and resting withina 3-ard or two of each other upon raised tombs. The figuresare those of knights, and their armour is such as two brothersmight have worn when Edward IV. fought his way to thethrone. In life, these knights were certainly contemporaries;probably they were near neighbours, and… … ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 339 (ollar of the other is charged with tho Suns and Roses of York.Long have these Kniglit8 been dust, And their good sworda rust: their effigies, however, silently though they repose beneaththe same consecrated roof that has sheltered them both for fourcenturies, have a tale…
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