John.

CHAP. XII. p. 201.

The king coming in a boat, during the night-time, to that
place, commanded Arthur to be brought forth to him. The young
prince, aware of his danger, and now more subdued by the con-
tinuance of his misfortunes, and by the approach of death, threw
himself on his knees before his uncle, and begged for mercy: but
the barbarous tyrant, making no reply, stabbed him with his own
hands; and fastening a stone to the dead body, threw it into the
Seine.