Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Henry Donald Maurice), 1836-1917, Railton, Herbert, 1857-1910, ill, Quinton, A., ill · London : Isbister & company, limited · leaf 55
d body of the king was found bya few of his devoted servants, and reverently buried. Butthe head was missing. After forty days search (someversions of the story speak of a longer period) the head was venerable relic of a remote past fell down there was found imbedded deeply in theancient trunk an… … Seal of the Abbey of St. Edmundsbury. Tn the middle of the seal are two angels carryingthe soul of St. Edmund to heaven; at the bottom of the seal is a soldier, represented as havingcut off the kings head, which a wolf is guarding. {From a fragment appendant to Surrender of Abbey, in the…
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