Charles I. 1625–1649
HIS son Charles One we understand
Ruled England with a grasping hand;
For he was never loth to levy
Taxes burdensome and heavy.
He moved in an expensive set,
Was always heavily in debt;
In fact this monarch with his frills
Was snowed up to the neck with bills.
He was courtly, graceful, distingué,
And when the scaffold came his way
‘He nothing common did or mean
Upon that memorable scene.’
He had a very taking way
And made his taxed up subjects pay;
And over taxing it is said
This Monarch fairly lost his head.
Petition of Right—1628
The ‘Petition of Right’ a famous Act,
The Commons from the King exact;
Giving the subject on his own
A remedy against the throne.