8 a Danish runic stone found in London. historian adds that immediately after his death he was glori- fied by miracles, and he lay in the earth till St. Thomas, the Archbishop of Canterbury, removed him and caused him to be laid in a magnificent sarcophagus. In the Saga of Harald the Severe, it is further stated that Harald, the son of Godwin, who at the decease of Edward was proclaimed king, was anointed and crowned the eighth day of Christmas in the Church of St. Paul (var vigdr konungs vigslu i Pals kirkju) *. These preliminary observations may be deemed suffi- cient to establish the locality, which, although the citizens of London and even Englishmen in general may be suffi- ciently convinced that the church of St. Paul still stands where it has stood these thousand years, is, in treating of matters so ancient, by no means superfluous, since the truth of the popular tradition thus is fortified by the testimony of ancient authors, English as welt as Northern. And we shall now insert Mr. Knowles’s communication concerning this relic: Clapham Park, December 1S52. Runic Grave Stone from St. Paul’s Church-Yard, London. The stone, of the monumental portion of which the accompanying cast is a fac- simile, was discovered in the process of excavating for the foundations of a new ware- house for Messrs. Cook Sons & Co. on the South side of St. Paul’s Church-Yard, in the month of August this year. At the depth of rather more than 20 feet from the surface the natural ground level was attained, consisting of a compact dark yellow gritty sand, overlying gravel. Upon the surface of this sand the sculptured stone was >) The Saga of Harald the Severe c. 112, Fornmanna Sogur VI, p. 396; Saga Jatvarfiar konungs hins helga c. 6, Annaler for nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie 1852, p. 30.

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