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On this dais the King's table was placed, underneath a canopy of state, embroidered with the royal arms, and bearing James's kindly motto, "Beati Pacifici." Seats were reserved at it for the Dukes of Buckingham and Richmond, the Earls of Pembroke and Nottingham, the Lords Howard of Effingham and Grey of Groby, Sir Gilbert Hoghton, and the Bishop of Chester. These constituted the favoured guests.
A seraphim holds the closed book of life, upon which these words are carved: 'Hic signatur liber vitae. On various parts of the portal are numerous inscriptions, some of which, like the following, are in leonine verses: 'Casti pacifici mites pietatis amici Sic stant gaudentes securi nil metuentes. The archaeological interest of Conques is not confined to its church.
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