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to you—shame \ o the Czar , whose conscience is in my hands ( he had been his confessor ) . Man of blood and infamy , I summon him to appear with me before our Heavenly Judge . I pity you , his tools ; for you defend a bad cause , and kill yourselves in killing and torturing us . " " Gag him , " cried Metscherinof , and a Strelitz forced his sabre down his throat . He was thrown , bleeding and horribly mutilated , into the moat , where the dead body of Samuel de Berne had
preceded him ; and they say , that his dying effort was to extend his right hand , as a sign of benediction , over the corpse of his friend . Three days were consecrated to the work of death , but all , even to the lowest in rank , expired , protesting their happiness in thus sanctifying the people ' s cause by their blood . Their bodies were denied sepulchre , but were left to the ravages of the wolves and bearsworthy allies of the all-powerful Czar .
And even now , in the long winter nights ot Moscow , old men whisper to their grandchildren the traditional accounts of the horrors of the Czar Alexis' last moments . He died on the 29 th January , 1674 , writhing in agony ; his shrieks of despair and rage mingled with imprecations against God and man . His terror-stricken family fled from his side , his servants abandoned him , — -he died alone and in unutterable horrors .
Carisbrooke Castle, Isle Oe Wight.
CABISBROOKE CASTLE , ISLE OE WI & HT .
COMMUNICATED BY BEO . JOHN HENRY HEAEN . Amokg the comparatively few subjects of general interest attached to the Castle of Carisbrooke and the town of Newport , the imprisonment of the second daughter of the unfortunate Charles
with her brother the duke of Gloster and her interment in the church at Newport , are not the least important ; particularly from the circumstance that the historian Hume has given a false colouring to the facts , and has raised an erroneous interest in the
fate of the princess from his statement , that it was the intention of the Parliament to have apprenticed the young captive to a buttonmaker in Newport . For this statement no authority can be found ; and , on the contrary , all existing contemporaneous documents show that every respect consistent with their altered position was paid to the children of the king .
In the portrait of the princess now before us there is a great air of sadness , and the countenance is that of a person beyond the age of sixteen ; but , although not to be trusted altogether , the historian's account , that , " notwithstanding her tender years , she showed an advanced judgment—the calamities of her family having made a
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to you—shame \ o the Czar , whose conscience is in my hands ( he had been his confessor ) . Man of blood and infamy , I summon him to appear with me before our Heavenly Judge . I pity you , his tools ; for you defend a bad cause , and kill yourselves in killing and torturing us . " " Gag him , " cried Metscherinof , and a Strelitz forced his sabre down his throat . He was thrown , bleeding and horribly mutilated , into the moat , where the dead body of Samuel de Berne had
preceded him ; and they say , that his dying effort was to extend his right hand , as a sign of benediction , over the corpse of his friend . Three days were consecrated to the work of death , but all , even to the lowest in rank , expired , protesting their happiness in thus sanctifying the people ' s cause by their blood . Their bodies were denied sepulchre , but were left to the ravages of the wolves and bearsworthy allies of the all-powerful Czar .
And even now , in the long winter nights ot Moscow , old men whisper to their grandchildren the traditional accounts of the horrors of the Czar Alexis' last moments . He died on the 29 th January , 1674 , writhing in agony ; his shrieks of despair and rage mingled with imprecations against God and man . His terror-stricken family fled from his side , his servants abandoned him , — -he died alone and in unutterable horrors .
Carisbrooke Castle, Isle Oe Wight.
CABISBROOKE CASTLE , ISLE OE WI & HT .
COMMUNICATED BY BEO . JOHN HENRY HEAEN . Amokg the comparatively few subjects of general interest attached to the Castle of Carisbrooke and the town of Newport , the imprisonment of the second daughter of the unfortunate Charles
with her brother the duke of Gloster and her interment in the church at Newport , are not the least important ; particularly from the circumstance that the historian Hume has given a false colouring to the facts , and has raised an erroneous interest in the
fate of the princess from his statement , that it was the intention of the Parliament to have apprenticed the young captive to a buttonmaker in Newport . For this statement no authority can be found ; and , on the contrary , all existing contemporaneous documents show that every respect consistent with their altered position was paid to the children of the king .
In the portrait of the princess now before us there is a great air of sadness , and the countenance is that of a person beyond the age of sixteen ; but , although not to be trusted altogether , the historian's account , that , " notwithstanding her tender years , she showed an advanced judgment—the calamities of her family having made a