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MEMORIALS OF RAY ; 



two miles from Leeds, where (according to the vulgar 

 tradition) was once found a stag, with a ring of brass 

 about its neck, having this inscription, 



" When Julius Caesar here was king, 

 About my neck he put this ring ; 

 Whosoever doth me take, 

 Let me go for Caesar's sake." 



Thence we had a prospect of the Red Hall at Whitkirk, 

 belonging to Sk Arthur Ingrame, where King James was 

 said to be begotten. At Leeds (a large and rich town, 

 which hath a great trade for cloathing) we saw the new 

 church, which had been lately built by one Harrison, at 

 his sole charges, without accepting so much as a day's 

 work from any man. This Harrison, from a poor boy, 

 came to great estate, the most whereof he bestowed in 

 building this church, and almshouses for thirty poor 

 persons, which are near the church. He is much com- 

 mended there for his justice, temperance, and charity. 

 At Knaresborough, on the river Nid, we saw divers 

 memorable things, as, first, St. Robert's chapel, a little 

 thing having an altar in it, all hewn out of the living rock; 

 on the outside, at the door, is the statue of St. Robert, 

 cut out of the rock. The old woman, who in a great 

 measure gets her living by showing strangers this chapel, 

 told us many stories out of the legend of St. Robert ; 

 some of which, because we had before heard the story of 

 that saint, we thought fit to commit to writing. King 

 John, then, when he lived in the castle of Knaresborough, 

 sent once for this St. Robert, who happening to be at 

 his devotions in this his chapel, refused to go with the 

 messengers. The messengers returning to the king with 

 a denial, were sent back again to tell St. Robert that he 

 must leave off his devotions and come to the king, or 

 else that he would come and fetch him. St. Robert still 

 refusing to go, sent the King an ear of corn, with these 

 words, that he was serving him who made that, and 

 unless he could make such another, he would not attend 

 on him till he had finished his devotions. A second 



