The monumental remains of noble and eminent persons : comprising the sepulchral antiquities of Great Britain . wash have obliterated thecolours, and rendered it impossible, from any other sourcethan the above authority, to identify the figures, they stillpossess considerable interest as illustrations of a great varietyof costume. This monument, although in a tolerable state ofpreservation, has not altogether escaped injury. The mouldedsummit, which has already been described, is evidently thework of a subsequent period, and ill accords with the rest ofthe monument either as to style or materia
The monumental remains of noble and eminent persons : comprising the sepulchral antiquities of Great Britain . wash have obliterated thecolours, and rendered it impossible, from any other sourcethan the above authority, to identify the figures, they stillpossess considerable interest as illustrations of a great varietyof costume. This monument, although in a tolerable state ofpreservation, has not altogether escaped injury. The mouldedsummit, which has already been described, is evidently thework of a subsequent period, and ill accords with the rest ofthe monument either as to style or materials. Several of thesmall figures on the sides have also undergone partial restora-tions, as have the angels supporting the cushions. Considering the admirable state in which the family monu-ments in the adjoining chapel are preserved, and the generalcare and attention which is paid to this Church, it is matterof equal surprise and regret that this very valuable monumentshould not be relieved from the repeated coats of whitewashwith which it has been plaistered, and by which its beautyis so much obscured. 6. EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES. 1330 1376. MONUMENT AT CANTERBURY. Edward, surnamed the Black Prince, (in all probability frombeing clad in a black suit of mail), eldest son of Edward theThird of that name, King of England, by his Queen Philippa,youngest daughter of William, third Count of Hollande andHainault, was born at Woodstock on the 15th of June, the moment of his birth, his personal beauty, as well asthe exact proportions and muscular strength of his infant form,gave the happiest presage of his future prowess, and the coun-try hailed, with joy and acclamation, an event so important tothe national prosperity. The education of the youthful prince was entrusted to WalterBurley, who had also been tutor to the king. He was a fellowof Merton College, in Oxford, and one of the most learnedscholars of those times. It is scarcely to be imagined, at a pe-riod when deeds of c
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