[371] Pall., lib. xxiv. ch. ix. n. 6.
[372] Parvum gregem bonus Pastor, sancte quieteque pascebat. (Carol. Basc. in Vita S. Caroli. l. i. c. 6, p. 9.) It would seem as if this remarkable man were destined to take part in every good work set on foot during his lifetime, for in 1574 we find him in Spain, where as Apostolic Nuncio, he supported St. Theresa in her reforms. His love of strict discipline earned for him from the wits the nickname of “The World’s Reformer.”
[373] In the Acts of the Church of Milan (part 5, p. 948) are given the rules for study, drawn by St. Charles for the use of his seminarists. There was to be a grammar class, divided into two sections, which were to be exercised in the grammar of Emanuel Alvarez, the Jesuit, the Epistles of Cicero, and some of the works of Ovid and Virgil. The second class was to be that of the Humanities, also subdivided into two sections, in both of which the students were to practise an elegant Latin style, and to study Cicero De Officiis, his epistles to Atticus, and corrected editions of Virgil and Horace. The Greek grammar of Clenard, a celebrated professor of Louvain, was likewise to be explained three times in the week. In the Jesuit schools of Milan the Hebrew language was likewise taught.
[374] They did, in fact, after this take an engagement to serve the diocese for at least three years.
[375] 2 Esdras, iv. 17.
[376] Eccles. l. 8.
Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious printer and scanning errors have been silently corrected.
Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation such as “Boethius/Boëthius” and “Anglo-Saxon/Anglo Saxon” have been maintained.