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L quite demoliihed by the Scots, in 1296. The town was alfo
■dered by David II. .in 1346, but faved from the flames, as he
■ended it as a magazine for provifions.
■he infide is fupported by cluttered pillars, with Gothic arches :
lie gallery above opens with Saxon arches, including in each two
K e pointed kind. On the wooden1 fkreen before the choir is
■ted the'dance of death •, in each piece the meagre monfter if
Ling a charafter of every rank.. Many other paintings, now
Kch injured by time, adorned this part. Beneath the dance on
■olding are twelve fquare pieces of wood ; (originally there were
■teen) on each is’ elegantly cut in relief and gilt, a certain ca-
Ipitii letter, and in every one a pretty cypher of other letters,
■chmay be thus read. O r a t e p r o a n i m a D o m i n i T h o m : S.
Birm Hujus ecclefia qui f e c i t h o c o p us. The letters in italics
|ie|o fupply the parts and are conjeftural to fupply the fenfe.
I The tomb of Alfwald I. king of Northumberland, afiaffinated in
by Sigga one of his nobles, i3 Ihewn beneath- an- arch, at the
Both end of the north-eaft aile.
Bln Umfravil lies recumbent, crofs-legg’d, the privilege of Croif-
Iifa, On his ihield are the arms of the family, who were
■tat benefaitors to this abby. Here is alfo another knight, with
li.jfame mark of holy zeal, miifcalled the Duke of Somerfet, be-
Bded here in 1463- But the arms on the ihield, three gerbes,
that the deceafed was not a Beaufort', who quartered the
Kb of England and France.|
■»the choir is; a beautiful oratory; of ftone below, and wood
■pe, moft exquifitely carved, now converted into a pew. Near
i “ is the tomb1 of a Religious, probably a prior. Above, in- a
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