To his castle’s portal, / At the morning gloaming, / Bore they all the mortal / From the battle’s foaming, / Of the white bannered warrior knight, / Cold in his armor slooming!

A common weapon against Cartesians in those latter days was an accusation of Spinozism.

In particular, those who experienced her three rose miracles did the most to burnish her legend.

to grapple with one's conscience