The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts . blood of Sir Gervase de Mertoun, whichflowed upon it a few centuries ago. Stephen de Mertoun,being enamoured of his brothers wife, frequently insulted herby the avowal of his passion, which she, at length, threat-ened to make known to Sir Gervase, to prevent which Stephenresolved to waylay his brother and slay him. This he effectedby seizing him in a narrow lane, and stabbing him in the back,whereupon he fell upon a projecting
The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts . blood of Sir Gervase de Mertoun, whichflowed upon it a few centuries ago. Stephen de Mertoun,being enamoured of his brothers wife, frequently insulted herby the avowal of his passion, which she, at length, threat-ened to make known to Sir Gervase, to prevent which Stephenresolved to waylay his brother and slay him. This he effectedby seizing him in a narrow lane, and stabbing him in the back,whereupon he fell upon a projecting rock which became dyedwith his blood. In his expiring moments Sir Gervase recog-nizing his brother, upbraided him with his cruelty, adding, This stone shall be thy death-bed. Stephen returned toKilburn and his brothers lady still refusing to listen to hiscriminal proposals, he confined her in a dungeon, and stroveto forget his many crimes by a dissolute enjoyment of hiswealth and power. Oppressed, however, by his troubledconscience, he determined upon submitting to religious pen- THE GRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATOR. 341 ON THE MYRRHENE VASES OF THE The above Wood-cut is a representation of one ofthose Myrriiexe Vases which were so highly valuedin ancient Rome, and concerning- which the modernantiquaries have so widely differed in opinion. Al-though it may be feared that the transitions of colour,the apparent myrr-stains and medullary markings,are so peculiar, and so delicate, that such GraphicIllustrations as the wood-engravers art supplies, willscarcely enable our mineralogical readers to decidescientifically as to the substance of which these cu-rious Vases consisted, yet curiosity may neverthelessbe, in part, gratified, and some light be elicitedfrom bringing together the sentiments and descrip-tions of the learned respecting* them. I have above written consisted,—I might haveadded, and consist, for the late Sir Joseph Banks ance ; and ordering: liis brother
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