CHARACTERS. 
and Coello were accordingly ar- 
tested, and sent in chains to Portu- 
gal; Pacheo escaped into France. 
The king was at Santarem when 
the delinquents were brought to 
him; he instantly ordered them to 
be laid on a pyre that was previous- 
jy formed, contiguous to which he 
had a banquet prepared. Before 
the torch was kindled, «and whilst 
they agonized at every pore under 
the most lingering tortures, their 
hearts were cut out, one at his 
breast, the other at his back. 
Lastly, the pyre was set ona blaze, 
in presence of which he dined, 
whilst they evaporated in flames, 
Having thus far appeased. his in- 
‘satiable thirst of revenge, he order- 
ed his marriage, with Donna Ignez 
to be published throughout the 
kingdom ; then her body was taken 
out of the scpulchre, covered with 
regal robes, and placed on a magni- 
ficent throne, around which his mi- 
nisters assembled, and did homage 
to their lawful queen. 
After this ceremony, her corpse 
was translated from Coimbra to 
_ Alcobaca, with a pomp hitherto 
unknown in the kingdom ;_ though 
the distance between these two 
places is fifty-two miles, yet the 
road was lined on both sides all 
the way, with people holding 
lighted tapers. The funeral was 
attended by all the noblemen and 
gentlemen in Portugal, dressed in 
Jong mourning cloaks ; their ladies 
also attended, dressed in white 
mourning veils. 
The cloud which the above dis- 
aster cast over the mind of Don 
Pedro was never totally dispersed ; 
and as he lived in a state of ccliba- 
cy the remainder of his life, agrec. 
ably to his vow, there was nothing 
to divert his attention from rumi. 
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nating on the fate of his beloved 
spouse. ‘lhe impression her death 
made on him, was strongly charac- 
terized, not only in the tortures he 
infli@ed on her murderers, but 
also in all the acts of his administra- 
tion, which, from their severity, in- 
duced some to give him the appel- 
lation of Pedro the Cruel; by 
others he was called Pedro the Just ; 
and, upon the whole, it appears, 
that the last title most properly 
appertained to him. 
Extraés from the Correspondence of 
Mr. Gibbou, with wurions men of 
eminence tn the Literary World. 
Fria the Misccllanesus Works of 
Edward Gibbau, Esq. 
Extrad fa Letter fram Dr, R bert. 
son to M4i. Sirohen, dated Edin- 
burgh Cillege, Murch 15, 1776. 
=##€# Since my last I have read 
Mr. Gibbon’s history with much 
attention, and great pleasure. It 
is a work of very high merit in- 
deed. He possesses that industry 
of research, without which no man 
deserves the name of an historian. 
His narrative is perspicuous and in. 
teresting ; his style is clegant and 
forcible, though in some passages 
1 think rather too laboured, and 
in athers too quaint. But these 
defects are amply compensated. by 
the beauty of the general flow of 
language, and a very peculiar hap- 
piness in many of his expressions, 
{ have traced him in many of his 
quotations (for experience has 
taught me to suspect the accuracy 
of my brother pen-men), and I 
find he refers to no passage bat 
what he has seen with his own 
eyes, I hope the book will be as 
successful as it deservesto be. I 
B b3 have 
