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for aset of villains, (she cried) you have 
not courage enough to put a man to 
death.” ~ 
A squire then presented himself for 
this office, with his battle axe in his hand; 
but he was so affected with the tender 
complaints of Huntingdon, that he trem- 
bled with fear, and returned to the lady, 
weeping, and said, ‘“ Madam, for all the 
gold inthe world, I cannot put the duke* 
to. death.” ‘ Then, (said the lady to 
him) you shall do what you have engaged 
to do, or J will cut off your head.” “And 
when he heard that, he was so terribly 
affrighted, that he did not know what to 
do, and said, “ Sir, I beg your pardon, 
forgive me your death.” He then elevated 
the battle-axe, and struck him such a 
blow upon the shoulder, that he made 
him fall, with his face upon the ground, 
The noble duke leaped upon his feet, 
exclaiming, “ Alas! man, why did you do 
what you have done: for God (God’s 
sake) deliver me speedily.” Afterwards 
he gave him eight blows upon the shoul- 
der, for he could not aim aright*at the 
neck or head, and the ninth blow was on 
the neck, and then spoke the good duke, 
brother of the noble King Richard, 
“ Alas! my dear friend, have mercy upon 
me, and deliver me.” The womanish tor- 
mentor then cut his throat with a knife, 
m order to separate the head from the 
body, and thas died the noble duke. 
Maudlin was also taken, and carried to 
London: he asked the mayor, “ Shall Ibe 
quartered 2” “No,no, (answered the may- 
or,) but you will have yeur head cut off. 
Then Mandlin thanked God for dying 
in the service of his sovereign lord, King 
Richard. 
The bishop of Carlisle was released, 
after about a year’s imprisonment, with 
the loss of his see, and died rector of 
‘Toddenham in the county of Gloucester.+ 
The editas has treated this manuscript 
with muc}, judgment. Events on both 
sides have the colouring of party, but the 
main facts, as appears from hints and 
* jejune facts, in contemporary historians, 
were certainly the news of the day. 
Richard’s young wite, quite a child, may 
appear surprizing, without the explica- 
tion of a very common custom, from the 
remotest antiquity. To prevent indis- 
creet attachments, the children of the 
great were contracted by a solcmn cere- 
* He was created Duke of Excter by 
Richard. : 
This is a mistake. . 
On the Polygraphic Art. 
mony, called fyancels, at a very early 
period, borrowed from the Roman spon- 
salia, but no cohabitation ensued till the 
marriage, a second ceremony at a suit- 
able age. This has been illustrated by 
Mr. Douce, &c. 
re 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
ie answer to the wishes of your Bed- 
fordshire correspondent, dated Sep- 
tember 12, 1808, respecting the polygra- 
phic art, I can inform him, that the in- 
ventor, Mr. Joseph Booth, had disposed 
of the benefits arising from that inven- 
tion, several years previous to his de- 
cease ; it was, | believe, purchased of him 
by a company of gentlemen, on specula- 
tion, and the business carried un by them 
at Woolwich ; having at the same time 
exhibition and sale rooms in Pall Mall, 
till February, 1793; when a fire hap- 
pened which destroyed the greatest part 
of the premises and materials, and of 
course caused a stagnation in the busi- 
ness ; the artists employed, myself being 
one, being then discharged and their 
engagements cancelled. After a short 
time the business was removed, and car- 
ried on by the same party, on a smaller 
scale, (at Walham Green, near Fulham, 
Middlesex,) for a year or two longer, 
after which, I believe, it was quite re- 
linquished. ae 
As to the art itself, it certainly did not 
die with Mr. B. being still known to my- 
self, and some others, who, I believe, are 
living. It certainly is of great use to an 
artist, when his object is to produce very 
exact copies; for with only the partial 
assistance of it, I am bold to say, 1 would 
produce a copy or copies of almost any 
picture that could be brought to me, so 
very near as not to be distinguished from 
the original; at the proper distance at 
which the original ought to be viewed, 
and at a sixth an eighth, and in many 
cases a tenth of the price of the original, 
As to its not being now publicly prac- 
tised, the art is of such a nature, that it 
cannot conveniently (except partially) be 
put in. practice so as to answer the pur- 
pose of any individual, who has not suf, 
ficient patronage and support to have the*, 
means of obtaining the use of the best 
and most valuable pictures, and no-others 
it is evident can be worth copying, be- 
sides the uncertainty of disposing of ‘his 
copies. 
Having frequently received pleasur 
from the information contained in your 
- ’ ‘valuable 
Fe. 
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[Jan. 1, . 
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