Note 325 — PART II. DR. COVEL’S DIARY. (continued 3)
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Sir Bevis, who conquered the giant Ascapart, and kept him as his slave, was the hero of one of the most favourite old legends.
“Of Hampton all the baronage Came and did Sir Bevis homage.”
Mr. Pepys alludes to the figure of him over the gate: “At Southampton ... Bevis’s picture is on one of the gates.”