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Article THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. ← Page 5 of 6 →
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
and mysterious , with much gravity and great boldness to the manners of the Flemish courtiers , who having supplanted the Spaniards in the government , directed the young king in his proceedings , and enriched themselves out of the spoils of his empire . The death of Ximenes was a subject of grief to the good , but to the wicked a cause of triumph . The dastardl y souls which he had surprised in acts of injustice ; interested and corrupt judges , whose
infamous characters he had noted ; a useless herd devoid of merit , whom he had dipt of their pensions , obtained through favour or usurpation ; such of the nobility whom he had constrained to live agreeably to the laws of order and decorum , all these felt a degree of satisfaction upon being relieved from a censor of their actions so severe as Ximenes j , for the death of persons whose disapprobation we have incurred , serves as a kind of mean revenge ; none but generous and
exalted minds commiserate the loss of , and praise existing or departed virtue , though in an enemy . Ximenes possessed captivating advantages both of mind and person ; his exterior was noble and commanding , his physiognomy characterised depth of penetration and generosity of soul . Upon'his tomb being opened , some time after his deathit was remarkedthat
, , the Cardinal's skull was without a seam . In person he was graceful and elegant , his countenance was venerable , his constitution strono- arid healthy , his demeanour grave , his voice harmonious , and his delivery firm and manly ; his features were rather long , but full of' majesty ;
his eyes small , and a little sunk , but lively and full of animation ; he had an aquiline nose , a large forehead , devoid of wrinkles to theday pf his death . , His conversation was desireable ; he spoke with accuracy , but ir * few words , and always reasoned so much to the point that he seldom deviated from the principle of the subject that engaged his attention . Whether affected with joy at any prosperous event of great moment ,
pr obliged , from circumstances , to menace and express his anp-or , he retained the same precision , and seemed to measure his words , " justice and religion were the rules of his conduct , both in his ecclesiastical administration and in the government ofthe kingdom . To mankind he has left this doubt to solve , whether he excelled in penetration to conceive , or in courage to undertake affairs of importance ; whether in firmness to . support and carry , them on , in sagacity to direct , or '' good fortune to procure their successful issue ?
Upon his elevation to the mitre , he visited the churches of his ' , diocese , and saw , in that of the monks of St . Francis of Toledo , a marble tomb , erected by Don Pedro Ca ' rillo , his predecessor , near the altar , to the memory of Don Troiles Carillo , his son . He deplored the corruption of the age , and the mental blindness of the bishop 5 and having ordered the inscription to be effaced , he commanded thetomb t-0 be removed into the most private recess ofthe cloister , adding , ' That this child of sin was more suited to obscurity and darkness , and that the inconsistency of a bishop was not thus to be exposedto the world /
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
and mysterious , with much gravity and great boldness to the manners of the Flemish courtiers , who having supplanted the Spaniards in the government , directed the young king in his proceedings , and enriched themselves out of the spoils of his empire . The death of Ximenes was a subject of grief to the good , but to the wicked a cause of triumph . The dastardl y souls which he had surprised in acts of injustice ; interested and corrupt judges , whose
infamous characters he had noted ; a useless herd devoid of merit , whom he had dipt of their pensions , obtained through favour or usurpation ; such of the nobility whom he had constrained to live agreeably to the laws of order and decorum , all these felt a degree of satisfaction upon being relieved from a censor of their actions so severe as Ximenes j , for the death of persons whose disapprobation we have incurred , serves as a kind of mean revenge ; none but generous and
exalted minds commiserate the loss of , and praise existing or departed virtue , though in an enemy . Ximenes possessed captivating advantages both of mind and person ; his exterior was noble and commanding , his physiognomy characterised depth of penetration and generosity of soul . Upon'his tomb being opened , some time after his deathit was remarkedthat
, , the Cardinal's skull was without a seam . In person he was graceful and elegant , his countenance was venerable , his constitution strono- arid healthy , his demeanour grave , his voice harmonious , and his delivery firm and manly ; his features were rather long , but full of' majesty ;
his eyes small , and a little sunk , but lively and full of animation ; he had an aquiline nose , a large forehead , devoid of wrinkles to theday pf his death . , His conversation was desireable ; he spoke with accuracy , but ir * few words , and always reasoned so much to the point that he seldom deviated from the principle of the subject that engaged his attention . Whether affected with joy at any prosperous event of great moment ,
pr obliged , from circumstances , to menace and express his anp-or , he retained the same precision , and seemed to measure his words , " justice and religion were the rules of his conduct , both in his ecclesiastical administration and in the government ofthe kingdom . To mankind he has left this doubt to solve , whether he excelled in penetration to conceive , or in courage to undertake affairs of importance ; whether in firmness to . support and carry , them on , in sagacity to direct , or '' good fortune to procure their successful issue ?
Upon his elevation to the mitre , he visited the churches of his ' , diocese , and saw , in that of the monks of St . Francis of Toledo , a marble tomb , erected by Don Pedro Ca ' rillo , his predecessor , near the altar , to the memory of Don Troiles Carillo , his son . He deplored the corruption of the age , and the mental blindness of the bishop 5 and having ordered the inscription to be effaced , he commanded thetomb t-0 be removed into the most private recess ofthe cloister , adding , ' That this child of sin was more suited to obscurity and darkness , and that the inconsistency of a bishop was not thus to be exposedto the world /