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ties, if not into some nearer districts, nay even into
Bourdeaux, his birth-place, 1 where his cause was
still popular, and a demonstration had been made in
his favor ? This is the line of conduct which Don
Carlos (who is in a similar situation) has at this
moment adopted in Spain. On the other hand, if
we are to admit Mr. Tytler's theory, Richard not
only quits his hereditary dominions, but flies over the
marches and lowlands of Scotland, transcends the
alpine regions, and at length, for no reason one can
discover, miraculously starts up in the out isles of
Scotland, 2 where his cause would be as essentially
promoted as in the deserts of Arabia. We here find
him acting just as an impostor would have done,
avoiding places where he might be known, and con-
fining himself to remote and hostile regions, where,
being a stranger, he might allege whatever he chose
with but little fear of contradiction. The case of
the psendo Nero thus again presents itself, who, in
like manner, selected the distant and isolated plains
of Parthia for his deception. In spite of every oc-
currence, the supposed Richard remains as fixed to
Scotland as Theseus to his chair, — of a truth in
that country, sedet ceternumque sedebit, without a
chance of Mr. Tytler or the Richardites being able
to draw him from thence, or to connect him with his
ideal royalty.
1 As is well known, he is styled by French writers Richard
of Bourdeaux.
2 This will be afterwards seen.