The Journal of the British Archaeological Association (Volume 26) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Europe itself shrinks to the dimensions of a province or a shire,?century after century may they find still flourishing on these ancestral shores, nor ashamed to number the men of our generation among its fathers, a race adorned by the graces of literature, and enriched by the stores of science. May they find still unimpaired, and sacred alike from superstition and unbelief, the altars of Christian faith; may our havens and docks still be animated by vessels fitted for commerce abroad, or armed, in case of need, for defence at home. Still may our institutions and our liberties find the eloquence of freemen and patriots in our legislative halls, and the ermine of Justice be unsullied by a spot in the courts where she adjudicates between man and man. These are the noblest legacies we receive from the past; and while we treasure these at every hazard, and through every change, the soul of England will retain vitality to her form, and no archaeologist will seek her grave amidst the nations that have passed away. ON POPULAR TUMULTS AT ST. ALBAN'S IN THE REIGN OF RICHARD II. BY EDWARD LEVIEX, ESQ., M.A., P.8.A., HOJf. SEO. On the afternoon of St. Alban's Day, 22 June, 1377, through streets spanned by triumphal arches, and gaudy with pageants and devices, past conduits flowing with-wine, and houses crowded from roof to basement with eager and excited spectators, amid the merry pealing of bells, the strains of minstrels, and the joyous shouts and acclamations of a loyal people, rode the boy-king, Richard of Bordeaux, the son and heir of the glorious Edward the Black Prince, to take possession of his ancestral throne. On the 16th July he was crowned with great pomp and magnificence at Westminster; and on the 31st August, 1399, "deserted at his utmost need by those his bounty erst ...