and gravity. The powers of her voice were extensive, true, sweet, and clear; sinking and rising without effort and without grimace. Her whole deportment was dignified by a noble simplicity, neither contaminated by design or affectation, corrupted by the flatteries of the gay, or the poetical applauses of the learned.
Her poems appear in different collections.
BARRE, (MADAME) Mistress of Lewis XV, King of France,
A weak and licentious character, who became a victim to the guillotine, on account of her riches, which awakened the rapacity of the revolutionary faction.
BARRI DE S. AUNEZ, (CONSTANCE DE CESELI) Wife of.
The town of Leucates, in Languedoc, being besieged by the faction of the league in 1590, M. de Barri, who was the governor, was taken prisoner, under pretence of demanding an interview with him. He, however, contrived, at the moment, to write to his wife, whose talents and courage he was well acquainted with. He begged her to take the command of the town, and to defend it to the last extremity. Not losing a moment's time, she obeyed him, maintaining order and shewing herself often upon the walls with a pike in her hand, encouraging the garrison by her example. When the assailants perceived her plans and intrepidity, they sought to intimidate her by threatening to put
