Excerpt from The Gentleman's Magazine, 1853, Vol. 39: January to June Inclusive A Narrative of the attempted Escapes of Charles the First from Carisbrook Castle, and of his Detention in the Isle of Wight from November 1647 to the seizure of his person by the arm at Newport, in November 1648 including the Letters of the King to Colonel Degreestus, now first deciphered and printed from the originals. 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.