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tum fiibinde fiium in Speculo dispicerent. Qui fi Venu Itus effet, ne quaTurpitudine polluerent : Sin deformior, ut eum opere formolo venu fla-rent. Hinc Geflus, inceflus, &c totius Corporis afcita Gravitas, hinc mo-rum ex omni parte concepta Maturitas. Hinc Contubernii militaris, 6 creligioforum Coetuum in Habitibus atq-, Indumentis tanta Varietas. Mili-tiæ nimirum, ut ille Splendor Infignium Ornamentorum, fax effet llluftriumAnimorum. Religionis autem & compofitæ alioqui Societatis, ad Confo-vendam mutuo pietatem & amplificandam chriflianæ Probitatis Sanctimo-niam. Quam ob Caufâm itidem fit tam Creber in æde dedicata concurfus :ut poft Dei Gratiam facramentali Vivacitate illic præfèrtim obtinendam,per Imagines divorum celebriter Eredas, & Multitudinis invicem ad omneGenus pietatis atq; honeflatis fedulo fe componentis mutuum Exemplum,ipfâ Virtutum fimulachra cernerentur, & mutuam undiq-, fequendi præbe-rent anfani. Hinc illa nobilium Virorum tam viventium quam defimdo-ruminfignia propendent in Ecclefiis, & præfixa Monumentis affulgent, hincereda vel humi Congefla marmora afcriptæ laminæ metro vel profa Splen-defcentes. Quorfum enim hæc omnia, nifi quatenus intuentium Animi adveram Nobilitatem, Pietatem, &: Virtutem accendantur : vel Saltem infli-gentur ad levamen animarum antea defiindorum. Hinc i Ilæ Criftæ, Galeæ,Clipei, Enfês, Vexilla , Arma, prominent in Edicula Divi Georgii Wynde-fori , hinc affixæ memorabiles illic &c ornatæ laminæ, quo nobilium inquartiSeniorum honoranda claritas, animofiffimis quibufq-, Juvenibus fic arri-deat,

nvho by the Oracle at Delphos a vas declared the wifeß of Mankind, <when otherEncouragements to Virtue were wanting, would call the noble Touths together,and advife them to look at their Faces in a Glafs, that if they were hand-fome, they ßould not defile themfilves by any Bafenefs -, if ugly to beautifythemfehes by handfome Works. Hence proceeds the Geflure and Walking, andhence is the Gravity of the whole Body acquired : Hence rifes that Maturityof Manners. Hence proceeds that Variety of Habit and Clothing in militaryand religious Orders. In the military Orders that that extraordinary Lufire oftheir Brefs and Habits ßould be a Token of their illufirious Minds. But in theReligious and Societies otherwife compofed to the mutual cherißing of Piety , andthe increafing the Holinefs of the chrißian Integrity. For which Reafon, there isfo frequent an Affembly in confi crated Places, that after having obtained theGrace of God facramentally by a lively Faith -, the very Images of the Virtues7night be fien, and give every one an Opportunity of following them, by the Ima-ges of the Saints publickly ereUed, and the mutual Example of the Congregationdiligently compofing it fielf to every kind of Piety and Virtue. Hence comes itthat they hang up the Banners of noble Men, as well living as dead, and fplen-didly fix them over their Monuments. Hence thofi Marbles either ereU orlying on the Ground, and ßining Plates infiribed with Metre or Profi . To whatEnd is all this, but that the Minds of the Spe&ators might be inflamed with trueNobility, Piety, and Virtue, or at leaß inßigated to pray for the Eafe of the de-parted Souls. Hence thefe Crefis, Helmets, Shields, Swords, Banners, and Armshang up in St. GeorgeV Church at Windfor j hence are thofi laßingand beauti-ful Plates fixed up, to the Intent that the Honour and Glory of their worthy An -