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Collectanea.
amber heads , ancl crossed with a kind of filagree work of fine gold , giving somewhat the appearance of the angels found on the old Saxon arch . The whole based on pure gold . The beads are said to preserve their freshness in colour and transparency . On this statement Dr . Owen Pugh observes : — " It is probable that this being must have existed since the Romans left our country , otherwise it is likely that the body
would have heen burnt ; and if he had lived about the year 600 , or after , he would have been deposited in one of our churches . Under these circumstances we cannot be far away in attributing the period of the existence of this extraordinary heing to the year 500 . But then who could he be ? Who was the high personage , that at his funeral his retainers should throw such a mass of earth ancl stones upon his grave , ancl for whose memory there should be such a remarkable tribute of
respect ? No other , we believe , than Benlli Gawr , ( Benlli , the giant ) himself , who hacl his friends about him at his din , on the summit called after him Moel Benlli , ancl in sight of his residence called Wydd-greig , now called Mold , as well as in view of Dyffyn Clwyd on the othei side . The grave of this powerful man ' s son , Belzi , is about eight miles offj for the Englynion Milwar , ( Warrior ' s Triplets ) say that Belli lies in Llanarmon yr Ial . "
Juliet's Tomb.
JULIET'S TOMB .
ON the outskirts of Verona , in a building in a garden once the cemetery of a Franciscan convent , is a sarcophagus called the tomb of Juliet . It is made of Verona marble , with a place for her head , a socket for a candle , ancl two holes for the admission of air . Juliet is supposed to have died in 1303 , when Bartolommeo della Scala ( or degli Scaligeri ) was Lord of Verona ; and Shakspeare intended to represent himmost probablyby his Prince Escalus .
, , The names ofthe rival families whom our great poet has immortalized were Capello and Montechio : the tomb of the former stood in the cemetery of the Franciscan church ; and they had a palace in the town of Verona . The Montechi were a more ancient and affluent family ; they possessed a palace in the Veronetta , ancl a castle fifteen miles from the citycalled after them Castello Montechio .
, After the marriage and fray , Juliet came to the Franciscan convent , and received a powerful soporific from her confessor , who is called , in the compendio from which this account is taken , Leonardo di lleggio , at the same time sending to inform her relations that she had been suddenly taken ill . On their arrival they found her to all appearance dead , and the funeral , as is the custom in Italy , took place directly . The rest of the story is too well known to require repetition . The
following lines were written after a visit to her tomb . 'Twas Evening ' s silent hour : the sun ' s last ray—Kissing Verona ' s antique turrets—shed A gorgeous light around their proud decay ; A gilded hatchment on their glories fled .
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Collectanea.
amber heads , ancl crossed with a kind of filagree work of fine gold , giving somewhat the appearance of the angels found on the old Saxon arch . The whole based on pure gold . The beads are said to preserve their freshness in colour and transparency . On this statement Dr . Owen Pugh observes : — " It is probable that this being must have existed since the Romans left our country , otherwise it is likely that the body
would have heen burnt ; and if he had lived about the year 600 , or after , he would have been deposited in one of our churches . Under these circumstances we cannot be far away in attributing the period of the existence of this extraordinary heing to the year 500 . But then who could he be ? Who was the high personage , that at his funeral his retainers should throw such a mass of earth ancl stones upon his grave , ancl for whose memory there should be such a remarkable tribute of
respect ? No other , we believe , than Benlli Gawr , ( Benlli , the giant ) himself , who hacl his friends about him at his din , on the summit called after him Moel Benlli , ancl in sight of his residence called Wydd-greig , now called Mold , as well as in view of Dyffyn Clwyd on the othei side . The grave of this powerful man ' s son , Belzi , is about eight miles offj for the Englynion Milwar , ( Warrior ' s Triplets ) say that Belli lies in Llanarmon yr Ial . "
Juliet's Tomb.
JULIET'S TOMB .
ON the outskirts of Verona , in a building in a garden once the cemetery of a Franciscan convent , is a sarcophagus called the tomb of Juliet . It is made of Verona marble , with a place for her head , a socket for a candle , ancl two holes for the admission of air . Juliet is supposed to have died in 1303 , when Bartolommeo della Scala ( or degli Scaligeri ) was Lord of Verona ; and Shakspeare intended to represent himmost probablyby his Prince Escalus .
, , The names ofthe rival families whom our great poet has immortalized were Capello and Montechio : the tomb of the former stood in the cemetery of the Franciscan church ; and they had a palace in the town of Verona . The Montechi were a more ancient and affluent family ; they possessed a palace in the Veronetta , ancl a castle fifteen miles from the citycalled after them Castello Montechio .
, After the marriage and fray , Juliet came to the Franciscan convent , and received a powerful soporific from her confessor , who is called , in the compendio from which this account is taken , Leonardo di lleggio , at the same time sending to inform her relations that she had been suddenly taken ill . On their arrival they found her to all appearance dead , and the funeral , as is the custom in Italy , took place directly . The rest of the story is too well known to require repetition . The
following lines were written after a visit to her tomb . 'Twas Evening ' s silent hour : the sun ' s last ray—Kissing Verona ' s antique turrets—shed A gorgeous light around their proud decay ; A gilded hatchment on their glories fled .