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612 was solicited to marry again, and M. de Bussi Rabutin went so far as to have her run away with; but his purpose was defeated, and she determined to remain single for the rest of her life. She founded a house for profligate women and girls, who were irreclaimable, and that of St. Pelagia, for such as wished to retire to it. She also established, in 1661, a society of twelve young women, to keep small schools, dress wounds, and attend the sick; which community she governed with much prudence and wisdom. Her Remedies are very famous. L'Advocat.

who seems to have been one of the most considerable of the ancients for learning, but is particularly remembered for her Hymn to Neptune. Female Worthies.

a woman of a sprightly genius, elegant manners, and natural poetical talents. Bibliothecæ Arabico-Hispanæ Escurialiensis.

father observing, even in her infancy, the excellence of her genius, procured her the best masters in every branch of literature and science. Lazaro Labadini, a celebrated grammarian, taught her polite literature; and her Latin compositions, both in prose and verse, are sufficient proofs of her attainments in  ting