H A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



The Bimop's throne flands on a flone 

 bafe richly ornamented with gothic carving. 

 Around it's upper parts is a range of fmall 

 images defigned to reprefent the kings and 

 faints of the Mercian kingdom. This bafe 

 is generally called the mrine of St. Wer^ 

 burgh, but it is in fact nothing more than 

 the pedeflal on which it flood. The mrine 

 itfelf, in which were depofited the facred 

 reliques, muft have been fmall and portable, 

 and probably made of gold or filver ; for in 

 1 1 80, we read, that it was brought out to 

 flop the raging of a fire in the city, which 

 for a long time was invincible by every 

 other means -, but the approach of the holy 

 remains inflantly proved their fanctity by 

 putting an end to its furious de variation. 



Chefter was antiently part of the diocefe 

 of Litchfield, one of whofe bilhops remov- 

 ing the feat of his fee hither in 1075, was 

 the occafion of his fucceflbrs being fre- 

 quently ftiled Bijhops of Chejler. But it 



was 



