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The third one (Fig. 101) is in most ways a perfect example of the rype, though it is in good excavated condirion. As you can see, the forms of its cross and pommel are most unusual, but as it resides in unassailable respectability in the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London and went thence front the collection of one of Edwardian EnglancLs rich and noble connoisseurs, no doubts can be aimed at its eccentricities. Besides, there are two excellent pieces of docuntentary evidencc which vouch for its authenticity and give it, because of its eccentricities, a firm and earlv datę.

There are two royal seals; one of our King Edward I and the other of the great lord we saw a few paragraphs back, in the rain at Bencwento - Charles of Anjou, King of the two Sicilies (Fig. 101).

Both of these seals can be dated within a vear or two of 1275.

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The fourth example of Type XIV is a bcautifiilly proportioned sword whose hilt is plated with silver. It is in splcndid condition and is known to a few people, but the wise convention in these days, in

Figurę 100. Two royal seals showing the same unusual form of hilt, with slight modifications.

(A)    Edward I of England, c. 1280.

(B)    Charles d'Anjou, King of the two Sicilies, c. 1270.

Figurę 101. Sword of Type XIV, in the Royal Armouries at Leeds. BL: 68.6 cm.