Note 76 — CHAP. IX. Of the Beards of Priests.
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Beroald de Verville, in his Moyen de parvenir, accounts for the promptitude with which the priests imitated the popes. “I will tell you a remark; when the pope has a large beard, the priests will have the same; if he have a shaved chin, they will likewise, because they all aim at the papacy.” Moyen de Parvenir, chap. tom.