It is hardly necessary for me here to do more than mention the peculiar character given to different numbers by Christianity. One is the numeral indicating the Unity of the Godhead; Two points to the hypostatic union; Three to the Blessed Trinity; Four to the Evangelists; Five to the Sacred Wounds; Six is the number of sin; Seven that of the gifts of the Spirit; Eight, that of the Beatitudes; Ten is the number of the commandments; Eleven speaks of the Apostles after the loss of Judas; Twelve, of the complete apostolic college. I shall now point out certain numbers which have been regarded with superstition, and certain events connected with numbers which are of curious interest. The number 14 has often been observed as having singularly influenced the life of Henry IV. and other French princes. Let us take the history of Henry. On the 14th May, 1029, the first king of France named Henry was consecrated, and on the 14th May, 1610, the last Henry was assassinated. Fourteen letters enter into the composition of the name of Henri de Bourbon, who was the 14th king bearing the titles of France and Navarre. The 14th December, 1553, that is, 14 centuries, 14 decades, and 14 years after the birth of Christ, Henry IV. was born; the ciphers of the date 1553, when added together, giving the number 14. The 14th May, 1554, Henry II. ordered the enlargement of the Rue de la Ferronnerie. The circumstance of this order not having been carried out, occasioned the murder of Henry IV. in that street, four times 14 years after. The 14th May, 1552, was the date of the birth of Marguérite de Valois, first wife of Henry IV. On the 14th May, 1588, the Parisians revolted against Henry III., at the instigation of the Duke of Guise. On the 14th March, 1590, Henry IV. gained the battle of Ivry. On the 14th May, 1590, Henry was repulsed from the Fauxbourgs of Paris. On the 14th November, 1590, the Sixteen took oath to die rather than serve Henry. On the 14th November, 1592, the Parliament registered the Papal Bull giving power to the legate to nominate a king to the exclusion of Henry. On the 14th December, 1599, the Duke of Savoy was reconciled to Henry IV. On the 14th September, 1606, the Dauphin, afterwards Louis XIII., was baptized. On the 14th May, 1610, the king was stopped in the Rue de la Ferronnerie, by his carriage becoming locked with a cart, on account of the narrowness of the street. Ravaillac took advantage of the occasion for stabbing him. Henry IV. lived four times 14 years, 14 weeks, and four times 14 days; that is to say, 56 years and 5 months. On the 14th May, 1643, died Louis XIII., son of Henry IV.; not only on the same day of the same month as his father, but the date, 1643, when its ciphers are added together, gives the number 14, just as the ciphers of the date of the birth of his father gave 14. Louis XIV. mounted the throne in 1643: 1 + 6 + 4 + 3 = 14. He died in the year 1715: 1 + 7 + 1 + 5 = 14.