this fine Speech, ſhe drew her Huſband's Corps out of the Coffin, in order to faſten it to the Croſs from whence the Body was ſtolen. The Soldier immediately put in execution the ſeaſonable advice of ſo diſcreet a Lady; and next morning every one wonder'd how a dead Man ſhould be able to find his way to the Gibbet.
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CONVERSATION
BETWEEN
The Mareſchal d'Hocquincourt, and Father Canaye.
Being one day at dinner with the Mareſchal d'Hocquincourt[1], Father Canaye, who din'd there alſo, inſenſibly led the diſcourſe to that ſubmiſſion of mind, which Religion requires of us; and having related to us many new Miracles, and ſome modern Revelations, he concluded, that we ought to avoid, like a plague, thoſe Free-Thinkers, who pretend to examine every thing by Reaſon.
"Who do you talk to of Free-Thinkers, ſaid the Mareſchal, and who knew them better than I did? Bardouville and St. Ibal were
- ↑ The Mareſchal d'Hocquincourt was then (1654) at Peronne; of which place he was Governour.