. London . &>? shire as well as in Middlesex. And at a place called Lutgars-bury, which is now Montacute {inons acutus), a singularpeaked hill, there lived a smith, who was moved in a dream todig for a certain cross which, it was revealed to him, lay buriedunderground. lie did so, and was rewarded by finding asplendid cross of black marble covered with silver and setwith precious stones. When he had found it, he naturallythought it his duty to convey it to the nearest great these days, quite another course would suggest itself to thefortunate rustic. This smith of Lutgarsbury,
. London . &>? shire as well as in Middlesex. And at a place called Lutgars-bury, which is now Montacute {inons acutus), a singularpeaked hill, there lived a smith, who was moved in a dream todig for a certain cross which, it was revealed to him, lay buriedunderground. lie did so, and was rewarded by finding asplendid cross of black marble covered with silver and setwith precious stones. When he had found it, he naturallythought it his duty to convey it to the nearest great these days, quite another course would suggest itself to thefortunate rustic. This smith of Lutgarsbury, therefore, placed PLANTAGENET 113 the cross on the cart and informed the oxen that he was goingto drive them to Glastonbury, that holy House sacred to thememory of Joseph of Arimathea himself and illustrious for itsthorn flowering in mid-winter. Miracle ! The oxen refusedto move. The parish priest, called in to advise, suggested > 1 r. WALTHAM ABEEY CHURCH, ESSEX, BEFORE RESTORATION Canterbury, only second to Glastonbury in sanctity. Stillthese inspired animals refused to move. Perhaps Winchestermight be tried. There they had the bones of St. SwithiriNo, not even to Winchester would they carry the , said the priest, let them carry the cross to yourmaster Tofig at Waltham. Strange to say, though Waltham I ,,4 LONDON had no special sanctity, the intelligent creatures immediatelysel off with the greatest alacrity in the direction of Waltham,a hundred and fifty miles away, and reached it after a ten daysjourney bearing the cross safely. The story is preserved in a tract, De Inventione SanctceCruets Walthamensis^nd must be believed by all the Tofiff showed his sense of what was due to a miracleby building a church for the reception of the cross, and ap-pointing two canons to serve the church. It is also said thatat least sixty persons were cured by means of this miraculouscross, and that many of
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