itors, and the slower but surer destruction by the
accumulations of grit under the matting on the floor. They may be best
examined by turning up the matting near the Clent tablet on the south
wall.

On a pattern made up of sixteen tiles, four times repeated can be read,
"_Ave Maria gra' ple' Dus tecum_" i.e. "_gratia plena Dominus tecum_."
On others similarly designed, "_Domine Jhu (Jesu) miserere_." On others,
"_Ave Maria gra' ple'_" and "_Dne Jhu miserere_." These tiles in square
sets of sixteen and four respectively were placed alternately, and
separated by plain dark bricks. On others again will be found "_Orate
pro Aia Johis Hertlond (pro anima Johannis)_." Some too seem to have
been transferred from Llanthony Priory to the south chapel. They are
inscribed, "_Timetib' deu nihil deest_," i.e. "_Timentibus deum nihil
deest_." There are others in the chapel, "_Letabor in mia--et sethera_,"
and "_Deo Gracias_."

The monument to Sir John Powell (1713) on the north wall is not
beautiful, though a good specimen of its time. It is impossible not to
regret that it was ever allowed to be erected in the chapel. Powell was
a judge of King's Bench, and is here represented in his gown, hood,
mantle, and coif.

Other monuments are those to Eliz: Williams, 1622 (the figure is raised
on one elbow); to Margaret Clent, 1623, with a touching epitaph. On the
floor, near the Williams monument is a small brass, concealed by
matting, to Charles Sutton, an infant seven days old. The brass contains
two Latin lines modelled on the lines of Ovid's "Tristia," and run:

"Parve, nec invideo, sine me, puer, ibis ad astra,
Parve, nec invideas, laetus ad astra sequar."

Many of the slabs on the floor will repay perusal, most of them being
well cut and fairly well preserved. In Brown Willis' "Survey of
Gloucester" will be found a full record of all the tombstones which in
his time (1727) were in this chapel, but have since been removed or
re-used.

Turning to the right on leaving the Lady Chapel, the north-east chapel,
which is called #Abbot Boteler's Chapel#, is the next in order. It dates
from 1437-1450. The reredos should be closely examined, as it retains
many of its original features--viz. statuettes, traces of painting on
the shields above, and a very good piscina.

The tiles in the floor are in many cases excellent specimens, especially
those with fish upon them. It seems a pity that these tiles should be
doomed to disappear