Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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12 Till'. COMKT. tjc Tli olo 5N that partie of ye Campus whirl) I'aceth iho rising up • t the Sonne is situate ;m goodlie House wherein hiih-th an Com- punio of wortliio and pious .Monno. liowbeit thoy do clcpeu themselves Prophets, for n Mamie mayo see aboven ye lent poor of ye gootllic House these wise wordes. SoitOL.V Pllol’ll- BT.VKCM. et bye ye andcre Scholar they he yclept ye Thcolog. Xowe those Pious Memie cometh from divers parts of the Karth; for it hath been spoken that no prophet is greate in liis owne Countree, wherefore these Prophets tr.ivaileth from afar and J. ahidoth in this Lando that it may he spoken of them that they he great. But they he not greate. For they Ik- withal lowlie and ineeke like unto a l.amhe. even like unto Marye's hamhe. liowbeit they have little l.earnynge. But tiowe these Pious Menne have (livers great verities. Of mine owne knowledge I knowe they he loving and alfeetinnate, yea, Jilfeetionate like unto little children; for with mine owne eyes have I beholden them falle upon each others Neckc and ••Brother. ’ and then in loving Mmhrace wandcreth to and fro. whilst they poureth Balnie iip»m their Cares and diseourseili upoimc the vanities of this Worlde. Now these Pious Menne have another great Verluc: for they he exceeding frugal and temperate of Meate and Hrinke. Verilie, niethink it he amongst them an relig- ious scruple. The chiefcst partie of their food he an Milch Porridge, the which is yclept Orits, for a Mamie must have much grit to devoure the same. liowbeit these Pious Menne do eat» this Porridge at the Rising up of the Sonne, at Noontide, and yet againuc at the going d«»wne of the Sonne. Vea, these Pious Menne lie exceeding temperate, for the Milch whiche is drunken of them he a kind»- of Sangarec. which consisteth of one Partie of Milch and three Parties of Water. Of mine owne knowledge I ken not whereof I speak, liowbeit it hath been related unto me that one of ye Pious Menne did upon a weep»- and «-rye.

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nils ’ ii:t. iJaeuffu I rilKol.oi.Ii Al .l KKV. W. I Til.I.IT. .M., I . I».. I «‘:ui ami Professor of Sy.sinnalir Theology. KKV. OKOSS AI.KXANHKK. It. A.. It. I).. Professor of Creek ami Now Testament Kxegesis. KKV. E. K. IIOSS, M.A., I». I .. Professor of liililii-al ami ICeelosiaxtioal History ami Homiletics. KKV. W. V. MAKTIX. M.A.. It. I .. Professor ol Hebrew ami i | | Testament Exegesis.

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T11 K • M 1ST. 2t time travaille into a foreign Laudc, ami there he did quafle an Tankard of pure Milch, even ye Milch which comcth of the I’dder of ye Kine, and behold ye Pious Manne did reel and falle to the Kartli in a great I H unk, even like unto a Manne which hath drunken an great cask of strong Wine- Now these Pious Mcnne do eate no Meato. Put it be an much orthodox Custom me with them to have llesh set before them on their Itoarde; yet no Manne catine devome the same, howbeit lie hath teeth like unto the teeth of an Sausage-grinder, for the llesh hath the consistendo of the Pelt of ye Alligator. Wherefore these Pious Menne do hanker much after llesh. And it hath been related unto me that when the Pious Menne of this Secte do travaille into foreign Landes their hunger after Flesh waxoth exceeding strong, ande they do chase and catche alle ye Kowle of the Ay re. besonders ye domestickc Kowle which is yclept ye t'hickenne. and they devourcth the same with much Greedc, even like unto an Oxe which hath not tasted Salt in an Twelvemonthe. Yea, a Manne hath counted unto me that when the tidings comcth that ye Pious Manne doth travaille in that Partio of the Conn tree ye Kowle of the Ayre do flee unto the Forest and hideth there Ibr Safotie. Now ye Pious Menne do betake them much unto ye game of Croquet, whereof the Kendo be to thrust an wooden Halle athwart a wire shapen like unto an Crooked A.— wherefore the name. Croquet. And when they do play ye game of Croquet they do put oll'e ye Saekelothe and Ashes, and heholdc. the countenance of ye Pious Mamie doth shone like unto the Noonetide Sonne, and he doth waxen exceeding merrie. Now in that Parlie of ye Campus toward the Setting of the ............. hideth a great and wise Mamie which be yclept ye «•rami Mogul of ye Game of Croquet, and verily he and his people do plave ye Croquet from the Kising up of the Sonne lo the going downe of the Moonc. Aye, the wind doth blowe and the iloods descend and yet ye Wise Mamie doth thrust ye Croquet Halle, and what he knoweth not of Croquet no Mamie knoweth. And it hath been quod unto me that ye Wise Mamie was upon a time an Theolog. and did dwell in ye Schule of ye Prophets, and there it he that he did learnc to thrust ye Croquet Halle. Hut verilie Ibis hath naught to do with our discourse. Ilowbeit ye Prophets do have an good lie Number of IVccadilloe, the be withal good Menne. And verilie there hideth amongst them lour greate and wise Patriarchs, whereof ye Prophets do learne ye Hoke and do waxen unto elerklie and pious Menne.