"If craving hunger I could feel, "To me with humble praise draw nigh, "The succour and defence be thine, O İsrael! may these words of love THE YOUTHS' MAGAZINE; OR, EVANGELICAL MISCELLANY. AUGUST, 1848. CARISBROOKE. THE pretty village of Carisbrooke, represented in our engraving, is chiefly remarkable for its castle, which is great antiquity, and occupies an elevated and commanding situation, from which the prospect on all sides is striking and beautiful. It dates from the sixth century, since which great alterations and additions have been made; though its present appearance is truly venerable. The entrance is by a bridge on the west side; after which, passing over a second bridge, we arrive at a strong machiolated gate with a portcullis, flanked by two round towers, in which there are prison-rooms. The passage into the castle-yard is through this old gateway. On the right hand, as we enter the area, is the chapel of St. Nicholas, and behind it a cemetery, now converted into a garden. The chapel was erected in 1738, on the ruins of an ancient one. On the left hand are the ruins of the buildings where King Charles the First was imprisoned. The stone-work of a window with an upright iron bar, such as is seen in old built houses in country villages, is still remaining. In this room he partook of the little repose his sufferings permitted; and through this window, it is said, he endeavored to make his escape: the particulars are thus related |