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RE

CHARLES the SECOND,

KING OF GREAT BRITAIN.
After the Manner of Mr. BAYLE.

Drawn from ORIGINAL WRITers and State PAPERS.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

An APPENDIX of ORIGINAL PAPERS,

Now First Published.
By WILLIAM HARRIS, D.D.
IN TWO VOLUME S.

VOL. II.

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CONTENTS

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V O LUME II.

CHARLES blessed with a genius. Addi&ted to

mechanics, &c. Greatly indolent. Rise of the

Royal Society, p. 148.

Charles weak and credulous. Consults an astrologer.

Vindication of Burnet. Remarkable anecdote of Rich-

lieu and Mazarine, p. 9-13.

Charles a dissembler, p. 14–17. Ungrateful. Claren

don characterized, p. 18-28. His majesty unjust.
Cafe of Sir Henry. Vane. Original letter from his

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