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one continued Pile of Building of an oblong 

 Figure, ftretthing long ways Eaft and Weft, 

 and enclofing a very capacious Area : At a 

 diftance it makes a glittering fliew, being 

 built of Gyffme Stone^ or Rock-Ifing^glafs^ 

 refembling Alabafter, but riot fo hard; fe- 

 veraV Quarries of which we pafl: by in our 

 way to it. When the Sun fliines upon it, it 

 reflefts the Beams fo ftrong, that they dazle 

 the Eyes of the Spectators. Art or Accu- 

 racy in the Workmanfliip we found none^ 

 and but very little Carved Work, and that 

 mean enough ; nay, the very Cement they 

 made ufe of, is but little better than Dirt j 

 fo that it's no great Wonder to fee it in Ru- 

 ins, though it has not the appearance of any 

 great Antiquity. Round about were the 

 little Apartments or Chambers for the Monks, 

 built Arch-wife , only one Story above 

 Ground; but underneath are feveral Cells 

 Or Vaults, larger than the Chambers, which^ 

 perhaps might ferve for their Schools, or 

 Working-houfes. In the midft of the Area 

 ftand the Ruins of feveral Buildings, fome 

 of which feem to have been Cifterns for Wa- 

 ter, and it may be the Bathing-Places : But 

 the moft remarkable was one, which pro- 

 bably was the Abbot's or Bifhop's Haufe, 

 there having been fomething more Pains be- 

 ftow'd upon it, tban the reft : And another, 

 which was the Relicks of their Church. This 

 was formerly no unhandfom Strufture, being 

 built in the forni of our Churches, and di- 

 Itinguifh'd into three Ifles, of which the mid- 

 dle one is fupported by eighteen turned Mar- 

 ble Pillars, with Capitals upon them, not of 



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