[9] The ancient "Book of Melchin" (now lost), quoted by John of Glaston, says of Joseph of Arimathea: "Amongst them Joseph of Marmore, named of Arimathea, receives perpetual sleep; and he lies in _linea bifurcata_ near the south corner of the Oratory which is built of hurdles." "Linea," according to Ducange, means "an under-garment," and "bifurcata" would denote one slit at the sides like a shirt or dalmatic. But our script seems to suggest rather "a fork in the paths" as the place where Joseph lay. [Illustration: FIG. 4.--THE PLAN OF THE ABBEY CHURCH WITH THE EDGAR CHAPEL TO THE EAST (LEFT HAND). NOTE.--The drawing has all the marks of a blindfold tracing. The line is continuous, commencing at A, and the north transept is first drawn, very small. Next the line runs east, and the north-east angle of the retro-quire is traced, and, following this, the Edgar Chapel, extending east for about half the length of the quire. Here the line is drawn three times over, as though to emphasise the feature, and it then returns over the old ground, the north transept being again drawn, but larger and further removed, and the whole outline of the church is completed, to the junction south-west of the Edgar Chapel, ending with the signature GULIELMUS MONACHUS (William the Monk).] _Q._ (_by F.B.B._). "_What does this drawing represent?_" _A._ "Guest Hall ... St. Maria Capella ... Rolf monachus." The first drawing was now examined, and both F.B.B. and J.A. expressed a view unfavourable to the possibility of so large a chapel at the east of the church. It was resolved to try again. F.B.B. "_Please give us a more careful drawing of the chapel sketched just now at the east end of the great church._" In reply, a new sketch of the rectangular chapel was given (see Fig. 5), with an attempt to indicate the position of two smaller chapels on the north. Again the line was drawn double, and below was written the following, in cramped characters not easy to decipher: "Capella St. Edgar. Abbas Beere fecit hanc capellam Beati Edgari ... martyri et hic edificavit vel fecit voltam ... fecit voltam petriam quod vocatur quadripartus sed Abbas Whitting ... destruxit ... et restoravit eam cum nov ... multipart ... nescimus eam quod vocatur. "Portus[10] introitus post reredos post altarium quinque passuum et capella extensit 30 virgas ad orientem et (? viginti)[11] in latitudine cum fen (?) ... (?)." [10] For mediæval use of the masculine form "portus" for "porta" see Lobinell, _Hist. Brit._, ii. 872. "Ante suum introitum fecit idem novus dux primum juramentum in introitu variere portus illius urbis vocati vulgariter Portus de Morzellos." Also in O.E. (Anglo-Saxon Psalter) "on portum" = "in porta." [11] A doubtful measure (see pp. 27 and 63). The writing was very weak and unsatisfactory, as though the force were waning. F.B.B. "_Please repeat; we cannot read this._"