The miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois; . ngiish would not take. Thomastherefore made his vow to MadameSaint Katherine, that, if she werepleased to aid him, he would cometo her chapel in his shirt, barefooted,and bareheaded. Thereon he found a manner to berid of his irons, by help of two littleknives and a little hatchet, concern-ing which he hath never knownwhence they came, save by graceof God. Thus was he free frombonds, one Friday at evening, andso went forth on the wall. Anonone asked him if he was about leap-ing down, whereto he answered yea, and men ran after him, who 130 Mi
The miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois; . ngiish would not take. Thomastherefore made his vow to MadameSaint Katherine, that, if she werepleased to aid him, he would cometo her chapel in his shirt, barefooted,and bareheaded. Thereon he found a manner to berid of his irons, by help of two littleknives and a little hatchet, concern-ing which he hath never knownwhence they came, save by graceof God. Thus was he free frombonds, one Friday at evening, andso went forth on the wall. Anonone asked him if he was about leap-ing down, whereto he answered yea, and men ran after him, who 130 Miracles of Saint Katherine escaped to the foot of the wall, bygrace of God and at the prayer ofMadame Saint Katherine. î^ow thehour when he fled was sunset andmoonrising. Thus has Thomas ac-complished his vow, in the day andyear above said, and hath sworn thathis tale is true. Present hereat the honorable anddiscreet brother Antoine de la Motte,Messire Georges Guiot, prior andcuré of Saint Maure, Brother GillesLecourt, and others. 131 THE YEAR 1437. HE seventeenth dayof the month of Feb-ruary, in the yearone thousand fourhundred and thirty-seven, came into the chapel here Je-han Moreau, of the parish of Ses inNormandy, who hath told and de-clared the grace wrought for him byGod at the prayer of Madame SaintKatherine. It is to be known that,about four years ago, he was takenby the English in front of his ownmill, and thence carried to Alençonwith certain others, and there wasput into a cellar, and set in irons 132 Miracles of Saint Katherine weighing twelve pounds, and atnight was in the yoke, and everhath been in this manner till themonth of August last. Then he andthree other prisoners in the said cel-lars remembered them of the fairand manifest miracles which Godworked at the prayer of the gloriousvirgin Madame Saint Katherine. Somade they their vows and com-mended them devoutly to her, im-ploring her to pray God that Hewould be pleased to deliver themfrom the prison, and t
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