. The New England magazine. NORTH TRANSEPT. reign over a united England, are sup-posed to rest in another mortuarychest like its neighbors. Then thereare the bones of Emma of Normandy,the queen of Canute; Ethelwolf, fatherof the great Alfred, and one box full ofa miscellaneous collectionof bones belonging tovarious princes and prel-ates, which had beenscattered about and werebrought together in or not thesechests really hold the re-mains ascribed to themin the inscriptions, theygive the strangest air ofreality to characters andevents familiar to readersof English history. Just out
. The New England magazine. NORTH TRANSEPT. reign over a united England, are sup-posed to rest in another mortuarychest like its neighbors. Then thereare the bones of Emma of Normandy,the queen of Canute; Ethelwolf, fatherof the great Alfred, and one box full ofa miscellaneous collectionof bones belonging tovarious princes and prel-ates, which had beenscattered about and werebrought together in or not thesechests really hold the re-mains ascribed to themin the inscriptions, theygive the strangest air ofreality to characters andevents familiar to readersof English history. Just outside the choir,in the north aisle, is saidto lie the last Danishmonarch, Hardicanute,who died at Lambeth in1642 and was broughthere for burial. In thesouth wall is William theConquerors son Richard,who was killed in 1081 inthe New Forest. Underthe pavement before thehigh altar sleeps BishopHenry de Blois, grand-son of the Conqueror andbrother of King the tower, in a 46 WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL. marble sarcophagus,
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