duke is
situated. This prince had formerly been buried in the sanctuary, near
the great altar, which, at the time, was situated at the higher end of
the present nave. The altar having been removed farther back, the
remains of Rollo were deposited in the corner arcade where they now are.
Above the arcade is the following inscription on a table of black
marble, of which the following is a translation.

Here lies Rollo, the first duke, the founder and father of
Normandy, of which he was at first the terror and the scourge, but
afterwards the restorer. Baptised in 912 by Francon, archbishop of
Rouen, and died in 917[5]. His remains had formerly been deposited
in the ancient sanctuary, where is at present the upper end of the
nave. The altar having been removed to another place, the remains
of the prince were deposited here, by the blessed Maurille,
archbishop of Rouen, in the year 1063.

On the opposite aisle, and exactly opposite the chapel we hare just
left, is that of Saint-Anne. The remains of Guillaume-Longue-Epee, the
son and successor of Rollo, who was assassinated in an island of the
Somme, by order of Arnould, count of Flanders, are deposited in this
chapel. His remains are placed like those of his father, in an arched
corner, above which, is the following inscription, which we translate
thus.

Here lies Guillaume-Longue-Epee, son of Rollo, duke de Normandy,
killed by treason in the year 944. His remains had formerly been
deposited in the ancient sanctuary, where is at present the upper
end of the nave. The altar having been removed to an other place,
the remains of the prince were deposited in this place by the
blessed Maurille, in the year 1063.

What has become, of those funeral monuments, erected, formerly in the
choir of the Cathedral, in honour of kings, princes or warriors? Who
will assure us that the inscriptions placed at present in the sanctuary,
point out to us, the illustrious dead whose tombs we seek? Where is the
heart of Charles Vth, which was deposited in the middle of the
sanctuary? That of Richard-Coeur-de-Lion, to the right of the high
altar? The remains of Bedford, the son, the brother and the uncle of
kings, of that Bedford, who, according to Pommeraye, was interred to the
left of the high altar, and whose tomb stone they now shew us, behind
the altar, which tells us that he was interred on the right side of it?
Of all t