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Literary
August 7, 1761
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A historical essay detailing the 200-year chain of misfortunes afflicting the Stuart family, from assassinations and battles to imprisonments and exiles, culminating in the failed restoration attempts, suggesting an inescapable fatality.
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The Misfortunes of the Stuart's Family for more than 200 Years.
Few Kings have been more unhappy, and there is not in history an example of a family that has been so long unfortunate. The first of his ancestors, Kings of Scotland, who bore the name of James, after being 18 years prisoner in England, was with his Queen assassinated by his subjects. James II. his son, was in the 29th year of his age killed in fighting against the English. James III. was imprisoned by his own people, and afterwards killed in battle by the rebels. James IV. perished in battle which he lost. Mary Stuart, his grand daughter, drove from her throne, a fugitive in England, having languished 18 years in prison, was condemned to die by English judges, and beheaded. Charles I. grand Son of Mary, King of Scotland and England, sold by the Scots, and sentenced to die by the English, lost his life upon a public scaffold. James his son, the seventh of the name, and second in England, was drove from his three kingdoms; and to complete his misfortunes, even the very birth of his son is contested. This son attempted to remount the throne of his ancestors only to cause his friends to perish by the hands of the executioner. If any thing therefore can justify those who believe in a fatality, which it is impossible to surmount, it is this continual course of misfortunes, which has persecuted the family of Stuart for more than 200 years.
Few Kings have been more unhappy, and there is not in history an example of a family that has been so long unfortunate. The first of his ancestors, Kings of Scotland, who bore the name of James, after being 18 years prisoner in England, was with his Queen assassinated by his subjects. James II. his son, was in the 29th year of his age killed in fighting against the English. James III. was imprisoned by his own people, and afterwards killed in battle by the rebels. James IV. perished in battle which he lost. Mary Stuart, his grand daughter, drove from her throne, a fugitive in England, having languished 18 years in prison, was condemned to die by English judges, and beheaded. Charles I. grand Son of Mary, King of Scotland and England, sold by the Scots, and sentenced to die by the English, lost his life upon a public scaffold. James his son, the seventh of the name, and second in England, was drove from his three kingdoms; and to complete his misfortunes, even the very birth of his son is contested. This son attempted to remount the throne of his ancestors only to cause his friends to perish by the hands of the executioner. If any thing therefore can justify those who believe in a fatality, which it is impossible to surmount, it is this continual course of misfortunes, which has persecuted the family of Stuart for more than 200 years.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Political
Death Mortality
What keywords are associated?
Stuart Family
Royal Misfortunes
Historical Fatality
Scottish Kings
English Executions
Literary Details
Title
The Misfortunes Of The Stuart's Family For More Than 200 Years.
Subject
Misfortunes Of The Stuart Dynasty
Key Lines
If Any Thing Therefore Can Justify Those Who Believe In A Fatality, Which It Is Impossible To Surmount, It Is This Continual Course Of Misfortunes, Which Has Persecuted The Family Of Stuart For More Than 200 Years.