notwithstanding , wiser heads and greybeards prevayled , and the babe was taken to the convent ( for this was shortly after the papish times , and the convent had been left empty , for the townefolke thought it was a place of dyvills and such , and hoot-owles and screach-owles and many bats did make theyr homes in the tower ) and there she was left , and one of the wyves of the towne each day went to the convent and fed the babe andc .