favour of both contentions. Doubt was thrown on Charles's authorship in John Milton's Eikonoklastes (1649), which was followed almost immediately by a royalist answer, The Princely Pelican. Royall Resolves Extracted from his Majestys Divine Meditations, with satisfactory reasons that his Sacred Person was the only Author of them (1649). The history of the whole controversy, which has been several times renewed, was dealt with in Christopher Wordsworth's tracts in a most exhaustive way. He eloquently advocated Charles's authorship. Since he wrote in 1829, some further evidence has been forthcoming in favour of the Naseby copy. A correspondence relating to the French translation of the work has also come to light among the papers of Sir Edward Nicholas. None of the letters show any doubt that King Charles was the author. S. R. Gardiner (Hist. of the Great Civil War, iv, 325) regards Charles Doble's articles as finally disposing of Charles's claim to the authorship, but this is by no means the attitude of other writers. If Gauden was the author, he may have incorporated papers, &c., by Charles, who may have corrected the work and thus been joint-author. This theory would reconcile the conflicting evidence, that of those who saw Charles writing parts and read the MS. before publication, and the deliberate statements of Gauden. Notes References Hugh Trevor-Roper, "'Eikon Basilike': The Problem of the King's Book", in Historical Essays (New York: Harper & Row, 1966), pp. 211–220. External links 1605 births 1662 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Bishops of Exeter Bishops of Worcester People from Maldon District Original Fellows of the Royal Society 17th-century Church of England bishops Burials at Worcester Cathedral 16th-century Anglican theologians 17th-century Anglican theologians Year of birth uncertain