--"De pari conjugum, postea ad religionem
transeuntium et in ea praefectorum. Alter fuit Franciscanus; altera vero
Clarissa."]
[Footnote 35: _Histoire du Duche de Normandie_, III. p. 15.]
LETTER XVIII.
EVREUX--CATHEDRAL--ABBEY OF ST. TAURINUS--ANCIENT HISTORY.
(_Evreux, July_, 1818.)
Our journey to this city has not afforded the gratification which we
anticipated.--You may recollect Ducarel's eulogium upon the cathedral,
that it is one of the finest structures of the kind in France.--It is
our fate to be continually at variance with the doctor, till I am half
inclined to fear you may be led to suspect that jealousy has something
to do with the matter, and that I fall under the ban of the old Greek
proverb,--
"IsI+-I? I deg.I muI?I+-I1/4I muI...I, I deg.I muI?I+-I1/4I muI? I|I'I?I1/2I muI muI? I deg.I+-I? I"I muI deg.I"I?I1/2I? I"I muI deg.I"I%I1/2."--
[English. Not in Original: The potter is jealous of the potter, as the
builder is jealous of the builder.]
As for myself, however, I do hope and trust that I am marvellously free
from antiquarian spite.--And in this instance, our expectations were
also raised by the antiquity and sanctity of the cathedral, which was
entirely rebuilt by Henry Ist, who made a considerate bargain with
Bishop Audinus[36], by which he was allowed to burn the city and its
rebellious inhabitants, upon condition of bestowing his treasures for
the re-construction of the monasteries, after the impending
conflagration.
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