. The North Devon coast. owerful a devil-compeller, was natur-ally feared and respected. He was further reveredas a certain exorciser of the ague. Schorne andhis devil in a boot are theoriginators of the childrenstoy, Jack-in-the-Box ; forto that complexion did hissupernatural terrors come atlast, when the springs that ac-tuated the jumping imp werelaid bare. But Schorne was in his day,and for long after, somethingvery nearly like a saint, inpopular estimation, and is in-deed sometimes represented fullyfurnished with the saintly nim-bus. Pictures, or carved effigies,of him are extremely rare,
. The North Devon coast. owerful a devil-compeller, was natur-ally feared and respected. He was further reveredas a certain exorciser of the ague. Schorne andhis devil in a boot are theoriginators of the childrenstoy, Jack-in-the-Box ; forto that complexion did hissupernatural terrors come atlast, when the springs that ac-tuated the jumping imp werelaid bare. But Schorne was in his day,and for long after, somethingvery nearly like a saint, inpopular estimation, and is in-deed sometimes represented fullyfurnished with the saintly nim-bus. Pictures, or carved effigies,of him are extremely rare, forthere are probably not morethan six or seven in England. Here, no doubt,through some confused version of the legend, thecarver has shown him holding what appears to bea cup, instead of a boot. Braunton church is full of old pieces of carvedwoodwork, notably the Jacobean gallery in thenorth chapel, and the churchwardens pew, dated1632. In the south chapel stands a richly de-corated Spanish chest with undecipherable in-. SIR JOHN SCHORNEAND HIS DEVIL.
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