New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-27

the bridge not far from the middle; my horse,
though lusty, yet being very timorous and seeing
besides but very little on the right eye, started so
much at the hole that upon sudden he had put
half his body lengthwse over the side oil the
bridge. and was ready to fall into the river with
his fore foot and hinder foot the right side, when
l. fOreseeing the danger / IFas in if | fell down,
capped my left foot together with the stirrup and
spur Hat long to the left side, and so made him leap
upon all four into the river whence after three OF
four punges he brought me to land.'
In 1910 Herbert went to the Low Country. where
war was wagng about Cleyes and Juliers and be had
several adventures which are rather private than
historical He records that on his return to Eng
land he was in great esteem both in court and city,
| many of the greatest desiring his company" lady,
| the wife of Sir John Ayres, Kt., obtained his
picture which she caused to be set IN gold ana
enameled and so wore it about her neck :" so low
that she hid it under her breasts" This coming 10
| the knowledge of her husband, gave him more
cause of jealousy than needed chad he known
how innocent was" says Herbert " from pretend
ing to anything which might wrong .him or ihis
lady" Sir John did not take just this view of the
matter and threatened to kill Sir Edward III his
bed for at that time he was very Ill OF fever.
| Ibis truculent Sir John did afterward attempt 10
| kill Sir Edward and there was fierce hight be-
| tween both at Whitehall.
But II was impossible to keep such knight
| Grant at homo tie learned in 1914 that the Low
| Country and Spanish army would be in the held
| that year. and resolved to offer his sword to the
| Prince of Orarg e, who gave him warm welcome
| There is n little episode which shows how wars
were conducted in those days. We are told now
| " n most humble petition came from monastery of
nuns desiring that the soldiers might not violate
their honor nor their monastery" Upon this as a
! N after of course, Sir Edward became "a most
humble sutton to his Exceency to spare them,
which he granted" There is another anecdote
which ought to be related as showing great good
ness of heart must vet not omit with thankful
ness TO remember a favor his EXcellency did me at
this time for soldier killed his fellow-soldier, IN
the quarter where they lodged, which Is an I'M
| pardonable fault, insomuch that no man would
speak for him the poor fellow comes to me and
desires me to leg his life of his Excellency where
| upon | demanding whether he had ever heard OF
man pardoned in this kind. and he saying no, told
him il was in vain then for me TO speak; when the
door fellow writing his neck little, said, Sir, but
were il not better You shall cast away few words,
| than lose nv lIfe9 This piece of eloqnence moved
me SO much that | went straight to his EXcellency
and told him what the poor fellow had said, desiring
| him to excuse me, if upon these terms TOOK the
boldness TO speak for him" The man was pardoned;
! but apart from the pleasure of knowing that the
nterpostion was successful is the charm OF consid-
! crng the generous nature which had pity Tor the
| humblest and at once aroused to championship
by the spectacle of any human being, however
| lowly, ia distress 1t was the same feeling which
prompted Sir Edward, when he was taking leave OF
| the MARQUIS Spnola, to say that if - ever he did
lead an army against the nfdels, he would adven-
| ture to be the first man that would die IN that
quarrel"
After this Sir Edward left the army to take a
| glimpse of Italy. Arriving at Venice 81 was
| brought" he says, y to tee nun in Murano, who
| being an admirable beauty. and together singing
| extremely we'll, was thought one of the rarties
not only of that place but Of the time. We came to
! a room opposite the cloister, whence she coming on
the opposite side of the CRATE betwixt u.s. sung so
extremely well that when she departed neither my
Lord Ambassador nor his lady, who were then pres
cnt, could find as much as q word OF fitting Ian
Quage to return 10 her for the extraordinary music
she gave us; when l. being ashamed that she should
90 back without some testimony of the sense we
had both Of the harmony Of her beauty and her roico
said In Italian: Die whatsoever you will, you
neither need to change voice nor face to be ALI
angelo Was there ever a more perfect gentleman
Only he is sadly obliged to add These words il
seemed were fatal. for going thence to Rome and
returning shortly afterward, heard she was dead
in the meantime" From Venice Sir Edward went 10
Florence, where he saw, among other rarities, "A
nail which was at one end iron and the other gold.
made so by virtue of tincture into which 1t was
putt At Rome, when the Pope was ready to give
his blessing in consistory he departed thence sud
denly, which gave such suspicion Of him that
some were sent 20 apprehend him. He soon learned
that he had fallen under the ban Of the Inquistion,
| upon which he made the best of his way to Sienna.
and from thence by Ferrara and Bologna toward
Padua in which city he spent some time to hear the
| learned readers of the University. At Milan he
heard that famous singing to the organ In this
manner, another nun beginning first TO sing, per-
formed her part well. that we gave her much
applause for her excellent art and voice. only we
thought she did sing somewhat lower than other
women usually do; hereupon also being ready to
depart we heard suddenly for saw nobody
| that nun who was so famous sing eight ian
oo tave q higher than the other had done; her voice
was the sweetest strongest and clearest that ever
! heard in the using whereof also she showed that
art as ravished us into admiration"
At Nov ara, Sir Edward was entertained by a
| Spaniard, who was the Governor. with one of the
most sumptuous feasts that ever he saw, being of
| nine dishes in three several services; the first
| whereof was three oas podridas, consisting Of all
choice boiled meats placed in three silver chargers
which took up the length Of great table; the meat
in it beng heightened up pyramid wise to a sparrow
| which was the top; the second service was like
| the former, of roast meat, which all manner of
| fowl from the pheasant and the partridge to
other fowl less than them were heightened up to o
lark the third was sweetmeats, dry of all sorts
heightened up in like manner to round course
| Perhaps our modern caterers may take hint from
| this description of an anc Client menu
| The Duke of Savoy made an cifer Of a regiment to
| Sir Edward, which he at first accepted but after
ward gave up. Riding through Burgundy. at an
| inn he remembers TO have heard from certain
friends that the landlords daughter was the hand
soonest woman whom they had ever seen. He ex-
planned to his host and hostess that he desired 10