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melled with the image of the Virgin, fupporting the infant 

 in one hand, and holding a rofary in the other, all proper. 

 The order of the " Celetlial Collar of the Holy Rofary" is 

 a religious order for ladies, infbitnted at the requeft of father 

 Francis Arnoul, a Dominican, by queen Anne of Aultria, 

 widow of the French king Lewis XIII., and mother of 

 Lewis XIV., for fifty voting ladies of the firft families in 

 France. The collar of the order was compofed of a blue 

 ribbon, enriched with white, red, and maiden's blufh rofes, 

 interlaced with the capital letters A. v. in cypher affixed 

 to it ; and pendent at the bread by a filk cordon, a crofs 

 of eight points pomettee, and in each angle a fleur-de-lis : 

 on the centre the image of the Virgin Mary, and on the 

 reverie the image of St. Dominic, enamelled. 



Rosary is a word frequently met with in the ancient 

 hiftories of Ireland, and ufed to exprefs a peculiar fort of 

 bafe money coined abroad, in the form of the penny, cur-' 

 rent in that kingdom ; but of fo much bafer an alloy, that 

 it was not worth quite half the real value of the penny. 

 This and manv other fuch coins were decried, and it was 

 made death to import any of them, by Edward I., in 1300. 



Rosary, Perftan, a beautiful compendium of oriental 

 ethics, written by a Perfian poet, whofe name was Eddin 

 Sadi ; who, about the middle of the 13th century, when 

 the Turks invaded Perfia, withdrew from his own country, 

 .and fettled at Bagdad, for the purpofe of profecuting his 

 lludies. After experiencing much viciffitude of fortune, 

 he returned home, and compiled the book juft mentioned, 

 which he completed in the year 1257. This book, we' are 

 informed, has been univerfally read in the Ealt ; and has 

 been tranflated into Latin, and into feveral modern languages. 

 As our readers in general may not have accefs to the ori- 

 ginal work, which is divided into eight chapters, nor to 

 extracts from it, we (hall here fubjoin, both for their in- 

 formation and amufement, the following citations. 



1. Paradife will be the reward of thofe kings who re- 

 ftrain their refentment, and know how to forgive. A king, 

 who inftitutes unjult laws, undermines the foundation of his 

 kingdom. Let him, who neglefts to raife the fallen, tear, 

 left when he himfelf falls, no one will ftrctch out his hand 

 to lift him up. Adminiiler jullice to your people, for a 

 day of judgment is at hand. The diihoneft fteward's hand 

 will (hake, when he comes to render an account of his truth 

 Be jull, and fear not. Opprefs not thy fubjefts, left the 

 fighing of the oppreiled fhould afcend to heaven. If you 

 wifh to be great, be liberal; for, unlefs you low the feed, 

 there can be no increafe. Aflift and relieve the wretched, 

 for irisfortuncs may happen to yourfelf. Wound no man 

 unneccflarily ; there are thorns enough in the path of human 

 life. It a king take an apple from the garden of a fub- 

 jeft, his fervanta will foon cut down the tree. The flock 

 is not made for the fhepherd, but the fhepherd for the 

 flock. 



2. Excel in good works, and wear what you pleafe : in- 

 nocence and piety do not conlift in wearing an old or coarfe 

 garment. Learn virtue from the vicious; and what offends 

 you in their conduct, avoid in your own. If you have re- 

 ceived an injury, bear it patiently : by pardoning the of- 

 fences of others, you will waft) away your own. Him, 

 who has beei) 'Very day conferring upon you new favours, 

 pardon, if, 111 the fpace of a long life, he Ihould have once 

 done you an injury. Refpecl the memory of the good, that 

 your ■ mav live tor ever. 



3. In your advernty, do not vifit your friend with a fad 

 ntenance; for you will embitter his cup: relate even 



your misfortunes with a fmile ; for wretchednefs will never 

 . h tin- heart of a cheerful man. He who lives upon the 

 Vol. XXX. 



fruits of his own labour, efcapes the contempt of haughty 

 benefactors. Always encounter petulance with gentlenefs, 

 and pervertenefs with kindnefs : a gentle hand will lead the 

 elephant itfelf by a hair. When once you have offended a 

 man, do not prefume that a hundred benefits will fecure you 

 from revenge : an arrow may be drawn out of a wound, but 

 an injury is never forgotten. Worfe than the venom of a 

 ferpent is the tongue of an enemy, who pretends to 

 your friend. 



4. It is better to be filent upon points we underlland, 

 than to be put to fliame by being queftioned upon things of 

 which we are ignorant. A wile man will not contend with 

 a fool. It is a certain mark of folly, as well as rudenefs, to 

 fpeak whilft another is fpeaking. If you are wife, you will 

 (peak lefs than you know. 



5. Although you can repeat every word of the Koran, 

 if you fuller yourfelf to be enflaved by love, you have not 

 yet learned your alphabet. The immature grape is four ; 

 wait a few days, and it will become fweet. If you refill 

 temptation, do not allure yourfelf that you (hall efcape 

 (lander. The reputation, which has been fifty years in 

 building, may be thrown down by one blatt of calumny. 

 Liften not to the tale of friendfhip, from the man who has 

 been capable of forgetting his friend in adverfity. 



6. Perfeverance accomplifhes more than precipitation ; 

 the patient mule, which travels (lowly night and day, will 

 in the end go further than an Arabian courfer. If you are 

 old, leave iports and jetts to the young : the ftream, which 

 has palled awav, will not return into its channel. 



7. Inttruftion is only profitable to thofe wdio are capable^ 

 of receiving it : bring an afs to Mecca, and it will itill re- 

 turn an afs. If you would be your father's heir, learn his 

 wifdom : his wealth you may expend in ten days. He who 

 is tinftured with good principles while he is young, when 

 he is grown old will not be deltitute of virtue. If a man 

 be deftitute of knowledge, prudence, and virtue, his door- 

 keeper may fay, Nobody is at home. Give advice where 

 you ought ; if it be not regarded, the fault is not yours. 



8. Two kinds of men labour in vain : they who get 

 riches, and do not enjoy them ; and they who learn wif- 

 dom, and do not apply it to the condutl of life. A wife 

 man, who is not at the fame time virtuous, is a blind man 

 carrying a lamp : he gives light to others, whilft he himfelf 

 remains in darknefs. If you wifh to fleep foundly, provide 

 for to-morrow. Truft no man, even your belt friend, with 

 a fecret ; you will never find a more faithful guardian of the 

 truft than yourfelf. Let your misfortunes teach you com- 

 panion : he knows the condition of the wretched, w ho has 

 himfelf been wretched. Exceffive vehemence creates en- 

 mity ; exceffive gentlenefs, contempt : lie neither fo fevere, 

 as to be hated ; nor fo mild, as to be infulted. He who 

 throws away advice upon a conceited man, himfelf wants an 

 advifer. In a tingle hour you may difcover, whether a man 

 has rood fenfe; but it will require many years to 

 whether he has good temper. Three tilings are unattain- 

 able; riches without trouble, fcience without rfy, 

 and government without punifhmeflt. Clemenc} to the 

 wicked is an injury to the good, lii " -.ire banifhed 

 from the earth, there would, notwithftanding, be no one 

 who would think himfelf ignorant. Brucl r' Huh ol 



1'hiK.t. In hnlield, vol. ii. 



ROSAS, in Geography, a fea-port town ol Spam, in 

 Catalonia, on the north tide ol a gull of the Mcditcrraii. 

 to which it • me, with a good harbour, defended by 



a fort. It was inciently called '» Rboda," and " Rh 

 dope;" 22 miles N.E. of Serona. N. Int. 42- 17'. 1 

 long. 3 o'. 



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