The miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois; . ththeir faces turned as straight as theymight towards the chapel of MadameSaint Katherine of Fierboys, andthither they vowed that they wouldmake pilgrimage so soon as theymight, after they were escaped. Now straightway, their vow be-ing paid, they fell on sleep, and whenthey woke they found themselvesabove the fosse, and the rock rolledaway as it were two turns, the said 71 Miracles of Saint Katherine rock being so heavy that it neededtwo men to turn it over. And the saidfosse was in the tower of Corbail,where Seine water forks. So foundthe
The miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois; . ththeir faces turned as straight as theymight towards the chapel of MadameSaint Katherine of Fierboys, andthither they vowed that they wouldmake pilgrimage so soon as theymight, after they were escaped. Now straightway, their vow be-ing paid, they fell on sleep, and whenthey woke they found themselvesabove the fosse, and the rock rolledaway as it were two turns, the said 71 Miracles of Saint Katherine rock being so heavy that it neededtwo men to turn it over. And the saidfosse was in the tower of Corbail,where Seine water forks. So foundthey a boat and crossed the watersafe and sound. Thence went theyto Montleheri, and there died Perri-net lAuvergnat, of the pestilencethey had taken in prison, he beingyet minded to achieve his pilgrim-age. But the said Thomas lay longsick ere he could achieve his pilgrim-age. And he hath said and bornewitness by the faith of his body thatthe thing is true, in the presence ofJehan Chermeteau, warden of thesaid chapel, and of many other per-sons. 72 VII. THE YEAE 1414 HE year one thousandand four hundred andfourteen, the Thurs-day after the Purifi-cation of Our Lady,there passed by the Pont de Euenthe Sieur de Gaucourt and Ee-mouet de la Guerce, having withthem a great company of men-at-arms. And a man-at-arms left inthe house of Jehan de Balan andLoyse his wife a casket which he for-got at the said house, wherein weresix cups of silver. Now these cupshad certain folk taken and carried 10 73 Miracles of Saint Katherine away thefteously, Balan and his wifeknowing nothing thereof. Eight socame the said man-at-arms, after thatday, to the house, demanding his gearfrom Jehan de Balan and his were they right dolorous andcumbered, for the man-at-arms wasfor laying them under sore duresse torender up his goods. True it is thatwhen the woman saw that perforceshe must render back the casket, orthat she and her husband should suf-fer heavy loss, she knew not what todo, nor might fin
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