undisturbed till the reign of James the first, when the then owner of it, a Mr. Clarke, or his wife, by fome accident discovered a very confiderable treasure therein concealed. The fact remained unknown till after the death of the husband; when, as it is proverbially said of a woman, "that she cannot keep a fecret," it by fome means or other transpired; and whether the maid fervant, by any indiscreet confidence, was made a repository of this fecret, or by any accident or obfervation was led to the discovery, we are told that she, with the affistance of others, murdered the mistress, and plundered the house, and were for this crime all hanged at Leicester. At that period the bedstead was purchased by one of the fervants of the Inn in which it stood till about the year 1770, when it was purchased by Mr. Drake, as before related,

THE spot whereon the battle of Bosworth field was fought, now prefents little more than

than an extenfive range of modern enclosures. Few traces of that memorable action which, by uniting the white rofe and the red, finally terminated the unnatural contest, that for fo many years had made

"Poor England weep in ftreams of blood!"

FROM tradition we learn, that Richard's army was encamped upon a hill, with the village of Sutton in his rear, and the wood covering his left flank; while Richmond's army was on the oppofite hill, a spot well chofen for his fmaller body of troops, with an extensive wood to his right, and the marsh in his front. Norfolk fays,

"My lord, the enemy is past the marsh.”

Near the scene of action is a Well, which ftill retains the name of King Richard's Well, there was formerly a flight of steps leading down to it; it is now overgrown with rushes, and running to waste. About

a mile

a mile diftant, is a field called King's Field, on which Richmond is faid to have harrangued his foldiers; and near to Stoke Golding, is Crown Hill, probably the spot on which Henry was crowned, and below are Halloo Meadows, which probably derived the name from the shouts of applause bestowed by his army.

We regret that the scenery in the vicinity WE of this celebrated fpot, yields no object that is appropriate to the pencil, or that can in

any degree tend to illuftrate the page

of our

inspired bard, who, in his lofty description of that day, fays,

"The king enacts more wonders than a man,
"Daring, and opposite to every danger."

And here, adverting to our Shakspeare, I flatter myself that I may be permitted to express the high gratification I felt in the course of this excursion at Althorp, the feat of Earl Spencer, where I was honoured, by lady

This Shadowe is renowned Shakespear's? Soule of th'age The applaufe delight? the wonder of the Stage. Nature her selfe, was proud of his defignes And joy'd to weare the dressing of his lines; The learned will Confefs, his works are fuch, As neither man, nor Mufe, can prayfe to much. For ever live thy fame, the world to tell, Thy like, no age, shall ever paralell.