Painting in England. ^j 



beloved Eleanor J. Vertue had drawn them, 

 with a defign of engraving ; I have his 

 original dra^yings. I mud not omit that it 

 was no fmall part of Peter Cavalini's fame, 

 that he made the crucifix that fpoke to 

 St. Bridget §. 



From all the teftimonies above recited, 

 Henry III. appears in a new light from 

 what has hitherto been known of him. 

 That he was a weak prince in point of go- 

 v^ernment is indifputable. That he was a 

 great encourager of the arts, thefe records 

 demonftrate. When hiftorians talk of his 

 profufion, they evidence only in what he 

 diffipated on his favorites. But it is plain 

 that the number and magnificence of his 

 buildings and palaces mull have fwallowed 

 great part of the fums, malicioufly charged 

 to the Tingle article of unworthy favorites. 



X I have fome fufpicion that a Ton of Peter Cavalini, 

 is the perfoii called Peter le Orfever, mentioned in a 

 precept of Edward II. He is there intituled of Stanford, 

 and brought an a6lion againfl: certain perfons for aiTault 

 and battery. As one of Queen Eleanor's crofTcs was 

 eredled there, it is not improbable that a Ton of Ca- 

 valini might marry and fettle in that town. See Peck's 

 Stanford, lib. x. fed. ly, 



§ Felibien. vol. i. p. 172. 



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