. The standard edition of the pictorial Shakspere. [Scene IV.] 255. [Chertsey.] ILLUSTRATIONS OF ACT I. Scene II.— Co7ne now, toward Chertsey with yourholy locidj^ The monastery of Chertsey, to which, after restinga day at St. Pauls, the corpse of Henry VI. wascarried to be interred, exhibits scarcely any tiace ofits former state. The old building shown in theabove view stands upon its site; and a few moulder-ing walls indicate that the men of other days havehere abided. ■*Scene II. ■dead Henrys wounds Opeti their cotigeaVd mouths, and bleed afresh !^^ Drayton has stated the popular superstiti
. The standard edition of the pictorial Shakspere. [Scene IV.] 255. [Chertsey.] ILLUSTRATIONS OF ACT I. Scene II.— Co7ne now, toward Chertsey with yourholy locidj^ The monastery of Chertsey, to which, after restinga day at St. Pauls, the corpse of Henry VI. wascarried to be interred, exhibits scarcely any tiace ofits former state. The old building shown in theabove view stands upon its site; and a few moulder-ing walls indicate that the men of other days havehere abided. ■*Scene II. ■dead Henrys wounds Opeti their cotigeaVd mouths, and bleed afresh !^^ Drayton has stated the popular superstition to whichthis passage refers:— If the vile actors of the heinous deedNear the dead body happily be brought,Oftt hath been provd the breathless corpse will bleed. In the very interesting collection of English CausesCelebres, edited and illusti-ated with equal spirit andaccuracy by Mr. Craik, the belief is shown to have been so universally established in Scotland, as late as1688, that the crown council. Sir George Mackenzie,in the remarkable trial of Phil
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