Part 3
_Command of Temper_.--Lopez d’Acunha, a gallant Spaniard, who lived in 1578, recorded in the Apophthegms of Juan Ruffo, seems to have had the affections of his mind under rare command. He was called out from his tent by a sudden alarm. His servants armed him in great haste, and although he told them that his helmet pained him exceedingly, they insisted that it could not be fitted better. The brave Lopez had not leisure to contest the point: he rushed to the combat, fought with success, and at his return, unlacing his casque, and throwing it down on the ground together with his bloody ear, “There,” said he mildly to his awkward valets, “was I not right when I told you how much you hurt me in putting on my helmet?”
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Transcriber’s Notes
This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text. New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. Illustrations have been moved in some cases to natural breaks in the text. Itemized changes from the original text:
• p. 197: Changed “providentally” to “providentially” in phrase “He then desired him to write ‘Tarky,’ the chief of the garrison.” • p. 198: Added closing single quotation mark after “Tarky” in phrase “providentially” in phrase “which were providentially still remaining in the middle of the plain.” • p. 200: Added closing bracket to caption of illustration “Grotesque representation of a Portrait Painter’s Studio.”