But the beggar was no other than John the Evangelist in disguise, and two years later he sent the ring back to the King with the message that in six months Edward would be in the joy of heaven with him.

William Caxton, the first English printer, relates in his life of King Edward that when he heard the message he was full of joy and let fall tears from his eyes, giving praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God.
[Illustration: RICHARD II.

BEFORE THE VIRGIN AND CHILD From a picture by an unknown artist in the Wilton House Collection] St.Edmund, who stands next to Edward the Confessor, is the other saintly King of England; after whom the town of Bury St.Edmunds takes its name.

He was shot to death with arrows by the Danes because he would not give up Christianity.

If I could show you several suitably chosen pictures at once, you would recognize in the arrangement of the three Kings here (two standing, one kneeling before the Virgin and Child) a plain resemblance to the typical treatment of a well-known subject--the Adoration of the Magi.