"Cruel necessity."
— Charles I of England
January 1, 1970
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Oliver Cromwell, reported remark upon his viewing the body of Charles I of England after his execution (January 1649), as quoted in Oliver Cromwell: A History (1895) by Samuel Harden Church, p. 321
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Oliver Cromwell, reported remark upon his viewing the body of Charles I of England after his execution (January 1649), as quoted in Oliver Cromwell: A History (1895) by Samuel Harden Church, p. 321