Complex sentence: In the same year the King, Charles I of England, visited Woolwich to view the launch of the'Vanguard', which Pett had built; the king honoured Phineas by participating in a banquet at his lodgings.
Split into simpler sentences: In the same year the King, Charles I of England, visited Woolwich to view the launch of the'Vanguard', which Pett had built. The king honoured Phineas by participating in a banquet at his lodgings.