imposing a
more rigid Severity and Task on her self, than was requir'd, giving such
rare Examples to all the _Nuns_ that were less Devout, that her Life was
a Proverb, and a President, and when they would express a very Holy
Woman indeed, they would say, 'She was a very _ISABELLA_.'

There was in this _Nunnery_, a young _Nun_, call'd, Sister _Katteriena_,
Daughter to the Grave _Vanhenault_, that is to say, an Earl, who liv'd
about six Miles from the Town, in a noble _Villa_; this Sister
_Katteriena_ was not only a very beautiful Maid, but very witty, and had
all the good qualities to make her be belov'd, and had most wonderfully
gain'd upon the Heart of the fair _Isabella_, she was her Chamber-Fellow
and Companion in all her Devotions and Diversions, so that where one
was, there was the other, and they never went but together to the
_Grate_, to the Garden, or to any place, whither their _Affairs_ call'd
either. This young _Katteriena_ had a Brother, who lov'd her intirely,
and came every day to see her, he was about twenty Years of Age, rather
tall than middle Statur'd, his Hair and Eyes brown, but his Face
exceeding beautiful, adorn'd with a thousand Graces, and the most nobly
and exactly made, that 'twas possible for Nature to form; to the
Fineness and Charms of his Person, he had an Air in his Meen and
Dressing, so very agreeable, besides rich, that 'twas impossible to look
on him, without wishing him happy, because he did so absolutely merit
being so. His Wit and his Manner was so perfectly Obliging, a Goodness
and Generosity so Sincere and Gallant, that it would even have aton'd
for Ugliness. As he was eldest Son to so great a Father, he was kept at
home, while the rest of his Brothers were employ'd in Wars abroad; this
made him of a melancholy Temper, and fit for soft Impressions; he was
very Bookish, and had the best Tutors that could be got, for Learning
and Languages, and all that could compleat a Man; but was unus'd to
Action, and of a temper Lazy, and given to Repose, so that his Father
could hardly ever get him to use any Exercise, or so much as ride
abroad, which he would call, Losing Time from his Studies: He car'd not
for the Conversation of Men, because he lov'd not Debauch, as they
usually did; so that for Exercise, more than any Design, he came on
Horseback every day to _Iper_ to the _Monastery_, and would sit at the
_Grate_, entertaining his Sister the most part of the Afternoon, and, in
the Evening,