The Legend of St Cuthbert With the Antiquities of the Church of Durham
The Legend of St Cuthbert With the Antiquities of the Church of Durham
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Cuthbert's Hally-wark folks, sent thither his exactor, whome St. Cuthbert, in a sleep, so beat with his pastorall staff, that the next morning, not able to rise, he was glad to send his cloak to St. Cuthbert's sepulcher, (which was kept by the Monks in memorie of the fact) and to ask pardon before • According to Simeon, the first troops of William proceeded no further than Northallerton, where being enveloped in a thick fog, they spent their time in listening to the various legends of the fate ...which had overtaken former violatei-s of the holy patrimony, by which means they frightened each other so effectually, that as soon as it cleared up they marched back to York. It appears, however, that the spells which St. Cuthbert hurled through the musty air, were not suffi- ciently potent to unnerve the arm of the Norman Tyrant, who soon after ad. Vanced in person to chastise the rebellious province. From York to Durham, a tract of sixty miles, the march of the Norman army was traced in characters of blood ; the inhabitants were devoted to indiscriminate slaughter ; the villages were left smoking in ashes ; and even the convents and monasteries were involved undistinguished in the common destruction.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Cuthbert's Hally-wark folks, sent thither his exactor, whome St. Cuthbert, in a sleep, so beat with his pastorall staff, that the next morning, not able to rise, he was glad to send his cloak to St. Cuthbert's sepulcher, (which was kept by the Monks in memorie of the fact) and to ask pardon before • According to Simeon, the first troops of William proceeded no further than Northallerton, where being enveloped in a thick fog, they spent their time in listening to the various legends of the fate ...which had overtaken former violatei-s of the holy patrimony, by which means they frightened each other so effectually, that as soon as it cleared up they marched back to York. It appears, however, that the spells which St. Cuthbert hurled through the musty air, were not suffi- ciently potent to unnerve the arm of the Norman Tyrant, who soon after ad. Vanced in person to chastise the rebellious province. From York to Durham, a tract of sixty miles, the march of the Norman army was traced in characters of blood ; the inhabitants were devoted to indiscriminate slaughter ; the villages were left smoking in ashes ; and even the convents and monasteries were involved undistinguished in the common destruction.
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