_Abbots_, possess an unlimited power of imposing disciplines on their
Monks, 135, 139.
Trick played by a certain Abbot to his Monks, 143, & _seq._
Are not respected by their Monks in proportion to their great power
over them, 154, & _seq._
An explanation of the common saying, _they wait for him as Monks do
for their Abbot_, _ibid._
See _Priors_.
_Abelard_, the great pains he takes for the instruction of Heloisa,
235, 236.
His letters to her, quoted, 236, 243.
_Adamites_, mentioned by St. Austin, what sect they were, 392.
_Adams_ (Parson), proposed as a pattern of gallantry and proper
behaviour, 294.
Receives a lecture from a Lady, which he deserves, 405.
_Adhelm_, an English Saint, the kind of mortification he recommends
to young women, 246.
_Adriasem_, alias Adriansen (Cornelius), what kind of penance he
imposes upon his female penitents, 231.
A farther account of him, 234.
Is the inventor, or at least the promoter, of the _Cornelian_
discipline, 235.
_Adrian_ I. (Pope) occupied the Holy Chair in the year 772, and
forbids Confessors to beat their penitents, 229.
_Ægyptians_, an account of their religious ceremonies and
flagellations, 85.
_Ajax_ Mastigophoros, a Tragedy of Sophocles, a remarkable passage in
it, quoted, 54.
_Alcoran_ of the Cordeliers, what Book, 394.
_Amorous_ History of Gauls, quoted, 342.
_Anabaptists_, a pious expedition and procession of theirs, 393.
_Anchorites_ of the East, accounts of their self-mortifications, 112,
& _seq._
_Anthony_ (St.) is the Institutor of Monastical Life, 127.
Frequent visits he receives from the Devil, and the different
treatments he experiences from him, 125, 127.
_Apuleius_, quoted, 86.
_Aulus Gellius_, quoted, 149.
_Austin_ (St.) his remarkable advice to the Tribune Marcellinus,
concerning Heretics, 133.
_Augustus_, is said to have subjected the Romans to his whip, 60.