[MR] King Henry and the Abbot of Glastonbury

[Jane Sellers]

Try this site  http://www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/2030/kingjohn.htm

It's King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.
In Service,
Sine ni Dheaghaidh

> Some years ago, I heard a narrative poem about an unnamed 
> Abbot of Glastonbury and a King Henry (I'm not sure which, 
> though I'm pretty sure it wasn't VIII), in which the King 
> posed the Abbot three questions, and the Abbot was despairing 
> of finding the answers.  The Abbot's shepherd heard him 
> lamenting and asked to go in his place to answer the 
> questions, which he did, successfully.
>  
> The questions were:
>  
>   -How much am I (the King) worth?
>  
>   -In how much time can I go around the world?
>  
>   -What am I thinking at this moment?
>  
>  
> I've not been able to find this poem online, partly because I 
> don't know its proper title. 
>  
> Anyone know this one, and can tell me where I can find it?
>  
>  
> Yours aye
> Donal Mac Ruiseart
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