( n ) 



tivation ; and the idea of a foreft is in a 

 great degree loft. Soon after we enter the 

 weftern road to Ringwood, over a fpacious 

 heath. 



At the eighty-fecond ftone, about a quarter 

 of a mile down the hill on the right from 

 the road, we are fhewn the fcene of the 

 celebrated event of Rufus's death. When I 

 mentioned the tree*, on which the arrow of 

 Tyrrel glanced, I offered fome reafons for 

 fuppofing it might be admitted, as evidence 

 in identifying the place. The fcene alfo in 

 fome degree bears the fame teftimony. For 

 hiftory informs us, the diverfion of the day 

 was now over, the fun was declining, and 

 William, difmounting his horfe, was enjoying 

 a moment's reft after the fatigue of the 

 chace-f*, when a ftag darted fuddenly acrofs 

 the heath. The king turned towards it, 

 and lifting his hand to fkreen his eyes 

 from the fun J, at that moment received the 

 arrow. The fcene is a fweet fequeftered bottom, 



* See vol. I. page 165. 



f See William of Malmfb. and Henry of Huntingdon. 

 X See an account, which Rapin gives in a note from Sir 

 John Haywood. 



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