nct) was notable in the days of De

[June Penning]

Uption of Mellin, for the church is dedicated to Melyan or Melanus,
the father of Mylor. The church-town is about a mile distant from the
Cove, and
its church, with "black-and-white" tower of granite and

serpentine, somewhat resembles that of Landewednack. The tower dates
from
1500, but portions of the remaining building are obviously earlier; it
was restored
in 1870. There is a curious crucifixion over the west window, with the
figure
of the Father standing behind that of the Son; and in front of the
altar are carved wooden figures which may have
formed part of a screen; one of these is supposed to represent
St. Cleer, or Cleher. The bench-ends are of rare excellence for this
part of the Duchy--in fact, they

are among the finest in the West of England, and to say that is to say
much. They probably date from the fifteenth century,
and bear all manner of devices, letterings, symbols.
One series, in the western nave, gives the arms of the Passion, while
others bear fleurs-de-lis and different
crosses. The gallery that was formerly here has been removed. In the
chancel is an inscription to the memory of Thomas
Flavel, vicar, who died in 1682, being well known
locally as a ghost-layer. Such duties were at one time a recognised
part of a clergyman's vocation. The epitaph of this reverend exorcist
is

quaint enough to bear quotation:-- "Earth, take mine earth, my sin let
Satan
havet, The World my goods; my Soul my God who gavet; For from these
four--Earth, Satan, World and God, My flesh, my sin,
my goods, my soul, I had." [Illustration: BENCH-ENDS IN MULLION

CHURCH. _Photo by Gibson & Sons._] There is a ballad of Goethe's ("De
Zauberlehrling") which tells how a magician's apprentice, who had
learn
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