Charles Alfred Stothard F.S.. A. Engraved by Exper from a Miniature painted by Alfred Chalon. R.1. in the possession of. 1. C. Mothard. Published by Longman Hurst. Rees. Orme. & Brown London. February 121823. LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A TOUR THROUGH NORMANDY, BRITANNY, In life or in death, slowly lingering on the bed of sickness, or suddenly Vide Letter, p. 182. e LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. Your Majesty, in the hour of my afflictions, has been pleased to evince towards me. To You, Sire, the dedication of these Memoirs is particularly due; as the subject of them devoted his life to the illustration of our national history, in the endeavour to place, as it were, before our view, Your Majesty's Royal Ancestors, and warriors who, under them, have from early ages asserted the character of the British people. And, I cannot but anticipate from a Monarch, under whom that character has been so eminently maintained, and who is so feelingly alive to the sufferings of an individual, the gracious reception of a narrative, however humble, that is written from the heart. Accept, Sire, this trifling but sincere tribute of my gratitude; and that Your Majesty may long enjoy in the bosom of |