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2.

I don't believe you're right. I think
the cult of Charles was the consequence
of his death, & barely existed before
that. The enthusiasm of the Cavalier
was I think first hatred of Puritan
morality, & secondly defence of
the Church. Charles himself was
a bad third.

He can't have been attractive
when he was under Buckingham's
thumb, and from 1625 to 1628 he
behaved very unchivalrously to
his wife, at Buck's dictation.

At that time, the French ambassador
wrote that he was more interested
in the petty details of his house-