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The Collector.
Ambrose , from the court , to the dignity of a bishop . Nay , we have known some seculars enter upon this charge to the churchis great advantage . In short , it hath often happened , that where sin hath abounded , erace also hath superabounded . You then , dear brother , being animated by these examples , gird up the loins of your mind , amend your life and studies , call yourself to an account at ni g ht for
what you have done amiss in the day ; endeavour to imitate St . Paul , in being an honour to your office ; you will bring honour to it by gravity in your manners , deliberations- in your councils , and justice in your actions . These are the chief ornaments of a Bishop . Do all things by deliberate counsel : take advice only of virtuous people ; let such have the management of your affairs , who may moreover be
witnesses of your holy conversation ; and in so doing , you will procure a good esteem . We recommend to your charity our poor brethren near you , namely , those of Boumont and Plautecomb ;* by which means you may g ive us proofs of your love towards us and your neighbours . '
BEARDS . FASHIONS change perpetually . When the fairwere accustomed to behold their lovers with beards , the sight of a shaved chin excited sentiments of horror and aversion ; as much , indeed , as in this age would a gallant whose ' hoary excrement' should ' Stream like a meteor to the troubled air . '
In obedience to the injunctions of his bishop , Louis the Seventh of France cropped his hair and shaved his beard . Eleanor of Aquitaine , his consort , found him , with this uncommon appearance , very ridiculous , and very contemptible . She revenged herself by becoming something more than a coquette .. The King obtained a divorce : she then married the Count of Anjou , who shortly after ascended the
English throne . She gave him , for her marriage dower , the rich provinces of Poitou and Guienne ; and this was the ori g in of those wars , which , for three hundred years , ravaged France , and cost the French nation three millions of men . All which , probably , had never taken place , if Louis the Seventh had not been so rash as to crop his hair and shave his beard , by which he became so disgustful in the eyes
of the fair Eleanor . PRIDE . A GRAVE supercilious master of a college at Oxford , having some affairs to transact in London , set out for it , for the first time of his life , without knowing a step of the way ; but thinking it beneath hist dignity to enquire , he rode close after the stage coach , which he knew was bound for that city ; and by not losing sight of it , got snug and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Collector.
Ambrose , from the court , to the dignity of a bishop . Nay , we have known some seculars enter upon this charge to the churchis great advantage . In short , it hath often happened , that where sin hath abounded , erace also hath superabounded . You then , dear brother , being animated by these examples , gird up the loins of your mind , amend your life and studies , call yourself to an account at ni g ht for
what you have done amiss in the day ; endeavour to imitate St . Paul , in being an honour to your office ; you will bring honour to it by gravity in your manners , deliberations- in your councils , and justice in your actions . These are the chief ornaments of a Bishop . Do all things by deliberate counsel : take advice only of virtuous people ; let such have the management of your affairs , who may moreover be
witnesses of your holy conversation ; and in so doing , you will procure a good esteem . We recommend to your charity our poor brethren near you , namely , those of Boumont and Plautecomb ;* by which means you may g ive us proofs of your love towards us and your neighbours . '
BEARDS . FASHIONS change perpetually . When the fairwere accustomed to behold their lovers with beards , the sight of a shaved chin excited sentiments of horror and aversion ; as much , indeed , as in this age would a gallant whose ' hoary excrement' should ' Stream like a meteor to the troubled air . '
In obedience to the injunctions of his bishop , Louis the Seventh of France cropped his hair and shaved his beard . Eleanor of Aquitaine , his consort , found him , with this uncommon appearance , very ridiculous , and very contemptible . She revenged herself by becoming something more than a coquette .. The King obtained a divorce : she then married the Count of Anjou , who shortly after ascended the
English throne . She gave him , for her marriage dower , the rich provinces of Poitou and Guienne ; and this was the ori g in of those wars , which , for three hundred years , ravaged France , and cost the French nation three millions of men . All which , probably , had never taken place , if Louis the Seventh had not been so rash as to crop his hair and shave his beard , by which he became so disgustful in the eyes
of the fair Eleanor . PRIDE . A GRAVE supercilious master of a college at Oxford , having some affairs to transact in London , set out for it , for the first time of his life , without knowing a step of the way ; but thinking it beneath hist dignity to enquire , he rode close after the stage coach , which he knew was bound for that city ; and by not losing sight of it , got snug and