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CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND.

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ami, and putting lxis hand into the moutli of the beast, pulled out his tongueby the root; which done, he followed the CUtlCCn to her palace, and gave it toone of her maids to present to her.”—On his return to England, the lion wasgiven him for his arms, and lie was thenceforward distinguished as “ William-with-the-Strong-hand.” Commenting on this marvellous portion of Albini’sadventures, Vincent expresses regret that the hero did not, when once in,thrust his hand further, so as to catch the lion by the tail and “ turn himinside out”—an operation which would certainly have been an improvement onthe other, as well as an agreeable addition to the family arms. This valiantact was afterwards, it appears, revived by a royal crusader, and with still bettersuccess; for he extracted the ‘ lion’s heart at a grasp! ’

Text, p. 9. “ Ilia (Adeliza), rege defuncto, Gulielmum de Albineto in mari-tum assumpsit, qui cu Matildi Augustas contra, Stephanum regem studerct, et hoccastrum contra, ilium propugnaret, in navatai opera; pra;mium Arundclia; Comitistitulum, a Matilde Augusta Anglorum domina (hoc enim usa est titulo) accepit:cumq’ post quartum ab eo comitem, proles ejus mascula deficeret, RichardmnFitzalanum jure uxoris in eum honorem evexit Rex Edwardus Secundus,” &c.With respect to the fourth Earl, Brooke, in his “ discoveries,” has statedobjections, p. 32, 33.

With respect to the part taken by Albini subsequent to his marriage withAdeliza, queen dowager, on the part of the Empress Maud, her son, and KingStephen at Wallingford—as well as the embassy in which he took the lead—as mentioned p. 42, Dugdale has condensed the particulars under the head of“Will, de Albini Pincerna,” i. 118, as well as all others of any importancerespecting the descent of the Castle of Arundel through the families of theFitzalans and Howards. Albini is thus complimented in the old RhymingChronicle; and the orthography shows the pronunciation in that day :—

*[ Wyllyam, the Earle of Arundell that liyght,

Awbeny (Albini) by his surname full well then knowe,

At Wimondham, in Nortlifolke buryed ryglit,

Father was of Philyp full yonge unknowe[That full courteous was both to liye and lowejThat after him was Earle of Arundell,

As Chronycles wryten can clerely tell. P. 273.