The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . e back-ground. 7. The Drowning of the King of Denmark, as beheld in a Vision by KingEdward. At the time of the feast of Pentecost, in a certain year, the Con-fessor, whilst celebrating high mass, with his principal Nobility, was observedto laugh at the time when the Eucharist was administered to him. Beingasked, after the conclusion of the ceremony, the cause of this seeming impro-priety, he related the following particulars of a Visi
The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . e back-ground. 7. The Drowning of the King of Denmark, as beheld in a Vision by KingEdward. At the time of the feast of Pentecost, in a certain year, the Con-fessor, whilst celebrating high mass, with his principal Nobility, was observedto laugh at the time when the Eucharist was administered to him. Beingasked, after the conclusion of the ceremony, the cause of this seeming impro-priety, he related the following particulars of a Vision which he had justseen. The King of Denmark had assembled an army for the purpose ofinvading my kingdom, and commanded his ships to be got ready. Provisions,and arms, and men, were already on board, and the wind, this day, favouringhis expedition, he prepared to embark; but at the instant when my coun- * Ail. Riev. ubi supra, col. 389. Brompton gives a somewhat different account of the vision:he says, that the holy wafer itself was converted into the figure of a boy, who conferred his bene-diction first on the King, and then on the Earl. Ibid. col. HISTORICAL FRIEZE DESCRIBED. 53 tenance became more cheerful, that unjust Sovereign, Avho had gotten into aboat in order to go on board his ship, fell over the prow thereof into the seaand perished; and as when the head is cutoff all the members in consequencebecome unfit to perform their respective functions, so their leader being thusdestroyed, the army is now disbanded and dispersed. These are the circum-stances, with which by Divine revelation, I was made acquainted; and whichgave occasion to that hilarity of countenance which you remarked. Theprecise time having been distinctly noted, it was subsequently found, says thehistorian, on due inquiry, that all these events had happened at the day andhour, and in the manner in which they had been revealed to the King*.In the fore-ground of the sculpture, a knight in complete ar
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