On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Thomas Izbicki wrote: > No cat fight intended - having real cats who fight - but the canons > regular seem to me to fall in between monks & friars. > tom izbicki > > Personally, I've always loved the passage in the _Ancrene Wisse_ that suggests it's a good thing for anchoresses to have cats. But then I suppose they're closer to monks than mendicants, so... Cheers, Fred %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%