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struck King William II., surnamed Rufus, in tlie 

 breast, of which stroke he instantly died, on the 

 2ud of August, 1100. 



2. 



King William II. being thus slain, was laid on 

 a cart belonging to one Purkess ; and drawn from 

 hence to Winchester, and buried in the cathedral 

 church of that city. 



3. 



That the spot, where an event so memorable 

 happened, might not hereafter be unknown, this 

 stone was set up by John Lord Delaware, who 

 has seen the tree growing in this place. 



Lord Delaware asserts plainly that he had seen 

 the Oak Tree ; and, as he lived much on the spot, 

 he had probably other grounds for the assertion, 

 besides the tradition of the country. That matter 

 however rests on his authority. 



It is not necessary to add much to the preceding 

 account of the Eufus Tree and the Eufus Stone. It was 

 in 1745 that Lord Delaware had, according to his own 

 statement, seen the fatal Oak standing on the spot where 

 the Eed King is beHeved to have fallen. The same cause 



