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MISCELLANEOUS Essays.

they are all equally blameable, and
thus here are four faints whom I
mull necelfarily devote to all the
devils.

This railed in my mind fome
fcruples about St. Thomas and St.
Raymond de Pennafort. I read
their works, and l was alionilhed
when I found in Thomas and in
Raymond, almolt the very fame
words as in Bufembaum. Igot rid
as foon as pollible of thefe two pa-
trons, and burnt their books.

Thus was I reduced to the fingle
name of jerom; but this Jerorn,
the only patron that I had left,
has been of no more fervice to me
than the refi; is it becaufe jerom
has no intereli in paradife? I con-
fulted on this fubjefl a man ofgreat
learning; he told me that jet-om
was the molt choleric of all men ;
that he ufed molt grofs and inju-
rious language to john, the holy
bilhop of Jerufalem, and to the
holy priell: Rufinus; that he even
called the latter Hydra and Scor-
pion, and that he infulted him af.
ter he was dead: he fhewed me
the paffages. At length I found
myfelf obliged to renounce jerom,
and to [tile myfelf nothing but
plain Carre, which is very clifa-
greeable.”

Thus Carre lodged his grief in
the bofom of brother Girofiée, who
made him this anfwer: “ You [hall
not want for faints, my dear child;
take St. Francis d’Allife,” “ No,”
fays Carré, " his wife of fnow
would fotnetimes incline me to
laugh, and this is a ferious affair.”
“ Well then, take St. Dominic.”
“ No, he was the founder of the
inqu1fition.”—“ Will you have St.
Bernard ?”—-“ He perfecuted too

mud! poor Abelard, who had more
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wit than himfelf, and he intermed-
dled too muchiwith bufinefs; give
me a patron of fuch humility that
no one ever heard him fpeak ; that
is the faint for me.” _

Brother Giroliée laid before him
the impofiibility of being canoniz-
ed and unknown ; he gave a lifl: of
many other patrons, with whom
our friend was unacquainted, which
was jail: the fame thing; but at
each faint that he propofed, he de-
manded fomething for his con-
vent; for he knew that Carré had
money. Jcrom Cane then told
him this llory, which feems to me
very curious : '

‘ There was formerly a king of
Spain who had promifed to bellow
confiderable donations on all the
inhabitants near Burgos, who had
been ruined by the war. They
came to the gates of the palace;
but the guards refufed them ad-
mittance, except on condition that
they fhould allow the guards to go
halves. Good Cardero lirll pre-
fented himfelf before the king ; he
fell on his knees, and laid, “ Great
Sir, I intreat your majefly to order
each of us a hundred lalhes with a
thong.” “ A droll requell: this,”
replied the king: “ Why do you
make it i” “ Becaufe,” faid Car-
dero, “ your guards would abfo-
lutely have halfof what you lhould
give us.” The king laughed very
heartily, and made Cardero a con-
fiderable prefent. This gave rife
to the proverb, It i: beiter to have
ta do rtuitb God than wit}: bisfaintr.’

With thefe fentiments my dear
jerom Carré departed this life ; I
have therefore annexed ‘fame of his
works to thofe of William: and I
flatter myfelf, that the Parifians,
for whom Vadé and Carre have al-

O ways