. Visits to remarkable places : old halls, battle fields, and scenes illustrative of striking passages in English history and poetry . nobly stockedwith fallow deer. Mrs. Lucy told me that it was a very commonand perpetually repeated mistake that it was from this park thatShakspeare stole the deer, but that it was actually from the oldpark of Fulbrook on the Warwick-road, where Fulbrook Castleformerly stood, which ground is now disparked. This accordswith Mr. Irelands statement. It was, however, in this hallthat he was tried. The entrance hall, the scene of Shakspeares examination, isa fine ro
. Visits to remarkable places : old halls, battle fields, and scenes illustrative of striking passages in English history and poetry . nobly stockedwith fallow deer. Mrs. Lucy told me that it was a very commonand perpetually repeated mistake that it was from this park thatShakspeare stole the deer, but that it was actually from the oldpark of Fulbrook on the Warwick-road, where Fulbrook Castleformerly stood, which ground is now disparked. This accordswith Mr. Irelands statement. It was, however, in this hallthat he was tried. The entrance hall, the scene of Shakspeares examination, isa fine room, with a grained oaken roof, having been restoredwith admirable taste; and contains objects which cannot belooked on without great interest. The family paintings arecollected, and well disposed around it, with others connectedwith the history of the family. On the ample mantel-piece are the large, old-fashionedinitials of Sir Thomas Lucy, To LD raised and gilt; and the dateof the building of the hall, 1558. Upon this mantel-piece alsostands a cast of the bust of Sir Thomas, taken from his monu- 122 VISIT TO ment in the church. There is also a painting of him, sitting ata table with his lady; in a black velvet dress with slashed sleeves,large bunches at the knees, of a zigzag pattern, in black-and-white stripes; light-coloured roses in his shoes, and with a ruffand cuffs of point lace. The portrait and bust bear a strikingresemblance to each other; and though they do not give us anyreason to suppose him such an imbecile as Shakspeare in hiswitty revenge has represented Justice Shallow, they have an airof formal conceit and self-sufficiency that accord wonderfullywith our idea of the country knight who would look on the VISIT TO STRATFORD-ON-AVON. 123 assault of his deer as a most heinous offence, and would be verylikely to hold his dignity sorely insulted by the saucy son of aStratford woolcomber, who had dared to affix a scandalous satireon his park-gate,
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