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Note 90.Page 319.

"This story, which seems imperfect, I suppose, is from Gervase of Tilbury."—Warton.

"The drinking vessels of the northern nations were the horns of animals, of their natural length, only tipt with silver, &c.—In York-minster is preserved one of these ancient drinking-vessels, composed of a large elephant's tooth, of its natural dimensions, ornamented with sculpture, &c. See Drake's Hist."—Bishop Percy.


Note 91.Page 320.

"Whenever our compiler quotes Gervase of Tilbury the reference is to his Otia Imperiala: which is addressed to the Emperor Otho the Fourth, and contains his Commentarius de regnis Imperatorum Romanorum, his Mundi Descriptio, and his Tractatus de Mirabilibus Mundi. All these four have been improperly supposed to be separate works."—Warton