So called because it was supposed to be signed by 1000 ministers. As a matter of fact, it bore less than 800 names.
| Margaret, Countess of Lenox. | |||||||||
| Henry, Lord Darnley = Mary, Queen of Scots. | Charles, Earl of Lennox. | ||||||||
| James VI. and I. | Arabella Stuart. | ||||||||
See p. [354].
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE REIGN OF CHARLES I. TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR.
1625-1642.
The accession of Charles I. made a profound change in the destinies of England, for though the new king had the same policy and the same notions of government in Church and State as his father, yet his personal character was wholly different. James had been before all things a coward: he seldom dared to translate his theories into action, and hence it came that he died peacefully in his bed. His son, on the other hand, was not lacking in courage, and he was recklessly obstinate; nothing could bend his will or teach him submission; therefore he died on the scaffold.
Character of Charles I.