The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-12-04

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~ saRsst e ll6 III his comp N2-
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nave had the hoior 81 your company 81 liz
road TO westminster
y travel MOTTO Westminster, said the
youth, but am escorting this lady "a The
Abbey of ST. Anne, within whose sacred
walls she is going to reside, 1t being the sa-
lest asylum&for her during the absence of
her father at the Synod.
It's q tim story, Master Waiter. and
we'll worthy the inventive qenius ofa Prns
ivencal pbetof thy famebGt If snretv
though versed II .la pa;e sc;ence,tbon ~,
no skill in pronhecvs for Il Is IN w.s,n,;n
ster that thou must travel. and mot ~ 9.
Anne's..' Sd f.. ~ - t.. ~ W.
.Guard them well. said Robert nc o,,o
ans, who.at that moment came NJ .,1r;s
case which the king mnst hear and d..;aa
My Lord Fitzwalter, who viii he ,nressu.
at the synod, will also be anxious ai,hnnat
not much gratifed to know how his SON he.
haves in his absence. y
Resistance was vain. and Walter Ea.v.
walter was not one who.when his arm was
shackled, could ease his heart in words. In
snllen silence, 3therefore. he submitted tn
his captors, and rode on in The same d;rec-
tion with them. The terrified maiden. pale
aud mute, followed the exempted Of her
lover. asigz a..i@ VI Is - ID 4 e.9 III :
80 Twas well. my Lord. said RAYMOND.
that accident detained Won ,bevond your an
pointed hour The sprineaid had timed
his plot bravely, and had we been hours
advanced on the road 10 Westminster. the
holy abbot of ST. Anne had rendered nm
necessaryth pains we are taking
II. On tho day on which the synod was he'd
the whole population OF Westminster, and
not the distance between the
two cities, OF London also, seemed to be
assembled 10 the immediate vicinity Of the
abbey. The rumor that Wdlstan Of Wor-
cester had been summoned to resign his
pastoral staff toa Norman, had spread far
and wide, and had created an extraOrdih-
airy sensation. The bishop was almosto,i-
dolised among the Saxons. His virtues
were numerous, his liberality of an extent
corresponding to the princely revenues
with which he was endowed and although
he was reported to be- an indifferent schol=|
r,hls eloquence was overwhelmingly pow
erful. lie had moreover enjoyed the spe-
cial favor of the late king, Edward the cons
fesssor, who, although sighted and neglec-
ted in his life time, was, after his death, re-
memberedwith The Utmost affection by his
people, and even canonized by the Pope.
AS the Bishop moved through. the collect
ed crowds, clad in his episcopal robes. and
bearing his silver staff in his hand, the ,mul-
titude knelt revently before him, and bows
ed their heads to receive his blessing. The
soldiers who guarded the entrance to the
abbey received him very differently. Al
though they bowed their heads and cross
s1n fhnmSplVAS when. Norma sFFHI Af0, sAsx.