o are
acquainted with this prince's history, need not be told that he was
naturally bold, courageous, and enterprising; that when business called
him to the field, he shook off every degree of indulgence, and applied
his mind to the management of his affairs. This may account for his
being stripped no otherwise than of his armour, having retired to his
tent in order to repose himself upon his bed, and lessen the fatigues of
the preceding day. See him then hastily rising, at dead of night, in the
utmost horror from his own thoughts, being terrified in his sleep by the
dreadful phantoms of an affrighted imagination, seizing on his sword, by
way of defence against the foe his disordered fancy presents to him. So
great is his agitation, that every nerve and muscle is in action, and
even the ring is forced from his finger. When the heart is affected, how
great is its influence on the human frame!--it communicates its
sensibility to the extreme parts of the body, from the centre to the
circumference; as distant water is put in motion by circles, spreading
from the place of its disturbance. The paper on the floor containing
these words,

Jockey of Norfolk, be not so bold,
For Dicken thy master is bought and is sold,

brought him by the Duke of Norfolk, saying he found it in his tent, and
lying here unattended to, as a mark of contempt, plainly informs us that
however a man may attempt to steel himself against the arrows of
conscience, still they will find a way to his breast, and shake the
sinner even in his greatest security. And indeed we cannot wonder, when
we reflect on the many murders he was guilty of, deserving the severest
punishment; for Providence has wisely ordained that sin should be its
own tormentor, otherwise, in many cases, the offender would, in this
life, escape unpunished, and the design of heaven be frustrated. But
Richard, though he reached a throne, and by that means was exempt from
the sufferings of the subject, yet could not divest himself of his
nature, but was forced to give way to the workings of the heart, and
bear the tortures of a distracted mind. The expression in his face is a
master-piece of execution, and was a great compliment paid by Mr.
Hogarth to his friend Garrick; yet not unmerited, as all that have seen
him in the part must acknowledge the greatness of the actor. The figures
in the distance, two of whom,

Like sacrifices by their fires of watch,
With patience sit, an