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VIII.  Westminster Abbey (3 Secrets)
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This level looks kind of intimidating, but it’s really not that bad.  First thing you need to do is turn and look at the directory to get an idea of where you will be going.  I've photoshopped the directory a bit to help you out as you continue through the level.

Go behind the directory first, towards the front doors of Westminster Abbey and look towards the statue on the left for the glowing symbol that indicates a secret.  Examine that area to find the **GOLD COIN**.  That is the only secret out in this main area, so we'll pick up the other two on our way through the level.

Check the directory and find your way to "Newton's Tomb".  As soon as you enter this room, you will get a hint about electrocuting the patrolling guard.  Do as suggested and shove the light into the puddle of water, but do it fairly quickly as the guard will eventually walk out of the puddle and then you'll have to kick his butt as you normally would. 

o straight across the room to the opposite side and look on the wall for the glowing symbol of secrets.  Examine that area to get the **SUN SPHERE**.  (Just started and already you got 2 secrets!)

Now walk over to Newton's Tomb and examine it thoroughly.  When it has been completely examined and you are staring at it wondering what to do, use the
PRIORY RING in the little hole next to the Sun, and you will be able to take the sun off the tomb and add it to your inventory.  (That Priory Ring is handy as hell)

Listen to them talk about the poems you need to follow to get through this level, then head out of this room back to the main area.

Use the directory if you need to, but you want to go to "Chaucer's Tomb". Examine this tomb and note the characters from Canterbury Tales across the top of the tomb.  You will need to know one of them to solve this puzzle.

Examine down near the bottom of the tomb and find the slider puzzle with the shield engraving in the middle.  Place the Sun Orb on the shield engraving to activate the slider puzzle.  It's pretty easy to solve as you have to get the letters to spell out "PARDONER" clockwise around the puzzle starting from the top left square. Simply slide the "D" into the center and the rest of the letters will slide right into place so you can slide the "D" right where it is supposed to be and the puzzle will be solved.  You will be presented with the LARGE RING for your efforts.

Now that you have completed that, let’s save you some running around and grab a nearby item that you will need later.  You are standing next to where
Shakespeare's Memorial should be, but there is a sign saying that it is being renovated.  Right next to that area you will find a "Workman's Cabinet". Examine the cabinet and you will find and old coat inside.  Slide the coat to the side and you will get a BRUSH added to your inventory. 

Now if you know the way, head to "The Cloister".  Check the directory if you don't know how to get there.

When you enter the Cloister, creep straight ahead and there will be a guard in front of you.  Look a little to the left and Langdon will proclaim that maybe he can untie the light on the ceiling and it will drop on the guard.  Do just that and grab the large bandage that you find there as well. 

Continue down that hall and enter the "Restoration Hall" on your left near the end.

There are 3 guards in this hallway.  Try to take them out with stealth attacks by turning on the light switches you can find on either side of the hallway, otherwise if all 3 guards come after you, you are unlikely to beat them.  The third guard is near the end of this "L" shaped hallway near a closet with a closed door. 

Enter the closet and find a large bandage and a light switch.  Flip the switch and a guard will walk out of the Restoration room at the end of the hall.  Run out and take care of him before he wakes up any of the bodies you've left lying around the hall.  When the guards are all sleeping peacefully, enter the Restoration room at the end of the hall.

Just inside the door to the right is a pallet that you can examine.  Search it and find BOLT CUTTERS inside one of the boxes. 

Look to the other side of the door you came in and look for two boxes covered with blue cloths right next to each other.  Walk around them until you get the cue to "examine" and you will be rewarded with **DA VINCI'S CODEX ARUNDEL**.

You can't do anything else in this room at the moment, but go and examine Shakespeare's Statue before you leave if you feel like it. 

Head back out of the Restoration Hall to the Cloister and back towards the door you came in, but instead of leaving, turn to your left and go down the previously unexplored hallway. There will be 1 guard wandering around down here, so just take him out in whatever way you like best, and proceed all the way to the end of the hall to find a padlocked door.  Use the BOLT CUTTERS to unlock the door and enter this closet.

The closet is dark, so examine the pallet just inside the door and slide a box to the side to reveal the light switch and turn on the lights.  Search under the workbench until you find MARBLE CLEANER. 

You are done in here, so go aaaaaaaaall the way back to the Restoration Room where Shakespeare's Statue
was.  When you get there, there will be a single guard wandering around the room.  He's pretty easy to creep up on and take out with a stealth attack. Do that and go over and examine Shakespeare's Statue.  Go in your inventory and combine the MARBLE CLEANER and the BRUSH.  Use the resulting soapy brush
on the scroll on the statue and reveal the quote.  Note the word that Shakespeare is pointing to, "TEMPLES".

Now examine Shakespeare's finger and place the LARGE RING on it.  A drawer will slide out and you will be rewarded with a HAND CRANK.

You are done here, so you are going to head all the way back to the main area of Westminster Abbey.  You will encounter 1 guard on the way back in the hall
in the Cloister, so take him out on the way.

When you are back in the main area, head over to King Henry III's Tomb if you know the way, check the directory if you don't.

Examine King Henry's Tomb and you will find a hole into which you can insert the HAND CRANK.  The word Shakespeare was pointing to is your clue, so crank
the letters around until it says "TEMPLES".

Your efforts will reward you with the KING SYMBOL.

Now turn around and examine the scaffold behind you.  Examine the two wheels with locks on them and unlock them.  Now you can push the scaffold to the side
to reveal the door to Saint John's Chapel.  Use the BOLT CUTTERS to unlock this gate and enter Saint John's Chapel.

In here, search through the box on the floor and once you've emptied it, you'll find a first aid kit. 

Now go examine Baron Hunsden's Tomb in this room.  Put the KING SYMBOL in the empty space that you find. 

Use the fourth poem clue to figure out the sequence in which to push the buttons you now have in front of you or just read the sequence I have provided for you here because the clue you have is terribly confusing.  Push the buttons in this order:

QUEEN
BARON
KNIGHT
SOLDIER

You will be presented with the UNUSUAL CYLINDER. 

A guard has now entered the room and you will have to induce his coma so you can get out of here.  When you have made it back out to the main area of Westminster Abbey, you need to head back to the very first room you explored in this level, Newton's Tomb.

When you enter Newton's Tomb again, there will once more be a guard wandering around in here, but electrocuting him is not presented as an option this time,
so you'll just have to kick his butt.  Once that is done, examine the tomb once again. 

In your inventory, combine the UNUSUAL CYLINDER and the SUN ORB. Place the resulting object (SUN ORB CYLINDER) in the Sun Orb Cavity on the tomb. 

A drawer will slide open to reveal a torn scroll.  Take the torn scroll you already have in your inventory (I don't know how it got there either) and place it in the empty space below the torn scroll you just found.

Now you will have a scrambled up picture to assemble.  Generally speaking, the top and bottom row of the picture should be fairly easy to identify, so put that together first and assemble the rest of the picture.  There isn't really a "way" to do this puzzle, you just have to use your eyes until it is put
together correctly.

(This is probably the most requested image in the whole game.)

Once it is done, you get the word you need to solve the fourth and final Cryptex, "PAYENS".

Instead of getting to solve the Cryptex though, you'll be subjected to a very longwinded cut scene in which you find out that Teabing has screwed you over.
During this long oration from Teabing, you will be presented with different things for Sophie to say to Teabing to distract him so that Langdon has some time to solve the Cryptex.

The first response you need to use is:

"I thought you told us only the worthy can find the grail"

You will then switch to Langdon and the Cryptex.  You need to rotate it as quickly as possible to say "PAYENS".  You will probably not get to finish the first time, so get as far as you can until you are returned to the cutscene.

The next time you need to respond, use:

"You are the one responsible for my grandfather's murder"

You will now return to the Cryptex to pick up where you left off.  I managed to get the Cryptex finished during this turn, so it just returned to the cutscene to let it finish out the level, but if you need one more go at it, you will be given another opportunity to respond to Teabing.

This response will be:

"You are no better than the church"

If you sill have not finished the cryptex, you will be given a fourth and final chance to get it done.  Listen further to the cut scene and shortly you will be presented with the last list of responses.

This response is:

"and now you have taken over where the church left off"

(Thank you to Janica Aniceto for writing to me from the Philippines to give me this 4th response!)

After that, listen through the rest of the cut scene to the end of the level.

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