Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Martin, William, 1801-1867 · London : Darton and Co · leaf 243
cordingly 218 GLASTONBURY ABBEY, WITH he dispatched twelve of his companions and followers, andappointed Joseph of Arimathea, who had not long beforetaken his Saviour from the Cross, to superintend the sacredembassy. Britain was wild and uncultivated—its inhabitantsrude and inimical to… … THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR. 219 island, then waste and unfilled, and surrounded by bogs andmorasses, assigning to each of the twelve a certain portionof land, called a hide, sufficient for one family to live upon;and composing in all, a territory denominated, to this day, the twelve hides of Glaston,…
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