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Singular Sortes Virgiliane tale of King Charles at Oxford
Memoirs recount a scene in the Oxford public library where King Charles I and Lord Falkland consult the Sortes Virgiliane. The lines predict a king oppress'd by foes, losing battle and peace, with a grim end foretold. Falkland drops to Evander faults, and the tale references Lord Clarendon’s History of the Grand Rebellion (1648) for the king’s end.
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Dr. Wetwoop
Charles the First
Oxford
Falkland
Lord Falkland
Evander
Lord Clarendon