Robert Grosseteste Quotes

Robert Grosseteste

English Statesman

Born: 1175

Died: Oct 9, 1253

Careful Command Corn Will You Your

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Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God. Robert Grosseteste

God You Will Pleasure Those All Things Shall Know Household Faithfully Often Against Prefer Your Who Serve Things

Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul. Robert Grosseteste

Soul Heart Will Strife Way Shall Hostel Divisions Household Make Discord Command Accord Any Your Who

Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners. Robert Grosseteste

And in doing this I advise you to send to the best manors of your lands those of your household in whom you place most confidence to be present in August at the leading of the corn, and to guard it as aforesaid. Robert Grosseteste

Best You Confidence Guard Corn Those Leading Most Household Advise Doing August Send Place Lands Your Whom Present

And with the money from your corn, from your rents, and from the issues of pleas in your courts, and from your stock, arrange the expenses of your kitchen and your wines and your wardrobe and the wages of servants, and subtract your stock. Robert Grosseteste

Money Corn Wines Kitchen Arrange Courts Wages Issues Stock Expenses Subtract Wardrobe Your Servants

And if strangers come to supper they shall be served with more according as they have need. Robert Grosseteste

Strangers More Shall Supper Come According Served Need

The wool of a thousand sheep in good pasture at the least ought to yield fifty marks a year, the wool of two thousand one hundred marks, and so forth, counting by thousands. Robert Grosseteste

Good Sheep Year Ought Hundred Marks Thousand Thousands Counting Least Yield Pasture Wool Forth Fifty Two

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