The Triptych for the Feast of Charles I: King and Martyr. Question Mark? 30 January 1649
Triptych I: A Eulogy “Let us talk of Regicide [1] , and the death of the Kind King” [2] . It is essentially problematic, When the Church honours the Feast of the death of Charles I, "King and Martyr" [3] . Blood. Lots of blood. Mostly other people’s blood. English Civil War blood. We call for the Putney Debates [4] of our day. We name this problematic day. We speak truth today. Parliament’s Sovereignty is challenged once again. We have been here before. In 1649. Parliament’s Sovereignty Is raped, Daily, Since we " Took Back Control " [5] . Triptych II: Regicide. Regicide lives. It stalks the land. The Kind King Truth is Dead. Executed. On the Flood Plains. In the Market places. And in the City Squares of England. Lies wield their treacherous Blood-stained Axe. The Axe of the Great Lie. The Lie that “dare not speak its name” [6] . Executed Truth. Hear the Royal Proclamation: