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THIS relic of antiquity is situated on the beach near Milford Haven, not far from Stackpole Court, the seat of lord Cawdor, which is a noble mansion, surrounded with beautiful plantations, standing in a deep and sylvan glen, and though near the coast, yet exhibiting all the romantic beauties of an inland valley.

The Chapel is arched at a considerable height from the sea, in the cleft of a rock, and surrounded by cliffs of the wildest character. It consists of a small building at the east, and connected with the rock, in which they shew you an excavation supposed by the superstitious to be capable of letting in the least and at the same time the largest man, having been endowed, as it should seem, with this singular property by the prayers of some saint, who in the early ages of christianity being closely pursued by his enemies, fled to this place for refuge, the rock

miraculously opening to receive him, and then instantly closing upon him till the danger was over: in commemoration of which supposed miracle, the Chapel was erected, and its precincts considered holy. Nearer the sea is a spring, or at least some oozing of water, possessed (if we can place confidence in report) of the most wonderful virtues, at once an infallible specific against lameness and blindness, nay, even of efficacy, it is by some believed, to render the idiot sensible.

St. Goven's head is a bold and romantic projection, standing out into the sea, and spread around with large fragments of rocks, lying in confused heaps; and near it are some wonderful caverns, bearing a strong resemblance, though in miniature, to the celebrated Bullers of Buchan, on the north-east coast of Scotland.

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THOUGH no authentic history of the nearly ruined Castle of Clare can be collected, there is little doubt but that it was built about the time that the castle of Hedingham, in Essex, was founded, that is, soon after the Saxon heptarchy. It has been in its present ruinous state from time immemorial, and it appears that its history was very imperfectly, if not altogether unknown to Camden, who says nothing about it; but he observes, "the town of Clare gave name to the noble family of Clares, who were descendants of Guthbert, a Norman." It is situated on a hill, on the south side of the town, having nothing of its original strength and magnificence remaining. A part of the wall, forming a passage up to it, still exists, but so long a period has elapsed since its foundation, and so little attention has been paid to preserve it from the ravages of time, that in a few generations it must unavoidably sink into utter decay, and nothing more of it be seen than a small portion of the stones of which it was built. Surrounded with verdure, it still forms a striking object of beauty to the lover of antiquity, who will often regret that no care has been taken nor any labour bestowed to preserve its fragments from falling into decay.

Near the Castle stands Clare Priory, a house of Augustine friars, founded about the year 1948. Its foundation may be traced from some whimsical lines, which were copied from an ancient roll which

formerly belonged to Aug. Vincent. The lines are in dialogue, and the pictures of the secular priest and friar are curiously worked on the roll of parchment. The title of the roll, which is printed or written in red letters, is as follows:

"This dialoge betwix a secular askyng, and a frere answering at the grave of dame Johan of Acris, shewith the lineall descent of the lordis of the honoure of Clare from the tyme of the fundation of the freeris in the same honoure, the yere of our Lord M.ccxlviii unto the first of May, the yere M.cccclx.

Q. What man lyeth here sey me sir Frere?
A. No man.-Q. What ellis-A. It is a woman-
Q. Whose daughtir she was I wold lefe here-
A. I woll you tell sir liche as I can,

King Edward the furst aftur the Conquest began,
As I have lernyd was hir fadir

And of Spayne borne was hir modir.

Q. What was hir name ?-A. Dame Johan she hight
Of Acris-Q. Why so declarid wold be?
A. "For there she sey furst this worlds light,

Born of hir modir, as Chronicles telle me"
Wherefore in honoure, O Vincent of the !
To whom she had singular affectioun,
This Chapel she made in pure devoutioun.

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