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Having one day related to my Lord d'Aubigny the Converſation I had with Father Canaye; "It is but reaſon, ſaid he, that you ſhould meet with as much frankneſs among us, as you have done among the Jeſuits. Do but take the trouble to hear me ſpeak, and I don't doubt but you'll find me as honourable and ſincere, as the reverend Father you mention.
"I muſt acquaint you, in the firſt place, that we have, amongſt us, very great Wits, who propagate Janſeniſm by their Writings; vain Sophiſters, who, to credit themſelves by being Janſeniſts, entertain continual Diſputes in private houſes; and wiſe and cunning perſons, who prudent-
- ↑ Lewis Steuart, Lord d'Aubigny, Uncle to the Duke of Richmond and Lenox, Lord Almoner to Queen Catherine. See M. de St. Evremond's Life, under the years 1662 and 1665.