Eugenius was the mover of the fecond crufade,
and lived to fee its iffue. He was a prince of great
private virtues , and the proteftor of the learned
and the good. Peter the venerable has drawn
his charader : he knew him well , and was too
honeft to flatter , or to give unmerited praife. He
had been with him in Rome. " I never knew,
" fays he , a more conftant friend , a brother
^* more fincere , or a more indulgent father. His
" ear was patient to liften , and his tongue prompt
" to anfwerj and not as a mafter to his inferior,
** but as an equal to his equal , and fometimes as
" an inferior to his lord. There was no pomp ,
" nothing arbitrary; no majefty in his deport-
" ment; juftice, humility, and truth had pof-
*• feffed the whole man. Every petition I made was
^ either granted , or he refufed it upon terma fo
^ reafonable, diat I could not complain**- " He

** Pet Cluniac. Ep. ad Bern.
