[_The . duty . toward . god . is . to . believe . in . him . to . love . him . with . all . our . hert . & . soul . and_] . all . our . power . to . wors hippe . god . to . give . him . tha nkes . to . put . our . whole . trust in . him . and . to . cal . on . him . to honoure . his . holy . name [_and his_] . worde . and . to . serve . god [_truly_] . all . the . days . of . our lyfe. The duty towards our neighbour, on the western side, is in Old English letters, in fourteen lines, as follows:-- The . duety . [_towards . our . neigh_]boure . is to . love . him . a[_s . we . do . ourself . an_]d . to do . to . all . men . as . I . wo[_uld . they . do ._ ]to . me to . honour . and . obay . [_the . King . and . all . set_] under . him ? ? ? beme ? ? [_and . to . order . ourselves_] lowly . to . all . [_our . betters_] . to . hurt . no body . by . word . nor . d[_eed . to . be . jus_]te . in . all our . delyng . to . bear . no . [_malice_] . in . our . hert to . kep . our . handes . from . stelyng . & . our tong . from . evil . speaking . to . kep . our . bo dys . in . temperance . not . to . covet . other . mens . goods . but . laboure . truly . for . our . lyvyng . in . y^e state . of . lyfe . it . plese . God . to . call . us . on . to . Of the many residences once belonging to the See, this palace is all that is left. In looking back, we must remember that in days when travelling was difficult it may have been of real advantage to the Bishop to have places of abode dotted all over his diocese, where he could stay, and where he could exercise his episcopal functions. We read, for instance, how, in 1487 and the following year, Bishop Alcock admitted between forty and fifty persons to minor or higher orders in his chapel at Downham Manor. [Illustration: _St. Mary's Church._] Beyond the Palace stands St. Mary's Church, built by Bishop Eustace about 1200, while Norman architecture was developing into Early English. It has been remarked that "its architect was disposed to adopt the new style without quitting the old one." The columns of the nave are simple Norman; the chancel and chapel on the south are distinctly Early English; the tower and spire are of Decorated work; and we meet with inserted Perpendicular windows. In the midst of a well-kept churchyard may be seen a broken and ancient font, with an inscription embossed in lead stating that it has been so placed that it may receive only the water of heaven.