The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-01-14


Death of Kings.
William the conqueror died from enormous
fat, from drink, and from the violence of his
passions.
William Rufus died the death of those poor
stays that he hunted.
Henry the First died Of gluttony, having
eaten too much of a dish Of lampreys.
Stephen died i'm a few DAYS of what was
called lilac passion, which we suppose may
be royal word for prussic acid, or something
like it.
Henry the Second died of broken heart,
occasoned by the bad couduct ofhis children
A broken heart is very odd complaint for a
monarch to die Of. Perhaps "ratsbane in his
porridge" meant the same thing as broken
heart.
Richard Ceur de Lion died like the animal
from which his heart was named, by an arrow
from an archer.
John died, nobody knows how, but it is said
of chagrin, which we suppose is another term
for dose of hellebore.
Henry the Third is said to have died ANA
tural death" which, with kings and in pala-
ces, means the most unnatural death by
which man can shake off his "mortal COLL"
Edward ihe First is likewise said to have
died of natural Sickness" which it would
puzzle all the college of physicians to denom-
mate.
Edward the Second was most barbarously,
murdered, by ruffians employed BY his own
mother and her paramour.
Edward the Third died of dotage, and
Richard the Second of starvation, the very
reverse of George the Fourth.
Henry the Fourth is said to have died Of fits
caused by uneasiness, and uneasiness in pal
aces at those times was very common COM
plant.
Henry the Fifth is said to have died "of
painful affection, prematurely." This is a
courtly phrase for getting rid of king.
Henry the Sixth died in prison, by means
known then only to his jailor, and known now
only by heaven.
Edward the Fifth was s,rangled in the
to err by his Uncle Richard the Third, whom
Hume declares to have possessed every quali-
ty for government. This Richard the Third
was killed in battle, fairly, of course, for all
kings were either killed fair, or died naturally,
according to the court circulars of those days.
Henry the Seventh wasted away, as miser
ought to do, and Henry the Eight died of car.
: buncles, fat and fury, whilst Edward the Sixth
died of decline.
Queen Mary is said to have died of"a bro
ken heart" whereas she died Of surfeit
t from eating too much of black buildings, hel
5 sanguinary nature being prone to hogs blood
4 or blood of any sort.
1 Old Queen Bess is said to have died oil
4 melancholy from having sacrificed Es t.
g his enemies.
S James the First died of drinking, and of the
: effects of nameless vice.
2 Charles the First died righteous death or
t the scaffoid, and Charles the Second died sud
). denly. it is said, of apoplexy.
n William the third died from consumptivt
IS habit of body, and from the stumbling of hi
l. horse.
4 Queen Anne died from her attachment t.
n "strong water, - or in other words from drunk
n enness, which the physicians politely caiie'
e dropsy.
is George the First died of drunkenness
- -.-----e---y -'~s-"~ Fvr's~ry vuIicu al
is apcplectic fit.
n George the Second died by rupture o
]. the heart, which the periodicals of that da,
g termed visitation of God 1t is the onl,
e instance in which God ever touched hi
$ heart
George the Third died os he had hved-i
n mailman. Throughout life he was at least
: consistent mOn-ach.
George the Fourth did of gluttony am
7. drunkenness.
e William the Fourth died amidst the sym
d pathies of his subjects.