Canute about the year 1030, went to Glastonbury to see the tomb of King Edmund Ironside (whom he used to call his Brother) and bestowed upon it a very rich embroidered pall with apples of gold and pearls—The apples were evidently intended in honor of... Glastonbury abbey, a poem. [Followed by] Minor poems - Page 113 by C. Cookson - 1828 Full view -
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