[186] See page 439.
[187] The town is said to abound with Roman antiquities;
among which is a
triumphal arch of the time
of Augustus, and an arcade called the
Romulus. It was
at Rheims where the holy ampoule, or
oil for consecrating the Kings
of France was kept—who were usually
crowned here. A Jacobin
ruffian, of the name of Ruht, destroyed
this ampoule during the revolution.
This act was succeeded by his own
self-destruction.
[188] CHRISTMAS CAROL: printed by Wynkyn De Worde,
1521, 4to. see
Typog. Antiquities,
vol. ii. p. 251.
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