Lentulus

LENTULUS. There has been a Letter often printed from Lentulus, the supposed Proconsul of Judæa, to the Roman Senate¹. You have here the Translation of it. “ There has a Man appeared here, who is “ still living, named Jesus Christ, whose “ Power is extraordinary. He has the Title given him of the great Prophet; his “ Disciples call him the Son of God. He “ raises the Dead, and heals all Sorts of Diseases. He is a tall, well proportioned “ Man; there is an Air of Serenity in his “ Countenance, which attracts at once the “ Love and Reverence of those who see him. “ His Hair is of the Colour of new Wine “ from the Root to his Ears, and from “ thence to the Shoulders it is curled and “ falls down to the lowest Part of them. Upon the Forehead it parts in two, after the “ Manner of the Nazarenes. His Forehead “ is flat, and fair, his Face without any Defect, and adorned with a very graceful Vermilion: His Air is majestick and agreeable. His Nose and his Mouth are very well proportioned, and his Beard is thick and forked, of the Colour of his Hair; his Eyes are gray, and extremely lively; in his Reproofs he is terrible, but in his Exhortations and Instructions amiable and courteous: There is something wonderfully charming in his Face, with a Mixture of Gravity. He is never seen to laugh, but he has been observed to weep. He is very strait in Stature; his Hands are large and spreading, and his Arms very beautiful; he talks little, but with great Gravity, and is the handsomest Man in the World.

We look upon this Letter as a Piece that is not much to be regarded, but as it is printed in several Places, the Reader perhaps will not be out of Humour to find it here.

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