Castles and abbeys of England in poetic and romantic lore (1915)
Schuch, Edw · Minneapolis, Minn., Press of Augsburg publishing house · leaf 100
had beensung for centuries, the monotonous grind of the loomcould now be heard daily, in the production of 3,000cloths a year. Among famous men connected with the abbey,might be mentioned Duns Scotus, William of Mal-mesbury, King Athelstan, and a monk, named Elmer,who gained fame by inventing an… … MALMESBURY ABBEY. 97 summit of one of the towers and set out on his peril-ous journey. He flew a furlong, or so, but thenturned a summersault and fell down, breaking bothhis legs in the fall. He ascribed the misfortune tothe failure in providing himself with a tail. Concerning the abbey library…
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