The lives of the saints With introd and additional lives of English martyrs, Cornish, Scottish, and Welsh saints, and a full index to the entire work . event. In 1549 S. Louis Bertrand was made master of the novices,and ruled them harshly,^ being anxious that they should tastethe discipline of the Order in its full severity before they tookthe irrevocable vows. He was accustomed to scourge him-self severely, and had certain chosen spots for the perform-ance of this disciphne, which he particularly affected. Suchwas the sacristy of the convent of Our Lady of Mercy, towhich he was most partial,
The lives of the saints With introd and additional lives of English martyrs, Cornish, Scottish, and Welsh saints, and a full index to the entire work . event. In 1549 S. Louis Bertrand was made master of the novices,and ruled them harshly,^ being anxious that they should tastethe discipline of the Order in its full severity before they tookthe irrevocable vows. He was accustomed to scourge him-self severely, and had certain chosen spots for the perform-ance of this disciphne, which he particularly affected. Suchwas the sacristy of the convent of Our Lady of Mercy, towhich he was most partial, as it was a gloomy spot, and veryfrightening to a nervous person. Another favourite localitywas the schoolroom of the novices; and there the walls andfloor were sometimes splashed with his blood. One of thenovices threatened to tell the prior. Silence, I imploreyou, for the love of God, said Louis; I will act more dis-creetly in future. His discretion consisted in tying a towelround his loins to prevent the blood from dribbling on tothe floor. He did not, however, confine his blows to him- * Novellos illos rigide aspereque educans.(jt» . _ -(J,. S. LOUIS BERTRAND, After Cahier. Oct., Part I. p. 216.] [Oct. 9. Oct. 9.] 5. Lo2iis Bertrand. 217 self, in his charity he distributed them freely among his pu-pils, whom he whipped on the smallest excuse—for breakingsilence, for sleeping a wink too long, for a \vrong note inchoir, and for the most trifling faults.^ The reason why heso severely lashed their backs was, as he was careful to ex-plain to them, to reduce the amount of suffering they wouldhave to endure in purgatory. He urged on the novices the necessity for reading, for hefound that the more learned a friar became the more he lovedhis cell; but he was very decided in forbidding the lay-brethren the use of any book. The Rosary and the LordsPrayer were the only books for them, he said. He possessed some common sense. When he noticedhow scrupulous two novices were about the s
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