Ballou's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXVII, No. 1 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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8 Crown Jewels of England. next, through good-natured parliaments and lenient chancellors, to be again “ spouted,” as the exigency might offer. Thus, when Henry Iil., who had quarrelled with his nobles, judiciously confided his jewels to the care of the Queen of France, he obtained a supply of money upon them from the French merchants sufficient to meet the expenses of the rebellion, leaving them to be redeemed by his successor. Edward I. was a prudent monarch, and made no such speculating transfer of the brilliant “portable property” pertaining to the crown. He owned no less than four crowns; one set with rubies, emeralds and pearls; one set with Indian pearls only; a third mounted with emeralds and rubies; and, most valuable of all, the great crown of gold used at his coronation, crnamented with Wo > SS = Fascia ee SS 2 ) a4: pes ty = 1 —: "i vi 4 ep Cs oat Ib 4 ti F| ak E IMPERIAL ORB. Se emeralds, sapphires, rubies and large eastern a pearls. We publish an inventory of his smaller aa e . . te wares, as transmitted us by history: gilt combs F : e . Ee and mirrors, pearl-covered ewers, silver-gilt Bf mugs, knives and forks in silver sheaths, i crosses set with precious stones, silver girdles and trumpets, gold clasps and rings, and a fine collection of amethysts, topazes, sapphires, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, carbuncles, gar- nets and chalcedonies. These were deposited -in Westminster Abbey, from whence many of them were stolen by the monks of London, during the absence of Edward. Some were found upon receivers, who were imprisoned in the Tower, but the fate of the real thieves is not known. Following the fortunes of succeeding mon- archs, we find Edward III. raising war-sinews by pawning his crown and jewels to the Flem- Temporal Sceptre. St. Edward's Staff. Spiritual Sceptre, Pietoria.) (Victoria,) ings. His grandson woegniicootsiks.teom