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Vol. II. to ITALY. 177
dem naEtus, ‘viribus impar, fed spiritu servent, mir&
sacilitate manibus, httmerisque fuis & Canon! corum, in
plauftrum bints indomitis vacculis trahendum impofi-
turn, fexto falutis feculo, hac in sAEde fiatuit facrum
Monument um.
In the same Church we took notice of a
Tomb-stone with these Words inscrib'd upon it,
Hie jacet corpus Sancli Riccardi Regis Anglix : Here
lies the Body of St. Richard King of England. I
cannot imagin who this Royal Saint fliould be;
* Richard I. if my Memory docs not deceive me, * sirnam'd
dy’d in France of a Wound, after his return from Cceur de Li-
bis Voyage beyond Sea, and was interred in theon-
Abbey of Fontevraut. Richard II. was dethron’d
by the Parliament and the Duke of Lancasier, and
afterwards stabb’d at Bomfret, from whence his
Body was carried first to St. Raul's, then to Lang-
ley, and at last to Wefiminfter, where his Tomb
bill remains. And Richard III. who was no more
a Saint than his two Predecessbrs of the same
Name, but rather a very wicked Man, was (lain
at Bofworth in Leicefierjbire, and buried in the City
of Leicefler. Besides, I do not remember thar
ever there was a King Richard in England before
the re-union of the Heptarchy. So that this Epi-
taph puzzl’d us all. However, I will not at pre-
sent entertain you with our Conje&ures concern-
ing it ; but you will do us a lingular Pleasure by
communicating yours to us.
I cannot forbear relating to you the Story of
our Lady of St. Aufiins, for perhaps you never
heard of a more pleasantTrick plaid byanlmage.
A certain Soldier having lost considerably at Dice,
fell into a rage, and at last laid the blame of his
ill Fortune on our Lady, who was then plac’d
against the Wall of the Court of Guard ; and af-
ter he had call’d her a thousand hard Names, to
crown his Insolency, he threw a Scone at her,
N which
dem naEtus, ‘viribus impar, fed spiritu servent, mir&
sacilitate manibus, httmerisque fuis & Canon! corum, in
plauftrum bints indomitis vacculis trahendum impofi-
turn, fexto falutis feculo, hac in sAEde fiatuit facrum
Monument um.
In the same Church we took notice of a
Tomb-stone with these Words inscrib'd upon it,
Hie jacet corpus Sancli Riccardi Regis Anglix : Here
lies the Body of St. Richard King of England. I
cannot imagin who this Royal Saint fliould be;
* Richard I. if my Memory docs not deceive me, * sirnam'd
dy’d in France of a Wound, after his return from Cceur de Li-
bis Voyage beyond Sea, and was interred in theon-
Abbey of Fontevraut. Richard II. was dethron’d
by the Parliament and the Duke of Lancasier, and
afterwards stabb’d at Bomfret, from whence his
Body was carried first to St. Raul's, then to Lang-
ley, and at last to Wefiminfter, where his Tomb
bill remains. And Richard III. who was no more
a Saint than his two Predecessbrs of the same
Name, but rather a very wicked Man, was (lain
at Bofworth in Leicefierjbire, and buried in the City
of Leicefler. Besides, I do not remember thar
ever there was a King Richard in England before
the re-union of the Heptarchy. So that this Epi-
taph puzzl’d us all. However, I will not at pre-
sent entertain you with our Conje&ures concern-
ing it ; but you will do us a lingular Pleasure by
communicating yours to us.
I cannot forbear relating to you the Story of
our Lady of St. Aufiins, for perhaps you never
heard of a more pleasantTrick plaid byanlmage.
A certain Soldier having lost considerably at Dice,
fell into a rage, and at last laid the blame of his
ill Fortune on our Lady, who was then plac’d
against the Wall of the Court of Guard ; and af-
ter he had call’d her a thousand hard Names, to
crown his Insolency, he threw a Scone at her,
N which