THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY ELUCIDATED JOHN COLLINGWOOD BRUCE, LL.D., F.S.A. LONDON, J. RUSSELL SMITH. [Illustration: PLATE XVII.] THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY ELUCIDATED. BY REV. JOHN COLLINGWOOD BRUCE, LL.D., F.S.A., CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF FRANCE, AND OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF NORMANDY; ONE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE; AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SURREY ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY; AND ONE OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. “ ...They burning both with fervent fire Their countrey’s auncestry to understond.” _Spenser._ LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE. M.DCCC.LVI. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE: PRINTED BY J. G. FORSTER AND CO., CLAYTON STREET. [Illustration: The Most Noble ELEANOR DUCHESS of NORTHUMBERLAND lineally descended from a distinguished Companion of William of Normandy in the Conquest of England This Work illustrative of the Title and Triumphs of the Conqueror is with her Grace’s kind permission most dutifully & gratefully inscribed.] PREFACE.