Excerpt from Calendar of State Papers: Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles I, 1636 1637, Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Office There is, in this respect, a very great difference between the Charles of the first few years of his reign and the Charles of 1637. Under Buckingham, the favourite was everything; he governed alone, the King scarcely inter meddled with business, was seldom heard of in such matters, and still more seldom seen. Laud, on the contrary, ruled the country through and by the King. Since Bucking ham's death, King Charles had become well versed in business, was informed of whatever was going on, attended meetings even of committees, directed their decisions, and when not present was consulted on all important matters. The government was thus really and truly his, not by a complimentary official figment, but by actual interference with its management and direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.