. Archaeologia cantiana. BOSS OF NAILS B 2 ON THE GATES OF BOULOGNE and strengthened throughout with these rude defences,and was coloured (but whether originally or not it isnot easy to determine) with red ochre. It was this. THE GATES OF BOULOGNE, FROM MRS. TAYLORS SKETCH. weight of iron which tempted the hand of the destroyer,and like the leadwork of our cathedrals and abbeys, inthe days of the Reformation, decided the fate of thistrophy of the Royal Reformer himself. So that the gar-den wall of Hardres was able to take up the lamenta-tion of the walls of Boulogne, in old Lelands phrase,— Co
. Archaeologia cantiana. BOSS OF NAILS B 2 ON THE GATES OF BOULOGNE and strengthened throughout with these rude defences,and was coloured (but whether originally or not it isnot easy to determine) with red ochre. It was this. THE GATES OF BOULOGNE, FROM MRS. TAYLORS SKETCH. weight of iron which tempted the hand of the destroyer,and like the leadwork of our cathedrals and abbeys, inthe days of the Reformation, decided the fate of thistrophy of the Royal Reformer himself. So that the gar-den wall of Hardres was able to take up the lamenta-tion of the walls of Boulogne, in old Lelands phrase,— Concussit, fateor, dura mea inoenia bello. The story of the destruction of the gates,—I takeup again the narrative of Mr. Faussett,— I have alwaysheard to be as follows:—Mr. Beckingham, Mrs. Taylorsfather, and the last owner of the house previously to itssale to Mr. Tillard, had given them to my grandfather,who from delicacy refrained from beginning the workof spoliation, and left them standing. Mr. Tillard wasno antiquary, and thinking them part of his purchase,sold them for the iron they contained, and my grand-father, knowing nothing of the sale, on passing his ownforge near Heppington, had the satisfaction o
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