222 On the r.aiurdand mcd'cal HJl^ry of Spiders, &c. [Oct. I, 



to ^ive a diftin£l jneaning to what (lie liad 

 an .-./ered lo the (iiigular q>icl'Lion vviiich 

 they put to know whether /)),; thought 

 heriUt capable of finning mori-iiiy. With 

 fuppirflions of this ki'iti, a courageous 

 temerity might esfiiy pafs for a ipecies of 

 filicide, which, however, had no exillerice 

 in Joan's mind, or in taft. 

 Article IX. 



The two faints revealed to her that flie 

 fiiould be favcd in the glory of the blcf(e<i, 

 and that fliemiflu he alTiired of thefatety 

 of her foul, if file retained her virginity, 

 of vffhich fliemadea vow the firft time that 

 (he faw and heard the m, and on the ftiength 

 of this revelation, fne was as ceitain <;f 

 falvation as if (he were really and in fadl 

 in the kingdom of Heaven. 



She alfo fays, that the two faints pro- 

 mifcd to K-ad hfr into Parad'fe, if (lie pre- 

 ferved the vi giiiiy of her body and foul 

 as (lie had vowtd, of which flic faid (lie 

 was as certain as if (lie were already in 

 the ■--'lory of the flints, and (lie did not 

 believe that (lie had comnitted a mortal (in, 

 becaiife if file were in that (tate, the two 

 faints, at lead as it appeared to h'.r, would 

 not ccme on all days to vifit her. 

 Opinion of tha Uni-verfity. 



This is a ra(h and prefumptiious aflfer- 

 tion : a pertinacious lie, a contradittiun 

 Vvith the preceding Article, and proves 

 that ft-.e thinks erroitfoiiUy in faith. 

 Obfer-vaticfis. 



It is fupprelTcd, Firft, Ti^at (lie went 

 from liine to time to confeflion. Second- 

 ly, That, (lie faid (he couki not too much 

 purify htr confclence. Thiidly, That 

 Ihe was not fure 'he was in a haie'of grace, 

 but that if (lie were not, fne prayea God 

 to put her in it, and that if (lie were that 

 lie would keep her ij. Fourthly, That 

 (he did net pofitiveiy affert, hut only gave 

 as a leafon for her belief of being in a 

 (tatf of grace, the vihis of the two faints. 

 Fiiihlv, That when irterrogated if (lie 

 did not believe (he could fn moi tally, fne 

 anfwered, I know nc thing about it ; and 

 that when they obfeivcd to her that th s 

 leply was of great confcquencc, (lie an- 

 fweitd it was a treafure for her. 

 (jTo be continued.) 



For the Morlhly Magazine. 

 On the natural and medical history of 



SPIDERS flK.V/Z'nV WEES, 



SPIDERS have often excited the curio- 

 fity of naturahits and ihcattciitiun of 



phyficians. The former have fucccfsfully 

 (ludied the hubits and condiiflof iliefc in- 

 fcils ; and notwitliftanding the repug- 

 nance ihty naiuraiiy i ifpire, thefe Re- 

 journs have become interelti'ng, from the 

 indudry with uhich ihey extend their 

 webs for feizlno their pity, and from ob- 

 lirvaticns on tlie multiplicity and anange- 

 ment of thtir e}-es, vvhicii aie geometri- 

 cally difpoffd on a motior.lefs head, in a 

 mrniier con'ormable to their necifHties. 

 Thtir combats, the (ingularity of their 

 amours, their fenfibility for rBufic, and 

 tl.tir patience, all conifitute fubjefls of 

 wonder in the hiflory of l",iiders. Phyfi- 

 cians have examined whether their bi'c be 

 really venomous, as is generally thought ^ 

 and they have only fcund two fpecies pro- 

 din!! ive of danger, namely, the tarantula 

 and the aviculariaof Cayenne. Swanmer- 

 dam, Roffi, and Bagl.vi, have left us little 

 to widi for in this matter, as the effefts of 

 their bite and the remedies are balli 

 known. 



The webs of fpiders are eonfidered by 

 theccmmon ptopleas a remedy for wounds ; 

 country people often apply tiiem on cuts 

 or flight wounds, and apparently with 

 fuccel's. This property vvai not of fufS- 

 clent importance to induce ehemiils to 

 analyfe the material 5 but as there has alfo 

 been attributed to them a febrifuge virtue, 

 (uprrior in fomecircumftances to the bark, 

 I have thought them entitled to a more 

 particular eximination. J lie following 

 cxtrafii is taktn from ih-: journal J'Eco- -^ 

 r.omie Rttrale, for Germinal, in th; year 

 XIL 



«« Wc have feen, upwards of thirty 

 years ago, a good prior, the curate of Ba- 

 iheren in Frar.che Comte, cure all the fe- 

 vers cf his parifli, and of the neighbour- 

 ing villages, by pills of a ftrange compcfi- 

 tion. He went into his barn and formed 

 fmall pills with fpiders' webs, by rollmg 

 tlitm between his hands in the (late he 

 found ihern. He adminiftered this reme- 

 dy 10 his pa-ientb in white wine, and very 

 feldoni failed to cure. M. Marie de St 

 Urfin being chief phyfician of the Hotel 

 dc Dieu, of Chartres, treated a very oblfi- , 

 na:e fcver in that holpital. He had em- 

 ployed bitteib, the bark, and all the reme- 

 dies of mediral art without fuccefs, when 

 one of the female attendants offered to un- 

 dtrtakf the cafe wi'.h a certainty of cure. 

 VV]un (he was interrogated concerning her ' 

 remedy (he letuied to mention it. M. de 

 St. Uriin, therefore, continued to attend 

 his patient for fome days ; after which, 

 having a good opinion of the atttndant, 



ht! 



