Lewis, Matthew - The Monk

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The Monk

Matthew Lewis

Table of Contents

The Monk.............................................................................................................................................................1

Matthew Lewis.........................................................................................................................................1

PREFACE................................................................................................................................................1

ADVERTISEMENT................................................................................................................................2

VOLUME I...........................................................................................................................................................3

CHAPTER I.............................................................................................................................................3

CHAPTER II..........................................................................................................................................19

CHAPTER III........................................................................................................................................45

VOLUME II........................................................................................................................................................63

CHAPTER I...........................................................................................................................................63

CHAPTER II..........................................................................................................................................91

CHAPTER III......................................................................................................................................106

CHAPTER IV......................................................................................................................................120

VOLUME III....................................................................................................................................................131

CHAPTER I.........................................................................................................................................131

CHAPTER II.......................................................................................................................................142

CHAPTER III.....................................................................................................................................159

CHAPTER IV.....................................................................................................................................173

CHAPTER V......................................................................................................................................192

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Matthew Lewis

PREFACE• ADVERTISEMENT• VOLUME I• CHAPTER I• CHAPTER II• CHAPTER III•

VOLUME II• CHAPTER I• CHAPTER II• CHAPTER III• CHAPTER IV•

VOLUME III• CHAPTER I• CHAPTER II• CHAPTER III• CHAPTER IV• CHAPTER V•

THE MONK − A ROMANCE

Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas,

Nocturnos lemures, portentaque.

Horat.

Dreams, magic terrors, spells of mighty power,

Witches, and ghosts who rove at midnight hour.

PREFACE

IMITATION OF HORACE

Ep. 20.−−B. 1.

Methinks, Oh! vain ill−judging Book,

I see thee cast a wishful look,

Where reputations won and lost are

In famous row called Paternoster.

Incensed to find your precious olio

Buried in unexplored port−folio,

You scorn the prudent lock and key,

And pant well bound and gilt to see

Your Volume in the window set

Of Stockdale, Hookham, or Debrett.

Go then, and pass that dangerous bourn

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Whence never Book can back return:

And when you find, condemned, despised,

Neglected, blamed, and criticised,

Abuse from All who read you fall,

(If haply you be read at all

Sorely will you your folly sigh at,

And wish for me, and home, and quiet.

Assuming now a conjuror's office, I

Thus on your future Fortune prophesy:−−

Soon as your novelty is o'er,

And you are young and new no more,

In some dark dirty corner thrown,

Mouldy with damps, with cobwebs strown,

Your leaves shall be the Book−worm's prey;

Or sent to Chandler−Shop away,

And doomed to suffer public scandal,

Shall line the trunk, or wrap the candle!

But should you meet with approbation,

And some one find an inclination

To ask, by natural transition

Respecting me and my condition;

That I am one, the enquirer teach,

Nor very poor, nor very rich;

Of passions strong, of hasty nature,

Of graceless form and dwarfish stature;

By few approved, and few approving;

Extreme in hating and in loving;

Abhorring all whom I dislike,

Adoring who my fancy strike;

In forming judgements never long,

And for the most part judging wrong;

In friendship firm, but still believing

Others are treacherous and deceiving,

And thinking in the present aera

That Friendship is a pure chimaera:

More passionate no creature living,

Proud, obstinate, and unforgiving,

But yet for those who kindness show,

Ready through fire and smoke to go.

Again, should it be asked your page,

'Pray, what may be the author's age?'

Your faults, no doubt, will make it clear,

I scarce have seen my twentieth year,

Which passed, kind Reader, on my word,

While England's Throne held George the Third.

Now then your venturous course pursue:

Go, my delight! Dear Book, adieu!

Hague,

Oct. 28, 1794. M. G. L.

The first idea of this Romance was suggested by the story of the Santon Barsisa, related in The

Guardian.−−The Bleeding Nun is a tradition still credited in many parts of Germany; and I have been told

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ADVERTISEMENT 2

that the ruins of the Castle of Lauenstein, which She is supposed to haunt, may yet be seen upon the borders

of Thuringia.−−The Water−King, from the third to the twelfth stanza, is the fragment of an original Danish

Ballad−−And Belerma and Durandarte is translated from some stanzas to be found in a collection of old

Spanish poetry, which contains also the popular song of Gayferos and Melesindra, mentioned in Don

Quixote.−−I have now made a full avowal of all the plagiarisms of which I am aware myself; but I doubt not,

many more may be found, of which I am at present totally unconscious.

VOLUME I

CHAPTER I

−−−−Lord Angelo is precise;

Stands at a guard with envy; Scarce confesses

That his blood flows, or that his appetite

Is more to bread than stone.

Measure for Measure.

Scarcely had the Abbey Bell tolled for five minutes,and already was the Church of the Capuchins thronged

with Auditors. Do not encourage the idea that the Crowd was assembled either from motives of piety or thirst

of information. But very few were influenced by those reasons; and in a city where superstition reigns with

such despotic sway as in Madrid, to seek for true devotion would be a fruitless attempt. The Audience now

assembled in the Capuchin Church was collected by various causes, but all of them were foreign to the

ostensible motive. The Women came to show themselves, the Men to see the Women: Some were attracted

by curiosity to hear an Orator so celebrated; Some came because they had no better means of employing their

time till the play began; Some, from being assured that it would be impossible to find places in the Church;

and one half of Madrid was brought thither by expecting to meet the other half. The only persons truly

anxious to hear the Preacher were a few antiquated devotees, and half a dozen rival Orators, determined to

find fault with and ridicule the discourse. As to the remainder of the Audience, the Sermon might have been

omitted altogether, certainly without their being disappointed, and very probably without their perceiving the

omission.

Whatever was the occasion, it is at least certain that the Capuchin Church had never witnessed a more

numerous assembly. Every corner was filled, every seat was occupied. The very Statues which ornamented

the long aisles were pressed into the service. Boys suspended themselves upon the wings of Cherubims; St.

Francis and St. Mark bore each a spectator on his shoulders; and St. Agatha found herself under the necessity

of carrying double. The consequence was, that in spite of all their hurry and expedition, our two newcomers,

on entering the Church, looked round in vain for places.

However, the old Woman continued to move forwards. In vain were exclamations of displeasure vented

against her from all sides: In vain was She addressed with−−'I assure you, Segnora, there are no places

here.'−− 'I beg, Segnora, that you will not crowd me so intolerably!'−−'Segnora, you cannot pass this way.

Bless me! How can people be so troublesome!'−−The old Woman was obstinate, and on She went. By dint of

perseverance and two brawny arms She made a passage through the Crowd, and managed to bustle herself

into the very body of the Church, at no great distance from the Pulpit. Her companion had followed her with

timidity and in silence, profiting by the exertions of her conductress.

'Holy Virgin!' exclaimed the old Woman in a tone of disappointment, while She threw a glance of enquiry

round her; 'Holy Virgin! What heat! What a Crowd! I wonder what can be the meaning of all this. I believe

we must return: There is no such thing as a seat to be had, and nobody seems kind enough to accommodate us

with theirs.'

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