Soon left th’ apartment, as at first,
In solemn silence hush’d.
And never since, as records say,
Has mortal ventur’d there;
But all, with superstitious dread,
The sleeping king revere.
[54] Sewen Shields, or Shewing Sheels, about 28 miles west of Newcastle, is a Roman Castle, 22 yards by 30, having entrances on the east, south, and west, with a foss on three sides, remarkably bold; and on the fourth Serverus’s wall. It has had four turrets, one at each corner. See Hutton’s Desc. of the Rom. Wall.
[55] The name of the shepherd to whom tradition records this circumstance to have occurred.