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James the First favoured Windsor as much as his predecessors;
caroused within its halls, and chased the deer in its parks; Christian the
Fourth of Denmark was sumptuously entertained by him at Windsor. In
this reign a curious dispute occurred between the king and the dean
and chapter respecting the repair of a breach in the wall, which was
not brought to issue for three years, when, after much argument, it was
decided in favour of the clergy.
Little was done at Windsor by Charles the First until the tenth year of
his reign, when a banqueting-house erected by Elizabeth was taken
down, and the magnificent fountain constructed by Queen Mary
demolished. Two years after wards "a pyramid or lantern," with a
clock, hell, and dial, was ordered to be set up in front of the castle, and
a balcony was erected before the room where Henry the Sixth was
born.
In the early part of the year 1642 Charles retired to Windsor to shield
himself from the insults of the populace, and was followed by a
committee of the House of Commons, who prevailed upon him to desist
from the prosecution of the impeached members. On the 23rd of
October in the same year, Captain Fogg, at the head of a
Parliamentarian force, demanded the keys of the college treasury, and,
not being able to obtain them, forced open the doors, and carried off
the whole of the plate.
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