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in Chrifianity, as he attributes to Elpheg 
what belongs only to Chrift. After this 
Canute himfelf and the Archbifhop lifted 
the body of Elpheg out of the grave, and 
wrapped it in linen, which aot being fuf- 
ficiently large, the altar cloth 7A: St. 
Paul’s, which was of Sindon,* wasvorn in 
two and made ufe of, and half a pound 
of gold was placed in lieu of it upon the 
altar. Then the body wascarried by the 
monks through a narrow paflage to the 
Thames, followed by the King and the 
Archbifhop. When they arrived at the 
river-fide, the King jumped on board his 
fhip, which was adorned with gilt d:agon- 
heads, and manned with armed people, 
where he received the body with extended 
arms, and alfo himfelf helped the Arch- 
bifhop into the fhip. Then he placed 
him{clf at the heim, and fieered to the op- - 
pofite bank. The oars were all plied by 
men of eminent rank. Warriors, clad 
in armour, were ftationed on the bridge 
and along the banks of the river ; and 
ethers, by order of the King, raifed a riot 
at the gate, to divert the attention of the 
citizens. The King himfelf placed the 
body on the car, and having {ent a ftrong 
body of armed men to efcort it, he, with 
the Archbifhop, fat down at the end of the 
bridge, that the proceflion might gain 
time, as he apprehended an attack from 
the populace. Buta little after, fceing 
the Archbifhop fafe, he difmified him, 
and returned to London, where the affairs 
of the kingdom required his prefence, but 
he promifed that his Queen, and his fon 
Hardi Canute, with all the nobility, 
foould go to Kent, and meet the Archbi- 
fhep there. When the latter, accompa- 
nied by a great number of Aoufe-caris, 
came up with thofe of the proceffion, they, 
apprehending danger, and imagining that 
it was the citizens of Lendon,fent the corpfe 
beforehand, with five monks and attend- 
ants, and, dividing themfelves into three 
bodies, took pefleffion of the narrow paflage 
at Plumsfeld, determined rather to die 
than to yield up their faint. Their error 
was however foon difcovéred, and they all 
proceeded to Eortha, the Archbifhop hav- 
ing crofies carried before him. ‘The 
whole proceffion ftopped for the night at 
the village of Eortna, where an immente 
multitude from Kent came to meet them 
on horfeback and on foot, men and wo- 
men, old and young, with hymns and 
guitars, for the purpole of following th 
= 
* Probably a kind of fine muflin.’ Lager- 
brink thinks ic is tefztae 
Objervations during a Taur in the United States. {April t, 
facred body io ftate> When they ap- 
proached Canterbury, the monks of Chrift 
Church came to meet them, drefled in 
their clerical ornaments, with bells and 
cymbals, with lights and torches, gofpel- 
books and croffes mounted with diamonds, 
and brought the body, the mufic all the 
time piaying, into the church. On the 
third day after, which was Whit-Sunday 
the ft of Juse, Queen Emma came there 
with all the nobility, and gave munificent 
prefents. A miracle was then again to be 
wrought, which was nothing lefs than 
that a dumb man recovered his fpeech. 
The day of the removal of St. Elpheg 
was for a long time after folemnized. yearly 
onthe 8th of June, and particularly en. 
forced by Archbifnhop Antelm, who died 
1109. 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
-OBSERVATIONS made during a TOUR 
through the UNITED STATES of AME~_ 
RICA. . 
NO. VI. beats 
N my laft I endeavoured to convince 
your readers, that however abhorrent 
flavery may be to the feelings of every 
honeft man, yet that in thofe countries 
in which it has grown up and entwined 
itfelf with fociety, it can only be eradi~ 
cated by flow and gradual progrefs. In 
this letter I fhall proceed with my jour- 
ney. 
Having croffed the line which divides 
Maryland from Pennfylvania, we paffed 
through Green Caftle. The land not 
quite fo productive or full of limeitone as. 
that we had before feen ; but ftill a very 
fine country, abounding with a happy yeo- 
manry, poffefled of good houfes, barns, 
large and flourifhing apple and peach 
orchards, with fine crops of wheat and 
clover. Every thing, fays Arthur Young, 
is dependent upon Government, and, with 
him, J love that Government under whofe 
enign influence the wealth and confequent 
happinefs of the great mafs of the popula- 
tion daily increafes. The inclofures ia 
this vicinity are generally lays. 
From Green Caflle to Chamberfburgh 
is about ten miles, where we arrived at 
ten o’clock on Sunday the arft of April. 
At this town we met our horfes, which 
we had crdered ef Mr. Davis of Connel{- 
town, who very cbligingly came with 
them. Chambeifburgh was firft fettled 
by a Colonel Chambers, about fixty years 
back ; but it did not become a town till 
about twéhity yearaago. Itnew contains 
: upwards 
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