LETTER XIII

September, 1656, saw an attempt on the part of the parish clergy to combat tbe lax morality revealed by the Lettres Provinciales. On the 13th the curés of Paris, prompted by those of Rouen, summoned their brethren throughout the kingdom to bear their part. The Avis de Messieurs les Curez de Paris à Messieurs les Curez des autres Diocèses de France ; sur les mauvaises maximes de quelques nouveaux casuistes , 1656, has been attributed to Pascal himself ; but there is nothing in this Premier Avis that recalls the writer of the Provinciales, except its zeal. It was probably the work of the Curé of Saint-Roch. Meanwhile Nouet wrote a Response à la Douzième Lettre des Jansénistes and Nicole (?) answered by a Réfutation de la Réponse. This latter document, whose author admits that it is “fort éloignée de la beauté des autres,” is often included with the Provinciales and appears as a note to Letter XII. in Nicole’s (Wendrock) édition. Nicole is credited with having drawn up the plan of Letters XIII. and XI Y.

P. 149, 1. 2. vostre dernier écrit, i.e. Deuxième Response ou les Impostures Provinciales du sieur de Montalte, secrétaire des Jansénistes , decouvertes et refutées par un Père de la Compagnie de Jésus.

P. 149, 1. 3. jusqu'à la vingtième , i.e. up to but not including Imposture XX.

P. 149, 1. 4. la seconde, i.e. Seconde Partie des Impostures que les Jansénistes publient dans leurs Lettres contre les Jésuites.

P. 149, 1. 5. une nouvelle maniéré. There is nothing new in Nouet’s manner. He simply proceeds to show that the doctrines attacked by Pascal are “ receuës dans l’Echole, et approuvées par les plus célébrés Docteurs

P. 149, 1. 18. une lettre suivante, i.e. Letter XIV.

P. 150, 1. 3. Vostre quatrième imposture, viz. “ que les Jésuites favorisent les vengeances,” answering Letter VII. ad fin.

P. 150, 1. 5. Lessius. See above, note on p. 71, 11. 3 and 4. Pascal gives a rapid résumé of the Casuist’s argument and slightly varies his translation of the Latin. His treatment of the whole topic is masterly and quite unanswerable, as a comparison with the passages from Leys will show.

P. 150, 1. 6. à Vlieure mesme. The Latin has “ posse statim repercutere ”.

P. 150, 1. 10. répugnance, “ contradiction ”.

P. 150, 1. 11. Victoria. Francisco de Victoria (1480 ?-1546), Dominican, Professor at Salamanca. He printed nothing during his lifetime. His Theologicae Selectiones were published posthumously in 1557.

P. 150, 1. 20. qui est l'action. Cf. Haase, § 35, A.

P. 151, 1. 21. Vostre doctrine des équivoques. See above, note on p. 101, 1. 23.

P. 151, 1. 35. vous ne l'eussiez pas, etc. Cf. Haase, § 154, C.

P. 151, 1. 42. Cette opinion, etc. “ Ob has rationes haec sententia est

speculativè probabilis tamen in praxi non videtur facile permittenda. Primo ob periculum odii vindictae et excessus, secundo ob periculum pugnarum et caedum : unde qui tali casu occideretur puniretur in foro externo.” As Havet remarks, it is curious that Pascal should hâve omitted the last words, which tally so closely with those of Filliucci in Letter VII.

P. 152, 1. 34. soufflet de Compiegne. Nicole, in his Latin translation, gives some details : “ Nostis (he makes Pascal say) ut Compendii nuper coquorum regionum praefecto nomine Guillio, Christine Suediae Reginae in collegio vestro Regis jussu prandium paranti, Pater Borinus violari aedes suas ratus gravem alapam infregerit ”. In 1656, Christina, Queen of Sweden (who six years before had caused the death of Descartes by making him rise at 5 a.m. to give her lessons in philosophy), paid her first visit to France. She reached Paris on September 8, where she had a succès de spectacle, went on to see the King at Compiègne three or four days later. Jacques Guille, whom Nicole désignâtes as chef, was a famous caterer, of the parish of Saint-Merry in Paris (see below, note on p. 192, 1. 5). Of P. Borin who slapped him, I know nothing.

P. 152, 1. 40. Officiers. . . . Here probably in the technical sense of butler, i.e. a functionary in charge of the office or pantry in a great house. Cf. “ Le cuisinier de M. le Cardinal de Retz ne le quitte point ni son officier,” Mme. de Sévigné, 26 June, 1675. It has been observed that Guille, not being of noble birth, did not corne within the scope of the doctrine laid down by Leys.

P. 153, 1. 30. vos Peres à Caen. See above, note on p. 142, 1. 10.

P. 153, 1. 32. l'homicide , etc. See critical note. The book in question is the Response de l'Université de Paris à l'Apologie pour les Jésuites, for which see above, note on p. 75, 1. 21.

P. 155, 1. 8. la pratique extérieure. For a distinction between the “forum internum ” and the “forum externum,” see above, note on p. 142, 1. 22. Cf. “ Politique. Nous avons trouvé deux obstacles au dessein de soulager les hommes : l’un des lois intérieures de l’Evangile ; l’autre des lois extérieures de l’Esprit et de Religion. Les unes nous en sommes maistres : les autres, voici comme nous avons fait; ampli anda, restingenda, a majori ad minus ” ( Pensées , No. 926).

P. 155, 1. 21. grande Théologie morale. See above, note on p. 146, 1. 31.

P. 155, 1. 30. in Prceloq., i.e. Prœloquium, cap. iii., “de problematibus seu de quaestionibus in utrumvis probabilibus ”.

P. 156, 1. 18. une permission pareille, i.e. the same permission as is granted to murder for a blow.

P. 156, 1. 22. Qu'il n'y pas un Jésuite, etc. Cf. “ J’assure donc tous les Catholiques, qu’il n’y a pas un Théologien ny Jesuite ny autre qui permette de tuer pour de simples médisances,” XVe lmp.

P. 156, 1. 30. P. Hereau. See above, note on p. 75, 1. 21.

P. 156, 1. 31. le Roy le fit mettre en arrest. The words of the Order are “Ordonne que ledit P. Hereau demeure en avant en la maison

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de leur collège de Clermont jusqu’à autrement par sa majesté sera ordonné

P. 156, 1. 36. P. L'Amy. See above, note on p. 79, 1. 1.

P. 156, 1. 39. Pere des Bois. He was denounced to the Archbishop of Rouen by 28 curés of that city who referred the case to his “ promoteur” or procurator fiscal.

P. 157, 1. 4. L'affaire en est à l'Officialité, “the matter lies before the épiscopal court ”. What its fate was there is unknown.

P. 157, 1. 19. p. 28, l. 3, i.e. of the XVme Imposture.

P. 158, 1. 1. quoy qu'il ne soit pas certain. Il replaces cela.

P. 159, 1. 30. dans vos impostures. Cf. IVme Imposture.

P. 161, 1. 8. de S. Ignace et de vos premiers generaux , i.e. Claudio Aquaviva, General from 1581 to 1615, and Muzio Vitelleschi, General from 1615 to 1645. See the following note.

P. 161, 1. 10. je vous en parleray peutestre quelque jour. Pascal did not fulfil his threat. But there is a page in the manuscript of the Pensées containing references, apparently in the hand of Arnauld, to Letters addressed to the Provincials, Superiors, Fathers, and Brethren of the Company, by Aquaviva and Vitelleschi, together with brief notes in Pascal’s own writing. These Letters and others by St. Ignatius, Lainez, Borgia, and Mercurianus were collected into a volume under the title Epistolae Praepositorum Generalium ad Patres et Fratres Societatis Jesu, and published at Antwerp in 1635. The passages which Pascal had in mind whcn he wrote the thirteenth Provinciale are: —

(a) “ Quarto nonnullorum ex Societate sententiae, in rebus praesertim ad mores spectantibus, plus nimio libéré, non modo periculum est ne ipsum evertant, sed ne ecclesiae etiam Dei universae insignia afférant detrimenta. Omni itaque studio perficiant ut qui docent scibuntve, minime hac régula et norma in delectu sententiarum utantur : Tueri quis potest : probabilis est ; auctore non caret : verum ad eas sententias accédant, quae tutiores, quae graviores, majorisque nominis Doctorum suffragiis sunt frequentatae, quae bonis moribus conducunt magis, quae denique pietatum alere, et prodesse quaerunt non vastare, nonperdere.” Vitelleschi, Epist. 2 (4 Jan., 1617). Upon which Pascal’s remark is : “ Probabilité. Tueri quis potest, probabilis est, auctore non caret.”

(b) “atenim si altéra ex parte conjiciatur oculos in materiam ipsam ex qua corpus hoc constat, scilicet in personas tôt, tamque diversarum nationum, affectionum, morum, volentatum ; jure timendum est ne nostra culpa regularum sanctorum disrupta sepe, dicatur aliquando : Exterminavit eam aper de silva, etc. Atque utinam iste ex parte nihil jam detrimenti (societas) acceperit ! ” Vitelleschi, Epist. 3 (17 March, 1619). Pascal’s note is “Que la société ne se gaste ”. The Letters from which these passages are taken breathe a real love of soûls and a great zeal for the welfare of the Company. They are indeed a monument of fatherly wisdom. Vitelleschi is well aware of the dangers to which his brethren are exposed in the world. But while conscious of

the possibility of failure (cf. (b) ad fin.) he thanks God in the same Letter that the Body as a whole is sound: “Crederim equidem, posse me vere affirmare quod non mediocri RR.VV. ac mihi pariter esse debeat consolationi universum hoc societatis corpus (Deo sint laudes) recte habere, vegetumque esse ac firmum in procuranda tum propria, tum proxima salute atque perfectione We may fairly suppose that the irrégularités against which he raises his voice of warning were sporadic and individual. It was inévitable that the.lofty standard set by St. Ignatius and his lieutenants should not in ail cases hâve been maintained. The Lettres Provinciales provide us with plenty of instances. But there is no evidence of any change of policy in the conduct of the Company. And it is here that Pascal, led by Arnauld, has gone wrong.

P. 161, 1. 27. que c'est une opinion payenne. . . . Nouet (IVme Imposture) quotes from Vâsquez, De restitutione (Opuscula Moralia), c. 2, dub. 9, n. 37.

P. 162, 1. 14. Vae duplici corde. Ecclus., ii. 14.

LETTER XIY.

P. 163, 1. 1. trois impostures , viz. XIe (“Imposture des duels”); XIIIe (“ lmp. du droit de tuer en défendant son bien ”) ; XIVe (“ lmp. du droit de tuer un voleur pour un escu ”).

P. 163, 1. 17. dit S. Chrysostome. Cf. Hom. xii. ad populum Antiochorum ( MPG , xlix., col. 131).

P. 163, 1. 22. V Evangile. Cf. Matt. xxvi. 52 ; 1. 23, le decalogue. Cf. Exod. xx. 13.

P. 164, 1. 2. Je demanderay compte, etc. Cf. Gen. ix. 5, 6.

P. 164, 1. 7. Dieu se Vest tellement réservé à luy seul. The le refers rather loosely to tout pouvoir. For the suprême ownership of Almighty God over ail His créatures, cf. St. Thomas, IIaIIae, q. 64, art. 5.

P. 164, 1. 8. fausses maximes du paganisme. The Stoics advocated suicide when life became intolérable, but Aristotle regarded it as cowardice (cf. Nie. Eth., iii., 7). He would, however, certainly hâve granted man power over his own life ; so Pascal’s assertion is roughly true.

P. 164, 1. 17. au 1 l. de la cité de Dieu , ch. 21. Pascal runs together the opening and ending of the chapter in which Molinier finds the germ of Mariana’s whole theory of tyrannicide. But it must be noted that St. Augustine gives as instances of killing ordered by God, Abraham, Jephthah (with a query), and Samson, for whom as Bible personages he daims the admonition of the Spirit of God ; that he does not raise the question of deliverance from tyranny ; and that his whole argument is directed against suicide.

P. 164, 1. 32. ce n'est pas en vain, etc. Rom. xiii. 4.

P. 164, 1. 38. Les Princes, etc., ib. 3. For the Right of the Sword, see Letter XII. ad fin.

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P. 165, 1. 2. impuissant pour faire. Cf. Haase, § 134, B.

P. 165, 1. 4. impuissans pour le bien. Cf. Haase, § 134, B.

P. 165, 1. 12. ils sont tellement ministres . . . que. “ For though they are ministers . . . yet they are no gods.” “Tellement . . . que” is an écho of the Latin “ita . . . ut

P. 165, 1. 26. S. Augustin. Cf. Ep. 204 (MPL, xxiii., col. 940).

P. 165, 1. 38. Cicéron. Cf. Pro Milone , iii., 9.

P. 166, 1. 8. la loy des 12 Tables. The earliest codifications of Roman Law were engraved or written on ten tabulæ (two more were added later). They formed the basis of ail writings on the jus civile. Fragments of them are preserved in Cicero, Aulus Gellius, etc.

P. 166, 1. 11. la loy Furem ad legem Corneliam. A quotation from the Digest, xlviii., 8, 9: “ Ulpianus ad Edictum Furem nocturnum si quis occiderit, ita demum impune feret, si parcere ei sine periculo suo non potuit ”,

P. 166, 1. 14. Cujas, i.e. Comment, in tit. Digesti de Justifia et Jure ad legem iii.

P. 166, 1. 17. Lessius. See above, note on p. 71, 1. 3. Leys’s authorities for this opinion are St. Antonio of Florence, Cajetanus and the Roman Penitentiary as contained in the Décrétais (v., t. xii., c. ii.). But Molinier points out that in the following chapter of the Décrétais the opinion of a higher authority than the Roman Penitentiary, viz. of St. Augustine, is quoted to the effect that anyone who kills a thief by day deserves death according to the civil law as well as Moses. It is significant that of the two authorities available the Casuist should hâve recourse to the laxer.

P. 166, 1. 29. pour détruire la loy , etc. Cf. Matt. v. 17.

P. 166, 1. 39. Les loix, dites-vous, etc. Pascal summarizes the argument of Imposture XIV. but does not quote litteratim.

P. 167, 1. 5. la censure. For this censure (6 Sept, and 8 Oct., 1649), see above, p. 156, 1. 37.

P. 167, 1. 28. que la valeur, etc. This ought not to hâve been marked as a quotation. It is Pascal’s summary of Nouet’s translation of Molina, with the stress shifted from the value for which you may not kill to the price at which (Pascal infers) you may. See above, note on p. 78, 1. 13.

P. 167, 1. 38. comme je l'ay rappœ-té. In Letter VII. See above, p. 78.

P. 167, 1. 42. I. 21, n. 68. See above, p. 77, 1. 41.

P. 168, 1. 18. en gardant son escu — en sauvant son escu. See below, note on 1. 23.

P. 168, 1. 21. à Carrerus et Bald. Cf. Haase, § 145.

P. 168, 1. 23, 24, 27. garder. See critical note. The editor is now awake to the possible ambiguity of “ garder,” which he missed on its first occurrence, 1. 11.

P. 168, 1. 26. qu'il est permis. Note the répétition of que which is not logically necessary but helps the reader through the long period.

P. 168, 1. 39. comme je Vay fait voir . Pascal is now replying to the XIe Imposture (“que les Jésuites favorisent les duels”).

P. 169, 1. 11. vostre bon ami Diana . . . See above, p. 71, 1. 41. Diana’s words are “ Doctus Hurtadus casum excogitat qui facile potest evenire in practicum ”. ^

P. 169, 1. 13. vous le faites tant valoir , i.e. in the XIVe Imposture.

P. 169, ]. 40. Il n'est pas permis , etc., L.’s words are, “ Dixi ... si res illae sint magni momenti, quia pro re minima non videtur concessum jus defensionis cum tanto alterius malo. Est enim valde iniquum, ut pro pomo vel etiam uno aureo servando alicui vita auferatur. Si tamen tibi verteretur probro, nisi rem furi extorqueas, posses conari, et si opus est occidere, juxta Sotum : tune enim non tam rei quam honoris esset defensio.”

P. 170, 1. 10. les personnes publiques, i.e. persons in a public position, e.g. judges.

P. 170, 1. 23. des meurtres , etc. The reference is to supposed Jesuit théories of regicide and abortion which the University of Paris had condemned in 1643 and 1640.

P. 170, 1. 25. dans les doutes 4 et 10. The titles of the Diibitationes are Dub. 4: “ Utrum homino privato liceat interficere tyrannum”. Dub. 10: “Utrum ad conservationem vitae matris liceat praebere pharmacum quo proies putetur moritura”.

P. 171, 1. 4. les Temples de Dieu vivant. Cf. 2 Cor. vi. 16.

P. 171, 1. 6. son Dieu. Son refers to Eglise.

P. 171, 1. 13. leur condition , “ the existence of men”.

P. 171, 1. 24. reconcilier, “ readmit to communion ”.

P. 171, 1. 26. le célébré concile d'Ancyre. These quotations from Gouncils and the Fathers were apparently supplied by Godefroy

Hermant (see above, note on p. 2, 1. 5). At any rate the editors of

Œuvres de Pascal print from a manuscript collection of Hermant’s, references to the Council of Ancyra, St. Basil, St. Gregory of Nyssa, Pope Zachary, and Isaac of Langres; and they draw the justifiable conclusion that the canon of Beauvais had his share in ammunitioning Pascal.

Ancyra. Council of Ancyra, a.d. 314, canon xxii. irepï iKovaiuv (p6vwv. In the matter of wilful murder, the perpetrators must be substrati (the third order of penitents), and not deemed worthy of perfection (admitted to Communion) until the end of their life.

P. 171, 1. 32 fï. S. Basile. Cf. Epist. 217 (MPG, xxxii. col. 795 seqq.).

S. Grégoire de Nysse. Cf. Epist. canon. (MPG, xlv., col. 230 seqq.).

Pape Zacharie . . . Alexandre II. Cf. Zach. Epist. VIII. ad Pippium ( MPL , lxxxix., col. 937 seqq.); Alexandre II., Epist. CXVII. (MPL, cxlvi., col. 1405).

Isaac Evesque de Langres. Cf. Canones , tit. II. de homicidiis, cap. xiii. (MPL, exxiv., col. 1087).

S. Hildebert. Hildebert, bishop of Mantes and afterwards arch-

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bishop of Tours (1055-1133), was never canonized, and the passage in question is in bis letter to Emery, bishop of Clermont ( MPL , clxxi., col. 267). A thief bad attacked a priest who bad defended bimself. It was not certain tbat be killed tbe thief ; but Hildebert does not advise tbe remission of bis punishment.

P. 172, 1. 2. se suaque liberando. Tbe reference is to a quotation made by Molina from tbe Corpus juris canon. (Decret. Greg. tit. xii., cap. 2), and used by Nouet in tbe XlVth Imposture , “ Si sine odii meditatione te tuaque liberando ejusmodi diaboli membra interfecisti,” etc. Cf. Molina, De Justitia et jure, t. 4, tr. 3, disp. 16, n. 4.

P. 172, 1. 4. Pere l'Amy. See above, note on p. 79, 1. 1. In tbe passage referred to ( Cursus théologiens , t. v., p. 414) Amico goes on to give bis reasons. It is not tbat tbe laws do not allow you to defend your property from a day-tbief even at the cost of bis life, but because tbey suppose that be may easily be taken alive and tbe goods saved witbout bloodshed. Even a nigbt-thief is to be taken without injury to bim, if it be possible.

P. 172, 1. 18. obéir aux magistrats. Cf. Rom. xii. 17-19 ; xiii. 7 ; 1 Peter ii. 13-18.

P. 172, 1. 23. crimes de . . . leze-Majesté au premier chef , “ attempts against tbe person of the Prince,” “ bigb treason ”. lèze is an adjective = “wounded,” “ violated ”.

P. 172, 1. 34. nous auroit ruinés , etc. Cf. Haase, § 148, A.

P. 172, 1. 36. perdre d'honneur, “dishonour”. Cf. ‘‘Je suis perdue d’honneur ” (Mme de Sévigné) ; “ Voulez-vous que pour luy je me perde d’honneur?” (Corneille, Pulchérie, Act I., sc. 5).

P. 172, 1. 39. ou plûtost de la part de Dieu. Cf. “ Sciendum tamen quod quamvis apud Deum remaneat primaeva auctoritas judicandi, bominibus tamen committitur a Deo judiciaria potestas respectu eorum qui eorum jurisdictioni subjiciuntur ” (St. Thomas, Summa, iii., q. lix., art. 2 (see below, 1. 32)).

P. 173, 1. 3. ce commencement des voyes de la justice, “ tbese beginnings of legal justice”.

P. 173, 1. 13. Il en faut sept. Havet refers, for confirmation of Pascal^ statement, to B. de la Laroche-Flavin, Treize livres des Parlemens de France (1621), ix., ch. 27 : “ Bien que le nombre de six opinions suffise au Parlement de Paris, et de sept autres Parlemens pour faire un arrest : toutefois le jugement des grands procez et affaires a accoustumé et se doit faire la Chambre pleine,” etc.

P. 173, 1. 18. les heures du matin. Cf. “La deliberation et jugement dans plus grandes affaires se doivent faire le matin ... les jugemens des criminels aussi, où il eseboit peine capital se faire le matin et non l’apresdinée. Car on ne doit pas tenir pour advis bien digéré ce qui se fait l’apresdiner, comme le dit Philippe de Commines, et mesmement au pays ou les hommes sont sujets au vin” (Laroche-Flavin, op. cit., ix., ch. 8).

P. 173, 1. 19. une action si grande, Cf. Haase, § 155, A.

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P. 173, 1. 31. prendre soin de leurs âmes criminelles. Cf. “ A ce moyen, incontinent après le sentence prononcée, l’on baille un confesseur au condamné, et le sacrement de confession luy est administré, et la question à luy baillée ” (Jean Imbert, Pratique civile et criminelle (1611), iv., ch. 6).

P. 173, 1. 35. l'Eglise abhorre tellement le sang, etc. On this principle clerics were by canon law forbidden to meddle with capital punishment, which was always the business of secular officers. Even in cases of heresy the function of ecclesiastics was always confined to ascertaining the fact of heresy. Its treatment was left to the civil arm. Cf. Lateran Council of 1215, canon xviii.

P. 174, 1. 6. céluy pour qui Jésus Christ est mort. Pascal vindicates en passant the Jansenists from the charge of holding the heretical Fourth Proposition, “ that Christ did not die for ail men ”. See Letter

P. 174, 1. 13. irrégularité. Technical term : “ incapacity for holy orders ”.

P. 174, 1. 18. mystères revelez par l'Agneau. Quotation from the préfacé to Esobar’s Theol. Moral. See note on p. 46, 1. 33.

P. 174, 1. 18. le Dragon. Cf. Rev. xii. and xiii.

P. 174, 1. 24. qui n'est point avec Jésus Christ. Cf. Matt. xii. 30.

P. 174, 1. 27. selon S. Augustin. Cf. Enarr. in Ps. 141, No. 15.

P. 174, 1. 31. Jésus Christ . . . le Roy et le Dieu du monde, etc. Note that Pascal does not say that Jésus Christ is so called in Scripture. There the contrast is between the prince of the world (John xii. 31 xiv. 30) and the Prince or Author of Life (Acts iii. 15). In Rev. i. 5, He is the Ruler of the Kings of the earth.

P. 174, 1 34. supposts, “ agents,” “ ministers ”. The modem familiar phrase “suppôt de Satan” = imp.

P. 174, 1. 38. a mis l'honneur à souffrir. Cf. Luke xxiv. 26.

P. 174, 1. 40. de tendre l'autre joue. Cf. Matt. v. 39.

P. 175, 1. 2. Malheur à vous, etc. Cf. Luke vi. 26.

P. 175, 1. 7. la Hierusalem mystique — la spirituelle Sodome. Kol tV tv6\iv tV àytar 'ItpovaaX^u . . . dSor. Et civitatem sanctam Hierusalem vidi (Rev. xxi. 2). . . . ttjs 7réÀ.ea>s rrjs ytyâx ps, r)Tis Ka\*ïrai TrrevyariKÛs ^655/j.a. Civitatis magnae quae vocatur spiritaliter Sodoma, ib., xi. 8.

P. 175, 1. 11. selon S. Paul. Cf. Rom. viii. 9.

P. 175, 1. 12. ex pâtre diabolo. Cf. John viii. 44.

P. 175, 1. 23. dit Escobar. See above, Letter VII., p. 75.

P. 175, 1. 34. par les Canons Ecclesiastiques, e.g. “ si in ipso conflictu decesseruit perpetuo careant ecclesiastica sepultura ” (Council of Trent, Sess. xxv., c. 19).

P. 175, 1. 37. Ses Edits, viz. in 1643 and 1651.

P. 176, 1. 11. en la personne du premier juste. Cf. àirb rov at/naros vA/3eÀ rov 5 iKa'iov, Matt. xxiii. 35 ; êtyorevaare rbr S'iKaior, James v. 6 ; and èiceîi/os 5ikcu6s tarir, 1 John iii. 7, etc.

P, 176, 1. 16, la réponse de votre Apologiste , in which Nouet says:

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“ il est faux qu’un Jesuite ait blessé la charité en donnant un soufflet à Guille : mais il est vray qu’un Janséniste en l’écrivant a donné un soufflet à la vérité

P. 176, 1. 27. s'il a receu de V avant-main ou de V arrière-main, etc. The best (and only) counter which Nouet could make to this rapier thrust is, “ Dites-nous enfin ce que vous trouvez d’horible dans la Doctrine des Casuistes : mais dites le nettement : car je me defie toujours de cette arrière-main, qui d’un revers vous absout sans scrupule de vostre Imposture de Compiègne et vous met, comme vous croyez, en secureté de conscience ” ( Response à la XIVe Lettre).