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The history of the Norman conquest of England, its causes and its results, Volume 3 (of 6)

Note 1623 — Chapter XVI · THE INTERREGNUM.[1503] October 15–December 25, 1066.

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That it was a new crown appears from Guy of Amiens (757);

“Auro vel gemmis jubet ut sibi nobile stemma

Illud quo deceat fiat ab artifice.”

He then goes on to devote twenty-four lines to a description of the jewels which adorned it.

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