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importance. It had been, in days still earlier, a Roman
station; and, doubtless, much of Roman enterprise and
civilization still lingered there. The tide, which has long
since receded from it, then flowed far above the town, bringing merchant-vessels to the very base of the castle-hill; and
the main street of the town sloped down to the quay, whence
the mineral treasures' of the central mining district were exported. Tregony was at that time one of the most thriving
and populous towns west of Exeter; and it pre-eminently
claimed the sympathy of Cuby on his return to his native
land."1 This identification is inadmissible.
With his ten disciples S. Cuby planted himself, "in a
meadow," near this busy place. Etelic sent a man to see
who had come on his land. The servant returning, said,
" They are monks." Etelic, says the biographer of the
saint, at once went to expel the intruders, but his horse
fell under him and died. Etelic was blinded also. Then,
full of fear, he promised to give lands to the monks, and
S: Cuby, having prayed, revived the dead horse and restored
sight to its rider. Etelic gave S. Cuby two pieces of land,
one where now stands the church of S. Cuby, the other at
Llandaverguir.2 S. Cuby also seems to have been the founder
of a church at Duloe, where there is a holy-well called by his
name, and a lane called Kippiscombe-lane, or the lane in the
combe or glen of Cuby. Bond, in his " History of Looe,"
gives the following account of this well: " The spring flows
into a circular basin or reservoir of granite, or of some stone
like it, two feet four inches at its extreme diameter at top,
and about two feet high. It appears to have been neatly
carved and ornamented on its lower part with the figure of
a griffin, and round the edge with dolphins, now much defaced. The water was formerly carried off by a drain or
1 S. Cuby, "Journal of R. Inst, ot Cornwall."
2 Landeghe, in Domesday Landighe, now Kea, embracing Truro and Kenwyn.
ft- " — ft
| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000229 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | importance. It had been, in days still earlier, a Roman station; and, doubtless, much of Roman enterprise and civilization still lingered there. The tide, which has long since receded from it, then flowed far above the town, bringing merchant-vessels to the very base of the castle-hill; and the main street of the town sloped down to the quay, whence the mineral treasures' of the central mining district were exported. Tregony was at that time one of the most thriving and populous towns west of Exeter; and it pre-eminently claimed the sympathy of Cuby on his return to his native land."1 This identification is inadmissible. With his ten disciples S. Cuby planted himself, "in a meadow," near this busy place. Etelic sent a man to see who had come on his land. The servant returning, said, " They are monks." Etelic, says the biographer of the saint, at once went to expel the intruders, but his horse fell under him and died. Etelic was blinded also. Then, full of fear, he promised to give lands to the monks, and S: Cuby, having prayed, revived the dead horse and restored sight to its rider. Etelic gave S. Cuby two pieces of land, one where now stands the church of S. Cuby, the other at Llandaverguir.2 S. Cuby also seems to have been the founder of a church at Duloe, where there is a holy-well called by his name, and a lane called Kippiscombe-lane, or the lane in the combe or glen of Cuby. Bond, in his " History of Looe," gives the following account of this well: " The spring flows into a circular basin or reservoir of granite, or of some stone like it, two feet four inches at its extreme diameter at top, and about two feet high. It appears to have been neatly carved and ornamented on its lower part with the figure of a griffin, and round the edge with dolphins, now much defaced. The water was formerly carried off by a drain or 1 S. Cuby, "Journal of R. Inst, ot Cornwall." 2 Landeghe, in Domesday Landighe, now Kea, embracing Truro and Kenwyn. ft- " — ft |
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