Chap-books of the eighteenth century . er-house, but at the Reformation theywere taken up and her tomb destroyed. Hearne * says, Afterthis Removal, it continud at rest till about the time of theReformation, when twas taken up, as Mr. Leland himselfacquaints us, and at the same time a Stone was found with it,on which was ^this Inscription Tumba Rosamvnda which is adifferent Inscription from this common one : f Hie jacet in Tumba Rosa Mundi, non Rosa MundaNon redolet, sed olet, quae redolere solet. But the latter possibly is the Epitaph that was fixd in the Quireof the Church before the Body was
Chap-books of the eighteenth century . er-house, but at the Reformation theywere taken up and her tomb destroyed. Hearne * says, Afterthis Removal, it continud at rest till about the time of theReformation, when twas taken up, as Mr. Leland himselfacquaints us, and at the same time a Stone was found with it,on which was ^this Inscription Tumba Rosamvnda which is adifferent Inscription from this common one : f Hie jacet in Tumba Rosa Mundi, non Rosa MundaNon redolet, sed olet, quae redolere solet. But the latter possibly is the Epitaph that was fixd in the Quireof the Church before the Body was removd. Mr. Leland, Ithink, saw the Stone himself, and he tells us that when herCoffin was opend they found her Bones in it, and a very sweetsmell came from it. * Lelands Itinerary (2nd edit.), p. loi. t In Corios History of Milan (vol. i. p. 47) this epitaph is stated tohave been placed on the tomb of Rosamunda, queen of the Lombards, whodied by poison, in the sixth century. THE Story of King Edward III AND THE COUNTESS OF SALISBURY. Know this plain Truth (enough for Alan to know) Virtue alone is Happiness below. Printed by J, Briscoe, in Place Whitehaven. Kitig Edward III. and the Countess of Salisbury. 391 This Chap-book seems the only edition extant. It is nogreat loss in a literary point of view, for the supposed history ispure fiction. The countess is represented as the daughter ofEarl Varuccio, and the whole novelette is about the endeavoursof the king to seduce her. He tries when her husband is alive,and when she is a widow he still presses her to be his mistress,and is firmly but respectfully repulsed. He makes her fatherand mother sue to her, without success; and finally, being over-come by the sight of such immaculate virtue, marries heramid the plaudits of the people. The episode of the garteronly occupies a paragraph at the end of the book. THE CONQUEST OF FRANCE Witk the Life and Glorious Actions of Ctihjartr tj)e 33ladfc Prince Son to Edward the Thir
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