492 THE PRAISE OF HEtfRY PRINCE OF WALES. 



spiracles ; an evil, against which our age has 

 scarce found a remedy ; so that the people s love 

 of religion and the king overflowed to the prince ; 

 and this consideration deservedly heightened the 

 sense of the loss of him. His person was strong 

 and erect ; his stature of a middle size ; his limbs 

 well made ; his gait and deportment majestic ; his 

 face long and inclining to leanness; his habit of 

 body full; his look grave, and the motion of &quot;his 

 eyes rather composed than spirited. In his coun 

 tenance were some marks of severity, and in his air 

 some appearance of haughtiness. But whoever 

 looked beyond these outward circumstances, and 

 addressed and softened him with a due respect and 

 seasonable discourse, found the prince to be gra 

 cious and easy ; so that he seemed wholly differ 

 ent in conversation from what he was in appear 

 ance, and in fact raised in others an opinion of 

 himself very unlike what his manner would at first 

 have suggested. He was unquestionably ambi 

 tious of commendation and glory, and was strongly 

 affected by every appearance of what is good and 

 honourable ; which in a young man is to be con 

 sidered as virtue. Arms and military men were 

 highly valued by him; and he breathed himself 

 something warlike. He was much devoted to 

 the magnificence of buildings and works of all 

 kinds, though in other respects rather frugal ; and 

 was a lover both of antiquity and arts. He shewed 

 his esteem of learning in general more by the coun 

 tenance which he gave to it, than by the time 



