. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . stration, the additionalstory of the present building being connected toit by a straight upright joint, from that height towhich it had been carried up with the cross aisleof the old church. Indeed, Gervases own account of the repairshows plainly enough, that the destruction Avasby no means such as Mr. Battely thought it, aswill soon appear : but first let us see what successattended the tragical representation the monksgave of their misfortunes. Papal bulls were soon is
. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . stration, the additionalstory of the present building being connected toit by a straight upright joint, from that height towhich it had been carried up with the cross aisleof the old church. Indeed, Gervases own account of the repairshows plainly enough, that the destruction Avasby no means such as Mr. Battely thought it, aswill soon appear : but first let us see what successattended the tragical representation the monksgave of their misfortunes. Papal bulls were soon issued out to their as-sistance ; numbers of votaries, from all parts, andof the highest ranks, crowded to visit the newlycanonized St. Thomas Becket, in the undercroft,long before the repairs were finished. For, as Mr. Battely tells us, page 18, Philip,earl of Flanders, came here in 1177, whom theking (Henry II.) met, and had a conference with,at Canterbury. In June, 1178, the king in hisreturn from Normandy, paid another visit to hissepulchre; and, in the next month, William,archbishop of Rheims, came over from France,. /mlf 129 ^ith a large retinue, to j)ay his vows to St. Tlio-mas at Canterbury, where the king met andreceived him honourably. In 1179, Lewis Vll. king of France, landedat Dover, where our king expected his August 23, these two kings came to Canter-bury, with a great train of nobility of l)oth nations,and were received by the archbishop and hiscomprovincials, the prior and convent, with greathonour and unspeakable joy. The oblations of gold and silver, made by theFrench, were incredible. Tlie king came in man-ner and habit of a pilgrim ; was conducted to thetomb of St. Thomas, in solemn procession, wherehe offered his cup of gold, and a royal preciousstone, with a yearly rental of one hundred muidsof wine, for ever to the convent, contirming thisgrant by royal charter, under his seal, deliveredin form. By the help of such noble and munifice
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