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LONDON : EDWARD ARNOLD : 1901
HUGH
BISHOP OF LINCOLN
A SHORT STORY
OF ONE OF
THE MAKERS OF MEDIÆVAL ENGLAND
BY
CHARLES L. MARSON
CURATE OF HAMBRIDGE
AUTHOR OF “THE PSALMS AT WORK,” ETC.
Tua me, genitor, tua tristis imago
Sæpius occurens, hæc limina tendere adegit.
Stant sale Tyrrheno classes. Da jungere dextram
Da, genitor; teque amplexu ne subtrahe nostro.
Sæpius occurens, hæc limina tendere adegit.
Stant sale Tyrrheno classes. Da jungere dextram
Da, genitor; teque amplexu ne subtrahe nostro.
Æn. VI. 695.
LONDON
EDWARD ARNOLD
37, BEDFORD STREET, STRAND
1901
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTION | vii | |
| I. | THE BOY HUGH | 1 |
| II. | BROTHER HUGH | 12 |
| III. | PRIOR HUGH | 26 |
| IV. | THE BISHOP ELECT AND CONSECRATE | 42 |
| V. | THE BISHOP AT WORK | 60 |
| VI. | IN TROUBLES | 78 |
| VII. | AND DISPUTES | 94 |
| VIII. | THE BUILDER | 111 |
| IX. | UNDER KING JOHN | 128 |
| X. | HOMEWARD BOUND | 143 |