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Both of the caftle and the toure,

And eke the hall and everie boure :

Without pecis or joynyuges,

And many fubtill compaffyngs, ,

A» barbicans and pinnacles,

Imageries and tabernacles,

I fawe, and full eke cfwiadowisAs flakis fallin in great fnowis.”

44 In tliefe lines, and in forae others which occur hereafter, thepoet perhaps alludes to the many new decorations in archite&ure,which began to prevail about his time, and gave rife to the floridGothic ftylc. There are inflanccs of this iu his other poems, luhis Dream©, printed 1597:

II And of a fute were al the touris,

Subtily carven aftir flouris,—

With many a fmal turret hie.”

u And in the defcripti'on of the Palace of PJeafaunt Regarde, inthe Affeniblie of Ladies:

44 Fairir is none, though it were for a kingDevilid wel, and that in every thing ; .

The towris hie, fnl plcfante flial ye finde,

With fanuis frefh, turning with everie winde.

The chambris, and the palirs of a forte,

With bay wiudows, goodlie as may be thought:

As lordaunfing or other wife difporte,

The galeries be al right wel ywrought.”

44 In Chaucer ’s life, by Anthony Hall, it it not mentioned that hewas appointed clerk of the king’s works in the palace of Weftminfter,in the royal manors ofShene, Keningtos, Byfleet, and Clapton, andin the mews at Charing.

Again, in i 38 o, of the xvorks of St. George’s chapel at Windfor,then ruinous.' But to return:

-.-ti All manir of minftrelis,

And jcflours that tcllyn talesBoth of wepiog and eke of game.”

41 That is, thofe who fang or recited adventures, either tragic orcomic, which excited either companion ot laughter. They wereaccompanied with the moft renowned harpers; among which wereOrpheus , Arioa, Cbirou, and the Briton Glafkerion. Behind thefewere placed, “ by many a thoufand time twelve,” players on variousinftruments of mufic. Amongtbe trumpeters are namedjoab, Virgil’sMifenus, and Thcodaraus. About ihcfe pinnacles were alfo mar-fliailcd the moft famous magicians, jugleis, witches, propheteffes,forcereffes, and prafeffors of natural magic, which ever exifted inancient or mothern times 5 fuch as Medea , Circe , Calliope, Hermes,Limotheus, and Simon Magus . At entering the hall he fees an infinitemultitude of heralds; ou the furcoats of whom were richly embroidered