RICHARD Ill.
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The following e. tract from the goth number


of Carter's letters from Europe, relative


to this celebrated character, will be inter-


estng to those who are acquainted with his


history.


Across the Soar, at this place, I4eiccster)
is IA low, narrow, one-arched bridge, over
which Richard III. rode on horseback the
day + fore the battle OF Boswell field, which
was fought at the distance of eight miles
from Leicester, and in which the regal mon
ster tell, fighting valiantly to the last No
thing but the assurance that not the slight
est traces of the works Of war could be found,
prevented us from visiting an arena upon
which the fortunes of kings were decided
In riding over Bow Bridge above referred to,
Richard is said to have dashed his foot a.
galnst the railing, owing to the narrowncss
of the passage and the prancing of his char
ger. This circumstance gave rise to pre-
diction of his conflict with Richmond. The
next day he was brought back from Bos-
worth, his bleeding corpse stript OF its regal
and military habiAmcnts, being rudely slung
across his steed, and treated with ildignity
by his conquerors. lie was buried in the
Church of Grey Friars but in the midst oi
some populous eXccsscs, few years after
wards, his body was taken up, borne by the
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railing upon little island jast below, which
once divided the Soar, though now united on
one side to the mainland. There, beneath
an aged weeping willow, the pendant branch
cs of which overhaug and battle themselves
in the stream, rcpose the ashes of monarch,
at whose name =" the world grew pale"
\ The stone coffin in which he WAS orgi-
nally inurncd after being ,livcsted OF itscon-
tents, was taken 10 one Of the inns At l4eices-
ter, and used as an oct trough il the stable
1t was at length broken by the frost, water
having been accidentally left N it on cold
winter night. As popular Indignation at The
crimes and cruelties of Richard had by this
/ time in great measure subscled, and the
muse of Shakespeare had impaired an inter
est even to his enormitics, the fragments OF
the sarcophagus, were carefully preserved.
and are still III the posse ssion Of ,rtuoso
living in the vicinity.-I'he same gentleman
has also the bed in which Gloucester slept
at the Blue Boar, near Bow Bridge. on his
way to Bosworth field. The tavern is yet
standing. 1t is an cid fashioned English
house, with projection i'll front, built of
wood, and filled in With brick and m rtar.
1t is at prcseut occupied as store-house FOR
wool.