his Brother brought to the Tower by their Uncle Gloucester, who has Lord Hastings beheaded for loyalty to Edward—Edward deposed—Richard Crowned King—Edward and his Brother secretly Murdered—Discovery of their Bones and Burial at Westminster._ The reign of Richard II began with festivities and pageantries of unprecedented magnificence, and the Tower was the scene of some of the most prominent. On the day of the Coronation, according to Holinshed, the King, clad in white robes, issued from its gate surrounded by a vast assemblage of nobles and knights. The streets were hung with drapery, and the conduits ran wine. In Cheapside was a castle with four towers, from two sides of which “the wine ran forth abundantly, and at the top stood a golden angel, holding a crown, so contrived that when the King came near, he bowed and presented it to him. In each of the towers was a beautiful virgin, of stature and age like unto the King, apparelled in white vestures, who blew in the King’s face leaves of gold and flowers of gold counterfeit. On the approach of the cavalcade, the damsels took cups of gold, and filling them with wine at the spouts of the castle, presented them to the King and his nobles.” [Illustration: 13. BANQUET GIVEN BY RICHARD II. _From a MS. of The Chronicles of England, Vol. III. British Museum_, 14 _E. iv._] [Illustration: 14. AN ACT OF ARMS BEFORE THE KING AND QUEEN. _From a MS. of the Romance of the Sire Jehan de Saintré. British Museum. Nero D. ix._] [Illustration: 15. GATEWAY OF THE BLOODY TOWER. _From an engraving by F. Nash_, 1821.] [Illustration: 16. QUEEN IN A HORSE LITTER, ATTENDED BY HER LADIES ON HORSEBACK. _From a MS. of Froissart’s Chronicles_. _British Museum_, 18 _E ii._]