3. 1558 Elizabeth re-establishes Anglican independence.
4. In 1649 Charles I. is beheaded, and the Republic established under Cromwell’s Protectorate.
5. In 1660 Charles II. is restored.
6. In 1689 James II. abdicating, is displaced by William III., his son-in-law.
7. In 1714 George I., of the House of Hanover, is called to the throne.
The brevity with which all this is inferred is as remarkable as the curious precision with which it was fulfilled.
The accession of James I. to the death of Charles I. (1603-1649) is set forth in
Century X. Quatrain 40.
“Le jeune nay au regne Britannique,
Qu’ aura ce père mourant recommandé,
Iceluy mort, Lonole[56] donra topique,[57]
Et à son fils le regne demandé.”[58]
“The young prince[59] of the kingdom of Britain (then first called Great Britain) is born, whose father (Henry Darnley, assassinated by Bothwell) in dying commended him to the protection of the principal Scottish nobility. When this prince (James I. of England, and VI. of Scotland) is dead, Lonole by the employment of Puritanical eloquence (or canting rhetoric) will despoil his son (Charles I.) of his kingdom.”