The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

younG Gsutlsman than 10 the RmhAa.ado,.
q mighty Prinoss.' and Henry Of Havar,.
sfound out this Masasr spirit amonR n. :
and used him like an equal In nature an
90 at for fHisndship with King Ev~
MendOza, who WA Spanish and cAsAaA,.
who WA indeed "A SECRETARY % m.a,
Tr.asons Aaninst' tho Protestant EnRlis6
but from whom q Oompllmsne wAs sni.
nently worth whils. declared. accordinr
90 Orsvills's narration. that howsosvus
he vas glad Hing Philip his master AaS
Lost In q private Gentleman a dangsru.
enemy 10 his Estate. yet he could not bn
lament 20 So Christandom@ depriv' a ofM
rare IAxht In these cloudy timcs. and 10.
wall poor widow England that. havina
be~n many years IN hrosding one eminsa
spirit. was In a moment bsreaved a HIN
by the hand % . villain-' Tho chroniolsr
adds an opinion % hin own: Indeed, b.
was q true modal Of worth
whsn Philip was 10 his Uncle Leicssasr
thought 20 have him marry Csoil's dsagA.
ter. but this vas NOT 10 be: shs married tha
Earl OF Oxford. and . worry poor bargain
=hs scss=A han. PAAsssssp vas ssnt % Para
when he was 10. Ha was % have ~.
manned there two years. but his sag
lasted only four montha. After the g.
Bartholomew massacre no was glad 70 %
70 Heidelberg and the Rhine. He lived
for three months in Frankfort. the papa
Of Languet. -As learned . man ~ Europe
could discover; accompanies that great
scholar TO Vienna. and wandsred slons
In Hungary. His experiences In thoss
s..A- -.
unfortunately there h almost no record
Of them. In Venice. then &C the height
OF her brilliant fame. h sssms 20 have
devoted himself 10 study. Mr.. Addls-
shaw tells us: Sidney only say a city
buxxing with life. blazing with oolor
there was more Of amusement 20 be %.
tanned thsre than in any other capital a.
Europe. He docs not seem 20 have
awaited himself Of his chances. The lst
ters We have. written TO Languet arc
earnest. sometimes kumorously eloquent
But tho wrstchsd theological bias. which
ought not 10 have Influenced q boy OF his
years The vas now le). IN iTritatingly eag
Of detection. A modern sohoolboy hn
this advantage that he only hsars he has
q soul on Sundays and foEgsts the faa
the six other days OF the weok. EccsD-
tric indeed are the TASKS 20 which this
Admirable Crichton ct himsslf. Coz
mouaphy. thus earning LanW1sta Ap-
proval. and astronomy we're but o small
part OF the studies which he purmed. Hs
forgot to write 70 Lanrast somstinnss n
the multiplicity % his labors. A sharp
reprimand followed each omission SD
nsy. this bioerapher complains. vas 10,
seeing Venice a. he ought 10 have sesa
When he vas - he was called home.
He did not stay at home long. Tia
Queen sent him with her congratulations
to Rudolph OF Hapsburg on the accession
Of that Prince TO the imperial throns. He
had Oreville for a companion and was
attended by a numerous retinus His
journey was made rather ma4nincently
A. each stage he caused tablet 70 be oct
up hearing the inscription: -Of the nnOsa
Industrious and well born English gentle
man. Philip Sidney. son Of the viosroy Of
ireland. nephew Of the Earis Of warwick
and Leicester. Ambassador from the
Serene Queen Of England 10 the EmperoF :
That ought TO have conveyed an impress
sion. The Emperor had his court then a.
Prague. II was tho most brilliant court
in Europe. Many distinguished foreign
ers came 10 Prague. II vas a gathering
place for the learned. and Sidney must
have found company 70 his liking. On
his way home he was encountered by a
letter from England inforning hum that
a son had been horn TO william Of Orange
and that he Vas % bear the ousen's fetici-
tations TO that great Prince. William
like everybody else. fell under the young
mans spell He wrote in the course Of
much ~ the same kind besides: Her
Majesty had one Of the ripeat and great
est counsellorr OF state IN Sir Philip Sid
ney that this day lived In Europe This
account remarks upon the matter; The
great silent Prince proclaimed thus 90 ali
Europe what he thought Of his nsw friend
When the day came for the christsning
Of the heir TO the noble house OF Orange
IL was the young Engliahman whom the
greatest OF the Proseestant rulers and
heroes chose a. godfather for his con. :
But there Ia no record 81 What sidney
and william the Silent said 70 each other.
IL 10 nearly always the casa regarding
Sidney that there 10 no record.
He might have had duel with the die
reptuAhls Earl Cf Oxford, who married
Lord Burieigh's daughter. n the EAri had
been les unwilling. but there Waa no duel
That he was strong for the three unities
IN the drama We know; We Also know that
he did not show any great dramatic power
Of hts own when he wrote his novel Of
Arcadia That II not . very stirring
tale But he had consideration for the
players % his day; be wa godfather 90 the
child oT Tsrlton, % whose power over
Queen Elizabeth u was said that he could
undumpish her st his pleasure aud who
was the Vortex Of Hamisf's sulo9y.
sidney was 40 when he married Fssss==
daughter % ths Qasso's
and admirable Ambassador
az Paris. This account says Philip
had. 10 can hardly 10 disputed. Q genuine
affection for the girl. whom he had known
most Of the years that tOeaIlsd up her short
life. But he makes no prstsnos Of over
whelming passion The lover and the
poet are 40 caim 40 IN loo biock and Do
cidedly Ices interessing.- ARR 90 dis