Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1859-11-10

CE VOAALE MENsOF WdAYEvEM STATE
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THE last few hundsed years; WA feel this.
because. Whsle the crowding memories or
1.-The, nlass, and tie dark shadows of its
mssssiye walls, e carry Us far back into TIE
}past, making Us feel almost as though
zoe were State prisoners being ], CON
Quoted Is some dark cell iii ii, one q, 4 of Tie
more distant towers Of the fortress; yet,
on the other hand, the recollection the
present pf London, Inc husy streets, the,
comparatively free people of Ens land.
and the gay chatter close ~ eur. side' of
the iovial warder, re-assure ps:. and eo
we 60 through the To wer, laughing this
n minute. and fall Of gloomy ,h9nghis Of
the past the next, {. a...s,
Il We are shown long room, on one
side Of which are arranged a row Of
horsemen in efigy and il ayuor, horses,
and all; showing the different styles Of
chain, mail and plate armor, 10 use from,
the times Of William Rufus until ear the
close fof. the seventee century, when
II its use was abandoned. Here We see
also numerous specimens Of the offensive
weapons (very offensive they look to us
| Of that chiyaliic age, suclf as pixies,
halberds, 2 lances, chain balls, J, inaces,
battleaaxes, setcsf Here also We see a
veritable heading block, which was used
at the beheading of the three noble lords !,
as lately AZ the year 174o,, and BY its.
side liessan axe which has cut through
heads az valuable ~ their owners as
ours toiEs, trow,o .ss lsa4' hr+'gat Hst44s
|. Our gay guide sniilingly shows us
thumb screws. which, III ali lprobability,,'
have mangled the thumbs of steadfast,
Protestanfs and Covenanters: and the
terrible Scavenger's daughter, whose
iron embrace was death. i7aR 's3 Htl
Asswe have sintimated,,l the IT over was
a prison as we'll as afortress.. IT was a
prison for State prisoners; and III the
days ofthe Rlantagenets, ofahoT Tudors,
|of II Cromwell, and Of the Staafts, its
dungeon towers were pretty. generally
occupied, and. the carthinside the sMalls,a
and without on Tower III III, often
smoked with the blood of so-called trail
tors. Yonder low, dark, arched gate-
way, leading from the moatj out into the
|, 'lordly, sThanes,'' is theai if4raitorssps
Gate, through which all State prison.
ers were brought insboats, probably with
the idea Of being more safe thus from
any iattemt at rescue by the populdce, OF
by friends ofahe prisoners. .ai 7istslfs III \
3 Many of England's noblest, MOST tai
entsd and patriotic sons and dangh ters,s
perisheds here. Besides Lady, Jane Grey,
and Raleigh, swhom4twe haves ALREADY
noticed, There were LeweliyR, ofWales !,
Wallace. and David Bruce, Of Scotland, i
Henry vi, the Duke aofs Elasence and
his two young sonsslsiAmongf The vic-,
tins in thetreignJuf Henry Will ,at# the
Tower, were gentle and bsautifuliswo-.
.men.s The brilliant and wittyaAnne
Boleyn, saffer short three years of
queenly life, was heresbeheaded. Lady
Catharine Howard, anotm.r, queen Of
this capricious monarch, was soherea fo,,-s
tured and afterwards beheaded. !, Anne
Askew, d lady Of education, and Of good
family, was also tortured here, and az
terwarrds Burnt at Smithfield, FOR holding
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