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MEMORIALS OF RAY : 



front of the choir, respecting the body of the church, is 

 adorned with the statues of all the kings of the house of 

 York carved in stone. It is said, there is a large vault 

 under the choir, and from thence a passage to Ouse 

 bridge. There are divers antient monuments in the 

 church, but none very sumptuous ; at the east end, the 

 tomb of Tobias Matthews, archbishop, who gave his 

 library to the church. We searched for, but found not, 

 the grave-stone of Winwall, on which was this inscription 

 in Latin, " Musicus et Logicus Winwall hie jacet ecce 

 Johannes. Organamque loqui fecerat ille quasi which 

 a certain witty gentleman thus rendered into English: 



"Musician and logician, John Winwall lietli here. 

 The organs for to speak, that made even as it were.'* 



They have still preserved in this church their fair commu- 

 nion plate, most of it given by King Charles I. There 

 is also a common prayer book and a bible with gilded 

 silver clasps and bosses, given by the same king ; and 

 on the inside of the clasps is inscribed, " Ex dono Regis 

 Caroli, 1633." In the wall of the vestry is a well of 

 very sweet and pleasant water, called St. Peter's well, 

 which tastes almost like milk. There is a large octa- 

 gonal chapter-house of twenty-one yards diameter, at the 

 door whereof is that verse, mentioned by Heylin, 



" Ut Rosa flos florum, 

 Sic est domus ista domorum." 



York is a large city and indifferently well built, the streets 

 handsome, but narrow ; it hath twenty-four churches in 

 it. We observed the great arch of Ouse bridge, but 

 could not exactly measure the breadth of it, but guessed 

 it to be about twenty yards. We remarked a house on 

 the pavement so over-hung, that the top of the build- 

 • ing projected five yards beyond the foundation. The 

 city of York is governed by a lord-mayor, twelve alder- 

 men, twenty-four assistants, eight chamberlains, sixty- 

 four common councilmen, and two sheriffs. 



