CONTENTS OF VOL. II. Public character of Charles the First. His domestic virtues. Political features of the period. Infancy and baptism of Charles. Pageant on his being created Duke of York. His physical infirmi- ties. Placed under the tuition of Murray. Anecdotes of Charles and Prince Henry. Juvenile Letters of Charles. Created Prince of Wales. His progress in theological knowledge. His general accomplishments, and prowess in tilting. Projected match between Charles and Mary of Spain. Intended journey of Charles to Madrid. His father's feelings on the subject, and Buckingham's haughty violence. Interview between the king and Sir Francis Cottington. Advice of the latter as to Charles's journey to Spain. Buckingham's Charles and Buckingham, in disguise, set out on the journey to |