A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Lescaile, Catharine
LESCAILE, CATHARINE,
One of those learned and accomplished women who have been honoured with the appellation of the "Tenth Muse," was a native of Holland. Her poems were published in 1728. They consist principally of tragedies, which, although they violate the ordinary rules, show frequent marks of superior genius. She died in 1711.