And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
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Erasmus of Rotterdam
AD 1536
His misfortunes, as it happens, provided support for many, since it was for gain that they let him out at the gate of the temple which the people call 'Beautiful' to ask alms from those entering (for this gate was the most crowded). Begging has its own talent; it knows that those who go into a temple are so disposed that they give alms quite freely, or wish to seem so disposed.
