in Huln Abbey. 303 



tryman, one of the religious, and became fo 

 attached to him, as to defire that he might be 

 permitted to return with them to England. The 

 fuperior agreed to their requeft, on condition 

 that Freft>orn fhould found a Carmelite monaftcry 

 in his native country. Frefborn chofe a fpot 

 near the caftle of his friend, to fulfil his obliga- 

 tion i the land was granted by Vefcy j and Fref- 

 born became the abbot. Tradition ftill denomi- 

 nates one of the largeft towers of Alnwick caftle, 

 the Abbot's tower. 



Some fancied refemblance to mount Carmel 

 determined the fite of Huln abbey. It is con- 

 troverted, (as all truth is important) whether the 

 hill on which the abbey ftands, or an oppofite 

 eminence, were the objedl which occafioned this 

 choice. However difficult this point may appear, 

 it would ill become a lover of antiquity to omit 

 an opportunity of deciding by conjedure. I 

 muft confefs, then, it appears from a comparifon 

 with prints, that the fite of the abbey rcfembles 

 Carmel, and that the oppofite rock, rifing in a fine 

 cone, almoft from the brink of the river, has 

 the appearance of mount Tabor. 



But there needed not thefe affociations of ro- 

 mantic devotion, in favour of a place, which, 

 in Sandys's phrafe, " would make folitarinefs 

 ** delightful, and ftand in competition with the 

 "turbulent pomp of cities." 



Hers, 



