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Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
St . Thomas was one day with Pope Innocent the Fourth in his closet , when an officer of his chancery came in with a bag of gold , procured by Absolutions and . Indulgences . The Pope profanely said , " See , young man , the Church is not what it was in the times " when it used to say , Silver and gold have I none . "— " Holy Father , " that is very true , indeed , " replied St . Thomas , " but then it cannot " say to the poor afflicted with the palsy , ' Rise , take up thy bed and " walk . " A
SEIGNEUR DE BEAUMA > TOIR .
This French Nobleman , a partizan of the Count du Blois , went one day to confer with Richard Bembron , the English Commandant of Ploermel , a small fortress in Bretagne , for the Countess of that Province , on the means of preventing the mutual outrages their-respective soldiers committed upon the peasants . Soon , however , the rivality between the two nations burst forth , and interrupted the conference ; each Commander spoke with contempt of the prowess of his rival ' s
countrymen , and with veneration of the valour of his own . They grew warm , and a challenge took place . It was agreed , that the two Commanders should meet at a given spot with thirty on each side , and decide the dispute . Beaumanoir and Bembron appeared at the day appointed , armed cap-a-pied , and at the head of their respective " soldiers . The enthusiasm that inflamed these modern Horatii and
Curiatii , may easily be imagined . They charged most furiously man against man ; but soon the fortune of war began to shew itself . Of the English , only twenty-five in ashore time remained . Soon afterwards five are taken prisoners , killed , or incapable of fighting on account of their wounds . Beaumanoir changes the plan of battle . Bembron does the same . They form themselves into a little squadron . The
Commander of the English is thrown down , and slain upon the spot . The Commander of the French , dangerously wounded , and ready to sink with heat and thirst ^ desires one of his remaining companions to give him something todrink . He exclaims , "Beaumanoir , drink " some of your own blood , and your thirst will go off . You must " persist to the very last extremity . " Beaumanoir , animated by these words , persists , and remains master of the field .
GONSALVO ,
SURNAMED THE GREAT CAPTAIN . Previous to the celebrated battle of Gariglias , his friends advised him to retire from before the enemy , as his army was much weaker and less numerous than that of the French who were opposed to him . " Were I to take your advice , " replied he nobly , " I should destroy " my own fame , and hurt the affairs of my master . I know but too
" well the importance of the fate of the day , but we must either con" quer or die . I had much rather meet with death in going an hun"" dred paces towards it , than lengthen my life many years by going
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
St . Thomas was one day with Pope Innocent the Fourth in his closet , when an officer of his chancery came in with a bag of gold , procured by Absolutions and . Indulgences . The Pope profanely said , " See , young man , the Church is not what it was in the times " when it used to say , Silver and gold have I none . "— " Holy Father , " that is very true , indeed , " replied St . Thomas , " but then it cannot " say to the poor afflicted with the palsy , ' Rise , take up thy bed and " walk . " A
SEIGNEUR DE BEAUMA > TOIR .
This French Nobleman , a partizan of the Count du Blois , went one day to confer with Richard Bembron , the English Commandant of Ploermel , a small fortress in Bretagne , for the Countess of that Province , on the means of preventing the mutual outrages their-respective soldiers committed upon the peasants . Soon , however , the rivality between the two nations burst forth , and interrupted the conference ; each Commander spoke with contempt of the prowess of his rival ' s
countrymen , and with veneration of the valour of his own . They grew warm , and a challenge took place . It was agreed , that the two Commanders should meet at a given spot with thirty on each side , and decide the dispute . Beaumanoir and Bembron appeared at the day appointed , armed cap-a-pied , and at the head of their respective " soldiers . The enthusiasm that inflamed these modern Horatii and
Curiatii , may easily be imagined . They charged most furiously man against man ; but soon the fortune of war began to shew itself . Of the English , only twenty-five in ashore time remained . Soon afterwards five are taken prisoners , killed , or incapable of fighting on account of their wounds . Beaumanoir changes the plan of battle . Bembron does the same . They form themselves into a little squadron . The
Commander of the English is thrown down , and slain upon the spot . The Commander of the French , dangerously wounded , and ready to sink with heat and thirst ^ desires one of his remaining companions to give him something todrink . He exclaims , "Beaumanoir , drink " some of your own blood , and your thirst will go off . You must " persist to the very last extremity . " Beaumanoir , animated by these words , persists , and remains master of the field .
GONSALVO ,
SURNAMED THE GREAT CAPTAIN . Previous to the celebrated battle of Gariglias , his friends advised him to retire from before the enemy , as his army was much weaker and less numerous than that of the French who were opposed to him . " Were I to take your advice , " replied he nobly , " I should destroy " my own fame , and hurt the affairs of my master . I know but too
" well the importance of the fate of the day , but we must either con" quer or die . I had much rather meet with death in going an hun"" dred paces towards it , than lengthen my life many years by going