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English was verging into the decorated, and 
gaining mullions and tracery. I would not say that 
the Crypt (which has no mullions to the windows, 
and has the dog-toothed ornament,) was not begun 
by his predecessor, bishop Burnell; and that the 
magnificent superstructure, the chapter house, 
(which in its interior decoration bespeaks some 
few years later date and progress in the style,) 
was wholly finished by him. I think the works 
were incomplete when bishop De la Marche died, 
and that bishop Häselshaw completed them. 
The words of the Canon of Wells concerning 
the tomb of bishop De la Marche, are signifi- 
cant—“ ubi olim fiebant multa proeclara miracula.” 
On examining the windows in the staircase, you 
will see that they have four arches enclosed in 
a fifth, with a piece of wall above them, pierced 
and moulded. The mouldings are very nearly 
those of the early English period, as are the 
capitals of the shafts. The windows of the chap- 
ter-house, have regular tracery of what we may 
call the “segmental form,” being composed of 
eircles or parts of circles,—the mouldings still 
very round in their form. The ornament is changed 
from the dog-tooth to the ball flower. One single 
portion of the west front must have been added 
at this time,—the pinnacle in the centre. 
I would now direct your attention to that 
part of the church extending from the three 
last arches of the choir to the eastern end. This I 
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