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PLATE VIII.
The daring and unprecedented step which Becket had taken in appearing at
court, in the insolent manner before mentioned, so highly incensed the king, that
he caused judgment to be instantly pronounced against him. In consequence of
which he was apprehended as a traitor; but having by some means extricated
himself from the hands of those who had taken him into custody, he fled without
delay, secretly, to Sandwich, under the covert of a borrowed name, and embarked for
Flanders, having first made his appeal to the See of Rome.
Number I.—In the delineation contained in the top compartment of this plate
the Metropolitan is represented on ship-board, proceeding towards Flanders.
When the king heard of the departure, or rather flight, of Becket from
England, and that he had appealed to the Pope; he was incensed to the greatest
degree. Not satisfied with seizing upon his possessions, to his own use, he extended
his resentment to the relations of the haughty prelate, causing all of them to be
banished, not even excepting women and young children.
Number II.—The above circumstance is particularly attended to by our illu-
minator, and in the middle compartment of this plate, the king is represented
pronouncing, himself, the severe sentence. The manner in which the unfortunate
relatives of Becket are prepared for their journey is well worthy of observation.
I cannot properly ascertain the rank of that officer who stands at the king's left
hand, bearing a mace upon his shoulder, and holding in his right hand a glove.
The figure seated immediately behind the king, in the lower compartment of plate
143
PLATE VIII.
The daring and unprecedented step which Becket had taken in appearing at
court, in the insolent manner before mentioned, so highly incensed the king, that
he caused judgment to be instantly pronounced against him. In consequence of
which he was apprehended as a traitor; but having by some means extricated
himself from the hands of those who had taken him into custody, he fled without
delay, secretly, to Sandwich, under the covert of a borrowed name, and embarked for
Flanders, having first made his appeal to the See of Rome.
Number I.—In the delineation contained in the top compartment of this plate
the Metropolitan is represented on ship-board, proceeding towards Flanders.
When the king heard of the departure, or rather flight, of Becket from
England, and that he had appealed to the Pope; he was incensed to the greatest
degree. Not satisfied with seizing upon his possessions, to his own use, he extended
his resentment to the relations of the haughty prelate, causing all of them to be
banished, not even excepting women and young children.
Number II.—The above circumstance is particularly attended to by our illu-
minator, and in the middle compartment of this plate, the king is represented
pronouncing, himself, the severe sentence. The manner in which the unfortunate
relatives of Becket are prepared for their journey is well worthy of observation.
I cannot properly ascertain the rank of that officer who stands at the king's left
hand, bearing a mace upon his shoulder, and holding in his right hand a glove.
The figure seated immediately behind the king, in the lower compartment of plate