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The riext authority is Leland, who, in the Colkctanea 

 (v. p. 55), States on the authority of a Monk of Glaston- 

 bury, that Edward I. with his queen visited the Abbey 

 in 1276, and removed the shrine froin the place where it 

 was first deposited, placing it before the high altar. 

 The leaden cross had meanwhile been deposited in the 

 Treasury of the Abbey, and in the reign of Henry VIII 

 it was Seen by Leland, and treated with marked reverence 

 and enthusiasm so characteristic of the old antiquary. In 

 speaking of it in his Assertio Arthuri, he says, " Quam ego 

 curiosissimis contemplatus cum oculis et solicitis contrac- 

 tavi articulis, motus et antiquitate rei et dignitate." 



Still later we have the authority of Camden in his 

 Britannia, who gives a sketch of the "broad cross of lead" 

 with the inscription, as he says, " drawn out of the first 

 copy in the Abbey of Glascon," A fac-simile of this 

 woodcut is given in the present volume, taken from the 

 prineeps edition, by Dr. Philemon Holland, mdcx., and 

 which may be regarded as the best authority extant. The 

 inscription is as follows : 



HIC JAGET SEPVLTVS INCLITVS REX 

 ARTVRIVS IN INSVLA AVALONIA. 



What became of the original after the dissolution of the 

 monastery is not known. There is no clue to its subse- 

 quent history, that I know of, if it may not be found 

 araong some of the treasures of the JNIonks of Glastonbury, 

 which were removed to Naworth Castle, the ancient seat 

 of the Howards, and still the property of that noble and 

 distinguished family. Before closing the notice of Cam- 

 den's testiraony it is necessary to observe that on the 

 authority of AVilliam of Malmesbury and of Giraldus, he 

 States that "the sepulchre wherein the bones of that 

 famous Arthur were bestowed, was of oake made hollow." 



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