lly houses and land.

~Humphrey Duke of Gloucester~ was the youngest brother of Henry V., on
whose death he was made regent in England in 1422. He died in 1447.

~St. Cuthbert~ was a monk, missionary, and bishop of Lindesfarne, an
island off the coast of Northumberland, where he died in 687 A.D., and
was buried in Durham Cathedral.

~sacristy~: a room adjoining a church where sacred vessels, vestments,
&c. are kept.

24. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. PART II.

~Inigo Jones~ (born 1572, died 1652) was a celebrated architect.

~Portico~: a row of columns in front of a building.

~Exchange~: a building where merchants meet to transact business.

~nave~: the main body of a church, the aisles being on each side of the
nave.

~King Charles II. returned~ at the Restoration in 1660.

~Sir Christopher Wren~ (born 1632, died 1723): the greatest English
architect. After the great fire he rebuilt St. Paul's Cathedral, fifty
London churches, and many public buildings. Over his tomb in St. Paul's
is the inscription in Latin: 'If you seek for his monument, look round
about you.'

~The Peace of Ryswick~, 1697, made by England, Spain, and Holland with
Louis XIV. of France.

~Dr. Johnson~ (born 1709, died 1784): one of the great names in English
literature, and author of a celebrated dictionary.

~oriental scholar~, or ~orientalist~, is a man who studies Eastern or
Indian languages, such as Persian, Arabic, Hindi, Sanskrit, &c.

~sarcophagus~: a stone chest for holding a corpse.

~porphyry~: a hard kind of stone coloured purple and white.

~Battle of the Nile~, 1798; ~Cape St. Vincent~, 1797; ~Camperdown~,
1797.

~Lord Almoner~: the official who dispenses the royal charities and
bounties.

~Slavonic~: a group of kindred languages, including Russian, Polish, and
Bulgarian.

25. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.

~Embattled~: built with battlements.

~minor canons~: clergy of the cathedral who intone the services and look
after the music.

~charnel~: containing the bones of the dead.

~Finsbury Fields~: the _fenny_ or marshy ground lying north of the
Moorgate of the old City walls.

~Papal Bulls~: decrees and orders issued by the Pope, so called from the
seal attached to them.

~Latimer~ (born 1470, died 1555), Bishop of Worcester, burnt at the
stake for his Protestant opinions together with Ridley, Bishop of
London.

~chapter house~: the building where the chapter or clergy belonging to
the cathedral meet.

~Sacrist~: t