. The New England magazine. o ortho-doxy, all looked wellfor the reformers weredivided and scattered;the reactionaries hada new organization inthe militant Jesuitorder, and a revivedheadship in the re-formed Papacy. Nowonder that Philiplooked forward to theday when he shouldtrample down thosecommon folk whodared to resist theforces of struggle thus be-gun lasted for morethan a century, clos-ing in the dreary com-promise of the Peaceof Westphalia, faraway from tranquilWinchester. We leave the LadyChapel and go to-wards the west, downthe north our left is a
. The New England magazine. o ortho-doxy, all looked wellfor the reformers weredivided and scattered;the reactionaries hada new organization inthe militant Jesuitorder, and a revivedheadship in the re-formed Papacy. Nowonder that Philiplooked forward to theday when he shouldtrample down thosecommon folk whodared to resist theforces of struggle thus be-gun lasted for morethan a century, clos-ing in the dreary com-promise of the Peaceof Westphalia, faraway from tranquilWinchester. We leave the LadyChapel and go to-wards the west, downthe north our left is another splendidchantry, not unlike those whichwe have already seen. This isthe tomb of Bishop Waynflete, theimmediate successor of Henry Beau-fort. A very different man was he,however, from the ambitious, money-loving cardinal. Though he lived inthe time of the hottest civil wars, heshowed no desire to take a part inpolitics and gave no offence to partyleaders. He was a strong believer inthe Lancastrian cause, but his noted. MEMORIAL TO JANE AUSTEN IN WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL. fairness of mind kept him on goodterms with the Yorkist king, Ed-ward IV, who gave the bishop muchhelp and kindly encouragement in hisgreat educational work, the foundingof Magdalen College at it was because of his wise di-rection of the affairs of Winchesterthat his city played so unimportant apart in the War of the Roses. Wyke-ham, Beaufort and Waynflete, threegreat bishops, held the see for onehundred and twentyyears. Still farther to thewest is the chantryand tomb of themany-sided Gardiner,the last of the proudseries of statesmenbishops of Win-chester. He was oneof the prelates whodesired reform withinthe Church, a manfull of modern ideas,interested in the re-vival of classicallearning, clever, re-ceptive and clung to the oldChurch while othersjoined the new move-ment, and has alwaysbeen regarded some-what harshly as thechief in the vehementattempt at repres-sion. No wonder tha
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