Take Thy Phisike
JERE is a letter from Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I. of England, to her eldest son Charles, later Charles II. The little boy, at the time this letter was written, was about eight years old, at which age he had just been made a Knight of the Garter, and given, if you please, a household of his own at Rich-
mond, with the Earl of Newcastle as his Governor. He was evidently developing a will of his-own, and refusing to take his medicine, which children in those days liked no better than now, although, admittedly, they had a smaller range to choose from than we have. Even if her
small son had a household of his own, Henrietta Maria was going to have no nonsense, ~ * "Charles j am sore that I most begin my first Letter with chiding you because j heere that you will not take phisike. I hope it was only for this day and that to morrowe you will doe it, or yf you will not j must come to you, and make you take it, for it is for your healthe. I have given orders to mylord Newcastell to send mi worde to night whether you will or not, there j hope you will give mi the paines to goe and so j rest
Your affectionat mother,
Henriette
Marie
R.
To my deare Sone the Prince." ~-(" Letters from Queens." Prepared by Dorothy Neal, 2YA, February 2.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 140, 27 February 1942, Page 5
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244Take Thy Phisike New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 140, 27 February 1942, Page 5
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