A description of the part of Devonshire bordering on the Tamar and the Tavy; its natural history, manners, customs, superstitions, scenery, antiquities, biography of eminent persons, etcin a series of letters to Robert Southey . Some )^ears since, previous to placing the paintedglass in the ^nndow of his dining-room at Endsleigh,the Duke of Bedford applied to me for a shetch ofthe arms of the Abbey of Tavistock; and I venturedto emblazon them from the description contained inPrinces Worthies of Devon. I find, however, from a fragment of Beer stonesent to me in September, 1833, by Mr. Rundle,bu
A description of the part of Devonshire bordering on the Tamar and the Tavy; its natural history, manners, customs, superstitions, scenery, antiquities, biography of eminent persons, etcin a series of letters to Robert Southey . Some )^ears since, previous to placing the paintedglass in the ^nndow of his dining-room at Endsleigh,the Duke of Bedford applied to me for a shetch ofthe arms of the Abbey of Tavistock; and I venturedto emblazon them from the description contained inPrinces Worthies of Devon. I find, however, from a fragment of Beer stonesent to me in September, 1833, by Mr. Rundle,builder, who met -vvith it among other pieces ofsculpture in taking down part of the brewery here,that there is a want of correctness, not only in my-self, but even in Prince. He describes the arms as Gules, two crosiers saltireways between two mart-lets, or, in a chief argent three mullets sable. XXI.] INSCRIBED STONES. 383. I instantly recognized the mullets, but I was ata loss respecting the crosier; the martlets, also, musthave been four instead of two. I was satisfied, how-ever, that it is a fragment of the arms of theAbbey when I found crosiers thus described in Fos-brokes Encyclopaedia of Antiquities. They weresometimes barely curled, sometimes like beadlesstaves,—more like maces than crosiers. From two hands that still remain at the top andside, it is evident that the shield Avas supported bytwo angels, one on the dexter, and the other on thesinister side. On the 30th October, 1833, Mr. Bundle sent mealso another stone, with an inscription in black letterpainted on a white fillet, being a kind of upperborder to the same, the ground of which was ver-milion. The Avords are Regina cell (cseli) lefare (Isetare) a probably Alleluia. Rejoice, O Queen of heaven—Hallelujah. Of course they are ad-dressed to the Virgin Mary, and possibly wereplaced on her altar. In November, 1833, Mr. Rundle also sent me
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