The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through
Wales
by Geraldus Cambrensis
Book II
Preface
Since, therefore, St. David's is the head, and in times
past was the metropolitan, city of Wales, though now, alas!
retaining more of the name than of the
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yet I have not forborne to weep over the obsequies of our
ancient and undoubted mother, to follow the mournful hearse,
and to deplore with tearful sighs the ashes of our
half-buried matron. I shall, therefore, endeavour briefly to
declare to you in what manner, from whence, and from what
period the pall was first brought to St. David's, and how it
was taken away; how many prelates were invested with the
pall; and how many were despoiled thereof; together with
their respective names to this present day.
The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through
Wales
by Geraldus Cambrensis
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