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150 150 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. Pabt II. this roof — except in size — is one of the best and most remarkable ever executed. The true solution of the difficulty, in so far as the roof was con- cerned, Avould have been to include two bays of the side-aisles in one of the centre ; but this would have necessitated a rearrangement of both plan and exterior to an extent the architects were not then prepared to 583. Clioir Aixlies of Oxford Cathedral. (Cath, Hb.) tolerate, and it never was attempted, except perhaps in the instance or the retro-choir at Peterborough (Woodcut No. 582). Had it been done in King's College Chapel at Cambridge (Woodcut No. 610), it would have been in every respect an immense improvement. At present the length of King's Chapel is too great for its other dimensions. Had there been six bays instead of twelve its apparent length would have been considerably diminished, and the variety introduced by this