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Article THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. ← Page 3 of 6 →
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
bishop fifty thousand ducats , according to the computation made at that time . This great work , finished with so much care , and at such an expence , he dedicated to Pope Leo X . He had begun an edition of Aristotle for the learned ; but had not the satisfaction to see it finished before his death . For the adive servicesthe extensive learningthe great piety of
, , Ximenes , Pope Julius II . conferred on him the Cardinal's caps , of which King Ferdinand was himself the bearer ; and which , upon his arrival , he presented to the Archbishop in the most solemn manner , who , at the same time , was jtppointed Grand Inquisitor , upon the demise ofthe Archbishop of Seville . The Cardinal now returned to Alcala , and there perfe & ed the
establishment of his university , after the model of that at Paris . . In the foundation of professorships he evinced a liberal mind , and in fixing an establishment for the support of poor scholars his benevolence was conspicuous . The poor of his diocese had reason to respecl their venerable pastor . His charity , upon every occasion that called it forth , shone with resplendence ; ' but an instance now presents itself to us of his benevolent heart , that will teach a lesson to such as are influenced
by similar goodness . In the year 1512 , perceiving that the people of Toledo were scarce able to live , because the merchants had bought . up all the floury in order to enhance its price , he wished , from motives of charity , to remedy such an imposition . He assembled , therefore , the magistrates of the city , and engaged them to build , pursuant to the practice of the ancient Romanspublic granariesand immediately
, , gave forty thousand measures of wheat , to be deposited therein , and distributed to the poor according to their necessity . The care of this charge lis laid upon the magistrates , who , in order to testify their gratitude to their Archbishop , founded an annual service in the Mozarabian chapel , at the conclusion of which they publicly recited a panegyric in honour of their benefactor .
At a time when provisions were hig h in price , he _ ordered the corn to be sold exceedingly cheap , and the money arising from the sale to be set apart for the purchase of these provisions , that the wants of the poor mig ht be satisfied . The same order he established , and the same generosity he exhibited , in a due proportion to the cities of Tordelaguna , of Cineros , and of Alcala de Henares , in which last place the magistrates have affixed to the town-hall a stone , with the following apposite
inscription : ¦ ' ' Let the rain inundate our plains , let the rays of the sun scorch them with his burning heat ; the harvest is ever plentiful here , through the munificence and charity of our pastor . ' After the death of Ferdinand , Cardinal Ximenes was appointed Regent of the kingdom , which he administered with equal wisdom and firmness . Indeed , the difficulties he met with in the discharge of the important duty reposed in him called forth the active energy of all his powers . Having sustained a burthen that was laid upon his Moulders from a confidence in his superior virtues as well as exalted
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
bishop fifty thousand ducats , according to the computation made at that time . This great work , finished with so much care , and at such an expence , he dedicated to Pope Leo X . He had begun an edition of Aristotle for the learned ; but had not the satisfaction to see it finished before his death . For the adive servicesthe extensive learningthe great piety of
, , Ximenes , Pope Julius II . conferred on him the Cardinal's caps , of which King Ferdinand was himself the bearer ; and which , upon his arrival , he presented to the Archbishop in the most solemn manner , who , at the same time , was jtppointed Grand Inquisitor , upon the demise ofthe Archbishop of Seville . The Cardinal now returned to Alcala , and there perfe & ed the
establishment of his university , after the model of that at Paris . . In the foundation of professorships he evinced a liberal mind , and in fixing an establishment for the support of poor scholars his benevolence was conspicuous . The poor of his diocese had reason to respecl their venerable pastor . His charity , upon every occasion that called it forth , shone with resplendence ; ' but an instance now presents itself to us of his benevolent heart , that will teach a lesson to such as are influenced
by similar goodness . In the year 1512 , perceiving that the people of Toledo were scarce able to live , because the merchants had bought . up all the floury in order to enhance its price , he wished , from motives of charity , to remedy such an imposition . He assembled , therefore , the magistrates of the city , and engaged them to build , pursuant to the practice of the ancient Romanspublic granariesand immediately
, , gave forty thousand measures of wheat , to be deposited therein , and distributed to the poor according to their necessity . The care of this charge lis laid upon the magistrates , who , in order to testify their gratitude to their Archbishop , founded an annual service in the Mozarabian chapel , at the conclusion of which they publicly recited a panegyric in honour of their benefactor .
At a time when provisions were hig h in price , he _ ordered the corn to be sold exceedingly cheap , and the money arising from the sale to be set apart for the purchase of these provisions , that the wants of the poor mig ht be satisfied . The same order he established , and the same generosity he exhibited , in a due proportion to the cities of Tordelaguna , of Cineros , and of Alcala de Henares , in which last place the magistrates have affixed to the town-hall a stone , with the following apposite
inscription : ¦ ' ' Let the rain inundate our plains , let the rays of the sun scorch them with his burning heat ; the harvest is ever plentiful here , through the munificence and charity of our pastor . ' After the death of Ferdinand , Cardinal Ximenes was appointed Regent of the kingdom , which he administered with equal wisdom and firmness . Indeed , the difficulties he met with in the discharge of the important duty reposed in him called forth the active energy of all his powers . Having sustained a burthen that was laid upon his Moulders from a confidence in his superior virtues as well as exalted