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Article THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. ← Page 2 of 12 →
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
life , in a battle fought against the Moors , and who afterwards received every mark of gratitude that was due to such a signal service . Others have supposed that they did him more honour , by asserting that he was the first ennobled in his family ; that before him , the only relative who-filled a public trust , was a collector of the tenths , in which his father had been employed ; and that to his own virtue he was solely indebted for advancement to the eminent station in
which he was placed . It is , however , certain that Ximenes sprung from a noble family ,, long established at Cineros , in the kingdom of Leon , and allied to most of the nobility in the country . If history does not specify his origin , it makes mention of D . Gonzales Ximenes de Cineros , surnamed the
Good , one of the most renowned Kings of his time . His tomb , in the chapel of Notre-Dame , near the city , is still to be seen ; and over it his escutcheon , emblazoned with fifteen chequers , the arms of his house , decorated with a ribbon hearing the order of chivalry , instituted by Alphonsus the eleventh , as a reward of merit to the gentlemen of his kingdom , whose respective offices and deserts might
entitle them to such distinction . From this Gonzales , in due succession , descended Alphonsus Ximenes de Cineros , a man of probity and honour ; but , whose happiness , from the loss of his fortune , was centred in the possession of a son , the subject of this history . Deprived of his father in early infancy , and his elder brother being stripped of his inheritance , he was left without support and without protection ; in this state he was obliged to have recourse to his own industry in order to acquire subsistence .
As bis disposition was mild , not suited to the military life , he resolved on accomplishing his studies at Salamanca : whither he retired to pursue the study-of civil law . Whether he felt in himself an inclination not likely to succeed in this undertaking , or entertained no flattering hope of advancing his fortune by it , whatever might have discouraged himhe proceeded nofartherin that design : butthrough
, , the solicitation of some friends , obtained a commission on the levy of the tenths , wliich , during the wars of Grenada , the sovereign pontiffs granted to the kings of Spain . This employ confining his residence at Tordelaguna , lie became enamoured with a young lady of respectability , in whom beauty and wisdom were closely allied ; but she had no fortune : —in his present circumstances a small portion
would have been very acceptable to him . Female merit , however , predominated over interested motives , and he married her . She was a knight ' s daughter of the order of St . James , of the ancient family of La Torre , from which her origin is derived . A young gentleman , from the country of Valdecunna , entered into the service of King D . Ramirehad signalized himself in the wars against
, the Moors , and by his valour and reputation had attained the rank , to which his merit was intitled , when , by an unforeseen accident , he saw his fortune blasted . A difference arose between him and a noble courtier , whom the king respected , He fought , and ,
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
life , in a battle fought against the Moors , and who afterwards received every mark of gratitude that was due to such a signal service . Others have supposed that they did him more honour , by asserting that he was the first ennobled in his family ; that before him , the only relative who-filled a public trust , was a collector of the tenths , in which his father had been employed ; and that to his own virtue he was solely indebted for advancement to the eminent station in
which he was placed . It is , however , certain that Ximenes sprung from a noble family ,, long established at Cineros , in the kingdom of Leon , and allied to most of the nobility in the country . If history does not specify his origin , it makes mention of D . Gonzales Ximenes de Cineros , surnamed the
Good , one of the most renowned Kings of his time . His tomb , in the chapel of Notre-Dame , near the city , is still to be seen ; and over it his escutcheon , emblazoned with fifteen chequers , the arms of his house , decorated with a ribbon hearing the order of chivalry , instituted by Alphonsus the eleventh , as a reward of merit to the gentlemen of his kingdom , whose respective offices and deserts might
entitle them to such distinction . From this Gonzales , in due succession , descended Alphonsus Ximenes de Cineros , a man of probity and honour ; but , whose happiness , from the loss of his fortune , was centred in the possession of a son , the subject of this history . Deprived of his father in early infancy , and his elder brother being stripped of his inheritance , he was left without support and without protection ; in this state he was obliged to have recourse to his own industry in order to acquire subsistence .
As bis disposition was mild , not suited to the military life , he resolved on accomplishing his studies at Salamanca : whither he retired to pursue the study-of civil law . Whether he felt in himself an inclination not likely to succeed in this undertaking , or entertained no flattering hope of advancing his fortune by it , whatever might have discouraged himhe proceeded nofartherin that design : butthrough
, , the solicitation of some friends , obtained a commission on the levy of the tenths , wliich , during the wars of Grenada , the sovereign pontiffs granted to the kings of Spain . This employ confining his residence at Tordelaguna , lie became enamoured with a young lady of respectability , in whom beauty and wisdom were closely allied ; but she had no fortune : —in his present circumstances a small portion
would have been very acceptable to him . Female merit , however , predominated over interested motives , and he married her . She was a knight ' s daughter of the order of St . James , of the ancient family of La Torre , from which her origin is derived . A young gentleman , from the country of Valdecunna , entered into the service of King D . Ramirehad signalized himself in the wars against
, the Moors , and by his valour and reputation had attained the rank , to which his merit was intitled , when , by an unforeseen accident , he saw his fortune blasted . A difference arose between him and a noble courtier , whom the king respected , He fought , and ,