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m ^ mmm * # i ^ m * t ^ hw ^^ jiql ^ io ^ QtAtl * # \ ui \ tV ^ e shall- < pb # 4 nde ~ this article , lijp , iWK < if 6 m& ones , with making an extract of the most striking passage in the hook noticed * It is entitled by the author ^ w his translator , * Count Richard / - and is given "usan instance of delicate
reproof , " Tlte reproof is delicate enough in soine respects , and of j a studied fcenevolence ; but wliet ^ er ] tn $ delicacy is perfect , we sJ ^ JJ enquire a little when Wi ^ haye repealed it . At all events * the account is singular
and interesting , as a specimen of 4 he highest ultras-manners of those timesj—the sixteenth
century . " There was , £ ome years ago , a Bishop of Verona , whose name was John Matthew Gilberto ; a
man deeply read in the Holy Scriptures , and throughly versed in all kinds of polite literature . This prelate , amongst many other laudafele qualities , was a man of great elegance of
manners , antjL of great generosity , and ; pntertainea those many gentlemen and people of fashion , ^ Jio frequented his Jibuse , with ihe utmost hospitality , and ( without transgressing tlie bounds of moderation ) with such a
decent magnificence , as became a . r "• . m ; w Pi > : • ¦ .- < t < i , i -j i" / , ¦¦'' , ' man of Ins sacred character . > " It happened then , that a certain nobleman : whom the y called Count Richard , p £ ssih £ through Verpna at that time , . ¦¦ ?/ ' » , ' } . fy I : 11 i ' I / / . ' t ii ¦ }> ¦<> ¦'}< > l < l <
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-spent several days with r this bishop and nis mmily ; in \ fBieii every' maividuaf almost was uistineui ^ ned By his le ^ pnmg and politeness . To wnom , af this illustrious giiest appeared tfeujticularly well-bred , and eyejy w ^ y agreeable , they were full 9 ^ fljs encomiums ; and would liave
esteemed him a most a 6 dpD ^ - plfehed person , but that tug ; % . & haviour was sullied witV one trifling imperfection ; which tne prelate himself also , a inan of great penetration , haying ';
observed , he communicate ^ me affair , and canvassed it over ifith some of those with whom he was most intimate . Who , though they were unwillhig to offend * on so trifling an occasion ^ a guest of such consequence , yet
at length agreed , that it was worth while to give the Count an hint of it in a friendly manner . When therefore the Count ,, intending to depart , the next day , had , with a good grace , tajkgn leave of the family , the Bisnop
sent for one of his n ^ bsjtintit ^ ate friends , a man of great pruclenee and discretion , and gave fiim a strict charge , that , w | ie 4 i ji ^ Count was now mounted , at | 4 ffoinj ^ to enter upon liis journey * he shoulq . wait oi ^ him part o | the way , as a mark of respect j arid ? as they rode , along ,, when he
saw a convenient opportunity , lie should signif y to the Cpuijt , > in as gentle and friendly a manner as possible , that wx ^ ich had pe fore' bpeh ^' ifeed upon ani 6 nff ^|; themselves . " ! ^ ISTow tlils donie 4 ti ( i ot'ttie
