tive companies; if their recollection fails, reference to this book will satisfy the most curious observer.

Add to all these, the contemplation of the things herein recorded in a religious sense; for, as the great Mr. Addison observes, "when we read the dates of the tombs of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, we cannot help considering that great day, when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance before one awful judge together."

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To view the whole of the Abbey, enter at Poets' Corner door, opposite the House of Lords. Guides are in attendance, from nine till six every day, except SUNDAYS, GOOD FRIDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, and GENERAL FASTS, and during the daily Services. Morning Service commences at Ten o'Clock, Evening Service at Three o'Clock (every day). The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper is celebrated on Christmas Day, Easter Day, Whit Sunday, Ascension Day, Trinity Sunday, and on the first Sunday in each month, after Divine Service at 10 A.M.; also on all other Sundays, at 8 A.M. The Abbey is not shown after the Afternoon Service during the Winter Months. seeing all that is to be shown, the expense is Sixpence each person. On entering Poets' Corner, Dryden's monument is on the right hand, and the monuments to Dr. Busby, Dr. South, and Dr. Vincent are before you. The entrance to the Nine Chapels is on your right.

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The names of the several Chapels, beginning from the south cross, and so passing round to the north cross, are in order as follows:-1. St. Benedict; 2. St. Edmund; 3. St. Nicholas; 4. Henry VII.; 5. St. Paul; 6. St. Edward the Confessor; 7. St. Erasmus; 8. Islip's Chapel, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist; 9. St. John, St. Michael, and St. Andrew. The three last are now laid together The Chapel of Edward the Confessor stands, as it were, in the centre, and is enclosed in the body of the Church. Keep on your right, and the Chapel of St. Benedict is adjoining the Tombs-gate, in which Chapel several Deans were buried. Dean Ireland was buried in front of Camden's monument, in the same grave with Mr. Gifford, his associate through life.

Several men intercept all persons as they approach Poets' Corner to see the Abbey, and show them the Courts of Law, Westminster Hall, &c., which are open all day; persons attending to them are oft-times prevented from seeing the Church for that day, as the hours of service intervene.

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dlesex, 1645.

6. Dr. Bill, first Dean under Q. Elizabeth.

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N the Chapel of St. Benedict is an ancient tomb of stone, having formerly a canopy of wood, on which lies the effigy of Archbishop LANGHAM, who, as the Latin epitaph round his tomb sets forth, "was Monk, Prior, and "Abbot of this Abbey; afterwards elected "Bishop of London; but Ely being then also "vacant, he made choice of that see; that he was Primate and Chancellor of England; Priest-Cardinal, after"wards Bishop-Cardinal, of Preneste, and Nuncio from the Pope; and that he died on the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen, in "the year 1376, on whose soul God have mercy, and grant him "the joys of heaven for the merits of Christ."

On the east, where stood the altar of St. Benedict, is a fine monument to the memory of Lady FRANCES, Countess of Hertford. The Latin inscription "sets forth," that she was wife to "the noble Earl of Hertford, son to the renowned Prince "Edward, Duke of Somerset, Earl of Hertford, Viscount Beau

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champ, and Baron Seymour; that she was daughter to the "noble Lord William, Baron Howard of Effingham, Knight of "the Garter, High Admiral to Queen Mary, and Lord Chamber"lain and Privy Seal to Queen Elizabeth, &c.; that, for her many graces, both of mind and body, she was highly favoured "by her gracious Sovereign, and dearly loved by her noble Lord,

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"who, in testimony of his inviolate affection, consecrated to her memory this monument. She died in the forty-fourth year of "her age, May 14, 1598."

On the south side is a monument to the memory of Dr. GABRIEL GOODMAN. The Latin inscription intimates, "that he was the "fifth Dean of this Church, over which he presided for forty years "with much applause; that he founded an hospital, and insti"tuted a school at Ruthin, in Denbighshire, where he was born; "that he was a man of regular and devout life, and that he died "in 1601, aged seventy-three."

On the same side is a monument to the memory of GEORGE SPRAT, second son of Dr. Thomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester, and Dean of Westminster, by his wife Helena, descended from the ancient and honourable family of the Wolseleys, in Staffordshire, who lies interred in the Chapel of St. Nicholas. He died an infant of a year old, in 1683.

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In the centre is a monument erected in memory of LIONEL CRANFIELD, Earl of Middlesex, by his relict Lady Ann. The Latin inscription on this monument is to this effect :-" Sacred to "the memory of Lionel Lord Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, who by that discerning prince, King James I., being called to court, was for his excellent parts bountifully rewarded, both with "honours and fortune; being made Master of the Requests, and "of the Wardrobe, President of the Court of Wards, and Privy "Councillor. The new and illustrious, as well as difficult pro"vince of Lord Treasurer of England, he filled, which services "how indefatigably he underwent, his titles of Knight, Baron "Cranfield, and, lastly, Earl of Middlesex, with various other "honours, abundantly testify. He died the 6th of August, 1645, aged about seventy. He was twice married. By his first wife "he had three daughters; Elizabeth, Countess of Mulgrave; Martha, Countess of Monmouth; and Mary, who died unmar"ried. By the second, who survived him, he had three sons, and "two daughters; James, heir to the honours of Earl of Middlesex, "Lyonel, and Edward; Frances, Lady Buckhurst; and Susannah, "who died an infant."

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Near Bishop Langham's tomb, is a table monument, inlaid with a brass plate, designed for Dr. WILLIAM BILL, Dean of Westminster, Master of Eton College, Head of Trinity in Cambridge, and Chief Almoner to Queen Elizabeth, as appears by his inscription. He died July 5th, 1561. On a brass plate are some Latin verses, setting forth "that he was a good and learned man, "and a friend to those that were so; that he was just and cha"ritable; and that the poor, as well as the three Colleges over "which he presided, sustained an irreparable loss by his death." Besides those above recited, there lie interred in this Chapel, CATHERINE, daughter of Dr. Dolben, Bishop of Rochester, Dean of Westminster, and afterwards Archbishop of York; a Countess of Kildare, in Ireland; and Dr. John SPOTSWOOD, Lord Archbishop of St. Andrew's, Primate and Lord Chancellor of Scotland, who died in 1640.

On the left of the gate of entrance to the Chapels, is the ancient monument to SEBERT, King of the East Saxons, who first built a church nearly on this site, and died July, 616; also of ATHELGODA, his Queen, who died September 13, 615.

Over the tomb of Sebert, enclosed under glass, is an elaborate work (measuring about eleven feet in length, and three feet in height), which appears to have originally formed part of an altar decoration of the fourteenth century; the ground-work is oak; over the joinings, and on the surface of some mouldings, strips of parchment were glued. On this framework, covered with a gesso ground, various ornamental compartments and architectural enrichments are completed in relief. The work is divided into two similar portions; in the centre is a figure which appears to be intended for Christ, holding the globe, and in the act of blessing; an angel with a palm branch is on each side. The single figure on the left is St. Peter; the figure that should correspond on the right, and all the scripture subjects on that side, are gone. In the compartments to the left, portions of three subjects remain; one represents the Adoration of the Kings; another, apparently the Raising of Lazarus; the subject of the third is doubtful, though some figures remain; the fourth is destroyed. The small compartments in the architectural enrichments are filled with variously-coloured pieces of glass inlaid on tinfoil, and have still a brilliant effect. The compartments not occupied by figures were adorned with a deep blue glass resembling lapis lazuli, with gold lines of foliage executed on it. The smaller spaces and mouldings were enriched with cameos and gems; some of which still remain. This interesting work of art lay neglected in a Chapel near the North Transept, till Mr. Blore, with the permission of the Dean and Chapter, had it placed for security in the case in which it is now seen. It is supposed to have originally formed part of the decoration of the high altar. Its date may be fixed at the close of the thirteenth or beginning of the fourteenth century.

Between this Chapel and the next, is a monument of Mosaic work, erected for the children of Henry III. and Edward I. This certainly was once a rich and costly monument; for in the records of the Tower, there is the King's order for erecting such a one in this place, and for allowing Master Simon de Wells five marks and a half to defray his expenses in bringing from the city a certain brass image to set upon the tomb of his daughter Catherine, and for paying to Simon de Gloucester, the King's goldsmith, seventy marks, for a silver image for the like purpose.

On the left, before you enter the Chapel of St. Edmund, is a large stone, once plated with brass, under which was interred Sir JOHN GALOFRE; he was famous in the reign of Richard II., for his wisdom and valour, and was prosecuted by the discontented Lords. He died at Wallingford, in Berkshire, in 1396.

The tombstone, with inscription on a brass plate of Dr. BILLSON, is seen on the floor, next that of Sir John Galofre.

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12. Sir Humphrey Bourgchier.
13. Sir Richard Pecksall.

14. Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, 1617.
15. Earl of Pembroke.

16. Robert de Waldeby, 1397.

17. Duchess of Gloucester.

18. Countess of Stafford, 1693.

19. Dr. Ferne, Bishop of Chester.

20. Above the Duchess of Suffolk's Monument is one to Mary Countess of Stafford and her Son, 1719.

CN the left as you enter is a monument sacred to the memory of JOHN of ELTHAM, second son of Edward II., and so called from Eltham, in Kent, the place of his nativity, where our English Kings had once a palace. His statue is of alabaster, the head encircled in a coronet of large and small leaves, remarkable for its being the first of the kind. His habit is that of an armed Knight. He died in Scotland, in 1334, at the age of nineteen, unmarried, though three different matches had been proposed to him; the last of which, to Mary, daughter of Ferdinand, King of Spain, he accepted, but lived not to consummate it.

At the foot of this is a monument with the following inscription" In this Chapel lies interred all that was mortal of the "most illustrious and most benevolent JOHN PAUL HOWARD, "Earl of Stafford, who in 1738 married Elizabeth, daughter of "A. Ewens, of the county of Somerset, Esq. His heart was as truly great and noble as his high descent. Faithful to his God. "A lover of his country. A relation to relations. A detester of "detraction. A friend to mankind. Naturally generous and compassionate, his liberality and his charity to the poor were "without bounds. Being snatched away suddenly by death, "which he had long meditated and expected with constancy, he went to a better life the 1st of April, 1762, having lived sixtyone years nine months and six days." The figures round the

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