PALACE OF THE DUKE OF BEDFORD IN ROUEN.

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THIS building is still in good preservation it is situated in the Place de la Pucelle, so called from its being the scene of the execution of the celebrated Joan of Arc, to whose memory a monument is erected. This fabric is shown in the engraving.

Upon the accession of Henry VI., the Duke of Bedford was constituted chief councillor and protector of the king, then an infant, and appointed at the same time Regent of France. But all his splendid achievements in the "land of the Gauls," great, glorious, and gallant as they were, lie for ever obscured beneath one dark deed of inhumanity,-his cruel and savage treatment of the most undaunted of his foes-the enthusiastic Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc. The Duke died at Rouen, September 14, 1435, and was interred in the Cathedral of Notre Dame there, deeply lamented by the English people.

HENRY VI. PART I.

ACT III. SCENE II.

ROUEN. PLACE DE LA PUCELLE.

Lord Talbot. But yet, before we go, let's not forget

The noble duke of Bedford, late deceased,

But see his exequies fulfill'd in Rouen;

A braver soldier never couched lance,

A gentler heart did never sway in court:

But kings, and mightiest potentates, must die;

For that's the end of human misery.