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Rise And Fall Of Beards.

For a long time a'l letters that came from the sovereign had , for greater sanction , three hairs of his beard in the seal , There is still in being a charter of 1121 , which concludes in the fallowing words : Quad u' ration et stabile perseveret in posUrum , prtescniis scripio si ^ gilli mei robitr apfosui cum tubus pills barbie mea . Several great men have honoured themselves with the sirname of Bearded . The Emperor Constantine is distinguished by the epithet

of Pogonate , which signifies the Bearded . In the time of the Crusades , we find there was a Jeffery the Bearded : Baldwin IV . Earl of Flanders , was surnamed Handsome-beard ; and , ,, in the illustrious house of Montmorenci , there was a famous Bouchard , who took a pride in the surname ' of Bearded ; he was always the declared enemy of the Monks , without doubt because of their being shaved .

In the tenth century , we find , that King Robert ( of France ) the rival of Charles the Simple , was not more famous for his exploits than for his long white beard . In order that it . mi ght be more conspicuous to the soldiers when he was in the field , he used to let it hang down outside his cuirass : this venerable sight encouraged the troops in battle , and served to rally them when they were defeated .

A celebrated painter in Germany , called John Mayo ,, had such a large beard that he was nicknamed John the Bearded : it was so longthat he wore it fastened to his girdle ; and , though he was a very tail man , it would hang upon the ground when he stood upri ght . He took the greatest care of this extraordinary beard ; sometimes he would untie it before the Emperor Charles V . who took great pleasure to see the wind make it fly against the faces of the lords of his Court .

In England tlie famous chancellor Thomas More , one of the greatest men of his time , being on the point of falling a victim to court intrigues , was able , when on the fatal scaffold , to procure respect to his beard in presence of all the people , and saved it , as one may say , from the Fatal stroke which he could not escape himself . When he had laid his head on the block , he perceived that his beard was likel y to he hurt by the axe of the executioner ; on which he took it away

, saying , " My beard has not been guilty of treason ; it would be an injustice to punish it . " But let us tumour eyes to a more flattering object , and admire the ever-precious beard of the great Henry IV . of France , which diffused over'the countenance of that prince a majestic sweetness and amiable openness ; a beard ever dear to posterity , and which should

serve as a model for that of every great king , as the beard of his illustrious minister should for that of every minister . But what dependence is there to be put upon the stability of things in this world ? By an event , as fatal as unforeseen , the beard , which was arrived at its highest degree of glory , all of a sudden tost its favour , and was at ? length entirely proscribed . The unexpected death of Henry the Great , and the youth of his successor , were the sole cause of it , [ TO BE CONTINUED . ]

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS , &c. Article 3
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY, Article 4
ON THE MANNERS OF ANCIENT TIMES. Article 5
NOBLE SPEECH. OF A NATIVE OF AMBOYNA TO THE PORTUGUESE. Article 7
A DROLL CIRCUMSTANCE. Article 7
HISTORICAL FACT Article 8
A TURKISH STORY. Article 9
Untitled Article 10
ACCOUNT OF THE LATE GLORIOUS NAVAL VICTORY * Article 11
ORIGINAL LETTERS RELATIVE TO IRELAND. Article 18
LETTER I. Article 18
LETTER II. Article 21
ANECDOTE RELATIVE TO THE BASTILLE. Article 22
RISE AND FALL OF BEARDS. Article 24
ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH RENDER THE RETROSPECT OF PAST AGES AGREEABLE. Article 27
ON THE FASCINATING POWER OF SERPENTS. Article 30
ANECDOTES. Article 33
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 35
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 38
REVIEW or NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 41
POETRY. Article 51
AN HYMN ON MASONRY, Article 51
SONG. Article 51
HYMN. Article 52
THE MAID's SOLILOQUY. Article 52
YRAN AND JURA. Article 53
THE SOUL. Article 53
LOUISA: A FUNEREAL WREATH. Article 54
SONNET II. Article 54
LINES, ADD11ESSED TO A YOUNG LADY, Article 54
ON ETERNITY. Article 54
SONNET. Article 54
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 55
Untitled Article 56
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 57
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 58
MONTHLY CHRONICLE Article 63
OBITUARY. Article 71
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

Rise And Fall Of Beards.

For a long time a'l letters that came from the sovereign had , for greater sanction , three hairs of his beard in the seal , There is still in being a charter of 1121 , which concludes in the fallowing words : Quad u' ration et stabile perseveret in posUrum , prtescniis scripio si ^ gilli mei robitr apfosui cum tubus pills barbie mea . Several great men have honoured themselves with the sirname of Bearded . The Emperor Constantine is distinguished by the epithet

of Pogonate , which signifies the Bearded . In the time of the Crusades , we find there was a Jeffery the Bearded : Baldwin IV . Earl of Flanders , was surnamed Handsome-beard ; and , ,, in the illustrious house of Montmorenci , there was a famous Bouchard , who took a pride in the surname ' of Bearded ; he was always the declared enemy of the Monks , without doubt because of their being shaved .

In the tenth century , we find , that King Robert ( of France ) the rival of Charles the Simple , was not more famous for his exploits than for his long white beard . In order that it . mi ght be more conspicuous to the soldiers when he was in the field , he used to let it hang down outside his cuirass : this venerable sight encouraged the troops in battle , and served to rally them when they were defeated .

A celebrated painter in Germany , called John Mayo ,, had such a large beard that he was nicknamed John the Bearded : it was so longthat he wore it fastened to his girdle ; and , though he was a very tail man , it would hang upon the ground when he stood upri ght . He took the greatest care of this extraordinary beard ; sometimes he would untie it before the Emperor Charles V . who took great pleasure to see the wind make it fly against the faces of the lords of his Court .

In England tlie famous chancellor Thomas More , one of the greatest men of his time , being on the point of falling a victim to court intrigues , was able , when on the fatal scaffold , to procure respect to his beard in presence of all the people , and saved it , as one may say , from the Fatal stroke which he could not escape himself . When he had laid his head on the block , he perceived that his beard was likel y to he hurt by the axe of the executioner ; on which he took it away

, saying , " My beard has not been guilty of treason ; it would be an injustice to punish it . " But let us tumour eyes to a more flattering object , and admire the ever-precious beard of the great Henry IV . of France , which diffused over'the countenance of that prince a majestic sweetness and amiable openness ; a beard ever dear to posterity , and which should

serve as a model for that of every great king , as the beard of his illustrious minister should for that of every minister . But what dependence is there to be put upon the stability of things in this world ? By an event , as fatal as unforeseen , the beard , which was arrived at its highest degree of glory , all of a sudden tost its favour , and was at ? length entirely proscribed . The unexpected death of Henry the Great , and the youth of his successor , were the sole cause of it , [ TO BE CONTINUED . ]

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