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discordant, not only with history, but with chap. 
common sense. It is altogether such a work as '^— «. — 
might naturally be expected from the infatuated 
superstition of an old woman, as was Helena, 
subsequently enlarged by ignorant priests. 
Forty spaces from the Sepulchre, beneath the 
roof of the same church, and upon the same 
level, are shewn two rooms, one above another. 
Close by the entrance to the lower chamber, 
or chapel, are the Tombs of Godfrey of Boulogne, 
and of Baldwin, kings of Jerusalem, with in- 
scriptions in Latin, in the old Gothic character. 
These have been copied into almost every book 
of Travels, from the time of Sandys ' to the 
present day. At the extremity of this chapel 
they exhibit a Jissure or cleft in the natural 
rock; and this, they say, happened at the 
Crucifixion. Who shall presume to contradict 
the tale ? but, to complete the naivete of the 
tradition, it is also added, that the head of 
Adam WAS found withiistthe fissure. Then, 
if the traveller have not already heard and 
seen enough to make him regret his wasted 
time, he may ascend, by a few steps, into a 
(l) See Sandys' Travels, p. 163. Lond. 1G37. Douldan Voyage de la 
T.S. p. 71. Paris, 1657, &c. &c. 
