XIII. Some Observations on a Monumental Inscription in the Parish Church of Landulph, Cornwall. By the Rev. Fr. Vyvyan Jago, F.S.A. Rector of Landulph

Abstract

When we reflect on the political changes that have recently taken place in Europe, by the total obliteration of some states, and the dismemberment or new organization of others, the mind sickens at the view of the authors of these changes, usurping the thrones of her ancient sovereigns on no better claim than the right of conquest; and we cannot but draw a mournful parallel between these and the events of darker ages, and imagine those days returned when Rome fel under the barbarous yoke of Alaric, and the usurping crescent of Mohammed the Second glimmered upon the throne and empire of Constantine the Great.