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The Nuns of Venice have been under much scandal for a great while; — Chiefly those of S. Za∣chary and S. Lawrence, where none but Noble Ve∣netians are admitted, and where it is not so much as pretended, that they have retired for Devotion, but that they might not be too great a Charge to their Family. They are not Veiled, their Neck
and Breast is bare, and they receive much Com∣pany; but that which I saw, was in a publick Room, in which there were many Grills for seve∣ral Parlours, so that the Conversation is very con∣fused; for there being a different Company at every Grill, and the Italians speaking generally loud, the noise of so many loud Talkers is very disagreeable.
The Nuns talk much and very disgracefully, and allowed themselves a liberty in rallying that other places could not bear. Dr. Burnet's Let.
'Tis said of Th. a Kempis, that when he was in Company with others who were discoursing of Secular Matters, he sate still silent, but when any Religious Subject was started, he was warm and Fluent. See his Life.