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TREASURE
An Abbey, dedicated to St.Elericus, once occupied the site of
Elizabeth Castle. The fortress was founded on the ruins of this
edifice in 1551, in the reign of Edward VI., and according to
tradition, all the bells in the island, with the reservation of
one to each church, were seized by authority, and ordered to be
sold, to defray in part the expense of its erection. The confiscated
metal was shipped for St. Malo, where it was expected to bring a
high price; but the vessel foundered in leaving the harbour, to
the triumph of all good Catholics, who regarded the disaster as a
special manifestation of divine wrath at the sacrilegious spoliation.
DRAGONS
About three miles from St. Helier, is a singular structure named
Prince’s Tower, erected on an artificial mound or tumulus, and
embowered in a grove of fine trees.
But it is the traditional history of Prince’s Tower that renders
it interesting in the eyes of the islanders. In former times it
was known by the name of La Hogue-Bye, and the following legend,
quoted from Le Livre noir de Coutances, gives the origin of its
celebrity: --In remote times, a moor or fen in this part of Jersey,
was the retreat of a monstrous serpent, or dragon, which spread
terror and devastation throughout the island. At length a valorous
Norman, the Seigneur de Hambye, undertook to attempt its destruction,
which, after a terrible conflict, he accomplished.(could this have
been a form of Kamodo Dragon?)