The miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois; . thousand three hun-dred eighty and three,the Tuesday afterEaster, came into thechapel here Clement de la Biere,of the diocese of Xaintes, near laEochelle, and of the parish of Estre,who since Christmas was taken pris-oner of the English in Chaluceau,he and divers others. And when they were taken, thesame Clement was right stronglybound with his arms behind his back,and his feet made fast beneath the 59 Miracles of Saint Katherine belly of a horse he had. And whenClement found himself hard by thekeep of the English, then called heon Madame S
The miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois; . thousand three hun-dred eighty and three,the Tuesday afterEaster, came into thechapel here Clement de la Biere,of the diocese of Xaintes, near laEochelle, and of the parish of Estre,who since Christmas was taken pris-oner of the English in Chaluceau,he and divers others. And when they were taken, thesame Clement was right stronglybound with his arms behind his back,and his feet made fast beneath the 59 Miracles of Saint Katherine belly of a horse he had. And whenClement found himself hard by thekeep of the English, then called heon Madame Saint Katherine, andmade his vow to go on pilgrimageto her chapel here, before Pentecost,if but she would deliver him frombonds. And so soon as his vowswere made the cords wherewith hewas bound fell to earth, and he rodeoff with his horse safe and sound,though verily he who should havewarded him told the English thatthis prisoner was escaping. And tothis he maketh oath. Present, Guillaume Le Fournierof the said parish, Guillaume Tricot,and others. 60. IVTHE YEAR 1383 HE year of graceone thousand threehundred eighty andthree, the Saturdayafter Easter, came in-to the chapel here Guillaume Oade, aWelshman, declaring and affirmingby his faith and oath, that, in theforegoing year, between All Saintsand Christmas, three days before thebattle which our lord the King foughtin Flanders, w^hereof he had the vic-tory over the Flemings and folk re-bellious, he, Guillaume Oade, waslodged at Poperigue in Flanders, 61 Miracles of Saint Katherine two leagues and a half from Ipre,with great company of , on a Saturday about midnight,went forth of their lodgings and outof Poperigue, after setting fire to thetown in all quarters. Now in thathour the said Guillaume and his varletwere sleeping in the house whereasthey lodged. And when the men-at-arms had departed, thither camegreat company of Flemings and ofmen-at-arms of their party, so thatthe whole town was full of the
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