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Rh Chalons, and Madame de Beaupré the governor's lady; but, in their absence, the administrator and governess of the hospital of St. Maur, presented her in their name at the Fount, and gave her the name of Mari Angélique Memmie le Blanc. The reason of giving her the name of Memmie, that of the first bishop of Chalons, was, as she says, her having come from afar to receive the faith in this diocese, where it had been formerly planted by that Saint. But it appears from her act of baptism, that her godfather bore the same name.

was but small probability of preserving Madamoiselle le Blanc alive, her best state of health being a sickly languor, which seem'd to be carrying her to the grave. I was informed by M. L, that M. d'Epinoy, who was solicitous to save her at any expence, sent a physician to see her, who being at a loss what to prescribe, hinted, that it was necessary to indulge her now and then with a bit of raw flesh. Accordingly, she says they gave her some, but she could, by that time, only chew it, and suck out the juice, not being able to swallow the flesh. Sometimes too, a Lady of the house, who had a great affection for her, would bring her a chicken or pigeon alive, of which she immediately suck'd the blood warm, which she found to be a kind of balsam that penetrated every part of her body, softened