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Foreign News
February 3, 1786
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In Paris, a young English lady backed out during her ceremony to take the veil in a monastery, answering 'No' to embracing the order's austerities, disappointing her relations.
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LONDON, Oct. 7.
Extract of a letter from Paris, September 6.
"An odd affair has lately happened. A young English lady in one of our monasteries, in the midst of the very ceremony of taking the veil, shrunk from her resolution. On being asked whether it was through her own inclination she was going to take the habit of the holy order, she very faintly answered, yes.--On the priest addressing her in these terrifick terms, "Avez vous assez de courage pour embrasser les traves & les austerites de cet ordre?" Will you have sufficient courage to embrace the labours and austerities of this order? she answered emphatically, No! -She is a very pretty girl, but very unhappy. She has relations here, who are much disgusted with her conduct."
Extract of a letter from Paris, September 6.
"An odd affair has lately happened. A young English lady in one of our monasteries, in the midst of the very ceremony of taking the veil, shrunk from her resolution. On being asked whether it was through her own inclination she was going to take the habit of the holy order, she very faintly answered, yes.--On the priest addressing her in these terrifick terms, "Avez vous assez de courage pour embrasser les traves & les austerites de cet ordre?" Will you have sufficient courage to embrace the labours and austerities of this order? she answered emphatically, No! -She is a very pretty girl, but very unhappy. She has relations here, who are much disgusted with her conduct."
What sub-type of article is it?
Religious Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Paris Monastery
English Lady
Taking Veil
Ceremony Refusal
Religious Order
Where did it happen?
Paris
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Paris
Event Date
September 6
Outcome
the lady backed out of the ceremony; her relations were disgusted.
Event Details
A young English lady, during the ceremony of taking the veil in a Paris monastery, initially faintly affirmed her inclination but emphatically refused when asked if she had courage to embrace the order's labours and austerities.