448 WHITTINGION AND HIS CAT.

on a pillar of jasper were engraven these words : “While seven
Jamps bum day and night within this hall, no power can end
the enchantment.” St. George in a
moment seized a golden goblet that
’ stood filled with some precious liquor,
and poured it on the lamps. A loud
hissing noise followed, and after that
thunder and an earthquake. The
castle tumbled into ruins, and Leoger

= 5 and his necromancer were buried
beneath its walls. The other six champions being now restored
to light and liberty, embraced St. George; and they all set out
together to return to their native countries, where they lived
honoured and beloved ; and after their deaths their names were
enrolled-among the saints of Christendom.

 

 

WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT.

Tw the reign of the famous King Edward the Third, there
was a little boy called Dick Whittington, whose father and
mother died when he was very young, so that he remembered