with the greatest attention; and after the eating was over, large drinking-cups were placed before all the guests, and filled with excellent wine. The king then, suddenly taking up his own cup, and addressing himself to the abbot, said, “Father abbot, I say to thee _pril_.” The abbot, suddenly recognizing his guest, was struck with confusion, and besought the king in humble manner for his grace and forgiveness; but the king stopped him short, and making use of a popular oath, declared, that it was his will they should be good fellows together on the present occasion, just as they had been the previous night in the abbot’s refectory; and that he thought it but right and fair, that as he had answered _wril_ to the abbot’s _pril_ before, the abbot should now pay him the same compliment. And thus the knights and monks, as well as the king and abbot, passed the remainder of the day in drinking _pril_ and _wril_ to each other, amid shouts of laughter and merriment. Over the series of buildings which we have been describing was another floor, on which we trace the remains of a number of smaller chambers. These were probably the <g>Dormitories</g>, or bed-chambers of the monks. They were placed near the church, because the monks were obliged to leave their beds in the night to perform the _vigilæ nocturnæ_, or night service, which lasted from two o’clock to nearly four, when they returned to their repose. Adjoining to the hall, or refectory, are the <g>Buttery</g> and <g>Kitchen</g>, which form the southern extremity of the abbey, separated from the fields only by the outer wall. The former of these offices is a small room, with little to indicate the purposes to which it was formerly applied. The kitchen, on the contrary, [Illustration]