. An historical account of the Episcopal see, and cathedral church, of Sarum, or Salisbury : comprising biographical notices of the bishops : the history of the establishment, from the earliest period : and a description of the monuments : illustrated with engravings . his sovereign, and his mutual esteem for him, arerecorded in the words principibus gemma reluxit His administration ofjustice entitled him to the name Ensis justitwe. His munificence to hisinfant church, to that of pater ecclesice Salisbiriensis.* His impregnablefortifications, as well as his irreproachable conduct, made that *
. An historical account of the Episcopal see, and cathedral church, of Sarum, or Salisbury : comprising biographical notices of the bishops : the history of the establishment, from the earliest period : and a description of the monuments : illustrated with engravings . his sovereign, and his mutual esteem for him, arerecorded in the words principibus gemma reluxit His administration ofjustice entitled him to the name Ensis justitwe. His munificence to hisinfant church, to that of pater ecclesice Salisbiriensis.* His impregnablefortifications, as well as his irreproachable conduct, made that * non timuitfastus potentum, as his high rank in the state made him clava terrorquenocentum We are to presume that, with his great wealth, miseros aluit,(not to mention his religious foundations) and considering what a reversehe underwent, in the next reign, duni viguit is not without its meaning. The words inscribed on the front of his robe more strongly mark thedistresses of this prelates declining age. Affer opem, devenies in idem,is an earnest address to the sympathy of the spectators, warning them at thesame time of the uncertainty of human events. The conclusion propeque * This was the only inscription which that diligent antiquary observed on the SALISBURY. 191 tibi gemma reluxif seems an address to the church, reminding her of thelustre he reflected on her, while he presided as bishop, in her formersituation at Old Sarum. My only difficulty is about the noble descent,ascribed to him, in the words de ducibus de nobUibus primordia duxit, buthe may have been the younger son of some noble family in Normandy,which the monks may have known, from evidences not noticed by generalhistorians, or they may have introduced it here for rhyme sake. We trust we shall not incur the imputation of wishing to dispute theopinion of the learned antiquary, but it is proper to state, that in searchingthe Chapter Records, several deeds were found, bearing the seal of bishopJoceline, of
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