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Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
On seeing at Lutzen the field of battle in which Gustavus Adol phus died in the midst of victory , he said , ' I have endeavoured to be like him . God in his kindness may perhaps permit me one day to have as glorious a death . ' ' In one of his long and dreary marches , a soldier brought him a piece of extremely black and mouldy bread" complaining very much
, of the badness of it . Charles , who knew that his situation ivould not afford him better , took it very coolly out of his hand . ' It is bad indeed , my friend , ' said he , ' but you see it may be eaten ; ' and immediately eat a large piece of it . This prevented any'farther complaint ,
GONDEMAR , THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR AT THE COURT OF KING JAMES THE FIRST . King James took great delight in the conversation of Gondemar , because he knew how to please the King , who thought himself an excellent tutor and scholar . ' He used to speak bad Latin before him , in order to be corrected bhis Majesty . Gondemar hadbbribes
y , y and pensions , paid many of the first persons about King James ' s Court , in the interest of that of Spain ; yet , to insure that interest , says Wilson , ' he cast out his baits not only for men , but if he found an Atalanta whose tongue went nimbler than her feet , he would throw out his golden balls to catch them also ; and , in these times , there were some ladies , pretending to be wits ( as they called them }
or had fair neices or daughters , which drew great resort to their houses ; and where company meet , the discourse is commonly of the times ( for every man will vent his passion ) . These ladies he sweetened \ yith presents , that they might allay such qs were too sour in their expression , or stop them in the course if they ran pu too . fast , and bring them to a gentler pace . lie lived at Ely House in Holborn ; his passage to the Court was ordinarily through Drury- \
Lane ( the Covent-Garden being then an inclosed field ) and that lane and the Strand were the places where most of the gentry lived ; and the ladies , as he went , knowing his times , would not be wanting to appear in their balconies or windows to present him their civilities , and he would watch for it ; and , as he was carried in hi $ « fcrer , he would strain himself as much as an old man could to the-Jpihblest posture of respect . ft
' One day passing by the Lady Jacob ' s house in Drury-Lahe , she exposing herself for a salutation , he was not wanting to her , but she moved nothing but her mouth , gaping wide open upon him . Pie wondered at the lady ' s incivility , but thought that it might be happily a yawning fit took her at that time : for trial whereof , the next day , he finds her in the same place , and his courtesies were again accosted
with no better expressions than an extended mouth ; whereupon he sent a gentleman to her , to let her know that the ladies of England were more gracious to him than to encounter his respects with such affronts . She answered , " It was true that he had purchased some of their favours at a dear rate , and she had a mouth to be stopped as well as others . " Gondemar , finding the cause of the emotion of her mouth , sent her a present as an antidote , which cured h .-r of that distemper ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
On seeing at Lutzen the field of battle in which Gustavus Adol phus died in the midst of victory , he said , ' I have endeavoured to be like him . God in his kindness may perhaps permit me one day to have as glorious a death . ' ' In one of his long and dreary marches , a soldier brought him a piece of extremely black and mouldy bread" complaining very much
, of the badness of it . Charles , who knew that his situation ivould not afford him better , took it very coolly out of his hand . ' It is bad indeed , my friend , ' said he , ' but you see it may be eaten ; ' and immediately eat a large piece of it . This prevented any'farther complaint ,
GONDEMAR , THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR AT THE COURT OF KING JAMES THE FIRST . King James took great delight in the conversation of Gondemar , because he knew how to please the King , who thought himself an excellent tutor and scholar . ' He used to speak bad Latin before him , in order to be corrected bhis Majesty . Gondemar hadbbribes
y , y and pensions , paid many of the first persons about King James ' s Court , in the interest of that of Spain ; yet , to insure that interest , says Wilson , ' he cast out his baits not only for men , but if he found an Atalanta whose tongue went nimbler than her feet , he would throw out his golden balls to catch them also ; and , in these times , there were some ladies , pretending to be wits ( as they called them }
or had fair neices or daughters , which drew great resort to their houses ; and where company meet , the discourse is commonly of the times ( for every man will vent his passion ) . These ladies he sweetened \ yith presents , that they might allay such qs were too sour in their expression , or stop them in the course if they ran pu too . fast , and bring them to a gentler pace . lie lived at Ely House in Holborn ; his passage to the Court was ordinarily through Drury- \
Lane ( the Covent-Garden being then an inclosed field ) and that lane and the Strand were the places where most of the gentry lived ; and the ladies , as he went , knowing his times , would not be wanting to appear in their balconies or windows to present him their civilities , and he would watch for it ; and , as he was carried in hi $ « fcrer , he would strain himself as much as an old man could to the-Jpihblest posture of respect . ft
' One day passing by the Lady Jacob ' s house in Drury-Lahe , she exposing herself for a salutation , he was not wanting to her , but she moved nothing but her mouth , gaping wide open upon him . Pie wondered at the lady ' s incivility , but thought that it might be happily a yawning fit took her at that time : for trial whereof , the next day , he finds her in the same place , and his courtesies were again accosted
with no better expressions than an extended mouth ; whereupon he sent a gentleman to her , to let her know that the ladies of England were more gracious to him than to encounter his respects with such affronts . She answered , " It was true that he had purchased some of their favours at a dear rate , and she had a mouth to be stopped as well as others . " Gondemar , finding the cause of the emotion of her mouth , sent her a present as an antidote , which cured h .-r of that distemper ,