terly to lament the substitution of wells for
fountains. He proposes a plan, quite feasible in his own estimation,
whereby this desirable object might be effected: and then retorts upon
his townsmen by reminding them of the commodious fountains at
_Lisieux, Falaise and Vire_--of which the inhabitants "n'ont rien
espargne pour auoir ceste decoration et commodite en leurs
villes."--spiritedly adding--"si j'estois encore en auctorite, j'y
ferois mon pouuoir, et ie y offre de mes biens." p. 17.

[107] [I am most prompt to plead guilty to a species of _Hippopotamos_
error, in having here translated the word _Allemagne_ into
GERMANY! Now, although this translation, per se, be correct, yet, as
applicable to the text, it is most incorrect--as the _Allemagne_
in question happens to be a _Parish in the neighbourhood of
Caen_! My translator, in turn, treats me somewhat tenderly when he
designates this as "une meprise fort singuliere." vol. ii. p. 25.]

[108] The plate of Ducarel, here alluded to, forms the fourth plate in his
work; affording, from the starch manner in which it is engraved, an
idea of one of the most disproportioned, ugly buildings imaginable.
Mr. Cotman has favoured us with a good bold etching of the West Front,
and of the elevation of compartments of the Nave; The former is at
once faithful and magnificent; but the lower part wants characteristic
markings.

[109] It should be noticed that, "besides the immense benefactions which
William in his life time conferred upon this abbey, he, on his death,
presented thereto the _crown_ which he used to wear at all high
festivals, together with his _sceptre and rod_: a cup set with
precious stones; his candlesticks of gold, and all his regalia: as
also the ivory bugle-horn which usually hung at his back."
_Anglo-Norman Antiquities_, p. 51. note. The story of the breaking
open of the coffin by the Calvinists, and finding the Conqueror's
remains, is told by Bourgueville--who was an _eye witness_ of these
depredations, and who tried to "soften the obdurate hearts" of the
pillagers, but in vain. This contemporaneous historian observes that,
in his time "the abbey was filled with beautiful and curious
stained-glass windows and harmonious organs, which were all broken and
destroyed--and that the seats, chairs, &c. and all other wooden
materials we