Note 105 — TINTERNE ABBEY.
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Rupis Aurea, eò quod aurei coloris saxa sole repercussa miro fulgore sunt rutulantia: nec mihi de facili persuasio fieri posset, quod frustratum dederit natura nitore saxis, quodque suo fuerit flos hic sine fructu, si foret qui venas ibidem, et penitima terræ viscera arte prævia transpenetraret.—Gyraldus Cambrensis.
There is a hill near famed Caerleon, Which, if the sun but dart a ray on, It shines like gold; hence Goldcliffe hight, But if there’s gold, ’tis not in sight. —Wonders of Wales.