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by the Rev. G. F. Tounsend, Vicar of Brantingbam. 

 Part I., pp. 12 17, Mr. Tounsend says, " It is re- 

 ported tbat the soldiers were buried in one large 

 mound on the field of battle, and that the Yorkists 

 either in affection or in triumph, planted some rose- 

 trees on the tombs of their countrymen. These 

 mounds, through the lapse of four centuries, have 

 worn nearly down to the level surface of the soil, 

 but you may see a kind of circles in the field above 

 the quarry which I have mentioned, and these circles 

 are covered with patches and clusters of rose-trees. 

 The rose is white, and now and then on the appear- 

 ance of a pink spot on the flower, the rustic, happy 

 in his legendary lore, traces the blood of Lancaster/' 



