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ear to this gloomy cloister's gatesThere dwelt the blooming virgin Thwailes,Fair beyond meaeure, and an heirWhich might deformity make fair;And oft she spent the summer sunsDiscoursiog with the subtle nuos; ' Lord FsirfaK'j ancdlcr, Sir WilliMn FairfsjE, waibetrothtd to a EK^utiful heir^iB, IinbcL Thwtj'tes, residingin the Ciilcrtian nunnery ol' Appkton, under theBoarilioosJijp of the prioress. Her guardisn tried to^induce her to become a nun, and taer lover wai^^^ut allowed to sec her. Fairfax, however, obtained^^|k ordcrr for Iiabcl'i rcleaic, broke Jib way in, and carry-^^Kg h^r vff to tils □ei£hbt>uri]ig church of Bolton Percy,^^BtDiiTJed her. This waA \a i^iS, Twenty-tour yratt^'lifter iVnrHs-f cin the dissoliitinn ot'thc moilBifl cries, Appietonnanctcry was obtained by Sir WiLlJain'E boob, ind out ofits miilerialt Nunapplccun HouBe, or Applctan Houie aiMaivtil tails it, v^aa built. The tuitli lay to the louthof (he maDiioa, near totlie girilem and tivt^r-cidcmcadowilich M^xvell proee«da (g describCi
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