I 14The HIS T 0 R Y of the PuRITANs. VoL. If. K. Charles I. tor palatine of the Rhine, eldeft fon of Frederick, &c. king of Bohe– ~~ mia, who married king 'Janus's daughter, and loll: his territories by the fat al battle of Prague in I6Ig. The unhappy Frederick died in 1632. and left behind him fix fons and five daughters, among whom were prince Rupert, prince P.1aurice, and the princefs Sophia. The young elec– tor and his mother often folicited the eng!ijh court for affii1ance to reco– ver their dominions, and were as often complimented with empty pro- 'The. palatine mifes. All the parliaments of this reign mention with concern the fawzlyfavlou- calamitous condition of the queen of Bohemia and her children, and ofriles oft" fi h . 1. d c c h f h 1 · puritans. er to venture t e1r IVes an 10rtunes 10r t e recovery o t e patatmate, but king Charles I. did not approve his fiilers princi ples, who being a re– folved proteilant, had been beard to fay (if we may believe L'Ejlrange) that rather than have her .Jim bred up in idolatry- at the emperors court, jhe Hill'. P· 449· had rather be his executioner. And Mr. Eachard adds, that the birth of king Charles II. in the year I 630. gave no great joy to the puritans, be– cau(e as one of them declared, God had already prMJidedfor them in the family of the queen qf Bohemia, who were bred up in the protdfant religion, while it was uncertain what religion king Charles's children would jollow, being to be brought up by a mother devoted to the church qf Rome. When the war broke out between the king-and parliament, the elector's younger brothers Rupert and Maurice, [erved the king in his army, but the elec– tor himfelf being in Holland took the covenant; and by a letter to the parliAment teftified his appmbation of the cau(e in which they were en– gaged. This fummer he made a tour to England,. and was welcomed by a committee of the two hou(es,. who promifed him their bef.l: ad– vice and ailiflance; to whom the prince made t.he following reply. Hift.Stuarts, " I H 0 L. D myfelf much obliged· to-the parliament for their favours, P· 268. •' and my coming is· to exprefs in perfon what I have often done " by letter, my fj!'lcere affections to· them, . and to take· off fuch jealou– " fies, as either the actions of fome of my•relations, or the ill effects of " what my enemies might by my abfence caf.l: upon me. My wifhes " are conflant for the good fuccefs of the great work you have under– " taken, for a thorough reformation;. and. my defires are to be ruled and " governed by your grave counfels." Hill. Stuarts, The parliament ordered an apartment to be fitted up for the prince at P· 279· Whitehall, and voted him eight thou (a.nd pounds a year for his mainte– nance, and ten tboufand for his royal mother,. till be fhould be reilored to his electorate. While ne fiayed here, he frequently attended the af– fembly
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