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was base, BY requiring that the conrentual
vows Of Heloisa should precede bis own.
Such was hei fond folly, that she obeyed
this mandate of capricious mistrust, nor does
il seem to have lessened the devotedness Of
her generous soul II is difficult 10 read Mr..
Berington's account of the matter without
strong feelings of indignation.
Heloisa had not get reached her Goth
"year In the vigor OF youth and the prime
Of beauty, could it be supposed that she
" also must see charms in cell, or that she
s. would be inclined to turn her back on a
{" world with which she had hardly acauain-
I ,ance, and which notwithstanding had ex-
/" pressed strong partiality for hercbaracter
I" and an admiration of her talents? But the
" selfish enu,h knew the excess of her love
" for him and of this he would avail himself,
" could she be his companion no longer the
" remainder of her days should be devoted
s. TO solitude &. the pure colloquy of angels.
" II was not religion, says she, which called
me to the cloisters, was then ia the bloom
Of youth, but you ordered and | obeyed.
& The sacrifice was not yet comprehensive
had indeed promised TO comply with his
injunctions, but was he sure, should he
" first engage himself and leave her at liber-
" ty, that she might not violate her promise
" and return to the world? He was therefore
" cruel enough TO signify his suspicious, and
" insist that she bound herself first.
g When you had resolved to quit the
:" world, she says 10 him, followed you,
rather | ran before you, 1t seems you had
" the image of the Patriarch's wife before
your eyes, you feared | might look back :
:" and therefore before you could surrender
"your own liberty | was TO be devoted In
I" that one instance, confess your mistrust OF
me tore my heart: Abeillard, blush
&c ed for you. p. 1873, l24. The day
"came Curiosity had drawn crowds to Az
genteul. The bishop of Paris ofhciated
" in the ceremony, and having blessed the
" holy veil which was to cover the head OF
/" the victim, he laid il on the altar-the as
" sembly stood in silent expectation, the
gates of the cloister opened, and Heloisa
came forward she was clothed in the be-
(" coming dress of the order: her attitude
marked resignation to her fate, and the
+" ha:d of affection had given to her features
6 an angelic softness. As by mechanical
:" impulse, every bosom thrilled with COM
+" PASSION, it had beenswhispered that her sa-
/" crhce was involuntary numbers pressed
+" round her, 8. her approach 10 the altar was
E" impeded they begged Der not to proceed
f" they urged the fatality of the step they
s" accused her pretended friends of cruelty
T" they spoke OF her beauty, of her charms,
6 of her talents, and of the horrors ola clois-
ter. Heloisa was visibly affected, but not
/" by their expostulatons. The fate OF A
F." beillard alone, who was soon to tread the
:" same mournful path hung heavy on her
" heart tears rolled down her cheeks, and
" in broken accents she was heard 10 pro-
" nouuce the words of Corneia,
- o maxine conlux
g o thalamis indigne meis Hoe juris babe
" In tantum fortuna caput Cur impia nupsi,
- ST miseram fsctura fui? Nunc accipe penas
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