(Da tjie reputei ömranerij nf Eing Slrtljur's 

 Htmains nt (ßlniitanliunj. 



BY THE REV. M% A. JONES, M.A., F.G.S., ETC. 



A S it would scarcely be deemed pi'oper for the Somer- 

 y\ setshlre Archfeological Society to hold a Meeting 

 at Glastonbury without referring to some of the most 

 ancient and interesting historical assoclations connected 

 with the place, I beg leave to lay before the Society a 

 brlef resume of the sources and value of the informatlon we 

 possess in rcference to the interment and reputed discovery 

 of King Arthur's remains in the cemetery of Glastonbury 

 Abbey. 



I confess I have no sympathy with that school of his- 

 torical critics who find the myth and the fable prepon- 

 derating to such an extent in all early records as to wipe 

 out from the page of historical fact alraost every event 

 and every personage in which our minds and our hearts 

 have been most deeply interested. Notwithstanding all 

 that has been said to the contrary, I believe King 

 Arthur to have been a real historical personage, and 

 not a 111 ere myth. Even the legends and romances in 

 which he and the Knights of his Round Table occupy 



