worthy lady into the bishoppes place of Wynchester, and there was a wonder grete fest y-holden to all manner of people that comen."*

It was here that James I. of Scotland (p. 12) received his Lady Joan Beaufort, in "her golden hair and rich attire," who, sometime previously, while walking with her maidens in "a garden fair fast by the tower's wall" of his Windsor prison, seemed to him like "God Cupid's own princess," and as

"The fairest or the freshest youngé flower

That ever I saw, methought, before that hour";

and in whom

"There was, well I wot,

Beauty enough to make a world to doat."†

At the conclusion of the nuptial ceremony, "They kept their marriage feast in the bishoppe of Winchester's place, by the sayde church of St. Mary Overies."‡

We have now arrived at the principal entrance—

The South-West Porch.

ADY COBHAM, more than five hundred years ago,

LADY

towards the close of the reign of Edward III., gave directions in her will that her body should be buried in front of it, "where the image of the Blessed Virgin sitteth on high over that door"; and that a marble slab, bearing a metal cross, should be laid upon her grave, with the following inscription:"Vous qui per ici passietz pur l'alme Johane de Cobham prietz."

A little group of statuary in the vacant niches in the porch outside, above the door, would remove the present sense of incompletion, and be an appropriate enrichment.

Proceeding up the south aisle, we meet with a remarkable series of windows-all by Kempe. Southwark is classic

* Caxton: Cronycles of Eng., 1482.

+ The King's Quair, the charming love-poem which he composed in her honour in the days of his exile. It consists of 200 stanzas of seven lines each. Quair signifies Book: .f. quire (of paper).

Stow: Annals.

ground, and around and within its great Church cluster literary associations which are unique and of the deepest interest. Bankside is famous as the scene of the almost sudden outburst of dramatic genius in the days of Elizabeth. Let us commence with the first in order and size in this striking dramatic series. It is the gift of Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., in honour of William Shakespeare, and in memory of a brother-in-law, the late well-known Arthur Cecil Blunt. This window is a triplet, and contains in the central light a representation of the Muse of Poetry enthroned, and on the steps to right and left stand, as supporters, the figures of Shakespeare and Spenser. The face of Edmond Shakespeare, the poet's brother, who is buried in the church, is introduced into one of the quatrefoil openings in the head of the window, and that of A. C. Blunt in another; and over that of the Muse is the Dove, the symbol of the Spirit of God, and of the inspiration of the Almighty, the source of all that is good in literature, as in everything else; and at the base are the words, "Doctrix disciplinæ Dei, et electrix operum illius" (Wisdom viii. 4).

The Massinger window comes next.

The subject is taken from his Virgin Martyr. St. Dorothea* occupies the lowest panel; a scene after her martyrdom is represented in the middle of the window, and the upper part shows the medallion portrait of the author. The cost of this window was guaranteed by the Rector, and was the first of the series erected. The following list of names indicates the widespread interest taken in the movement.

SUBSCRIBERS:

The Duke of Westminster, The Marquis of Ripon, Lord

She was a young girl of Cappadocia, who was martyred in the days of Diocletian. On her way to execution an unbelieving lawyer requested her, in mockery, to send him some apples and roses from the Paradise, to which she said she was hastening. The legend goes on to say that the apples and roses were sent, although the ground at the time lay deep in snow. The lawyer in his study exclaims in wonder ;

"What flowers are these!

Frost, ice and snow hang on the beard of winter;
Where's the sun that gilds this summer?"

His conversion to the faith he despised and persecuted immediately followed. It is this visit of Angelo which is represented in the middle panel.

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Kinnaird, The Bishop of Bristol, Sir Frederick Leighton, Sir Walter Besant, Sir Henry Doulton, Sir Henry Irving; Professors Hales, Ker, Sainsbury. Shuttleworth, Skeat, and Sylvester; Messrs. Beerbohm Tree, R. Le Gallienne, Stanley

Weyman, Forbes Robertson, Arthur W. Pinero, Wilson Barrett, J. B. Bancroft, Henry James, Percy M. Thornton, M.P., E. Gosse, Sidney Lee, Joseph Knight, W. M. Rossetti, Canon Benham, Mrs. Lynn Lynton, Miss Braddon, Mrs. Richard Hunt, Mrs. Hugh Bonsey, the Rector, and others.

The window to John Fletcher, who lies buried in the same grave with Massinger in the church, soon followed, his Knight of Malta furnishing the theme. At the base is figured St. John the Baptist, the patron saint of the Knights of St. John, carrying the staff and banner of the Lamb, from which a streamer floats, bearing the words Pour la Foy, the motto of the order: the investiture of a knight by two Bishops, with many attendants, before the altar, is shown in the second panel; and surmounting all is the head of the dramatist entwined with bay. It is the gift of the family of Mr. T. F. Rider, the builder of the Nave.

With regard to his colleague, Francis Beaumont, his writings are so inextricably entangled with those of Fletcher that it was found impossible to obtain suitable subjects from them. Friendship was therefore chosen as the theme. The central panel represents David with his harp and Jonathan with his bow, seated beside a stand, upon which rests the Book of the Psalms, open at the words :-" Ecce quam bonum et jucundum habitare fratres in unum" (Ps. cxxxiii. 1); below is the figure of Concordia, with the family shields of the two poets conjoined in the base. The uppermost panel contains the portrait of Beaumont. The donor is Mr. W. H. Francis, the Rector's warden.

The next window, which terminates this unique series, is to Edward Alleyne, who was one of the chief exponents of the drama in the days of the foregoing writers. As an actor he was second only to Burbage. He was one of the Corporation of Wardens of St. Saviour's in 1610, but he is best known as the founder of the "Colledge of God's Guift in Dulwich in 1619. In the lowest panel is a figure of Charity holding a banner in her left hand, upon which is depicted a flaming heart, and, with her right hand extended, she invites little children in the words on the encircling scroll, "Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord" (Ps. xxxiv., 11). In the middle panel Alleyne is seen reading, in the College Chapel, the charter and constitution of his foundation, in the presence of Lord Chancellor Bacon, Lord Arundel, Inigo Jones, and others. His portrait occupies the head of the window. The Chancellor said, "I like well that Alleyne playeth the last act of his life so well."

This memorial has been provided by the Governors, Old Scholars, and friends of the College.

It was unveiled by H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, June 22nd, 1898.

RETURN

The Grand Candelabra.

ETURNING to the South Transept, and standing well back, beneath the "Jesse Tree," and looking north, we have a good view of both Transepts, the graceful arches and solid pillars of the Tower, and the handsome Candelabra. This last, the gift of Dorothy Applebee in 1680, is one of the finest and most beautiful of its kind to be found anywhere.

of the Canopied Stalls).