/ · 1894 Brewer’s · E · Eikon Basilikē [Portraiture of the King]
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A book attributed to Charles I., but claimed by John Gauden, Bishop of Exeter. “The Eικων is wholly and only my invention.” (Gauden: Letter to the Lord Chancellor.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.