of the present Burghersh tombs, as a
shrine of which the broken pedestal and the knee-worn pavement are still
to be seen. The body was placed in a shrine cased with plates of gold
and silver, crusted with gems, and at the last protected by a grille of
curious wrought iron. A tooth, closed in beryl with silver and gilt,
appears as a separate item in the Reformation riflings. The history of
both shrines and of the bones they held is a tale by itself, like most
true tales ending in mystery. Perhaps, as King Henry VIII. had not much
veneration for holy bones, but, like our enlightened age, much preferred
gold, silver, and jewels, his destroying angels may have left the relics
of Hugh's forsaken mortality to the lovely cathedral, where his memory,
after seven centuries, is still pathetically and tenderly dear.

FOOTNOTES:

{27} Which alone still survives.

{28} Dunstan, Alphege, Lanfranc, Anselm, and others presumably.

{29} Roger de Roldeston, William de Blois, and Richard of Kent.

{30} November 18, 1200.

{31} Possibly on the site where St. Hugh's chapel now stands in
desolation.

{32} _A boreali ipsius aedis regione_, not of the cathedral, but of the
new honeycomb apse, please.

The Gresham Press
UNWIN BROTHERS,
WOKING AND LONDON.

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Transcriber's note

A few obvious typographical errors have been corrected; they and other
possible errors are listed below.

Inconsistent hyphenation: nowadays (now-a-days), brushwood (brush-wood),
footprints (foot-prints)

Chapter I

"Under the smoothe" corrected to "Under the smooth".

Chapter II

"seiges of Milan" not changed.

"beseiges their city" not changed.

"lord of Normany" corrected to "lord of Normandy".

"Manuel Commenus" probable error for "Manuel Comnenus". Not
changed.

"post-Hugonian" possible error for "Post-Hugonian". Not changed.

Chapter III

"was thorougly understood" corrected to "was thoroughly
understood".

"between Normany and England" corrected to
"between Normandy and England".

"audibly says, 'Oh," corrected to "audibly says, "Oh,".

"They ought to chose" corrected to "They ought to choose".

Chapter IV

"prae-Edwardian" not changed.

Chapter V

"beseiged in Lincoln" not changed.

"to smoothe those English" corrected to "to smooth those
English".

Chapter VI

"neural tremours" not changed.

Chap