated, without a complete overthrow of the power of 

 the king. He could not remain at Whitehall if they returned 

 to Westminster. Charles raised the issue, the Common? accepted 

 it, and BO began our Great Civil War." 



SYNOPSIS OP THE LIFE AND REIGN OF CHARLES I. 



Charles I. was the second son of James I., by his Queen, A.nne 

 of Denmark. He was the twenty-fifth sovereign of England 

 after the Norman Conquest, and the second of the Stuart 

 dynasty. 



Born at Dunfermline Nov. 19, 1600 

 Began to Reign . . Mar. 27, 1625 

 Petition of Right presented . 1628 

 Persecution of the Puritans . 1633 

 Befusal of Hampden to pay 



ship-money 1634 



Hampden prosecuted . . . 1636 

 Scotch. Covenant against Epis- 

 copacy 1638 



The "Long Parliament" sum- 

 moned 1640 



Impeachment of Laud and 



Strafford 1640 



Execution of Strafford . . . 1641 

 Impeachment of the Five 

 Members demanded by 



Charles 1642 



The " Troubles " commence . 1642 

 Koyal Standard raised at Not- 

 tingham .... Aug. 25, 1612 

 Battle of "Worcester Sept. 23, 1642 

 Battle of Edge Hill Oct. 23, 1642 

 Bat. of Stratton Hts. May 16, 1643 

 Death of Hampden June 19, 1643 

 Battle of Lansdowu July 5, 1643 



Bat. of Newbury (1) Sept. 30, 1643 

 Bat. of Cropredy Br. June 6, 1644 

 Bat. of Marston Moor July 2, 1644 

 Bat. of Newbury (2) Oct. 27, 1644 

 Montrose raises forces for 



the King in Scotland . . 1644 

 Execution of Archbishop 



Laud Jan. 10, 1645 



Conference at Uxbridge . . 1645 

 Battle of Naseby . June 14, 1645 

 Charles I. retires to Scot- 

 laud 1646 



Betrayed to the Parliament 



by the Scotch . . Jan. 30, 1647 

 Imprisoned at Carisbrook 



Castle 1647 



Cromwell, by the aid of the 

 army, assumes supreme 

 power, and controls the 



Parliament 1648 



The King brought to White- 

 hall 1 



His Trial for Treason com- 

 mences .... Jan. 20, 1649 

 Beheaded at Whitehall Jan. 30, 1649 



SOVEREIGNS CONTEMPORARY WITH CHARLES I. 



Denmark, Kings of. 

 Christian IV. . 1588 



[This prince was for 

 many years the head of 

 'the Protestant League 

 against Ferdinand II. 

 of Germany.'] 

 Frederick III. . 1648 



France, Kings of. 

 Louis XIII. . . 1610 

 XouisXIV. . . 1643 

 Germany, Emperors of. 

 Ferdinand II. . 1619 

 Battle of Lutzen . 1632 

 Ferdinand III. . 1637 

 dos of the Thirty 



Years War . . 1648 



Poland, Kings of. 

 Sigismund III. . 1587 

 Ladiska IV. . . 1632 



John II. (some- 

 times styled 

 Casimir V.) . 1649 

 Portugal, Kings of. 



John IV. . . . 1640 

 [Portugal teas an- 

 nexed to Spain from 



1580 to 1640.] 



Borne, Popes of. 



Urban VIII. . . 1623 



Innocent X. . . 1644 

 Russia, Czars of. 



Michael Feodoro- 

 vitch . . . 1613 



Alexis .... 1645 

 Spain, Kings of. 



Philip IV. . . . 1621 

 Sweden, Sovereigns of. 



Gustavus Adol- 

 phus - , . . 1611 



[This prince assumed 

 tlie leadership of the 

 Protestant League 

 1630, and fell at Lutzen. 

 Interregnum . 1632-3 

 Christina III. . 1633 



Turkey, Sultans of. 

 Mustapha I. (re- 

 stored) . . . 1622 

 Amurath IV. . 1623 

 Ibrahim . . . 1640 

 Mahomet IV. . 1649 



United Provinces 

 of the Netherlands, 



Stadtholders of. 

 Frederick Henry 1625 

 William II. . . 164' 

 [This prince married 

 1/Lary, eldest daughter o, 

 Charles I J 



READING AND ELOCUTIO^IV, 



PUNCTUATION (continued). 



V. THE SEMICOLON. 



33. THE Semicolon is formed "by a period placed above a comma. 



34. When you come to a semicolon in reading, you must in 

 ;eneral make a pause twice as long as you would make at a 

 omma. 



35. Sometimes you must use the falling inflection of the voice 

 when you come to a semicolon, and sometimes you must keep 

 your voice suspended, as directed in the case of the comma. 

 Whatever may be the length of the pause, let it be a total ces- 

 sation of the voice. 



Examples. 



That God whom you see me daily worship ; whom I daily call upon 

 to bless both you and me, and all mankind ; whose wondrous acts 

 are recorded in those Scriptures which you constantly read; that 

 God who created the heaven and the earth is your Father and 

 Friend. 



My son, as you have been used to look to me in all your actions, 

 and have been afraid to do anything unless you first knew my will ; 

 so let it now be a rule of your life to look up to God in all your 

 actions. 



If I have seem any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without 

 covering ; if his loins have not blessed ine, and if he were not warmed 

 with the fleece of my sheep ; if I have lifted up my hand against 

 the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate ; then let mine 

 arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the 

 bone. 



The stranger did not lodge in the street ; but I opened my doors to 

 the traveller. 



If my land cry against me, or the furrows thereof complain ; if I 

 have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the 

 owners thereof to lose their life ; let thistles grow instead of wheat, 

 and cockles instead of barley. 



When the fair moon, refulgent lamp of night, o'er heaven's clear 

 azure spreads her sacred light ; when not a breath disturbs the deep 

 serene, and not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; around her throne 

 the vivid planets roll, and stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole ; 

 o'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, and tip with silver 

 every mountain's head ; then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect 

 rise, 'a flood of glory bursts from all the skies; the conscious 

 swains, rejoicing in the sight, eye the blue vault, and bless the useful 

 light. 



When the battle was ended, the stranger disappeared ; and no per- 

 son knew whence he had come, nor whither he had gone. 



The relief was so timely, so sudden, so unexpected, and so provi- 

 dential ; the appearance and the retreat of him who furnished it were 

 so unaccountable ; his person was so dignified and commanding ; 

 his resolution so superior, and his interference so decisive, that 

 the inhabitants believed him to be an angel, sent by Heaven for their 

 preservation. 



36. Sometimes you must use the falling inflection of the voice 

 when you come to a semicolon, in reading. 



Examples. 



Let your dress be sober, clean, and modest ; not to set off the beauty 

 of your person, but to declare the sobriety of your mind ; that your 

 outward garb may resemble the inward plainness and simplicity of 

 your heart. 



In meat and drink, observe the rules of Christian temperance and 

 sobriety ; consider your body only as the servant and minister of your 

 soul ; and only so nourish it, as it may best perform an humble and 

 obedient service. 



Condescend to all the weaknesses and infirmities of your fellow- 

 creatures ; cover their frailties ; love their excellences ; encourage 

 their virtues ; relieve their wants; rejoice in their prosperity; com- 

 passionate their distress ; receive their friendship ; overlook their 

 unkindness ; forgive their malice ; be a servant of servants ; and 

 condescend to do the lowest offices for the lowest of mankind. 



Struck with the sight of so fine a tree, he hastened to his own, 

 hoping to find as large a crop upon it ; but, to his great surprise, he 

 saw scarcely anything, except branches, covered with moss, and a few 

 yellow leaves. 



In sleep's serene oblivion laid, I've safely passed the silent night ; 

 again I see the breaking shade, again behold the morning light. 



New-born, I bless the waking hour ; once more, with awe, rejoice 

 to be ; my conscious soul resumes her power, and soars, my guardian 

 God, to thee. 



That deeper shade shall break away ; that deeper sleep shall leave 

 mine eyes ; thy light shall give eternal day ; thy love, tho rapture of 

 the skies. 



