The miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois; . Saint Katherine voice vowed themselves to MadameSaint Katherine, namely that, if itpleased her they should escape un-harmed and without ransom fromthe said prison, they would visit herin her chapel of Fierboys and theremake oblations. Then straightwaythe bonds wherewith they werebound fell from their hands andfeet, and they came forth of thathold, into the court, and issued outby the gate, which they found open,neither the porter nor any of thosewithin saying them nay. And theymet the men-at-arms who had beenat their taking, who knew themno
The miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois; . Saint Katherine voice vowed themselves to MadameSaint Katherine, namely that, if itpleased her they should escape un-harmed and without ransom fromthe said prison, they would visit herin her chapel of Fierboys and theremake oblations. Then straightwaythe bonds wherewith they werebound fell from their hands andfeet, and they came forth of thathold, into the court, and issued outby the gate, which they found open,neither the porter nor any of thosewithin saying them nay. And theymet the men-at-arms who had beenat their taking, who knew themnot and said no word to them,nor wrought them any harm, butwent into their own lodgings. And 67 Miracles of Saint Katherine to accomplish their vows to MadameSaint Katherine, they came hithertogether, the Saturday after the Oc-tave of the Translation of Saint Mar-tin, they, their wives, and children,and swore and affirmed that the saidtale is true, making oath in the pres-ence of several notable persons comeon pilgrimage from Vendôme to thechapeL VI. THE YEAE 1410 HE Friday before theMagdalene, in theyear one thousandfour hundred and ten,came on pilgrimageto the chapel here a man namedThomas du Mont, for whom, and foranother named Perrinet lAuvergnat,God wrought, at the prayer of OurLady and of Madame Saint Katherine,a right noble and evident miracle. These two men were taken be-tween Paris and Montleheri, by Bur-gundians from Rousselet and Ferre-boue. Thence were they taken to 69 Miracles of Saint Katherine Corbail, and there cast with threeothers into a fosse, narrow and asdeep as a lances length, and abovethem was laid a right great rock,that they might not avail to winforth. There were they kept straitly,and so lay for full fourteen monthsand three days, being put at so greatransom that all their friends wouldhave been over hard-set to pay because they would not pay,they were kept on bread and waterright straitly during the said time offourteen months and three days,
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