ch stream Novgorod is situated, having
accomplished the whole voyage in four days--a marvellous speed
indeed, and which completely shames all the wonders of modern steam
navigation! The date assigned to this wonderful voyage happens to be
that of a few centuries _after_ St Anthony's death, but we suppose
this too must be considered as another miracle.

159 Calvin is much mistaken about Helena, who was better provided for
than he imagined. Besides the body mentioned in the text, she has
one in the Church of _Ara Caeli_, at Rome. There was one also at
Constantinople, in the Church of the Twelve Apostles, and another at
Hauteville, near Epernay, in Champagne.

160 The legend tells us that an English chief, after conquering and
taking possession of Lower Brittany, returned to his native land in
search of wives for his army and himself. He married Ursula, an
English princess, and took eleven thousand maidens as brides for his
companions in arms. Ursula, whilst journeying with this bridal train
to join her husband, was driven by a storm into the mouth of the
Rhine, and arrived at Cologne. There they were beset by a party of
Huns, who murdered them all. Their bodies were discovered at Cologne
in the 16th century, and the remains of St Ursula, which at first
were mixed with those of her companions, were pointed out, by a
miracle, for the special veneration of the faithful. Several of
these virgins have relics in various parts of Europe, and they are
distinguished by proper names, as, for instance, St Ottilla, St
Fleurina, &c. &c.. The origin of this absurd legend is ascribed by
some antiquarians to the following inscription found upon a
tomb:--"_St Ursula et XI. M. V._," _i.e._, _et 11 martyres virgines_,
which, through ignorance or wilful deceit, has been converted into
_millia virgines_--11,000 virgins. Other savans believe that the
inscription meant "_St Ursula et Undecimilla, martyres virgines_,"
and that _Undecimilla_, which was the proper name of a virgin
martyr, was mistaken by some ignorant copyist for an abbreviation of
_undecim millia_, 11,000.

161 It must be remarked that many relics described in this Treatise were
destroyed during the religious wars, but particularly by the French
Revolution. I recommend to those who ha