CHARLES WATERT0N, ESQ. xlvii 



hired wretches from the lowest of the people, 

 and clothed them in the habits of the exiled 

 religious. Under this scandalous disguise, they 

 were made drunk, and went up and down the 

 streets as monks, to show the people how glad 

 they were to be released from their religious 

 vows. 



At Ghent there is a splendid show of os- 

 teology in the museum under the scientific 

 direction of Monsieur de Duyts, whose urbanity 

 and knowledge of natural history, enable his 

 visiters to pass many a pleasant hour in the 

 apartments. 



When the monks flourished in this city, 

 there was a huge chaldron called St. Peter's 

 pot. Above half an ox with the requisite 

 vegetables was boiled in it every day, and dis- 

 tributed gratis to the poor of that district. 

 When a couple were to be married, the curate 

 never inquired what means they had of sup- 

 port, if they assured him that they had access 

 to St. Peter's pot. Times are altered. Pikes 

 and halberds now glitter on the spot, where 

 once this savoury chaldron used to boil. 



— " Fugere pudor, verumque, fidesque,, 

 In quorum subiere locum, fraudesque dolique." 



