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THE STUART KINGS AND OLIVER CROMWELL 87
Jerome,” together with portraits by Rembrandt,
landscapes by Breughel and Steenwyck, and quaint
fantasies by Jerome Bosch, while his own equestrian
portrait by Vandyke, and Honthorst’s full-length
of the Queen of Bohemia, formed worthy com-
panions to the noble series of royal portraits which
already adorned the palace.
But the outbreak of the Civil War put an end
to all picture-buying. On December i, 1640, the
Grand Remonstrance was presented to the King at
Hampton Court, and after the failure of his attempt
to arrest the Five Members, he and his wife fled
here for safety one evening, and had to sleep in one
room with their three eldest children, no prepara-
tion having been made for their reception. A few
days later the royal family moved to Windsor for
greater security, and when, six years afterwards,
Charles saw Hampton Court again, he was a
prisoner in the hands of his subjects.
The pathetic incidents of the King’s residence at
Hampton Court during these three months have,
been related by more than one of his faithful
followers. He was attended by his own servants
and chaplains, and allowed the use of his own
plate and furniture. As a rule he dined in public,
and gave audiences to the loyal subjects, such as
Evelyn and Lady Fanshawe, who came to kiss his
hand. Sometimes he played tennis and hunted
in the Park, or rode over to Sion House to see his
children, Princess Elizabeth and her young brothers,
while they in their turn came to visit him. It was
at one of these meetings that Charles enjoined the
Jerome,” together with portraits by Rembrandt,
landscapes by Breughel and Steenwyck, and quaint
fantasies by Jerome Bosch, while his own equestrian
portrait by Vandyke, and Honthorst’s full-length
of the Queen of Bohemia, formed worthy com-
panions to the noble series of royal portraits which
already adorned the palace.
But the outbreak of the Civil War put an end
to all picture-buying. On December i, 1640, the
Grand Remonstrance was presented to the King at
Hampton Court, and after the failure of his attempt
to arrest the Five Members, he and his wife fled
here for safety one evening, and had to sleep in one
room with their three eldest children, no prepara-
tion having been made for their reception. A few
days later the royal family moved to Windsor for
greater security, and when, six years afterwards,
Charles saw Hampton Court again, he was a
prisoner in the hands of his subjects.
The pathetic incidents of the King’s residence at
Hampton Court during these three months have,
been related by more than one of his faithful
followers. He was attended by his own servants
and chaplains, and allowed the use of his own
plate and furniture. As a rule he dined in public,
and gave audiences to the loyal subjects, such as
Evelyn and Lady Fanshawe, who came to kiss his
hand. Sometimes he played tennis and hunted
in the Park, or rode over to Sion House to see his
children, Princess Elizabeth and her young brothers,
while they in their turn came to visit him. It was
at one of these meetings that Charles enjoined the