Delivered  to  Dr.  Juxon,  Bishop  of  London,
immediately  before  His  Death,'  which  are
no  doubt  genuine.  But  it  is  doubtful  how
much  of  the  rest  of  the  book  was  actually
written  by  the  King.  It  is  not  like  his
ordinary  style,  and  it  is  very  like  the  style  of
Gauden  (q.v.),  who  definitely  claimed  the
authorship  in  a  letter  to  Clarendon,  21st
January  1661.  Clarendon  answered:  'The
particular   which   you   often   renewed   I   do


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oonfesse  was  imparted  to  me  under  secrecy,
and  of  which  I  did  not  take  myself  to  be  at
liberty  to  take  notice,  and  truly  when  it
ceases  to  be  a  secret  I  know  nobody  will  be
glad  of  it  except  Mr.  Milton.  I  have  very
often  wished  I  had  never  been  trusted  with
it.'  If  Gauden  wrote  it,  it  was  at  least  a
masterpiece  of  dramatic  presentment.  He
gave  a  wonderful  picture  of  a  character
(which  may  be  compared  to  that  of  Calderon's
Principe  Constants)  of  idealised  royalty,
devoted  to  his  people  and  to  the  Church,
and  holding  his  power  as  a  trust  from  God.
