St. IjConftrtV* (iraiir/c. 



Bishop of Hippo gives to the canons of his own order, 

 " When we enter, let us bare our heads, and going to our 

 seats bend before the cross. Let us not behave idly, lest we 

 give offence to any one. Let not our eyes wander, lest we give 

 occasion for bickering, or quarrelling, or laughing ; but fulfil- 

 ling the saying of the blessed Hugh of Lincoln, ' let us keep 

 our eyes upon the table, our ears with the reader, and our 

 hearts with God.'"* 



In the churchyard, plainly traceable by the ruined founda- 

 tions, and mounds, and depressions, are the sites of the lavatory 

 and kitchens, whilst in the fields beyond lie the fish-ponds. 

 Everywhere, in fact, are seen the traces of the monks. Their 

 walks still remain by the side of the Exe, overgrown with oaks, 

 bright in the spring with blue and crimson lungwort, and sweet 

 with violets, such as grew when Anne Beauchamp sought refuge 

 here that dismal Easter day. 



Not only do the Abbey grounds, f but the whole district, 

 show the size of the monastery. Going out of Beaulieu, upon 

 the road to Bucklershard, we come upon the ox-farm of the 

 monks, still called Bouvery, and still famous for its grazing 

 laud. A little farther, about the centre of their various farm- 

 steads, at St. Leonard's, better known now as the Abbey Walls, 

 stands part of the large barn, or spicarmm, of the monastery, 

 such as still remains in other parts of England at Cerne Abbey, 

 and Abbotsbury, and Sherborne, and Battle Abbey 4 A modern 



* Quoted from Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum, by Warner, vol. i. p. 249. 



f It is pleasant to have to add that the present noble owner, the Duke 

 of Buccleuch, has shown not only good taste and judgment in the restora- 

 tion of the dormitory and the excavation of the church, but a wise liberality 

 in throwing the grounds open to the public. 



J In Parker's Glossary of ArMtccbtre is given a list of some of these 

 old barns. Vol. i. pp. 240, 241. 



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