The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-15

respect for monuments and me.
moiialss The etiigies of King
Henry audhis queen excite the
deepest admiration as side by
side they recline upon the tomb.
Muscular modelling and anatomy
were sculptnred hele for the
first time, true 70 nature. Bacon
speaks of5this tomb as zone OF
the stateliestand daintiest monu.
meptscf Europe. Henry VII.
entered into a formal written
agreement with the monastery
Of Westminster as to the rcligi-
Gus observances TO beheld in this
chapel whilst the world shall
endure notwithstanding this.
IN less than fifty years after
his death 9the last flicker OF the
tuners at his shrine had died
out
Near BY in the white marble
tomb erected by James |. rest
the bodies Of Queen Elizabeth
and Mary Queen of SCOTS, in the
same grave. ON the tomb recline
their magnificent marble effigies
bearing the following Latin in.
scriptiou: "Regno coasortes et
u'nq- ne oblormimus EizabetAa
q Par1a s9ores, b. spe .resu,Yec.
ponis. Dean Stanley remarked
on this pathetic epitaph 1.-The
long war of the English reforma
ton IS closed in these words
The sisters are atone, the daugh.
ter Of Catherine of Arragon anc
the daughter OF Ann Boleyn res
~ peace al last. IL Is singular
fact that the last royal tomb err
ected in the Abbey is this one o
Elizabeth and the unfortunat,
Mary Queen of SCOTS Fourteen
soVereigns have saton the thron
(, si9ce Elizabeth, yet no monumen
mas ever been erected here b
ssi ehEs .,. SS:s.sss.em not even q
much us a line OF Inscription
carved.
At coronations that have taker
place in Westminster since the
time OF Edward l., the monarch
hasEalways been seated in a large
oaken chair called KING Ed.
wards chair. This chair is dark
With age and cu-iously carved.
1t was madslfor Edward /. to en-;
Eclcse the Scone stone.
When Edward overran Scot.
land in 1926 he seized this prec.
ious relic and took it to England,
where it was placed in Westmip.
ster Abbey The Scots subse-
quently made repeated efforts t.
reclaim il, for their kings had
been crowned ON the same stone
down to The time of.John Balliol,
ard it is said the following dis.
itch had been engraved upon il
by Kenneth, in latin which in
English is about as follows:
I'If fates 90 right where'er this stone
is found,
The Scots shall monarcIis of that realm
be crowned"
Hence this stone was an object
of veneration to the Scots, and
they fancied while it remained
in their country, the State would
be unshalen.s The following is
1.-the ancient legend connected
with 1t!
Tradition Identities this stone
with the one on which the patri-
arch Jacob rested his head al
Bethek when he saw the vision
Iof the heavenly ladder. Jacobs
sons carried it to Egypt. From
thence d Greek brought ii to
Spain about the time Of Moses
About 100 B. c.. Simon Brech
carried it with him on his lnva.
sion of Ireland. There it was
placed on the sacred hill of Tara,
and called Lila Fail. the fatal
stone or stone of destiny, for
it IS said when the Irish kings
we're seated upon it at corona
tions, the stone groaned aloud il
the claimant was of the royal
race, but remained silent if he
wds apretender. In $50 B. O.,
Fdrgus, the founder Of the Scot
tish monarchy, and one of the
bldod royal. Of ireland, received
/. scotland and. tc;ne, tSanna.I