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they are obliged to fast on wan mail, and the rest of the
year to abstinese from flesh, on Mondays and wednesdays, the have
of leat being dispenced with saying the great office, and only say
that of our bless’d Lady, but the have such an number of
other pray’rs, that I shou’d imagine they cou’d have little time
to attend the sick, this is the rule, they follow at their great
Monastery at Nancy in Lorraine, and where I believe the young
women died, that was sent from Dublin, by what I can judge
of it, I am a fread if it had plais’d God to have spear’d her
her life to come over, I believe she wou’d not have succeed’d
in this order in this kingdome, so the divine providence
does every thing for the best. She must be of Robust consitution
to be receiv’d in to it, its mention’d: doctor Moylan wrote to
the superiour of an order, that is call’d the hospitaliers of the
order of st Thos: de Villenuve; she a particular friend
of his, she tells him she wou’d send him, the book of her
rule and constitution, only its absolutely forbid by their
superiour general, to show it to any body, so she could not
send it, she writes in what it consists, which are the works
of mercy spiritual, and corporal, the have different houses, for
these charities, which are most usefull, in some houses the
take care of the sick, others where the instruct orphins
other where the have boys, as well as girls, separately
other where the take care of old men, and women,
others where the receive pensioners, the daughters of citizens,
and young ladies of distinction, the have houses for penitents
and in some places she says they are of great service

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to prisoners, she says she was honour’d in these imployments
where in she found most solid consolation; tho’ despicable in the
eyes of the world yet God deigns to look on with goodness
their rule prescribs a Double charity, which is to instruct the
onfortunate, to instruct them in they principal misteries of
religion: they make three vows for life as other religious
do, and there is a fourth the make, which is to serve
the poor till death in they houses they take pensioners, they
are oblig’d to have a school, for poor girls, on account
of inspiring the young ladies, with a charity for them that
they shou’d see their wants, and the nuns in them houses also
they instruct women that come to know there religion
the education the give their young ladies, is quiet
different from all the other convent, when the know
well how to read, and write, figure and work, well
ground’d in their religion, then the are imploy’d in going [?]
every imployment proper, to manage a house and are made good housewifes.
The young ladies, brouth up with them are generaly very nota-
ble as to worldly affears, as to their obligations in other
things its just the same we have, in their constitutions and
we are oblig’d to most of these charities only we must prefer
the schools, to all others, and we make know vows for life.
the cure of st suplice’ who’, made our rule, was the superior
general of this order, and by what I see there is very little
difference only we make know vows, and my opinion is that
what hinders their superior from any bodies seeing it that in
the world the dont know, the make vows for life, know
you and your wise and pious director who, by what