II. The noble Behaviour of Caractacus the Briton, before the Emperor Claudius at Rome.

CÆSAR gain'd very little Advantage over the Britons in his first Expedition: and tho' the following Year he made a second Attempt, with a larger Force, yet he met not with much greater Successes. After this, the Britons receiv'd very little Interruption from the Romans for upwards of ninety Years. But in the Year of Chrift 42, Claudius the Emperor sent a powerful Army into Britain, under the Conduct of Plautius, and soon after following himself, conquer'd a great Part of the Island. To Plautius succeeded the General Oſtorius, who, after many Engagements, at last defeated the great Caractacus, a Prince of the Silures, or People of South Wales; who flying for Refuge to Cartifmunda Queen of the Brigantes, (Yorkshire, and the more northern Counties,) was by her betray'd and deliver'd up to Oſtorius, who ſent him, with his Wife, Daughter, and Brothers, in Chains to Rome. To behold this illuſtrious Prifoner, who had ſo bravely refiſted the Power of the Romans for upwards of nine Years, the whole City was ſummoned together as on the moſt solemn Occafions; the Prætorian Guards were drawn out, and the Emperor and Em-prefs being feated on Thrones, the Proceſſion be-gan. First came the Dependants of Caractacus; then

the military Spoils and Trophies taken from him,
amongst which are represented an ancient British
Idol, a Basket Shield, an English Maſtiff, &c. next
follow'd his Brothers, his Daughter, and his Wife;
laſt of all, himself: When approaching the Throne
of Cæsar, he addreſs'd him in Terms ſo ſenſible and
affecting, yet with an Air and Manner ſo noble, and
ſo much ſuperior to his preſent Fortunes, that the
Emperor, ſtruck with the Greatneſs of his Mind,
and the Gallantry of his Behaviour, immediately or-
der'd his Chains to be taken off, and reſtor'd his
whole Family to Liberty.

The two Perſons on the Fore-ground at the Left-
hand of Claudius, are Seneca and his Pupil Britan-
nicus. He who ſtands on the Right-hand of Agrip-
pina, is her Son Nero, who ſucceeded Claudius in
the Empire. The Heads of theſe three, together
with thofe of Claudius and Agrippina, are all taken
from Medals or antique Buſts. In the Middle is a
Cenſer of Incenſe, which was always burnt before
the Emperor on theſe public Occafions. The Per-
ſons in the Gallery are intended to repreſent Verres
the Prime Minifter, and ſeveral Courtiers making
their Addreſſes to him.

CÆSAR gain'd very little Advantage over the Britons in his firſt Expedition: and tho' the following Year he made a ſecond Attempt, with a larger Force, yet he met not with much greater Successes. After this, the Britons receiv'd very little Interruption from the Romans for upwards of ninety Years. But in the Year of Chriſt 42, Claudius the Emperor ſent a powerful Army into Britain, under the Conduct of Plautius, and ſoon after following himſelf, conquer'd a great Part of the Inſland. To Plautius ſucceeded the General Oſtorius, who, after many Engagements, at laſt defeated the great Caractacus, a Prince of the Silures, or People of South Wales; who flying for Refuge to Cartifmunda Queen of the Brigantes, (Yorkſhire, and the more northern Counties,) was by her betray'd and deliver'd up to Oſlorius, who ſent him, with his Wife, Daughter, and Brothers, in Chains to Rome. To behold this illuſtrious Prifoner, who had ſo bravely refiſted the Power of the Romans for upwards of nine Years, the whole City was ſummoned together as on the moſt solemn Occafions; the Prætorian Guards were drawn out, and the Emperor and Empreſs being feateſ on Thrones, the Proceſſion began. Firſt came the Dependants of Caractacus; then

the military Spoils and Trophies taken from him,
amongſt which are repreſented an ancient Britiſh
Idol, a Baſket Shield, an Englifh Maſtiff, &c. next
ſollow'd his Brothers, his Daughter, and his Wife;
laſt of all, himſelf: When approaching the Throne
of Cæsar, he addreſs'd him in Terms ſo ſenſible and
affecting, yet with an Air and Manner ſo noble, and
ſo much ſuperior to his preſent Fortunes, that the
Emperor, ſtruck with the Greatneſs of his Mind,
and the Gallantry of his Behaviour, immediately or-
der'd his Chains to be taken off, and reſtor'd his
whole Family to Liberty.

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VI. The NORMAN CONQUEST;

OR,

The Battle of HASTINGS.

THE Danes, tho' they had struggled
with great Eagernefs near two hun-
dred Years for the Conqueft of England;
yet, when at laft they had obtain'd the So-
vereignty, did not hold it above twenty-five
Years : Canute being crown'd King of
England in the Year 1017, and the Saxon
Line being reftored, in the Perſon of Ed-
ward the Confefſor, in the Year 1042. At the
Death of Edward the Confefſor there were
three Competitors for the Crown; Edgar
Atheling, who claim'd by Right of Blood,
being Grandſon of Edmund Ironſide, the elder
Brother of Edward; William Duke of
Normandy, who claim'd under the Promife
of Edward; and Harold the Son of Earl

Godwin, who, having been long Prime
Minifter to the late King, poſſeffed of great
Power, and of the Affections of the English
Nobility, ascended the Throne by the
Voice of the People.

The principal Figure repreſented in this
Print is Harold, pierc'd into the Brain
with an Arrow, falling from his Horſe;
and two of his Attendants ſtepping haſtly
forward to ſupport him; while a Body
of English Soldiers throw themselves before
him. A little beyond appears William the
Conqueror, preſſing forward with the Nor-
man Horſe, one of whom is ſeizing the
Standard of Harold; and the English Army
in general appears on the Point of Flight.

THE Danes, tho' they had struggled
with great Eagernefs near two hun-
dred Years for the Conqueft of England;
yet, when at laft they had obtain'd the So-
vereignty, did not hold it above twenty-five
Years : Canute being crown'd King of
England in the Year 1017, and the Saxon
Line being reftored, in the Perſon of Ed-
ward the Conſeffor, in the Year 1042. At the
Death of Edward the Conſeffor there were
three Competitors for the Crown; Edgar
Atheling, who claim'd by Right of Blood,
being Grandſon of Edmund Ironſide, the elder
Brother of Edward; William Duke of
Normandy, who claim'd under the Promife
of Edward; and Harold the Son of Earl

Godwin, who, having been long Prime
Minifter to the late King, poſſeſed of great
Power, and of the Aſſections of the English
Nobility, aſcended the Throne by the
Voice of the People.

The principal Figure repreſented in this
Print is Harold, pierc'd into the Brain
with an Arrow, falling from his Horſe;
and two of his Attendants ſtepping haſtily
forward to ſupport him; while a Body
of English Soldiers throw themselves before
him. A little beyond appears William the
Conqueror, preſling forward with the Norman
Horſe, one of whom is ſeizing the
Standard of Harold; and the English Army
in general appears on the Point of Flight.

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