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them. They were all here more or less — and those who 

 were not here ought to have been. They were all here 

 mostly for " drams or prayers," except Charles the 

 First, who came here to be married. He carved some 

 pheasant and some venison for Henrietta Maria with 

 his own royal, white, and extremely beautiful hands, 

 and retired to rest with his royal bride in the room over 

 the gateway of St. Augustine's College. His son was 

 at Canterbury too of course at the time of the Restora- 



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tion ; but with the second Charles's connection with the 

 Dover Road I have already fully dealt. 



The mention of St. Augustine's College reminds me 

 of a more famous Canterbury seat of learning. The 

 King's School was established by Henry the Eighth at 

 the Dissolution. It possesses a Norman staircase which 

 is quite unique, up which Christopher Marlowe, who was 

 educated here, must often have passed, rebellious more 

 generally than not, I suspect, and having the lowest 

 possible opinion of his instructors. And after Marlowe, 

 and some distance behind him, comes Lord Justice 



