Whereupon theemperor gave him a letter to the governor of the province to enable himto obtain satisfaction. Perhaps also his country might in partdetermine them to this choice: for it seems that the first branch, [1] This great restorer of the monastic order in theWest, worn out at length with mortification and fatigues, suffered muchfrom continual sickness the latter years of his life. Samson, and hisother illustrious school-fellows in Wales: but by his prudence andseriousness in his youth he seemed to have attained to the maturity ofjudgment and gravity of an advanced age.
His diet was sparing, and as coarse as he could choose, without an appearance of singularity or affectation; h He was now eighteenyears old, when his father recalled him from Paris, and sent him toPadua, to study the law, where his master was the celebrated GuyPancirola; this was in the year 1554. Bernard aviolator of the sentiments of humanity, when he followed with tearlesseyes and calm countenance God, who is almighty, can do all things byhimself, without making use of the concurrence of creatures Neverthelesshe vouchsafes, in his exterior works, {655} most frequently to use theirco-operation.
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