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Glastenkurg Ablıry. 
BY THE REV. F. WARRE, 
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N attempting a sketch ofthe history ofthe Abbey 
of Glastonbury, I am well aware that I am 
undertaking a task, in which if successful there 
can be but little merit, while a failure will fairly 
expose me to blame, as deficient in research and 
careless in execution. All that is known of so 
celebrated an establishment,—the mitred Abbot of 
which was one of the first of a princely hierarchy 
both in place and power, and was inferior to few 
of England’s nobles either in rank or influence; 
whose church was equal, if not superior, to any 
of our cathedrals both in size and beauty,—has of 
course often been laid before the public. I need 
only mention Warner’s history of Glastonbury, to 
shew at once that in this paper there can be but 
little originality; it is merely a compilation from 
the works of authors whom every one may read 
for himself if he chooses; the only use it can 
possibly be is to save my audience trouble, though 
