Archaic England, an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions (1919)
Bayley, Harold · London : Chapman & Hall ltd. · leaf 498
ne To doe pleasannce of intent full cleanc, Unto the States which now sit here Hath Vere down sent her own daughter dearc. It is evident that Vere is here the equivalent of Proser-pine, the Maid who was condemned to spend one-half hertime in Hades, and that Verray was occasionally noxiousis implied… … Some authorities connoted this word verray with Werra,a Sclavonic deity, and the connection is prohahly well 486 ABCHATO ENGLAND [chap. founded : the Couiish Furry dance was also termed theFlora dance. The name Proserpine is seemingly akin to Pure Serpent—the same Serpent, perhaps, whose form is…
Archaeology · England -- Antiquities
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