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MELROSE ABBEY.
hundred and eighty-feven feet in length, and at the greateft
breadth one hundred and fifty-feven feet. The weft is wholly
ruined ; but the great eaftern window remains, and one above
the fouthern door, which are extremely fine. The pillars that yet
remain to fupport the roof are of fingular grace, and wherever
you turn you behold objecfts that rivet the attention by their
MELROSE : THE NAVE.
richnefs of fculpture, though often only in fragments. The
only wonder is that fo much has efcaped the numberlefs
affaults of enemies. During the reigns of Henry VIII.,
Edward VI., and Elizabeth, the abbey was continually buffer-
ing from their inroads, in which the fpirit of vengeance againft
MELROSE ABBEY.
hundred and eighty-feven feet in length, and at the greateft
breadth one hundred and fifty-feven feet. The weft is wholly
ruined ; but the great eaftern window remains, and one above
the fouthern door, which are extremely fine. The pillars that yet
remain to fupport the roof are of fingular grace, and wherever
you turn you behold objecfts that rivet the attention by their
MELROSE : THE NAVE.
richnefs of fculpture, though often only in fragments. The
only wonder is that fo much has efcaped the numberlefs
affaults of enemies. During the reigns of Henry VIII.,
Edward VI., and Elizabeth, the abbey was continually buffer-
ing from their inroads, in which the fpirit of vengeance againft