. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . rgeous shrine of St. Cuthbert was anciently situated; and the deepimpressions on the pavement, worn by the feet of the numerous pilgrims who resortedhither, are still visible. The commissioners of Henry VIII. who visited Durham at thesuppression of the monasteries, found the body of Saint Cuthbert whole and uncorrupted,with the vestments in which it was wrapped, whole and undecayed. These personsplundered the shrine of all its tre
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . rgeous shrine of St. Cuthbert was anciently situated; and the deepimpressions on the pavement, worn by the feet of the numerous pilgrims who resortedhither, are still visible. The commissioners of Henry VIII. who visited Durham at thesuppression of the monasteries, found the body of Saint Cuthbert whole and uncorrupted,with the vestments in which it was wrapped, whole and undecayed. These personsplundered the shrine of all its treasures and jewels, by order of their royal master; andthis act of sacrilegious daring strongly excited the indignation of the multitude. Before them lay a glittering store,The abbeys plundered wealth,The garment of cost, and the bowl embost,And the wassail cup of health : And riches still from St. Cuthberts shrine, The chalice, the almry and pix,The image where gold and where ivory twine, And the shattered crucifix. And the visitors three, with wicked glee, Sit feasting full and high ;And still as they drink, they sit and think Of the devil and king
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