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of the Chapel were taken down and hidden,through fear of Oliver Cromwell ; left, in obedi-ence to the fanatic principles he profeffed, hefhould deftroy them as relics of Popery; and thatthe weft window, through the confuiion this occa-iioned, was either loft or ftolen. But no fuch ac-cident ever happened, though vifitors were undoubt-edly lent down by the Long Parliament to Cam-bridge, whofe bufinefs it was to remove every fuper-ftitious ornament about the Univerllty. In purfu-ance to their commiffion, they, indeed, ordered theorgan then in ufe to be taken down, and fold thepipes; but offered not the fligheft injury to the win-dows, which were probably fpared at the intercef-fion of Dr. Whichcot, then Provoft, who was pro-moted to that dignity by the Long Parliament . Theimage, however, of the Virgin Mary (over thefouth door within the choir), did not efcape the handsof fome furious enthuftaft, who, in a fit of religi-ous frenzy, effaced an objeft fo offenfive to hisjaundiced light.

Each window is feparated, by what architedls callmunions, into five lights. Thefe are divided aboutthe middle into an upper and lower part, by a ftonetranfom.

I here is one of thefe five lights (in all the win-dows except the eaftern), both in the upper andlower diviftons, viz. the one in the middle, onwhich are defcribed figures of Saints or Angels (two

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