Back.—Between this chapel and the next, againft the wall, 
is a monument of Mofaic work, the tides in plain pan- 
nels, but the top of the table wrought in figures, faid to 
be done with the fame kind of (tones as the floor before 
the altar, and erected for the children of Henry I. and 
Edward I. Over this tomb is foinething which feems to 
have been a piece of church-perfpefctive, blit now almolt 
defaced. This certainly was once a rich and coftly mo¬ 
nument; for in the'records of the Tower, there is the 
king’s order for erecting fuch a one in this place, and for 
allowing Matter Simon de Wells five marks and a half, to 
defray his expenfes in bringing from the city a handfome 
brafs image to fet upon his daughter Catharine’s tomb ; 
and for paying to Simon de Gloucefter, the king’s gold- 
fmith, for a tilver image for the like purpofe, the fuin of 
feventy marks. 
On the north tide of the area, adjoining to St. Andrew’s 
chapel, is the fuperb monument ere&ed at theexpenfe of 
the nation to the memory of general Wolfe. The front 
of the pediment reprefents the landing of the troops at 
Quebec, and the difficulties they had to encounter in get¬ 
ting up their cannon and climbing the rocks ; and in the 
background is a reprefentation of the city, with the en¬ 
gagement. The monument is fupported by lions ; and 
on each fide of it is a medallion, with a wolf’s head. 
The general appears in the agonies of death, fupported 
by a grenadier, who feems to exprefs, by pointing with 
his finger to a diftance, that the victory is gained. Be¬ 
hind the general is the faithful Highland ferjeant who at¬ 
tended him, leaning on his halbert, and looking at the 
dying hero with admiration and grief. At the feet of the 
general lie his hat, fufee, gorget, &c. Near thefe is the 
reprefentation of a tent, underneath which is a group of 
figure's. Behind the tent is feen a large tree, and by it lie 
a tomahauk, lcalping-knife, and hatchet, the Indian wea¬ 
pons of war. On the top of the monument is the figure 
of Victory defcending with, a crown of laurel to immor¬ 
talize the dying victor. See the article England, vol. 
vi. p. 7 * 5 - 
Nearly oppofite to this are three ancient tombs, now 
almolt obliterated.—The firft of free-ttone, made like -a 
dole bed, was walled up, and another tomb placed againtt 
it. This monument was covered with an ancient Gothic 
arch, the fides adorned with vine-branches in relief, and 
the roof within fpringing into many angles, under which lies 
the image of a lady in a very antique drefs, her feet rett¬ 
ing upon lions, and her head on pillows fupported by an¬ 
gels, fitting on each fide the effigy, gilt and painted. On 
the fide of the tomb are fix niches, in which teem to have 
been painted monks, and on the pedeltal are (till to be 
i'een tome remains of paintings. This monument covered 
the remains of Aveline countefs of Lancatter, who died 
the 4th of November, 1293, the very year of her marriage. 
This lady was daughter to William de Fortibus, earl of 
Albemarle and Holdernefle, and married Edmund earl of 
Lancalter, fon to king Henry II.—Adjoining to this is 
another ancient monument of grey marble, ereCted to the 
memory of Aymer de Valence, fecond and la It earl of Pem¬ 
broke of this family, who was poifoned in France, by the 
contrivance of the earl of Arundel, the 23d of June, 
1324. He had been three times married, but had no ifl'ue 
by either of his wives. In the time of Edward I. he was 
a great general; and not only attended that prince in his 
expedition to Flanders, but likewife accompanied him to 
Scotland, where that king died.—The third is an ancient 
monument to the memory of Edmund Crouchback, fourth 
fon to Henry III. fo called, as is fuppofed by fame, from 
the deformity of his perfon; while others imagine it arol'e 
from his attending his brother in the holy wars, where 
they wore a crouch, or crofs, on their (boulders, as a badge 
of Chriftianity. On the bafe of the tomb, towards the 
area, are the remains of a curious, and perhaps the moft 
antique Englith painting*extant, but much defaced ; being 
ten knights armed witli banners, furcoats of armour, and 
crofs-belted, reprefenting undoubtedly his expedition to 
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the Holy Land, the number exr.Ctly agreeing with what 
Matthew Paris reports, namely, Edward and his brother, 
four earls and four knights. It was originally a very lofty 
monument, painted,gilt, and inlaid with (tained glafs. The 
infide of the canopy has been a tky with (tars, but by time 
is changed into a dull red.—From this prince the houfeof 
Lancatter claimed their right to the crown. 
In this area lie the remains of many perfons of note, among 
whom may be mentioned Anne of Cleves, who was mar¬ 
ried to Henry VIII. on the 9th of January, 1539, and in 
July following divorced, with liberty to retire to the con¬ 
tinent, and to marry again; but file remained in England, 
and fitw the rival who had fiupnlanted her in the king’s 
affection fiuffer a worfie fate. (See vol. vi. p. 640.) She 
died in 1557, four years after the king.—Near the afhes of 
this lady lie thofe of a more unfortunate queen, Anne, 
daughter of the great earl of Warwick, and wife to Ri¬ 
chard III. She was poifoned by her hutband to make 
way for his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of his bro¬ 
ther Edward IV. This marriage, however, was never con- 
fummated, Richard being (lain at the battle of Bofworth.— 
Here are alfo the remains of an aiicient monument, erected 
to the memory of Sebert king of the Eaft Saxons, who 
fh ft built this church, and died m July 616, as mentioned 
more than once in our furvey. This monument is one 
of the moft refpeCtable in the whole minder, on account 
ofits antiquity; but is little remarked, becaufe ofitsfimpli- 
city, except when the verger, with hislearned wand,choofet 
. to defcant upon it. We find, above this fmail monument, 
four canopies fupported. with (lender columns, and in the 
middle an ancient painting of l'ome faint, as we fuppofeby 
the faded honours of a halo round the head; but we are 
told that it is the' effigy of Sebert hinifelf, and we fee no 
harm in believing it. We firft noticed this precious fpe- 
cimen of ancient painting about two and twenty years 
ago; it feemed to have been painted about the time of 
building this part of the church; and, when we Airveyed 
it lately, found the colours much more faded. We take 
it to be painted on wood, and in water-colours. 
Leaving this, we proceed to one of the moft interefting 
fpots in the whole church ; fince it is not a long defeent of 
royal anceftors, or the t'plendour of titles, or the immen¬ 
sity of wealth, that has obtained a place in this fouth part 
of the tranfept, but genius, wit, and individual worth; on 
that account it is called the Poets’ Corner. Here the mo¬ 
numents, as we remarked before in general, are fo parti¬ 
cularly crowded upon each other, that they obfeure or 
entirely conceal from the view feme of the moft ancient; 
as if it were, with the dead as with the living, an unavoid¬ 
able rule, that new comers tliould fuperfede the old ones. 
And befides, the confufion amongtt thofe which are vifi- 
ble is fuch as to bewilder the eye of the fpeCtator, and catife 
him to pafs over, unheeded, many beautiful fpecimens of 
fepulchral architecture, which, were they ifolated, would 
command his admiration. What muft be our feelings of 
refpeCt and regret, when we confider that we are treading 
the a (lies and liirrounded by the effigies of the favorites of 
the mufes, whole works have immortalized their names, and 
with them the country which gave them birth. Could 
the wand of the verger call thefe worthies out of the “cham¬ 
bers of Death,” how fitould we (brink at the fight of the 
magna umbra , the venerable (hade, of the father of our poe¬ 
try, Chaucer; of the elegant Spenfer; of the firft drama- 
tift in the world, Shakelpeare; of the moft elevated epic 
writer, Milton ! Dryd&n and Addrfon, Cowley, prior, 
Butler, Rowe, Gay, Goldfmith, Mafon, Thomfon, and 
others, would furround us ; whilft our attention would be 
taken up by the acting of Garrick, and the melodious 
founds vibrating in the air about the ghoft of Handel 1 
To return to the monuments. Several of them are very 
elegant, and do honour at once to their objeCts, their erec¬ 
tors, and the artifts who executed them. That to the 
memory of Matthew Prior is beautiful, and richly orna¬ 
mented. O11 one fide of the pedeftal (lands the figure of 
Thalia, one of the nine mufes, with a flute in her hand ; and 
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