led produces complete
insensibility to pain.

~Norman windows~: that is, built in a style introduced by the Normans.
The rounded tops of doors and windows maybe seen in the illustration on
p. 44.

~lanthorn~: a raised construction on the roof, with horn or glass sides
to give light.

~clinical~: in attendance at the bedside of patients.

~residential college~: where they reside or dwell.

~convalescent hospital~: where those who have had some illness may get
quite well and strong again.

21. THE TERROR OF LEPROSY.

~Leprosy~: a terrible disease of the skin and blood, once prevalent in
Europe, now mostly confined to the East.

~lazar~: a leper; one suffering from a foul disease like Lazarus in St.
Luke xvi.

~congregate~: flock together, crowd with.

~stringent~: strict.

~statutes~: rules or laws.

~Book of the Jewish Law~: that is, the book Leviticus.

~ulcerates~: is afflicted with ulcers or sores.

~Mass~: the celebration of the Lord's Supper in the Roman Catholic
Church.

~Burton Lazars~: a village one mile from Melton Mowbray, in
Leicestershire. Here, on account of its excellent sulphur springs, the
chief leper-hospital was established in the reign of Stephen.

~hereditary~: transmitted from parents to children.

22. THE TERROR OF FAMINE.

~24 shillings a quarter~: this is not far from the present price of
wheat, which gives us cheap bread. But in 1257 24_s._ would be
equivalent to at least 20_l._ in our money.

~retainers~: those in the service of a nobleman and wearing his livery
and badge.

~Hanseatic merchants~: merchants trading with the Hanse cities in
Germany (among which was Hamburg) who had formed a league for
self-protection about the twelfth century.

~granary~: a place for storing up grain or corn.

23. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. PART I.

~460 feet~: the loftiest spire in England, that of Salisbury Cathedral,
is about 404 feet.

~its length was at least 600 feet~: the present cathedral, the third on
the site, is 500 feet long.

~shrine~: a receptacle for relics and other sacred things. (The word
means a 'chest.')

~aisle~ (pronounced _[=i]le_) is the side or wing of a church.

~scribe~: a writer. In those early times so few people could read or
write that men often had to have recourse to professional writers.

~deed~: a written document relating to some legal transaction.

~conveyance~: a writing legally transferring from one person to another
property, especia