The Acrostic Paradise Lost by John Milton and Terrance Lindall

Above is a handwritten description that accompanies the Yuko Nii Foundation death warrant. It reads:
“The above is a copy of the Warrant sent o the Sheriff (by the Lords) for the execution of King
Charles…the original is preserved among other documents in the Tower; & the Antiquarian Society have
in theirs a copy of the same with the seals which were annexed to each signature, but the original seals
have long been decayed. Mr. Walpole has also a copy inscribed with a pen “Magna Charta” and one of
the only Rings at the King’s burial. It has on it The Kings head in a miniature, behind Deaths head initials
C.R. with inscription “Prepared be, to follow me”. A present from Lady Murray Elliott.”
Horace Walpole
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