f all kinds were going on all
day long: the place was bright, not only with the sunlight streaming
through the painted glass, but with wax tapers burning before many a
shrine--at some, all day and all night. People came to the church to
walk about, for rest, for conversation, for the transaction of
business--to make or receive payments: to hire servants. The middle
aisle of the church where all this was done was called Paul's Walk or
Duke Humphrey's Walk. Here were tables where twelve licensed scribes sat
writing letters for those who wanted their services. They would also
prepare a lease, a deed, a conveyance--any legal document. The church
was filled with tombs and monuments, some of these very ancient, some of
the greatest interest. Here was one called the tomb of Duke
Humphrey--Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, who was really buried at St.
Alban's. On May Day the watermen used to come to St. Paul's in order to
sprinkle water and strew herbs upon this tomb--I know not why. Those who
were out of work and went dinnerless were said to dine with Duke
Humphrey: and there was a proverb--'Trash and trumpery is the way to
Duke Humphrey.' Trumpery being used in its original
meaning--_tromperie_--_deceit_. Among other tombs there were those of
the Saxon Kings Sebbi and Ethelred. The first of these was King of the
East Saxons. He was converted by Bishop Erkenwald. The second was the
elder brother of King Alfred. There were tombs or shrines to many saints
now forgotten--that of St. Erkenwald, whose fame rivalled that of Edward
the Confessor at Westminster, St. Cuthbert at Durham, and St. Thomas a
Becket at Canterbury: that of St. Ethelbert: that of St. Roger, Bishop
of London--a cope which St. Roger wore is still preserved in the
Sacristy: and that of St. Wilford. At every one of these shrines
miracles were wrought--or believed to be wrought. There was also a
miraculous crucifix said to have been discovered by Lucius, the first
Christian King of ancient Britain in the year 140. Great gifts were
constantly made to this crucifix.

Under the Cathedral, in the crypt, was a parish church--that of St.
Faith's--it is now united with the parish church of St. Augustine's in
Watling Street.

[Illustration: OLD ST. PAUL'S, FROM THE EAST.

(_Showing its condition just before the Great Fire; from an engraving by
Hollar._)]

Outside the church, almost against the south wall, was the parish church
of St. Gregory. In the same way the parish chu