. The standard edition of the pictorial Shakspere. [Ludlow Castle.] ILLUSTEATIONS OF ACT II. Scene II.— Me seenieth good, that, uitli some little train,Forthuilh from Ludlow the yoinirj privce he fety Ludlow Castle was the ancient palace of thePrinces of Wales, attached to the Edward was residing- here under the govern-ance of Earl Rivers, his maternal uncle. Thecastle is stated to have been founded on its rocky ridge in the reign of Henry I. It is now ruinousand deserted; but its associations are of the mostenduring nature. With whatever feats of chi-valry it might have be
. The standard edition of the pictorial Shakspere. [Ludlow Castle.] ILLUSTEATIONS OF ACT II. Scene II.— Me seenieth good, that, uitli some little train,Forthuilh from Ludlow the yoinirj privce he fety Ludlow Castle was the ancient palace of thePrinces of Wales, attached to the Edward was residing- here under the govern-ance of Earl Rivers, his maternal uncle. Thecastle is stated to have been founded on its rocky ridge in the reign of Henry I. It is now ruinousand deserted; but its associations are of the mostenduring nature. With whatever feats of chi-valry it might have been anciently ennobled, therepresentation of Comus in this stately fortress willever be mentioned as one of the most menioral)leand honourable circumstances in the course of itshistory.* * J. Walton. Miltons Minor Poems. 2G7 ILLUSTRATIONS OF ACT [Tomb of Edwavd IV. at Windsor.] HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATION. The death of Edward IV. was at once succeededby the most decided movement on the part ofRichard. He, in concert with Buckingham, assem-bled a large body of followers, and reached theyoung king at Stony-Stratford, on his way to Lon-don. They arrested his followers, and carried himback to Northampton. The scene is thus describedby Hall:— And forthwith they arrested the Lord Richard,and Sir Thomas Vaughan, and Sir Richard Hawte,knights, in the kings presence, and brought theking and all back to Northampton, where they tookfurther counsel in their aflairs ; and there they sentfrom the king whom it pleased them, and set abouthim such servants as better pleased them than him;at which dealing he wept and was not content, hutit booted not. And at dinner the Duke of Glostersent a dish from his own table to the Lord Rivers,praying him to be of good cheer, and all should be268 well; he thanked him, and prayed the messengerto bear it to
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