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William, who turns round to liften to 
his concluding words ; the battle com- 
mences ; the horfe couch their lances ; 
the archers, marching on foot before 
the horfe, have their bows bent; a fhower 
o*\arrows are difcharged ; the bucklers of 
the enemy are ftuck full of them; many — 
of the enemy falj ; the carnage is great. 
The border of this pannel is covered, 
at the bottom, with dead bodies ; in 
the fame manner the bodies of Ama- 
zons form the frize of a Sarcophagus, on 
which is reprefented their battle with 
the Athenians: fo the bodies of the 
children of Niobe ornament the bor- 
ders of a tomb, the bas-relief of which 
reprefents the vengeance of the fon of 
Latona on that untortunate family. 
No. LIL.—AHice ceciderunt Leavine et Gurd, 
Fratres Haroldi Regis. — Lewin and 
Gurd, Brothers of King Harold, are 
flain. ; 
The latter, who is here called Gurd, 
is known in hiftory by the title of 
Count of Word; he and his brother 
Lewin fell in the combat. 
No. LIUL—Hic ceciderunt fimul Angli et 
Franci in prelio.—Here is a dreadful 
carnage of Englifh and French. 
Hiftorians fpeak of a ditch where the 
French are thrgwn into confufion to- 
wards the end of the battle. The 
Englifh are feen rallying on the edge 
of the ditch. The conteft is bloody, 
and numbers of the combatants of 
both armies are feen plunged together 
into the ditch. 
No. LIV.—Hic Odo, Eps. baculum tenens 
comportat Francos.—Bilhop Odo, with 
a baton in his hand, encourages the 
French. 
The misfortune at the ditch difcon- 
eertsthe Duke of Normandy’s troops. 
Bifhop Odo, mounted on horfeback, 
and completely armed, raifing his ba- 
Memoir of the late Dr. Fofeph Towers: 
ton, reanimates the French, and leadé 
them back to the combat. The latter 
words of the in{cription are effaced. 
No. LV.—Hic 6 Dux Willem. — Duke 
William is feen here. 
The Duke is at. the ditch encourag- 
ing his troops. He raifes his cafque 
to fhow himfelf to his men. As he 
had been wounded, it is probable, that 
news had difcouraged his troops. He 
revives their {pirits ; and, from that 
moment, the victory is no longer 
doubtful. 
No. LVI.—Hic Franci pugnant, et ced- 
derunt qui erant cum Haroldo. — The 
French rally ; and Harold’s army ig 
cutfo piecese 
The tapeftry here reprefents the 
French, who return to the combat 
with more vigour than ever. The Eng- 
lifh are routed, and cut to pieces.. 
No. LVIl.—Hic Harold Rex interfecius 
eft.—King Harold 1s flain. ; 
He dies with his arms im his hand.— 
He is here feen fallen from his horfe, | 
and extended’on the ground. He had 
reigned only nine months. A horfe~ — 
man, without difmounting, pierces Ha- - 
rold’s thigh ; at which, according to 
the hiftorians, Duke William was fo 
much difpleafed, that he degraded him 
from the rank of a horfeman. The 
battle of Haftings, which placed Wil- 
jiam the Conqueror and his defcendants 
on the throne of England, was fonght 
on the 14th of Oétober, 1066. 
This finifhes the Embroidery of Ma= 
tilda. Some of the latter figures are a 
little injured by time. Some learned 
men have been of opinion that this fe- 
ries of pictures carried on the ftory to 
the crowning of William ; which op# 
nion is not improbable, although no- 
thing remains to put the queftion out 
of doubt. 
Account of the jate Dx. JosepH Towers, concluded from page 546 
of our laft Number. | 
MEMOIR of the date DR. JOSEPH 
TOWERS, concluded. 
N the year 1790, Do&tor Towers’ re- 
moved to St. John’s-fquare, Clerken- 
well, where he continued to refide until 
his death. About this time he publithed 
a pamphlet, entitled, ** Thoughts on the 
Commencementofa New Parliament ; with 
5 
an Appendix, containing Remarkson the 
* Letter ofthe Right Hon. Edmund Burke’ 
on the Revolution in France.” Thereare 
fome fpirited and ftriking remarks in this 
publication; the obfervations on the for- 
mer parliament and their conduét are per- 
tinent, and forcibly exprefled ; the charges _ 
appear to have been warranted by facts. 
The thoughts merited the confideration of _ 
every 
