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A64738	The nunns complaint against the fryers being the charge given into the court of France, by the nunns of St. Katherine near Provins, against the Fathers Cordeliers their confessours / several times printed in French, and now faithfully done into English.; Factum pour les religieuses de Sainte-Catherine-les-Provins. English	Varet, Alexandre-Louis, 1632-1676.	1676 (1676)	Wing V110; ESTC R34691	69,713	232

6. 7. 8. That the Cordeliers have no just Title for their Jurisdiction over the Nuns p. 37 Sect. 9. 10. That if they had had any Title they have now lost their Right to it by their Misdemeanours which are specified by these particulars p. 40 Sect. 11. Abuses in their Spiritual Concerns p. 43 In the Education of Pensioners p. 46 Novices Education of young Novices p. 48 And of young professed Nuns p. 53 Vndecent Books allowed them p. 54 Instructions p. 55 Presents to the Nuns p. 57 Letters Posies and Devices p. 58 Publick Allusions p. 64 Dedication of Theses p. 65 Profanation of Sermons p. 70 The Marriages of the Friers and Nuns p. 72 Frolicks and Entertainments p. 75 Love-Letters p. 78 Sacriledge and Profanations p. 93 Mad Revellings and secret Entries into the Nunnery p. 95 Insolences and Disorders of the Friers Which the Nuns blusht at p. 97 Sect. 12. 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Golden Remains of that ever Memorable Mr. John Hales of Eaton Colledge c. The Second Impression with Additions not before published Episcopacy as Established by the Law in England written by the Especial Command of the late King CHARLES by R. Saunderson late Lord Bishop of Lincoln A Scholastical History of the Canon of the Holy Scripture or The certain and indubitable Books thereof as they are received in the Church of England By Dr. Cosin late Lord Bishop of Durham A Collection of Articles Injunctions Canons Orders Ordinances and Constitutions Ecclesiastical with other Publick Records of the Church of England with a Preface by Anthony Sparrow Lord Bishop of Exon. 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Sacrament of a true Religious Vocation gave them for a constant rule to make themselves sensible of the Love he bore them For tokens of the ardent zeal of his Love to them he gave them Ribbons of Fire-Colour blew green and other colours that were significative of his passion engaging them above all to come to the Holy Water the better to encourage him to sing Mass And that he might have them daily at his grate he blamed the Mother Governess for the unpreparedness of these Novices to oblige her to send them to him under this false pretence of Piety Of the young Professed Nuns ONe may Judg by what has been said about the manner of the Cordeliers instructing the Novices what measures they took with the young Professed Nuns In effect it were strange if they should not have taken all kind of liberty before them since now they feared not That Modesty would make these Maids leave the House to avoid the snares that were laid for their Chastity A young Professed Nun who had taken very strong resolutions by the assistance of Gods Grace and the Instructions of a Divine that was a friend of her Family never to entertain any communication with the Cordeliers upon occasion found her self engaged to see one of them and to entertain him And because she stood very cautiously upon her guard this Cordelier gave her an hundred reproachful taunts He told her that such a kind of reserved life was fit enough indeed for meer Innocents but that it was pity that she should affect such preciseness That she was too well made both in body and mind to hide her self from the World That when she came to be a little more advanced in years she would run into despair for not having improved her parts or had the pleasure of being Loved and to this he added all that might make impression upon the inclinations of a young Virgin Books allowed But yet they thought it not sufficient to make use of such kind of discourse as this to draw off the young Nuns from doing their duty and insensibly to ingage them in vitious inclinations They brought them Romances and Plays to read and all other books that might choak the sentiments of Piety in them and make them easily susceptible of the Affections which they endeavoured to cherish in them Their Passion besotted them so far as to make them give the Nuns The Maxims of Love The School of Maids The Catechism of Love whch are most abominable pieces and which one may say were suggested by the Devil of Impurity Nay they have even given them books of Magick and full of an infinite number of infamous and diabolical secrets And one of them was so beastly as to give a Nun a Character to write nasty things withal Instructions To these Books they added Instructions which were not less impudent They have been heard at the Grate an infinite number of times to sing Lascivious songs and one could scarce go thither when they were there without hearing some sottish thing or other Once in a pretty round company upon a refusal made by a Nun to put her fingers through to one that desired her he fell to abuse her and told her that she must know that all from the middle upwards was so wholly at the disposal of their particular Friend that he was not to be refused neither the sight nor the handling of them Our Mothers Governesses have assured me and many others of our Ladies that the Cordeliers gave them this for a lecture that 't was to be well practised That the Bosome the Mouth and the Hand must be their particular Friends A Sister complaining to a Cordelier that they talked so freely of immodest things He told her that it was not so great a sin as she made account of That in the Primitive Church every one gave the Kisse of Peace and that it was not forbidden but upon the account of those that abused it the same person telling another Father That she wondred that Priests dare present themselves before the Altar in the midst of such communications That for her part the meer shame of confessing such actions were enough to withold her from them He told her That these things being not done for any ill end but only to express the tenderness of their Friendship it was at the most but a venial Sin Presents These Instructions were backed with Presents which relisht of nothing but Vanity and Libertinisme Father N. when our Confessour desired often to speak with two Nuns to entertain them with professions of his Friendship and gave them wet and dry sweet-meats to oblige them to comply with him and to satisfie his unlawful desires Father N. Rival of Father N. gave his picture drawn as a Gentleman to Sister N. and made that Lady be drawn as a Pallas Others as great Gallants as these gave them Rings Gloves trimmed with Ribbons Watches Looking-glasses Seals wherein they engraved their Ciphers and the first letters of their Names interwoven with Motto's and Emblems that expressed their Passion And for fear they should not comprehend the mysteries of them they accompanied them with passionate Letters and Verses which did unriddle them See how one of the most reputed amongst these Fathers has explained them in one of his Posies and dear Letters which is under keeping LETTER My Heart is wholly yours wholly in you and wholly for you seeing it lives only for you Doubt not of it no more than of those Oaths which I have made to you and which I now renew to you to Honour you without Equal and without End 'T is the Device which I have caused to be graved upon one of the Seals which I send you of the Ciphers of our names interwoven which in its first part expresses the high and singular esteem I make of your Affection The other part expresses the duration of it which shall have no end no more than the ardour of my Affection and the absoluteness of my submission shall have bounds As you have most * Amoureasement Affectionately given me up your Arms and as I have received them and kept them by me because the Caske becomes not your Sex which ought never to conceal the Charms of their face and eyes and besides because I should be sorry that those that should set upon N. should find him unprovided of his Arms and not able to defend himself so now I send you them back again in another Seal As they consist of two flames and a bell the first of which make themselves sensible by the effects of heat and the other by sound and noise I have put for the Device more of Fire suppressing the rest which would make up a perfect sense More of fire than sound that is to say more of effects than words more of fruits than noise more of passion than talk more of love in the heart than in the mouth The bell also is enclosed and covered with a Chevron