Unhappily, his disposition was even more obstinate than that of his father.

His training had been wholly bad, and he had inherited the pernicious ideas of his father in reference to the rights of kings.

Even more unfortunately, he had inherited his father's counselors.

The Duke of Buckingham, a haughty, avaricious, and ambitious noble, raised by King James from obscurity, urged him to follow the path of his father, and other evil counselors were not wanting.

King Charles, indeed, had an advantage over his father, inasmuch as his person was stately and commanding, his manner grave and dignified, and his private life irreproachable.