74 PAPERS, ETC. 
ON Kleve Ahlıy. 
BY THE REV. F. WARRE. 
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HENEVER we see ancient works, we naturally 
wish to know something of their history, and of 
those by whom they were raised. Earth-works, the 
marks of primsval occupation—castles, bearing witness 
to the power and military habits of the medisval nobility 
—-ruins, proving by their importance and beauty the wealth 
and civilization of the clergy of former days—mines, 
shewing how early commerce led to maritime adventure ; 
and sepulchres of all dates, shewing that in all ages man 
has longed for posthumous fame, are to be found around 
us, and cannot fail to interest every thinking mind in the 
habits, manners, and history of those who have preceded 
us as inhabitants of this country. 
But of all these objects of interest, none, perhaps, are 
more interesting than the remains of monastic establish- 
ments, such as Cleeve Abbey, evincing as they do, by the 
beauty of their details, a state of civilization far in ad- 
vance of what might be expected in the dark ages ; and 
by their costliness and extent bearing witness to a zeal for 
