FOREWORD. IN the ancient Abbey of Dulce Cor, Two passionate hearts they laid of yore And a love that cast out fear. And still love casts out fear, SWEET HEART ABBEY, 1885. "When John Baliol died in 1269 Devorgilla, his wife, had his dear heart embalmed and enshrined in a coffer of ivory, enamelled and bound with silver bright, which was placed before her daily in her hall as her sweet silent companion. At her death she desired the relic to be laid upon her heart, when sleeping in the New Abbey which she caused to be built. Hence it received the name of Sweet Heart Abbey."-Scoti Monasticon. |