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Classical Theology.—Lviii.
In the midst of these proceedings , as though to give a respite to the victim , a message arrived from Cupid , requesting his mother to see him at once , upon a subject of especial importance . Venus on entering the apartment in Avhich she expected to find her son , perceived through its garden doorway , that he had
gone to his bower of roses ( floivers much cherished by Psyche ) , Avhere she instantly joined him . "My beautiful mother , " said Cupid , as lie came fonvard to meet her , " I think I have been your patient prisoner long enough , indeed , I may say , too long . The AVOUdrous Aveapon that caused my hurtAvas so subtlel
, y tempered , that it almost defied my skill in the healing art , which I obtained from my brother Apollo , the sanative Spirit of Light . At least , even Avith my gift of miracles received from my sister Minerva , the virtual Spirit of Wisdom , I am scarcely noiv able to keep unopened the mortal eye
to which I apprehend I have been made visible . I must go to my father . The time is nearly at hand ihat I should assume the attributes apportioned to me , to meet the extraordinary requisitions of this newly-created sphere—the world of promise . "Whereof , as appertains to my inherent qualitiesthe first is
, the correction of sin ; the second is the regeneration of life ; and the third is the dispossession of death . That is , I shall divest the world of its garment of corruption , and invest it Avith a raiment , Avithout stain , of incorruption . The brand must be plucked from the fire . " " A fine matter of conceit to cement
your qualifications with , " ansivered Venus , " a precious building you would be erecting to tumble about your ears . Plow can I understand such conceit ? Ought not beauty to be the mother of love ? At
least your father thought so ! Your attributes , forsooth , AA'ho Avould tolerate them ? Aro not my qualifications the attributes for charming and giving pleasure ? " "Such pleasures embrace no laws , " replied Cupid , " they corrupt the heart , brutalise the mind , and degenerate the soul . " " Who put such theories and notions into your head ? " exclaimed Venus
, " Avould you enslave the freeivill of mankind ? " "Left " replied Cupid , " the slaves of their passions aud selfgratification , the strong ivould soon enslave the iveak without mercy . Is the elder brother at liberty to kill the younger , as Cain did Abel ? Jealousy is cruel . " " Jealousy is cruel" scornfully repeated Venus .
, " Have not the goddesses taken to themselves husbands of the sons of men as the Gods have made wives of their daughters ? " The God of Love ivas silent . "And pray , may I ask , " emphatically continued the Goddess of Beauty , " for whom have you so carefully culled those fragrant roses ? " The
God of Love continued silent . " Oh , " observed the incensed , jealous , and cruel Goddess of Beauty , " I have heard how you have become a disciple of llarpocrates ! But I am your sovereign as Avell as your mother , and by my double authority I command that you stir not hence beyond the precincts of your own
part of the palace until my return ; affairs elsewhere of much moment demand my presence . I insist upon being obeyed . " The lips of Cupid moved not , nor did he stir . Mute and motionless he stood during the feiv brief moments occupied iu ihe hurried departure of his mother ; then , with a look toAvards the effulgent glory of his father , his countenance shone forth in the radiance of a really sunny smile . Some spirits of light from the highest heaven , noiv at
Classical Theology.—Lviii.
a sign of the God of Love descended , with Avhom soon afterwards he ascended into the atrial regions . During the Avithdrawal of the Goddess of Beauty , some of the virtues , by whose favour , it is said , not only the Dii Adscriptitii , but the other deities themselves were advanced to heaven—had arrived at the Palaceas also had Irissent perhaps by Juno .
, , Amongst these were the spirits Fidelia , Patientia , Fiducia , and Portitudia , ( Avith Spesinia and Clementina , perhaps sent by Ceres ) greatly comforted and administered to the affliction of Psyche . The province of Iris being always that of strife and dissension , no small stir had arisen betwixt the guests
in attendance on the Goddess of Beauty . Towering with augmented anger , to the increase of the confusion , Venus re-entered her Court of Audience thus disorganised , and , regardless of all restraint , fleiv at Psyche , and struck her several ringing , bloAVS , rent her clothesandsome saytore off a handful of her
, , , hair ; at any rate she laid violent hands on her unfortunate rival , and fortliAvith had her conveyed to a granary in Avhich Avas stored a large quantity of corn , millet , pease , and other seeds , all commingled and
heaped together . The different grain of this pile Psyche ivas ordered , on pain of death , to separate in an incredibly short space of time . With feelings almost of Despair , for that spirit , though defied , would not flee from her , and Hope could but trust in Confidence , and Confidence in Fortitude , and Avithout a more
reliable and protecting support , her good spirits Avere thus iveak and insufficient in sustaining her . On being left alone she could only sadly fix her eyes Avith an agonised look on the super-additional tale of Avork apportioned to her , like one hopeless of any chance of completing it . In this moment of deep dejectionhoiv
, is it possible to depict the astonishment and joyful surprise of the unjustly punished , alone , and deserted Psycho , as a chaplet of rare-coloured and perfumed roses fell at her feet , and she beheld an innumerable multitude of large emmits removing the mount of graineach one sortingancl bearingand collecting it
, , , into divided heaps . Sulfide it to say , that the apparently hopeless task , so maliciously devised as a refinement of vengeance , by the tyranny of Venus , entitled " the Beauty , " was effecte ' d within half the time that had been imperiously imposed for its completion .
BLACK Assiy . p . is ( lie name given to an assize liekl in the old toivn-litill of Oxford iu 1577 , on account of an extraordinary and fatal pestilence which broke out during it . It is said that judgment had just been passed upon one Jeneks , a bookbinder , for sedition , ivlio was sentenced to lose his cars , ivjicn thoro arose such an infectious damp or breath among the people , that many
were then smothered , and others so deeply infected ,- that they lived not many hours after . Above GOO sickened in one night ; and , from the Gth of July to the 12 th of August , 510 persons are said to have died in Oxford and the neighbouring villages . It was popularly regarded as a Divine judgment on tlio cruelty of the sentence ; but it ivas probably owing to the filthy
condition of the neighbouring gaol where tho prisoners hacl been Iccpt A similar pestilence is said to havo broken out at Cambridge during an assize held there in 1521 . —Bef . Anthony ; 1 AVood ' s " History and Antiquities of tho University of Oxford . " — Beeton ' s Dictionary of Universal Information in Science , Art , and Literature .
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Classical Theology.—Lviii.
In the midst of these proceedings , as though to give a respite to the victim , a message arrived from Cupid , requesting his mother to see him at once , upon a subject of especial importance . Venus on entering the apartment in Avhich she expected to find her son , perceived through its garden doorway , that he had
gone to his bower of roses ( floivers much cherished by Psyche ) , Avhere she instantly joined him . "My beautiful mother , " said Cupid , as lie came fonvard to meet her , " I think I have been your patient prisoner long enough , indeed , I may say , too long . The AVOUdrous Aveapon that caused my hurtAvas so subtlel
, y tempered , that it almost defied my skill in the healing art , which I obtained from my brother Apollo , the sanative Spirit of Light . At least , even Avith my gift of miracles received from my sister Minerva , the virtual Spirit of Wisdom , I am scarcely noiv able to keep unopened the mortal eye
to which I apprehend I have been made visible . I must go to my father . The time is nearly at hand ihat I should assume the attributes apportioned to me , to meet the extraordinary requisitions of this newly-created sphere—the world of promise . "Whereof , as appertains to my inherent qualitiesthe first is
, the correction of sin ; the second is the regeneration of life ; and the third is the dispossession of death . That is , I shall divest the world of its garment of corruption , and invest it Avith a raiment , Avithout stain , of incorruption . The brand must be plucked from the fire . " " A fine matter of conceit to cement
your qualifications with , " ansivered Venus , " a precious building you would be erecting to tumble about your ears . Plow can I understand such conceit ? Ought not beauty to be the mother of love ? At
least your father thought so ! Your attributes , forsooth , AA'ho Avould tolerate them ? Aro not my qualifications the attributes for charming and giving pleasure ? " "Such pleasures embrace no laws , " replied Cupid , " they corrupt the heart , brutalise the mind , and degenerate the soul . " " Who put such theories and notions into your head ? " exclaimed Venus
, " Avould you enslave the freeivill of mankind ? " "Left " replied Cupid , " the slaves of their passions aud selfgratification , the strong ivould soon enslave the iveak without mercy . Is the elder brother at liberty to kill the younger , as Cain did Abel ? Jealousy is cruel . " " Jealousy is cruel" scornfully repeated Venus .
, " Have not the goddesses taken to themselves husbands of the sons of men as the Gods have made wives of their daughters ? " The God of Love ivas silent . "And pray , may I ask , " emphatically continued the Goddess of Beauty , " for whom have you so carefully culled those fragrant roses ? " The
God of Love continued silent . " Oh , " observed the incensed , jealous , and cruel Goddess of Beauty , " I have heard how you have become a disciple of llarpocrates ! But I am your sovereign as Avell as your mother , and by my double authority I command that you stir not hence beyond the precincts of your own
part of the palace until my return ; affairs elsewhere of much moment demand my presence . I insist upon being obeyed . " The lips of Cupid moved not , nor did he stir . Mute and motionless he stood during the feiv brief moments occupied iu ihe hurried departure of his mother ; then , with a look toAvards the effulgent glory of his father , his countenance shone forth in the radiance of a really sunny smile . Some spirits of light from the highest heaven , noiv at
Classical Theology.—Lviii.
a sign of the God of Love descended , with Avhom soon afterwards he ascended into the atrial regions . During the Avithdrawal of the Goddess of Beauty , some of the virtues , by whose favour , it is said , not only the Dii Adscriptitii , but the other deities themselves were advanced to heaven—had arrived at the Palaceas also had Irissent perhaps by Juno .
, , Amongst these were the spirits Fidelia , Patientia , Fiducia , and Portitudia , ( Avith Spesinia and Clementina , perhaps sent by Ceres ) greatly comforted and administered to the affliction of Psyche . The province of Iris being always that of strife and dissension , no small stir had arisen betwixt the guests
in attendance on the Goddess of Beauty . Towering with augmented anger , to the increase of the confusion , Venus re-entered her Court of Audience thus disorganised , and , regardless of all restraint , fleiv at Psyche , and struck her several ringing , bloAVS , rent her clothesandsome saytore off a handful of her
, , , hair ; at any rate she laid violent hands on her unfortunate rival , and fortliAvith had her conveyed to a granary in Avhich Avas stored a large quantity of corn , millet , pease , and other seeds , all commingled and
heaped together . The different grain of this pile Psyche ivas ordered , on pain of death , to separate in an incredibly short space of time . With feelings almost of Despair , for that spirit , though defied , would not flee from her , and Hope could but trust in Confidence , and Confidence in Fortitude , and Avithout a more
reliable and protecting support , her good spirits Avere thus iveak and insufficient in sustaining her . On being left alone she could only sadly fix her eyes Avith an agonised look on the super-additional tale of Avork apportioned to her , like one hopeless of any chance of completing it . In this moment of deep dejectionhoiv
, is it possible to depict the astonishment and joyful surprise of the unjustly punished , alone , and deserted Psycho , as a chaplet of rare-coloured and perfumed roses fell at her feet , and she beheld an innumerable multitude of large emmits removing the mount of graineach one sortingancl bearingand collecting it
, , , into divided heaps . Sulfide it to say , that the apparently hopeless task , so maliciously devised as a refinement of vengeance , by the tyranny of Venus , entitled " the Beauty , " was effecte ' d within half the time that had been imperiously imposed for its completion .
BLACK Assiy . p . is ( lie name given to an assize liekl in the old toivn-litill of Oxford iu 1577 , on account of an extraordinary and fatal pestilence which broke out during it . It is said that judgment had just been passed upon one Jeneks , a bookbinder , for sedition , ivlio was sentenced to lose his cars , ivjicn thoro arose such an infectious damp or breath among the people , that many
were then smothered , and others so deeply infected ,- that they lived not many hours after . Above GOO sickened in one night ; and , from the Gth of July to the 12 th of August , 510 persons are said to have died in Oxford and the neighbouring villages . It was popularly regarded as a Divine judgment on tlio cruelty of the sentence ; but it ivas probably owing to the filthy
condition of the neighbouring gaol where tho prisoners hacl been Iccpt A similar pestilence is said to havo broken out at Cambridge during an assize held there in 1521 . —Bef . Anthony ; 1 AVood ' s " History and Antiquities of tho University of Oxford . " — Beeton ' s Dictionary of Universal Information in Science , Art , and Literature .