ABSTRACT

This article presents the discovery of the manuscript funeral sermon for the first Duke of Buckingham. While the 1628 assassination of this royal favourite and the subsequent public controversy over his legacy have attracted a wealth of historical and literary scholarship, this funeral sermon, possibly by John Williams, Dean of Westminster Abbey, has been unknown. In addition to providing a full transcript of the sermon (from Edinburgh MS Laing iii. 493), the article places it within the immediate context of the public response to the death and offers a reading of the sermon’s use of the Biblical figure Abner as a parallel to the assassinated Duke. It also considers how the sermon represents King Charles as a David-like royal mourner. The sermon defends both Buckingham and the King and directly condemns outspoken members of the public who celebrated the death or failed to recognize it as a national tragedy.

摘要

本文介绍了第一任白金汉公爵葬礼布道手稿的发现。虽然 1628 年这位皇室宠儿被暗杀以及随后对其遗产的公开争议吸引了大量的历史和文学学者，但威斯敏斯特教堂院长约翰·威廉姆斯的葬礼布道却鲜为人知。除了提供布道的完整抄本（来自爱丁堡 MS Laing iii. 493），文章将其置于公众对死亡的反应的直接背景下，并提供了对布道使用圣经人物 Abner 的解读。与被暗杀的公爵平行。它还考虑了布道如何将查尔斯国王描绘成一个像大卫一样的皇家哀悼者。