[53] [See Note L.] Demolition of Abbeys.
[55] It was purchased for Wells Cathedral where it may still be seen.
[56] People talk of bloated monks, and imagine them revelling in luxuries. The expression is as just, neither more nor less, as that of “a bloated aristocrat,” used of a gentleman by a Socialist.
CHAPTER XIV.
SUUM CUIQUE TRIBUITUR.
Let us leave the snug cot and return to the desolate ruins of the Abbey.