Castle near old Sarum, the Residence of the Earl of Salisbury surrounded with Downs--Place of Tournament--Funeral of the Earl, and the mysterious Disappearance of his Daughter, Ela--Riding forth of Knights in search--Conjecture respecting her Disappearance--Ela's three Uncles--Monastry of Bradenstoke--Adventures of an English Knight, William Talbot, in quest of the young Heiress--His Wanderings in Normandy for the space of two years--Discovery of the Lady Ela, when gathering Shells on the Sea-coast--Poetry--Her Return to England, and Marriage with William Longespé--Attachment of William Longespé to his Brother, King John, the Companion of his Wanderings, a Friend who never Deserted him--Wretched Condition of the Country--Founding by William Longespé of the beautiful Cathedral of Salisbury--Going abroad of the Earl, with his Royal Nephew, Richard--Disasters by Land and Sea--Narrow Escape from an Abbey in the Isle of Rhé--Proposals of Marriage to the Lady Ela by Reimund de Burgh, during the absence of her Husband--Her scornful Reply--Complaint to King Henry by the Earl on his Return--Apology--Illness and Death of the Earl--His Funeral--Lady Ela permitted to remain in free Widowhood--Her Seal and Exercise of the Office of Sheriff of Wiltshire--Founding of Lacock Nunnery, and the Priory of Hinton--Ela's Retirement from the stately Castle, in which her young Days had passed to the Society of the Nuns of Lacock--Visit to the plain Marble Stone that covers the Remains of Lady Ela--Closing Observations.--_Page 91._ Remains of Dunmow Priory. Old Church of Dunmow, by whom erected--Tomb of Sir Walter Bohun, by whom injured--Tomb of the Lady Marian, the wife of Robinhood--Conjecture respecting the sparing of her Effigy during the Civil Wars--Early History of Lady Marian--Tournament--Burning of her Father's Castle--Escape to the Forest--Single Combat with Prince John--Restoration of Robinhood, the Earl of Huntingdon, to his estates and honours--Death of Robinhood--Retiring of his Widow to the Priory of Dunmow--Sending of Sir Robert de Medeive, with a poisoned Bracelet, by King John, to the lady--Her Death--Poetry.--_Page 119._ Gospel-Beech. Divisions of Great Britain by the Romans--Names given by the Saxons--Minor Changes and final Partition by command of Alfred--Origin of marking the respective Boundaries--Gospel-Tree near an ancient Saxon Town--Going round of the Parishioners--Contrast between the aged Tree and the young Flowers that spring beside it--Concluding Observations.--_Page 129._ Clipstone Palace and the Parliament Oak.