200 RECORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



before tlie altar of which is exposed on a monument, 

 adorned with the trophies of the deceased, the effigies 

 of Henry Darnley, and near the same are King James 

 his son, the Earl and Countess of Lennox his father 

 and mother, and his younger brother, all on their 

 knees, as beseeching the great Judge of all to avenge 

 his murder. 



The altar is towards the right hand, and upon it 

 is depicted an image of our Saviour trampling Death 

 underfoot, pointing with His left hand to the wound 

 in His side, and holding in His right hand the cross, 

 on which is a scroll with the letters I. N.E.I. On 

 either side of the altar are green silk curtains upon 

 rods and rings, as was common in churches of that 

 date. In different parts of the picture are depicted 

 the scenes of this tragedy ; in one is represented 

 the inside of a chamber wherein is a bed, with two 

 persons standing by it armed, the one at the head 

 as if directing, and the other at the foot as if draw- 

 ing the King's body forcibly from the bed ; near 

 the foot is a pallet, wherein is an old man dead, 

 or sleeping. Another scene represents, first, a 

 young man almost nude, lying dead under a tree ; 

 the figure is remarkably tall, as Darnley is known 

 to have been. 



A little farther ofi" lies the dead body of an old 

 man, likewise denuded. In one corner a small 

 picture is introduced representing a battle array 



