Patience
The virtue of bearing injuries, sufferings, and adversity with equanimity. Lietbert of Cambrai "used his enemies to practise patience"; Van der Burch "swallowed much that was hard" in his reforming work.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Lietbert of Cambrai "used his enemies to practise patience."
"he used his friends to repay kindness, his enemies to practise patience, and the rest to cultivate good will."
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Van der Burch "swallowed much that was hard" in his reforming work, with more hardship anticipated.
"You have swallowed much that was hard in this work; you will swallow harder things yet, but God will be present and will grant you to overcome them."