cannot be pretended that the present roof is the same that was
erected by William Rufus when it was first built, it appearing that
Richard II., about the year 1397, caused the old roof to be taken
down and a new one made (as has been observed already) and this is
probably the same we now see. Here are hung up as trophies, 138
colours, and 34 standards, taken from the French and Bavarians at
Hochstadt, anno 1704.

The House of Lords, or chamber where the peers assemble in
Parliament, is situated between the Old Palace Yard and the Thames.
It is a spacious room, of an oblong form, at the south end whereof
is the King's throne, to which he ascends by several steps: on the
right hand of the throne is a seat for the Prince of Wales, and on
the left another for the princes of the blood, and behind the throne
the seats of the peers under age.

On the east side of the house, to the right of the throne, sit the
archbishops and bishops; on the opposite side of the house sit the
dukes, marquises, earls, and viscounts; and on forms crossing the
area, the barons under the degree of viscounts.

Before the throne are three wool-sacks, or broad seats stuffed with
wool, to put the Legislature in mind, it is said, that the right
management of this trade is of the last importance to the kingdom.
On the first of these wool-sacks, next to the throne, sits the Lord
Chancellor, or Keeper, who is Speaker of the House of Peers; and on
the other two, the Lord Chief Justices and the rest of the judges,
with the Master of the Rolls, and the other Masters in Chancery:
about the middle of the house, on the east side, is a chimney, where
a fire is usually kept in the winter; and towards the north, or