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Rh From this time till her death, which was twelve years, she remained in perfect oblivion, and her uniform and retired life is an evident proof, that the noise she had made in the world, proceeded not from any ambition she had of making a figure in it: her whole time being employed in the contemplation of God. The numerous verses which proceeded from the abundance of her heart, were formed into a collection, which was printed after her death, in five volumes, under the title of Cantiques Spirituels, ou d'Emblemes sur l'Amour Divin, Her other writings consist of twenty volumes of the Old and New Testament, with Reflectwns et Explications concernant la Vie interieure; Discours Chretiennes, in two volumes; Letters to several Persons, in four; Her Life, written by herself, in three; a volume of Visitations, drawn from the most venerable authors, which she made use of before her examiners, and two of Opuscles,

She died June 2, 1717, having survived the archbishop of Cambray almost two years and a half, who had a singular veneration for her to the day of his death. Her poems were translated by Cowper, a little before his death. Female Worthies, &c.

Becoming a widow in 1585, at the age of twenty-four, she applied herself to literature, particularly  losophy.