The miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois; . rine onthat Christmas eve, and especiallythe said Jehan Ducoudray and Je-han Courtin promised to come onpilgrimage to her chapel, so soon asthey might, after escaping from pri-son. And on Christmas eve, theirprayer being made to Madame SaintKatherine, they broke hold, andcame before the gaoler, who cried 92 Miracles of Saint Katherine out so loud that all the town wasastir. Then clomb Jehan Ducou-dray first on to the wall of the town,and met the sentinel, who seizedhim. Then Jehan threw the sen-tinel over the wall, and bade hisown fellows b
The miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois; . rine onthat Christmas eve, and especiallythe said Jehan Ducoudray and Je-han Courtin promised to come onpilgrimage to her chapel, so soon asthey might, after escaping from pri-son. And on Christmas eve, theirprayer being made to Madame SaintKatherine, they broke hold, andcame before the gaoler, who cried 92 Miracles of Saint Katherine out so loud that all the town wasastir. Then clomb Jehan Ducou-dray first on to the wall of the town,and met the sentinel, who seizedhim. Then Jehan threw the sen-tinel over the wall, and bade hisown fellows be no whit dismayed,but put their trust in Madame SaintKatherine, that she would be theirsuccour. So let they themselves slipfi-om the wall into the ditch, and es-caped by grace of God and of Ma-dame Saint Katherine, and that wallwas about the height of two they have sworn to be trueby the faith of their bodies, in pres-ence of MessireEichard Kyrthrizian,warden of the said chapel, of EobertCornabel, and several others. 93 XIVTHE YEAE 1425. N the aforesaid yearand day (Januarythe thirteenth, onethousand four hun-dred and twenty-five) came on pilgrimage to thechapel a gentleman named JehanGodehn, of the parish of Besse inBraie, who was taken by the Eng-Hsh on mid-August day, in the yearpassed. And next day was he ledto the gibbet, with six of his fellows,all six being hanged before his eyeson the said gibbet. Now even when he saw the first 94 Miracles of Saint Katherine of the six hanged, he made his vowto Madame Saint Katherine, prayingher that she would he pleased to res-cue him from such shameftil abode he, and was led away, noneharming him, and was held to ran-som. And hath sworn the faith of hisbody that this is true. Present, theaforesaid Messire Eichard, and Oor-nabel, and divers other persons. 95 XV
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