124 TJie New Forest : its History and its Scenery. 



men than increase the number of modern abortions. At all 

 events, this is faithfully restored, though utterly spoilt by the 

 heavy galleries which flank it on every side. The Early-English 

 chancel, with its recessed arcade, springing from polished shafts 

 of black Purbeck marble, well shows the beauty of the original 

 design ; whilst, on the chancel floor, lies a fine brass of the 

 fifteenth century to John Prophete, which, however, has been 

 most shamefully defaced. The body is robed in a cope broidered 

 with figures of saints — St. Michael, and the Virgin and Child, 

 St. Peter and St. Paul, St. Catharine and St. Faith, St. George 

 and St. Wenefride. The head, with the hood thrown back, 

 rests on a cushion, whilst the cope is clasped with a morse, 

 enriched with an eftigy of the Saviour, crowned with a halo of 

 light. 



The Avon at Ibbesley. 



