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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: A Legend of Reading Abbey</p> -<p>Author: Charles MacFarlane</p> -<p>Release Date: January 8, 2013 [eBook #41804]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A LEGEND OF READING ABBEY***</p> <p> </p> -<h4>E-text prepared by sp1nd, Mary Meehan,<br /> - and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> - (<a href="http://www.pgdp.net">http://www.pgdp.net</a>)<br /> - from page images generously made available by<br /> - Internet Archive<br /> - (<a href="http://archive.org">http://archive.org</a>)</h4> <p> </p> <table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> <tr> @@ -1011,7 +995,7 @@ the church and the canons therein propounded; but this I do know, that the sword and battle-axe have wrought their effects upon stubborn and impenitent minds when our spiritual arms had failed, ay, when the wicked had laughed to scorn our interdicts and our very excommunications. But -not to press further this <i>casus conscientiæ</i>, I will only record that +not to press further this <i>casus conscientiæ</i>, I will only record that our prior responded with a firm voice and willing heart to the warlike portions of our lord abbat's instructions, and that he, with marvellous alacrity, did arm the house and prepare to do battle.</p> @@ -1059,7 +1043,7 @@ scent the breeze, and feast the eye on plain and hill, meadow, river, and woodland, and to hear the lark singing in the clear sky over our head, and the blackbird whistling in the brake at our feet. Not a bird of all that choir was left now: the foul smoke and the pungent smell -had scared them all away, as Ætna and Vesuve are said to do when they +had scared them all away, as Ætna and Vesuve are said to do when they vomit their sulphureous fires.</p> <p>I was roused from some meditations of this sort by the scream of a @@ -1626,7 +1610,7 @@ forthcoming!"</p> <p>Then up spake the lord abbat Edward, and said in a loud voice, "Oh dread ladie, when that king of peace and lion of justice, <i>Rex pacis et leo -justitiæ</i>, did found this house, he did give us his royal charter, +justitiæ</i>, did found this house, he did give us his royal charter, wherein it is said, 'Let no person, great or small, whether by violence or as a due custom, exact anything or take anything from the persons, lands, or possessions whatsoever belonging unto the monastery of @@ -1678,7 +1662,7 @@ taking the lead with his deep solemn voice, the Officium de Functorum, or Service for the Dead, was recited and chanted. The empress-queen was somewhat awed and moved, and there seemed to be penitential tears in her eyes as we chaunted "Beati Mortui qui in Domino moriuntur;" but at the -last requiem "Æternam" she flung away from the place and began to talk +last requiem "Æternam" she flung away from the place and began to talk with a loud shrill voice of worldly affairs and of battles and sieges—for the royal-born woman had the heart of a man and warrior, and her grandfather the great Conqueror was not more ambitious or avid of @@ -1842,13 +1826,13 @@ readmitted, but that our doors would not be unbarred even unto them unless the rest of that armed host went to a distance into the King's Mead. Hereat there arose a loud clamour from those knights and men-at-arms, with great reproaches and threats. Yea, one of those -knights, Sir Richard à Chambre, who was in after time known for a most +knights, Sir Richard à Chambre, who was in after time known for a most faithless man, and a variable, changing sides as often as the moon doth change her face, did call our lord abbat apostate monk and traitor, and did threaten our good house with storm and spoliation. The major part of us had gathered in front of the house to see and hear what was passing; but, alack! we were soon made to run towards the back of the abbey, for -while Sir Richard à Chambre was discoursing in this unseemly strain, and +while Sir Richard à Chambre was discoursing in this unseemly strain, and shaking his mailed fist at the iron bars through which he could scantly see the tip of our prior's nose, a knight on foot, who wore black mail and a black plume in his casque, and who never raised his visor and @@ -1997,7 +1981,7 @@ thy father for the expiation of his sins, will make the bones of thy father turn in his grave, and will bring down a curse upon the heads of thee and thy party. Bethink thee, and repent while it is yet time! Thy father, the father of his people and the peace of his country, <i>Pax -patriæ, gentisque suæ Pater</i>, did for the good of his own soul found +patriæ, gentisque suæ Pater</i>, did for the good of his own soul found this abbey, and endow it with the town and manor of Reading, and with all the lands which had aforetime belonged to the nunnery of Reading and the monasteries of Cholsey and Leominster (which houses had been @@ -2138,7 +2122,7 @@ and our prior, and some other fathers. I was not of that council, being but a novice, nor can I say it that I ever learned in after times <i>all</i> that was said in it; but I do know that when it was finished (and it lasted not long) the prior came forth with a very confident countenance, -and told us all that the Bishop of Winchester, the pope's Legatus à +and told us all that the Bishop of Winchester, the pope's Legatus à latere, had changed sides, that Stephen of Blois was still King Stephen, and that we must sing a <i>Te Deum laudamus</i> for that same. And we all went forthwith into our church, and the barons and knights went in after @@ -2795,11 +2779,11 @@ in all these parts. A terrible man in his wrath was our prior! But his wrath was never kindled except against evil-doers, and the swinkers and oppressors of the poor. With all others he was as gentle as a lamb, and he was ever indulgent to error and all minor offences, as I, who lived -long under his rule, can well testify—<span class="smcap">Requiem Æternam</span>.</p> +long under his rule, can well testify—<span class="smcap">Requiem Æternam</span>.</p> <p>I, Felix, having in the bye-gone times had much familiarity and friendship with our two backsliding novices, Urswick the Whiteheaded -from Pangbourne, and John-à-Blount from Maple-Durham, did much marvel +from Pangbourne, and John-à -Blount from Maple-Durham, did much marvel how it fared with them since their apostacy, and did diligently seek them out in the great press which came with the countess, to the end that I might talk gently with them upon their transgressions, and obtain @@ -2914,7 +2898,7 @@ mass, or confessing their sins—which alas! were but too numerous—Matilda mounted a swift horse, and, attended by a strong and well-mounted escort, crept secretly and quietly out of the castle. Her half-brother the Earl of Gloucester followed her at a short distance of -time, with a number of knights, English, Angevins and Brabançons, who +time, with a number of knights, English, Angevins and Brabançons, who had all engaged to keep between the countess and her pursuers, and to risk their own liberty for the sake of securing hers. They all got a good way upon the Devizes road before the beleaguerers knew that they @@ -3089,7 +3073,7 @@ countess should be everywhere stripped of their usurped authority, whether in church or civil government; that forced elections should be all annulled, and that sentence of excommunication should go forth against all the obstinate and irreclaimable partisans of the countess. -And the Bishop of Winchester, as legatus à latere, did stand up with a +And the Bishop of Winchester, as legatus à latere, did stand up with a new bull of the pope in his right hand, and pronounced the dread sentence against all such as should disturb the peace in favour of the Countess of Anjou, or should build new castles in the land, or invade @@ -3287,8 +3271,8 @@ fighting, in which many lives were lost by both parties, Stephen burst into the town, and having set fire to a large part thereof, he laid siege unto the castle into which Matilda and her people had retired. Now the castle of Oxenford, standing in the midst of waters, was very -strong. From St. Michael's mass well nigh unto Christ's mass, <i>à festo -Michæelis usque ad natali Domini</i>, did King Stephen persevere in the +strong. From St. Michael's mass well nigh unto Christ's mass, <i>à festo +Michæelis usque ad natali Domini</i>, did King Stephen persevere in the siege, telling all men that complained of the hard service that he must have the castle, and in it the countess, and that then there would be peace in England.</p> @@ -3329,7 +3313,7 @@ our departure, "not a robber of them all shall lay me in his crucet house without having a hard fight for it! Before I bear the weight of their sachenteges, I will make them taste the sharpness of my lance, and the weight of my mace." And so was it that we went forth from Reading -forty and one strong, and every man of us armed cap-à-pie, and most of +forty and one strong, and every man of us armed cap-à -pie, and most of us well mounted. The lord abbat wore a steel cap under his hood, and a coat of mail and steel hose under his robes; and he had a two-edged sword at his side and a heavy mace at the pommel of his saddle, and a @@ -3720,13 +3704,13 @@ some of his strength (and he gave me a proof thereof by saluting me and taking me by the hand as an old friend), I went forth to try if I could gain some intelligence of the little Alice, who was not born to live separated from Arthur, and likewise of my whilom friend and companion -John-à-Blount from Maple-Durham, who had fled from our house at Reading +John-à -Blount from Maple-Durham, who had fled from our house at Reading with the novice Urswick, of unhappy memory. I soon learned from some retainers of Sir Ingelric of Huntercombe that the little maiden, before the coming of King Stephen to Oxenford, had been bestowed with her step-mother in the strong castle at Old Speen, which Sir Ingelric had rebuilded; but the fellows knew not, or pretended not to know, anything -touching our fugitive novice John-à-Blount. Therefore did I put my soul +touching our fugitive novice John-à -Blount. Therefore did I put my soul and body in peril by going into the very midst of the Countess Matilda's black-eyed damsels; for I thought in the nature of things that he should be among those young Jezebels who had first led him astray. @@ -3749,7 +3733,7 @@ Stephen's camp, were making lists of the names and qualities of the prisoners. Many men, as well English as foreign, were standing near these affrighted and more than half-famished women; and a few young knights and esquires seemed to be speaking words of comfort to divers of -them; but among these men I could not see John-à-Blount, from +them; but among these men I could not see John-à -Blount, from Maple-Durham, nor any young man that resembled him; and when I asked of many, they all told me that they knew nothing of the said John: which was grievous unto my soul, for I had hoped to find him there, and to @@ -3811,7 +3795,7 @@ who needs must restore his beloved son to his ladie and home ere he tried again the fortune of war or entered upon any new emprise. The lord of Caversham took with him a score of retainers, so that we were now sixty-two well-armed men. The young Lord Arthur sometimes rode before -his father, and sometimes a manèged horse by himself, for the boy was +his father, and sometimes a manèged horse by himself, for the boy was now in his tenth year, and had been taught by times to do that which befits a knight. A proud and happy man I wis was Sir Alain as he looked upon his only son and thought of the great joy their return would give @@ -3848,7 +3832,7 @@ overcast with black clouds, and verily my fears or my exceeding great awe did not aid my eyesight. But at last the figure rose from the cold stone and said, "Is it thou, oh Felix? Is it thou, my once friend?"</p> -<p>The voice was that of John-à-Blount from Maple-Durham; and before I +<p>The voice was that of John-à -Blount from Maple-Durham; and before I could say "It is even I," that erring novice clasped me by the hand and peered into my face, and turned me towards the faint uncertain light, and then fell upon my neck, and wept aloud. I led him farther from the @@ -3862,12 +3846,12 @@ account in battles and nightly surprisals, and the burning and storming of towns. But after a season the young cockatrice had scorned his love, and had told him that she must mate with a great lord, and not with a runagate shaveling, who had neither house nor lands: and at her own -prayer her mistress, the Countess Matilda, had sent poor John-à-Blount +prayer her mistress, the Countess Matilda, had sent poor John-à -Blount away to serve with Sir Ingelric of Huntercombe, and Sir Ingelric had for a long time left him in his castle with a gang of robbers and cut-throats.</p> -<p>"Oh, John-à-Blount!" said I, "these foreign women be worse than painted +<p>"Oh, John-à -Blount!" said I, "these foreign women be worse than painted sepulchres. I doubt not that Urswick was entreated in like manner by his leman."</p> @@ -3887,7 +3871,7 @@ resolve to do that which I have now come hither to propose."</p> <p>"What good and expiatory deed is that?"</p> <p>"The delivering up of Sir Ingelric's detestable castle," replied -John-à-Blount.</p> +John-à -Blount.</p> <p>"That were a good deed if thou couldest do it."</p> @@ -3950,7 +3934,7 @@ a hope of recovering the gentle little Alice; and the young Lord Arthur, who was eating at a side table placed near the fire, started to his feet and said that he would go with sword and pike to break open the wicked castle and recover his playmate; and they all three bade me hasten to -the porch and bring in John-à-Blount. Many a hardened sinner would have +the porch and bring in John-à -Blount. Many a hardened sinner would have been brought to repentance if he could but have seen in how kindly a manner the lord abbat received the penitent stray sheep of his flock. He raised John from the earth, he told him that his sins would be forgiven @@ -3958,7 +3942,7 @@ him, he bade him be of good cheer, and to put some little present cheer into the haggard trembling young man he gave him a cup of wine in his own silver cup. Although he had been straitened by no siege and had undergone no compulsory fast, the face of that black-eyed damsel that -wore a green kirtle was not more changed than that of John-à-Blount: and +wore a green kirtle was not more changed than that of John-à -Blount: and I almost shuddered as I looked upon it in the bright light of that room. The abbat and Sir Alain listened with eager attention to the unhappy youth; and when they had heard him out his plan was speedily agreed. He @@ -3969,7 +3953,7 @@ baggage, and bringing off a rich booty. The entire garrison of the castle was barely two-score men. One half of these would sally to make the booty, and these might all be seized on their march by an ambuscade of my lord abbat's followers. Of those that would remain within the -castle sundry were ready to revolt, and John-à-Blount would release the +castle sundry were ready to revolt, and John-à -Blount would release the many prisoners, and slay the castellan, that ravenous wolf, in the den.</p> <p>"My son," said the abbat, as John was taking his hasty departure, "do @@ -3999,7 +3983,7 @@ transgressions."</p> thee, and absolve thee after some due penitence, and make thee sound in conscience, and heart-whole and happy again."</p> -<p>John-à-Blount kissed the abbat's hand once more, and prayed the saints +<p>John-à -Blount kissed the abbat's hand once more, and prayed the saints to bless him: but as he rushed out at the door we saw big tears in his eyes, and heard him mutter that he should never be happy again in this world.</p> @@ -4014,7 +3998,7 @@ him."</p> <p>Sir Alain shook his head, but said no word.</p> <p>Forty men of us put on harness and followed in the track of -John-à-Blount when he had been gone some short time. Sir Alain would +John-à -Blount when he had been gone some short time. Sir Alain would have willed the lord abbat to tarry in the house with Arthur, but the abbat would on no account be left out of the adventure, saying, that his presence and exhortations might spare unnecessary bloodshed; yet while @@ -4036,7 +4020,7 @@ for I had prayed unto the saint that hath controul over coughs and colds. For a space that seemed to us very long we heard no sound, and in that wooded hollow and night-darkness we could see but a very little way. I began to think that the good strategem had miscarried, and to -moan inwardly for John-à-Blount as a murthered man. But at last we +moan inwardly for John-à -Blount as a murthered man. But at last we heard, not voices, for the ungodly Philistines were as silent as we, but the heavy tread of footsteps on the broad heath, just above the hollow; and these sounds rapidly came nearer; and then, by peeping round the @@ -4074,14 +4058,14 @@ hurried on our way, and as the stars shone out with still more brightness, we discovered broken columns and fragments of walls, standing up from the ground like spectres on a heath; and anon we heard the owls hooting to one another among these ancient ruins. And ancient -in sooth they were, for the Romans in the days of the Cæsars had built -them a city at Spinæ which men do now call Speen, and these dark and +in sooth they were, for the Romans in the days of the Cæsars had built +them a city at Spinæ which men do now call Speen, and these dark and fantastically shaped fragments and ruins were all that remained of it; for the men of Newbury, who have ever had a great envy to other townships and a great liking for the property of other men, had levelled most of the Roman walls and had carried away the stones and bricks thereof to enlarge their own town; and people of other townships had -helped themselves at Spinæ as though it had been a common quarry. Such +helped themselves at Spinæ as though it had been a common quarry. Such fate befalls towns in decay; but such will never befall our glorious abbey at Reading, for the saints and angels have custody thereof, even as we have meetly expressed, in large letters graven upon the left door @@ -4089,10 +4073,10 @@ of our gate-house under the abbey arms, ANGELI TUI CUSTODIANT MUROS EIUS. But I wis it was not on this night that I did think of the renowned Romans, or make these sanctifying reflections. True, I walked in the paths of pensive thought; but it was only to think of -John-à-Blount and of the emprise we had in hand. And when we reached the +John-à -Blount and of the emprise we had in hand. And when we reached the lonely mill on the Kennet, a few bow-shots below Sir Ingelric's castle at Speen, we hid ourselves behind the mill and blew three blasts upon a -trumpet, for this was the only signal which John-à-Blount had asked for. +trumpet, for this was the only signal which John-à -Blount had asked for. "And now," said our lord abbat, telling his beads, "may the saints befriend the brave boy from Maple-Durham. The token of his success will be three corresponding blasts. Let us be motionless and silent until we @@ -4116,7 +4100,7 @@ captives with us at the spear point as before. Short was the distance, and great our speed; yet before we reached the castle moat the draw-bridge was down, the gate was open, and under the archway, in the midst of a company of men who had still chains and fetters on their -legs, but who held flaming torches in their hands, stood John-à-Blount +legs, but who held flaming torches in their hands, stood John-à -Blount with the gashful, blood-dripping head of the Wolf fixed on his lance. John had released the army of prisoners at the opportune moment, and being joined by some of Sir Ingelric's people, he had made himself @@ -4372,7 +4356,7 @@ famishing men who had come to help us, and who engaged not to leave the place until the moat should be filled up, and the walls all made level; and then we departed with our prisoners and all the treasure to Pangbourne, rejoicing as we went. Only no joy could be gotten into the -sad heart of John-à-Blount; the commendations of that great man of war, +sad heart of John-à -Blount; the commendations of that great man of war, the Lord of Caversham, did not cheer him, nor was he made the happier by our good abbat's telling him that he would provide well for him in some other manner of life than the monastic, for which he never could have @@ -4533,7 +4517,7 @@ for the defence of their own houses and properties and lives, the great lords and powerful men did either avoid these townships, or treat them with more gentleness and justice.</p> -<p>It was in this year, at the fall of the leaf, that John-à-Blount died at +<p>It was in this year, at the fall of the leaf, that John-à -Blount died at Maple-Durham, and was buried there. After that our indulgent abbat had confessed him and shrieved him (upon penances duly performed by the said John), and had quitted and fully released him from the cucullus, the @@ -4552,7 +4536,7 @@ buried under the sward by the wattled hillock which marked the grave of his father. That young Angevin Herodias was as much John's murtheress as she could have been if she had put poison in his meat, or a dagger into his heart. May his soul find peace, and her great sin forgiveness! We -did most of us weep as well as pray for poor John-à-Blount.</p> +did most of us weep as well as pray for poor John-à -Blount.</p> <p>In the year next after the battle at Wilton, King Stephen gained a great victory in the meadows which lie near to the abbey of Saint Albans, and @@ -4685,7 +4669,7 @@ Stephen did die with the crown upon his head. Peradventure might the king have had the better of his secular foes if in the midst of these troubles he had not quarrelled with the clergy and braved the wrath of the holy see. By the death of one pope and the election of another, the -king's brother, the Bishop of Winchester, had ceased to be legatus à +king's brother, the Bishop of Winchester, had ceased to be legatus à latere, and the legatine office had passed into the hands of Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury, who had ever leaned to the Angevin party. The said lord archbishop was no friend to our Lord Abbat Reginald, or to any @@ -5307,9 +5291,9 @@ time, hath he not filled the highest offices in church and state with men of English birth, and with many of the unmixed Saxon race? From his first entrance into the government of this realm, he was principally directed in matters of law and justice by our great lord archbishop, -Thomas à Becket, then only archdeacon of Canterbury, provost of +Thomas à Becket, then only archdeacon of Canterbury, provost of Beverley, and prebendary of Lincoln, and St. Paul's, London; and our -Lord Thomas, as all men do know, is the son of Gilbert à Becket, +Lord Thomas, as all men do know, is the son of Gilbert à Becket, merchant of the city of London.</p> <p>King Henry kept his Christmas at Bermondsey; and it was from that place @@ -5354,7 +5338,7 @@ and havoc; and did, with a melting heart and moistened eye, offer up my thanks to the Giver of all good things that it should be so.</p> <p>It was at Wallingford that I did see, for the first time, our -far-renowned Thomas à Becket. There was no seeing him without discerning +far-renowned Thomas à Becket. There was no seeing him without discerning the great heights to which he was destined to rise, even more by his natural gifts than by the king's favour. At this time he numbered some thirty-six or thirty-seven years; and from his childhood those years had @@ -5371,7 +5355,7 @@ Great and long experienced statesmen there were in this great council at Wallingford, men that had travailed in negotiation at home and abroad, and that had grown grey and bald in state offices; but verily they all seemed children compared with the son of our London merchant, and they -one and all submitted their judgment to that of Thomas à Becket, who had +one and all submitted their judgment to that of Thomas à Becket, who had barely passed the middle space of human life. Numerous were the wise and healing resolutions adopted in that great council, the most valuable of all being, that the crown lands which King Stephen had alienated, in @@ -5393,15 +5377,15 @@ Certain magnates whose names shall not soil this pure parchment—certain self-seeking men who had been allied with Brian Fitzcount and Sir Ingelric of Huntercombe, and who, like Sir Ingelric, had shifted from side to side, tried hard to fill the ears of King Henry and his -secretarius Thomas à Becket with tales unfavourable to Sir Alain de +secretarius Thomas à Becket with tales unfavourable to Sir Alain de Bohun and his son Arthur; as that they had made war against the king's mother, and had oppressed and plundered the lords that were favourable to her cause, and had ever been the steadiest and most devoted of all -the partisans of the usurper Stephen. But neither the king nor à-Becket +the partisans of the usurper Stephen. But neither the king nor à -Becket was to be moved by these evil reports. "I do see," said the sharp and short-dealing secretarius, "that all the good and quiet people of his country bear testimony in favour of the Lord of Caversham and his brave -son: I do further see (and here à-Becket, with a light and quick thumb, +son: I do further see (and here à -Becket, with a light and quick thumb, turned over great scrolls of parchment which had affixed to them the name and seal of King Stephen) that in the nineteen years he so faithfully served the late king, the said Sir Alain de Bohun hath not @@ -5552,7 +5536,7 @@ less we say of her unnatural sire Sir Ingelric the better for him and for us. Whether he be dead or alive, the lands which were his through his two marriages are confiscated. It were but a common act of justice to give back to the maiden that which was her mother's, and I would as -my free gift add the lands of the second marriage. À-Becket shall see to +my free gift add the lands of the second marriage. À-Becket shall see to it, and draw up the grant before we go hence. Sir Arthur, I hail thee lord of Speen, and wish thee joy with thy bride. These forty days of war will soon be over, and with thy ladie's prayers to help us, we may @@ -5574,7 +5558,7 @@ poor."</p> <p>It was now the turn of our lord abbat to give thanks, which he did like the noble and learned churchman that he was. And all these things being -pre-arranged, Thomas-à-Becket penned the royal grant for the fair Alice, +pre-arranged, Thomas-à -Becket penned the royal grant for the fair Alice, and a new charter for our house; and the king signed and sealed the twain. By the charter he confirmed all preceding charters and donations. And he gave to the abbey two good manors which had belonged to the dark @@ -5839,7 +5823,7 @@ year of grace eleven hundred and fifty-eight; but he died full of years and honour, and verily, the Lord Abbat Roger that now is, hath been approved his very worthy successor. As our wealth increased under the blessed peace, and the sage government of our great king, and the favour -of our Lord Thomas à Becket, for some while chancellor of the kingdom, +of our Lord Thomas à Becket, for some while chancellor of the kingdom, and now and for the two years last past, by the grace of God, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of England, we of the chapter did begin to think that our church was not sufficiently lofty and spacious, and that @@ -5874,7 +5858,7 @@ hath given us.</p> <p>Here I surcease from the pleasant labours which have amused the few lonely hours that my various duties left me. There cannot be a better -time to stop and say <i>vale</i>! Henricus Secundus is king; Thomas à Becket +time to stop and say <i>vale</i>! Henricus Secundus is king; Thomas à Becket is primate; Roger is lord abbat of Reading; and I, Felix the Sunningite, and novice that was, am poor sub-prior; and every monk of the house is a man of English birth. It hath been noted of late, that our prior @@ -5894,10 +5878,10 @@ one, and old men be falling fast around us.—<i>Vale et semper Vale!</i></p <p class="center">THE SUPPLEMENT<br /> to the<br /> -PENNY CYCLOPÆDIA.</p> +PENNY CYCLOPÆDIA.</p> -<p>On the completion of the 'Penny Cyclopædia,' at Christmas, 1843, the +<p>On the completion of the 'Penny Cyclopædia,' at Christmas, 1843, the following announcement was made:—"In the course of publication care has been taken, in all the great departments, to bring up the information to the most recent period, and also to make the later articles @@ -5906,12 +5890,12 @@ especially of new discoveries, improvements, and recent biographies, cannot have been avoided. These will be supplied by the publication, after a proper lapse of time, which will be at least a year, of a Supplement. A full Index will be published at a future day, which will -not only materially increase the value of the Cyclopædia as a work of +not only materially increase the value of the Cyclopædia as a work of reference, but will enable the reader to place the later articles in proper connexion with the earlier, in the point of view just mentioned."</p> <p>It is unnecessary, in any announcement, to point out the value of this -<i>Supplement to the Cyclopædia</i>. To the purchasers of the original work +<i>Supplement to the Cyclopædia</i>. To the purchasers of the original work it will be almost indispensable; for, ranging over the whole field of knowledge, it was impossible, with every care, to avoid some material omissions of matters which ought to have found a place. 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