Studentenalmanak 1913 - pagina 184

i;o FARRAGO

However — the interior of the Castle had been in

former years the scene of many cruel deeds. Even W a l t e r

S c o t t is said to have had C a r i s b r o o k e in mind, when

he versified in his »Marmion«:

>The battled towers, the donjon keep,

T h e loop hole grates where captives weep.

The flanking walls that round it sweep.

In yellow lustre shone.«

»The Castle gates were barred;

Above the gloomy portal arch.

Timing his footsteps to a march,

The warder kept his guard.«

T h e Castle stands there thus in its hoary antiquity

already.

Nevertheless — it was not more celebrated than many

other castles in the neighbourhood, until the C i v i l W a r

burst out with all its terrors and torments, — until the

bloody time of Charles I.

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T h e history, concerning the i n c a r c e r a t i o n of this

King, during thigj'var in 1647, which event was the prelude

of Charles' d e a t h , two years afterwards, would be too

long, to relate now ^), but C a r i s b r o o k e C a s t l e has at

last got known from a historical point of view.

T h e visitor will find there a reminder of this story, for

a little board has been hung in that famous spot, with

t h i s inscription:

1) cf. C a r 1 y 1 e about this event.

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