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MEMORIALS OF RAY : 



on the locks and keys, &c. Edward IV is buried here 

 under a huge grave-stone, and over it a pair of gates of 

 well carved steel of great value. 



The poor knights wear a loose red gown over a purple 

 gown at divine service, how at other times they are 

 habited, I saw not ; on their left shoulder is St. George's 

 cross. The two silver candlesticks and basin on the 

 altar, were given by the late Princess of Orange. Behind 

 St. George's chapel is another chapel unfinished, where 

 Cardinal Wolsey intended to have had his own monu- 

 ment. Out of the second court is a passage over a draw- 

 bridge, and through a great gateway, into that which 

 they call properly the castle, which is the king's palace. 

 Here stands the main-guard. Within the second court 

 is a tower (called the round tower) standing upon a round 

 and high hill, with a wide and deep ditch about it, where 

 the magazine is kept. The third court is a very fair 

 and spacious place, encompassed with very good build- 

 ings, on one side St. George's hall, where the king dines 

 with the knights ; also the king's private chapel. There 

 are many fair rooms in the palace. The roofs of the 

 guard-chamber and the presence-chamber are adorned 

 with speculmns, fixed in the corners of the fret-work. 

 Along the north side of the castle is a very stately terras- 

 walk, from whence is a view of the Thames. 



In the hall is St. George's chair, on the back whereof 

 is carved St. George killing the dragon, and the virgin 

 standing by. In the lower-most room of a tower near 

 St. George's hall, two kings were kept prisoners at once, 

 viz., John king of France, and David king of Scotland. 



From Windsor we passed a wooden bridge over the 

 Thames to Eton. These two together make up a fair and 

 large town. We saw the college, which is somewhat 

 inferior to Winchester college. The chapel is large, and 

 somewhat resembles king's college chapel in Cambridge. 

 The outer chapel is used as the parish church of Eton. 

 None sit in the choir but such as are of the foundation. 

 Here is a little chapel of one Lupton, with a rebus carved 



