EIKON BASILIKË

EIKON BASILIKË
   (i. e. the Royal Likeness), a book containing an account of Charles I. during his imprisonment, and ascribed to him as author, but really written by Bishop Gauden, though the MS. may have been perused and corrected by the king; it gives a true picture of his character and possible state of mind.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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