The sun., 1894-05-13

monstrous one. According 10 one writer. his
mother. the Duchess Of York, was two years
pregnant Of him. and when at length che gave
birth to him she suffered intolersble anguish
Hnll tells us that he came into the
| world feet forward" AT his nativity
SAYS the chronieler Eous. the seorpi-
on vas in the ascendant; he came into
the world with teeth and with head OF halt
reaching to his shoulders" According to
Camden. his monstrous birth ioresbadoved
his monstrous proceedlnes. for he was born
| with all his teeth, and hair to his shoulders
| Sir Thomas More also tells us that he cams
into the world with his feet forward" and
also mot untoothed." Baker. In his Chron-
icles OF the Kings Of England. sums up all the
| Imputed imperfections OF Richard In = single
sentence: "of body he was but low. crooked
backed. hook -shouldered. splsy-footed. and
Roggle-eyed; his face little and round. his
complexion swsrthT; his left arm from his
birth dry and withersd; born q monster In ma
ture. with all his teeth. with hair on his head.
and nails on his fingers and toes; and iost
| such were the qualities OF his mind"
Such we're the qualities which Ignorance and
prejudice formerly attributed to Richard Of
Gloucester. Turning. however. to contem-
porary writer's. more than one OF whom were
not only familiar with the person Of Richard
but had actually conversed with him. Mr..
Jesse is unable to discover any evidence what
ever 10 corroborste the distorted and rldicu-
lous pictures drawn OF him By tho chroniclers
who wrote under the Tudor dynasty. Neither
the continuator Of the chronicle Of Croyland.
nor William OF Wyrcester nor Abbot Whet-
hamstede. nor the author OF the Fleetwood
Chronicle. makes allusion to any deformity in
the person OF Richard OF Gloucester. Rous.
another contemporary, bitterly prejudicsd as
he IL against Richard, contents himself with
averrinR that he was small OF stature. having
short face and uneven shoulders. the left
being lower than the right But even
Rous seems to admit that his coun-
tenance was not disagreeable. His face
10 said to have borne resent blance to that OF
his father. the Duke Of York. . circumstance
which was afterwsrd referred to By Dr. Shaw
from the pulpit at st. PauPs Cross whom Rich
ard was himself present. According to the
reverend doctor. Richard stood before them
"tha special pattern Of knlghtly prowsss. a.
we'll In all princely behavior as 10 the Inca
ments and favor OF his visaes. representing
the very face Of the noble Duke. his father"
Mr.. Jesse suggests that, had Richard been the
hard -visaged.' google eyed" cruel. coun-
tenanced" being he has been described. the
crowd would have received the bsseless nat
tory with shout Of derision. Philip dc Com
mines. who must have often seen Richard In
com mpany with his brother Edward. twice
speaks Of the latter a. the most beau
tiful prince he had ever seen. and
1t 10 submitted that had thers ex-
listed any remarkable contrast in the per-
sonal appearance OF the two brothers. II would
have been pointed out By the eossiping and
free spoken historian. Again. Stow. who was
inauisitive In regard to tho persons and HABITS
ofprinces. though he seems to have made dill
gent inquiries among ancient mon" who
had seen Richard OF Gloucester. could arrive
at no other conclusion than that he was of
bodily shape comely enough. only Of low
stature" Lastly. the old Countess OF Dss-
mond. who had danced with Richard. de-
clared to more than one OF her contem porariss
that he was the handsomest man in the room.
except his brother Edward. and very we'll
made. Sharon Turner. who was . careful In
vestigator. made up his mind that Richards
face was handsome" and Horace walpole |
after . minute examination Of the au-
thorities. was convinced that what Rous
tells US OF Richards having had un-
even shoulders is the truth. but
that with this exception the King had nc per-
sonal dsformity. Tho truth" he says. II !
take to have been this. Richard. who was |
slender and not tall. had one shoulder . little |
higher than the other: defect. BY the magni- |
fying glasses OF party. By distance Of time. and
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