Excerpt from Blackfriars, or the Monks of Old, Vol. 2 of 3: A Romantic Chronicle These guests, among whom might be dis cerned several cowled figures, were waited upon by a number of tapsters, trencher scrapers, and drawers, under the lynx-eyed surveillance of the host, or inn-keeping Jove, who sat within an alcove at the far end in fat content and satis faction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.