The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 by Various
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occasion. In the meantime, if our present reference should kindle the
curiosity of the reader, and he may not be disposed to await our time, we beg to recommend him to Glanville's well-known work on witchcraft, which not only contains Dr. Plot's narrative of the Woodstock disturbances, but a multitude of argument for all who are sceptical of this and similar mysteries. This is an age of inquiry, and we do not see why such follies should be left unturned--from Priam's shade to the murderous dreams and omens of our own times. [1] SAGITTARIUS--and T.W. of Hoxton. [2] For an abstract of "Woodstock," an engraving, and much valuable information respecting the palace, see our vol. vii. pp. 289--316--322--327--338, &c. [3] As there is a vulgar error on Rosamond's being buried in the labyrinth, we subjoin the following by another correspondent. Many readers of the MIRROR, perhaps, have hitherto been only acquainted with the fictitious part of Fair Rosamond's history. The few subjoined facts, relative to the eventful life of that lady, may be implicitly relied on, as they are very carefully gleaned from the _most authenticated sources_. The first mistress to king Henry II. was Rosamond, daughter of Walter Clifford, Baron of Hereford. She was esteemed the greatest beauty in England, and her intrigue with Henry was most probably began when he was not much above sixteen years of age. Very soon after his amorous acquaintance with this lady, the state of political affairs in England required his absence, and |
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