"That thee is sent receyve in buxomnesse; The wrastling for this world asketh a fall." This window was designed by Mr. J. G. Waller, and executed by Messrs. Thomas Baillie, and George Mayer, 118, Wardour Street, London, 1868. EXPLANATION OF THE SUBJECTS.--The Pilgrims are arranged in the following manner:--The Departure from the Tabard, thus: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1. The Reve. |4. The Knight. |7. The Serjeant of Law. 2. The Manciple. |5. The Yeoman. |8. The Shipmanne. 3. Chaucer. |6. The Squire. |9. The Doctor of Physick. The Arrival at Canterbury, thus: 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 10. The Somptnour. |13. The Monk. |16. The Frankelein. 11. The Pardoner. |14. The Prioress. |17. The Plowman. 12. The Parson. |15. The Nun. |18. The Clerk of Oxenforde. _Arrangement of Portraits in Tracery._ Wickliffe. Strode. Edward III. Chaucer. Philippa. Gower. John of Gaunt. Above is a neat monument to the memory of John Roberts, Esq., the very faithful Secretary of the Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Minister of State to George II. This marble was erected by his three surviving sisters, in 1776.--_Hayward, sculptor._ ABRAHAM COWLEY.--This monument, though apparently plain, is very expressive; the chaplet of laurel that begirts his urn, and the fire issuing from the mouth of the urn, are fine emblems of the glory he acquired by the spirit of his writings. The Latin inscription and epitaph on the pedestal is thus translated into English:--"Near this place lies Abraham Cowley, the Pindar, Horace, and Virgil of England; and the delight, ornament and admiration of his age:-- "While, Sacred Bard, far worlds thy works proclaim. And you survive in an immortal fame, Here may you, bless'd in pleasant quiet, lie! To guard thy urn may hoary Faith stand by! And all thy fav'rite tuneful Nine repair To watch thy dust with a perpetual care! Sacred for ever may this place be made, And may no desp'rate hand presume t' invade With touch unhallow'd this religious room, Or dare affront thy venerable tomb! Unmov'd and undisturb'd, till time shall end, May Cowley's dust this marble shrine defend!" "So wishes, and desires that wish may be sacred to posterity, George, Duke of Buckingham, who erected this monument to that incomparable man. He died in the forty-ninth year of his age, and was carried from Buckingham House, with honourable pomp, his exequies being attended by persons of illustrious characters of all degrees, and buried August 3, 1667." His grave is just before the monument, as appears by a blue stone, on which is engraven his name.--_John Bushnell, sculptor._