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The former are similar to the usual domestic edifices of the 

 period of their construction, and have Windows and doors 

 with square heads and piain mouldings. Several of 

 these windows, however, are very elegant, and have 

 quatrefoils in their spandrils, and here and there still 

 retain a few fragments of their original glazing. One of 

 the rooms on the first floor possesses some ornamental 

 details in stone and wood of considerable excellence (Plate 

 IX). The cloister is, perhaps, a little earlier, but also of 

 the late Perpendicular period, and is entirely covered on its 

 south aspect, which is supposed to have formed a side of 

 the refectory, with cusped and otherwise oruatnented panel- 

 work ; while on the north front, that towards the court, 

 the remains of several windows are yet apparent (Plate X), 

 some built up for the purpose of Converting the cloister 

 into a cellar, and one or two still exhibiting portions of 

 the tracery that once adorned them, now, however, doing 

 little more than declaring the excellence of that which has 

 been ruthlessly destroyed. 



There, as I saw it on that bright morning in June,it lay in 

 stillness and sweetness ; and every stone seemed to whisper, 

 notwithstanding all that had been done to it, of truth and 

 peace. At some moments, indeed, the breeze seemed to 

 be laden with a sound of wailing : — "Deus, venerunt gentes 

 in hasreditatem Tuam ; polluerunt templum sanctum Tuum : 

 comederunt Jacob, et locum ejus desolaverunt." But, more 

 powerful even than that was the hopeful strain of faith and 

 patience, as though the peace that was once invoked upon 

 the place still availed, like Charity, to bear all things 

 and overcome evil with good : — " Quam dilecta tabernacula 

 Tua, Domine virtutum ! Concupiscit et deficit anima mea 

 in atria Domini : quia melior est dies una in atriis Tuis, 

 super millia." Man had done all but his worst, and yet 



