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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
tues of Charity and Benevolence ; nothing remains concealed but the laboratory , or working Lodge . M . ^ N . B . The foregoing Utile treatise on the FREEMASONS AT NAPLES is certainly not all that has been written on that subject ; but ¦ whether any further publication has reached this kingdom is more than we know . If any of our Readers could favour us with such information as mi g ht lead to a discovery of what may remain , it would be obli ging .,. We have translated ancl published , however , tbe intire work which fell into our hands ,.
Anecdotes Of Henriette De Coligny, Since Madame De La Suze.
ANECDOTES OF HENRIETTE DE COLIGNY , SINCE MADAME DE LA SUZE .
THE Count , her husband , was exceedingly jealous of her ( though without cause ) ; and this made him form the resolution of confining her to his countiy seat . It is said that the countess , in order to evade the going thither , abjured the Protestant religion , which she till then professed , as well as her husband ; and which gave occasion to a bon-mot of the queen of Sweden , that " Madam de la Suze had " become a Catholicthat she miht not converse with her husband
, g " in this world or the next . " Their disagreement augmented daity , which inspired the countess with a resolution of suing for a divorce , in which she succeeded , having offered her husband twenty-five thousand ecus not . to oppose it ( which he joyfulty accepted ) . The marriage was dissolved by an arret of Parliament . A certain wit made the following remark on this affair : That the countess had lost 50 , 000
ecus on the occasion ; for . that had she waited some time longer , instead of giving 25 , , she would have received that sum from him to get rid of her . Soon after her divorce her debts accumulated to such a degree , that one morning her maid came to acquaint her , that a sheriff ' s officer was in the house with a written order to seize her furniture . She ordered the officer to come to her apartmentthough 3 'et in
, bed ; and intreated he would allow her two hours more sleep , as she had rested very ill in the night ; which request he complied with . She slept till ten , and then dressed herself and went out , leaving the officer to dispose of the furniture as he pleased . Madame de Chatillon pleaded in the Parliament of Paris against tlie Countess . These ladies met in the great hall " of the palace ; M . ' de la Feuillade was
handing M . de Chatilloh-. pthe ' countess was accompanied by the famous Benserade ,. and some other poets of reputation , which Feuillade remarking , said to the countess , in an ironical manner , and with the perfect air of a Gascon , I see , madam , you have rhime on your side , and we have reason . The countess , stung with the sharpness of the satire , answered haughtily , and in anger , If so , Sir , it cannot be said that we plead without rhime or reason .
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
tues of Charity and Benevolence ; nothing remains concealed but the laboratory , or working Lodge . M . ^ N . B . The foregoing Utile treatise on the FREEMASONS AT NAPLES is certainly not all that has been written on that subject ; but ¦ whether any further publication has reached this kingdom is more than we know . If any of our Readers could favour us with such information as mi g ht lead to a discovery of what may remain , it would be obli ging .,. We have translated ancl published , however , tbe intire work which fell into our hands ,.
Anecdotes Of Henriette De Coligny, Since Madame De La Suze.
ANECDOTES OF HENRIETTE DE COLIGNY , SINCE MADAME DE LA SUZE .
THE Count , her husband , was exceedingly jealous of her ( though without cause ) ; and this made him form the resolution of confining her to his countiy seat . It is said that the countess , in order to evade the going thither , abjured the Protestant religion , which she till then professed , as well as her husband ; and which gave occasion to a bon-mot of the queen of Sweden , that " Madam de la Suze had " become a Catholicthat she miht not converse with her husband
, g " in this world or the next . " Their disagreement augmented daity , which inspired the countess with a resolution of suing for a divorce , in which she succeeded , having offered her husband twenty-five thousand ecus not . to oppose it ( which he joyfulty accepted ) . The marriage was dissolved by an arret of Parliament . A certain wit made the following remark on this affair : That the countess had lost 50 , 000
ecus on the occasion ; for . that had she waited some time longer , instead of giving 25 , , she would have received that sum from him to get rid of her . Soon after her divorce her debts accumulated to such a degree , that one morning her maid came to acquaint her , that a sheriff ' s officer was in the house with a written order to seize her furniture . She ordered the officer to come to her apartmentthough 3 'et in
, bed ; and intreated he would allow her two hours more sleep , as she had rested very ill in the night ; which request he complied with . She slept till ten , and then dressed herself and went out , leaving the officer to dispose of the furniture as he pleased . Madame de Chatillon pleaded in the Parliament of Paris against tlie Countess . These ladies met in the great hall " of the palace ; M . ' de la Feuillade was
handing M . de Chatilloh-. pthe ' countess was accompanied by the famous Benserade ,. and some other poets of reputation , which Feuillade remarking , said to the countess , in an ironical manner , and with the perfect air of a Gascon , I see , madam , you have rhime on your side , and we have reason . The countess , stung with the sharpness of the satire , answered haughtily , and in anger , If so , Sir , it cannot be said that we plead without rhime or reason .