242 ST. Michael's mount. 



there is no reason to suppose that the monks had anything to do 

 with the death of this unknown man. There was formerly a 

 window in the South wall of this vault, but it is now closed. 



When not engaged in their religious offices the monks had 

 yet much to do — in fact their life was one of obedience and hard 

 work. In the dormitories lamps burnt all night, and the monks 

 lay in their clothes, with their girdles on, ready not only for the 

 service at 2 a.m., but for any mission on which the prior might 

 send them. Weekly, and by turns, they served in the kitchen 

 and at table, those who thus served, as well as they who 

 cleaned the plates and other articles, receiving an extra allowance 

 of victuals. From Holy-Rood day (September 14th) to Lent 

 they dined at nones (3 p.m.), and, at other times of the year, 

 earlier ; their meal consisting of bread and fruit and wine, which 

 were consumed in silence, broken only by the reading of the 

 Scriptures. This meal was eaten in the Refectory, now better 

 known as the Chevy Chase room, from the Elizabethan frieze 

 which runs around it. The roof timbers are very old, but the 

 ornamentation was added to them by Sir John St. Aubyn early 

 in the present century, previously to which they were plain. 

 Neither frieze nor ornamental roof bear witness, as they are so 

 often supposed by visitors to do, to any excessive luxury on the 

 part of the old monks. Although I cannot on this occasion stay 

 to notice the fine Jacobean bed, the curious old clock said to have 

 been brought from Godolphin House, and the many interesting 

 objects collected mostly by Major St. Aubyn in different parts of 

 the world, yet two chairs in the refectory are sufficiently connected 

 with our immediate subject to require to be mentioned, namely, 

 the one known as the Grlastonbury chair, on which is carved the 

 legend 



Johannes Arthurus. 



Monachus Glastonie. 



Salvet eu Deus. 



Sit laus Deo. 



Da pacem Dhe. 

 and the dark wood one on which in bas relief are pourtrayed 

 Susanna and the Elders. 



Much of the glass in the Chevy Chase room came from the 

 church. It is very beautiful and deserves careful study. 



