Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 169
fire destroyedmost of the monastic buildings. This happened in 1184,and the old monastic chronicler thus bemoans the dis-aster: In the following summer, that is to say on St.Urbans day [May 25, 1184], the whole of the monastery,except a chamber constructed in the Chapel by AbbotRobert, into which… … GLASTONBURY by all and the shelter of so many saints, were reduced toashes. What sorrow was suffered 1 What groans arose!What tears were shed as the monks saw what had takenplace, and pondered over the losses they had suffered.Their precious treasures, not only the gold and silver, butthe stuffs…
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