He was enticed into a carmelite convent when a half-starved orphan of eight years old, ready to subscribe to any arrangement which promised him enough to eat.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Moreover, Madame de Motteville says no word of the carmelite convent in this connection.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
Her young sons required her help to restore their shattered fortunes, and, above all, her youngest daughter needed a mother's care; after her husband's death her worldly occupations increased rather than diminished, and it was these occupations which cost her the loss of her calm retreat among the carmelite nuns.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes