And confute all the slanders of vile unbelievers?

It strikes me that people in your situation

Should welcome, invite, and court investigation,

As much as to say, "Come and see if you doubt us;

We defy you to find any evil about us."

For my part I think, if I held your persuasion,

That I should desire to improve the occasion,

And should catch at the chance, opportunely afforded,

Of showing how well Nuns are lodged, used, and boarded.

That as to the notion of cruel inflictions