was solicited to marry again, and M. de Bussi Rabutin went so far as to have her run away with; but his purpose was defeated, and she determined to remain single for the rest of her life. She founded a house for profligate women and girls, who were irreclaimable, and that of St. Pelagia, for such as wished to retire to it. She also established, in 1661, a society of twelve young women, to keep small schools, dress wounds, and attend the sick; which community she governed with much prudence and wisdom. Her Remedies are very famous.
L'Advocat.
MŒROE.
A woman who seems to have been one of the most considerable of the ancients for learning, but is particularly remembered for her Hymn to Neptune.
Female Worthies.
MOHGIA, of Granada, a Moorish Spaniard of high birth,
Was a woman of a sprightly genius, elegant manners, and natural poetical talents.
Bibliothecæ Arabico-Hispanæ Escurialiensis.
Her father observing, even in her infancy, the excellence of her genius, procured her the best masters in every branch of literature and science. Lazaro Labadini, a celebrated grammarian, taught her polite literature; and her Latin compositions, both in prose and verse, are sufficient proofs of her attainments in wri-
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