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The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

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122 THE SIX SISTEES OF THE VALLEYS.<br />

Innocent VIII. says, in his Bull <strong>of</strong> 1487,<br />

<strong>an</strong>d let that soo<strong>the</strong> you."<br />

"Nos inter hujusmocli Sectam detesta-<br />

bilem et premissos ipsius execr<strong>an</strong>dos errores<br />

ne propagentur ulterius, necce per eos corda<br />

fidelium damnabiliter corrump<strong>an</strong>tur ab<br />

Ecclesia Catholica, prout ex debito Pas-<br />

toralis Offiicii tenemur evellere; et radicitus<br />

extirpare, ac hujusmodi temerarios ausus<br />

reprimere cupientes, omnes conatus nostros<br />

adhibere, omnemque solicitudinem imp endere<br />

decrevimus<br />

"<br />

" Call upon <strong>the</strong> Virgin <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> Saints,"<br />

said <strong>the</strong> Fr<strong>an</strong>cisc<strong>an</strong> abbot, stooping over<br />

Marguerite ;<br />

" <strong>the</strong> Immaculate Virgin, who<br />

was born without sin, c<strong>an</strong> feel for sinners,<br />

she will pardon you."<br />

" Don't delude her with your perjury,"<br />

retorted <strong>the</strong> l<strong>an</strong>k Dominic<strong>an</strong> prior; "<strong>the</strong><br />

Virgin was not immaculate, St. Thomas<br />

Aquinas tells us shewas born in original sin."<br />

" Unc<strong>of</strong>fined ghost <strong>of</strong> a Dominic<strong>an</strong>, do

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