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Rise And Fall Of Beards.
For a long time a'l letters that came from the sovereign had , for greater sanction , three hairs of his beard in the seal , There is still in being a charter of 1121 , which concludes in the fallowing words : Quad u' ration et stabile perseveret in posUrum , prtescniis scripio si ^ gilli mei robitr apfosui cum tubus pills barbie mea . Several great men have honoured themselves with the sirname of Bearded . The Emperor Constantine is distinguished by the epithet
of Pogonate , which signifies the Bearded . In the time of the Crusades , we find there was a Jeffery the Bearded : Baldwin IV . Earl of Flanders , was surnamed Handsome-beard ; and , ,, in the illustrious house of Montmorenci , there was a famous Bouchard , who took a pride in the surname ' of Bearded ; he was always the declared enemy of the Monks , without doubt because of their being shaved .
In the tenth century , we find , that King Robert ( of France ) the rival of Charles the Simple , was not more famous for his exploits than for his long white beard . In order that it . mi ght be more conspicuous to the soldiers when he was in the field , he used to let it hang down outside his cuirass : this venerable sight encouraged the troops in battle , and served to rally them when they were defeated .
A celebrated painter in Germany , called John Mayo ,, had such a large beard that he was nicknamed John the Bearded : it was so longthat he wore it fastened to his girdle ; and , though he was a very tail man , it would hang upon the ground when he stood upri ght . He took the greatest care of this extraordinary beard ; sometimes he would untie it before the Emperor Charles V . who took great pleasure to see the wind make it fly against the faces of the lords of his Court .
In England tlie famous chancellor Thomas More , one of the greatest men of his time , being on the point of falling a victim to court intrigues , was able , when on the fatal scaffold , to procure respect to his beard in presence of all the people , and saved it , as one may say , from the Fatal stroke which he could not escape himself . When he had laid his head on the block , he perceived that his beard was likel y to he hurt by the axe of the executioner ; on which he took it away
, saying , " My beard has not been guilty of treason ; it would be an injustice to punish it . " But let us tumour eyes to a more flattering object , and admire the ever-precious beard of the great Henry IV . of France , which diffused over'the countenance of that prince a majestic sweetness and amiable openness ; a beard ever dear to posterity , and which should
serve as a model for that of every great king , as the beard of his illustrious minister should for that of every minister . But what dependence is there to be put upon the stability of things in this world ? By an event , as fatal as unforeseen , the beard , which was arrived at its highest degree of glory , all of a sudden tost its favour , and was at ? length entirely proscribed . The unexpected death of Henry the Great , and the youth of his successor , were the sole cause of it , [ TO BE CONTINUED . ]
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Rise And Fall Of Beards.
For a long time a'l letters that came from the sovereign had , for greater sanction , three hairs of his beard in the seal , There is still in being a charter of 1121 , which concludes in the fallowing words : Quad u' ration et stabile perseveret in posUrum , prtescniis scripio si ^ gilli mei robitr apfosui cum tubus pills barbie mea . Several great men have honoured themselves with the sirname of Bearded . The Emperor Constantine is distinguished by the epithet
of Pogonate , which signifies the Bearded . In the time of the Crusades , we find there was a Jeffery the Bearded : Baldwin IV . Earl of Flanders , was surnamed Handsome-beard ; and , ,, in the illustrious house of Montmorenci , there was a famous Bouchard , who took a pride in the surname ' of Bearded ; he was always the declared enemy of the Monks , without doubt because of their being shaved .
In the tenth century , we find , that King Robert ( of France ) the rival of Charles the Simple , was not more famous for his exploits than for his long white beard . In order that it . mi ght be more conspicuous to the soldiers when he was in the field , he used to let it hang down outside his cuirass : this venerable sight encouraged the troops in battle , and served to rally them when they were defeated .
A celebrated painter in Germany , called John Mayo ,, had such a large beard that he was nicknamed John the Bearded : it was so longthat he wore it fastened to his girdle ; and , though he was a very tail man , it would hang upon the ground when he stood upri ght . He took the greatest care of this extraordinary beard ; sometimes he would untie it before the Emperor Charles V . who took great pleasure to see the wind make it fly against the faces of the lords of his Court .
In England tlie famous chancellor Thomas More , one of the greatest men of his time , being on the point of falling a victim to court intrigues , was able , when on the fatal scaffold , to procure respect to his beard in presence of all the people , and saved it , as one may say , from the Fatal stroke which he could not escape himself . When he had laid his head on the block , he perceived that his beard was likel y to he hurt by the axe of the executioner ; on which he took it away
, saying , " My beard has not been guilty of treason ; it would be an injustice to punish it . " But let us tumour eyes to a more flattering object , and admire the ever-precious beard of the great Henry IV . of France , which diffused over'the countenance of that prince a majestic sweetness and amiable openness ; a beard ever dear to posterity , and which should
serve as a model for that of every great king , as the beard of his illustrious minister should for that of every minister . But what dependence is there to be put upon the stability of things in this world ? By an event , as fatal as unforeseen , the beard , which was arrived at its highest degree of glory , all of a sudden tost its favour , and was at ? length entirely proscribed . The unexpected death of Henry the Great , and the youth of his successor , were the sole cause of it , [ TO BE CONTINUED . ]