When this creature saw she was forsaken and put from amongst the good men, she was full grieved, most because she had no confessor, and could not be shriven then as she wished. Then prayed she Our Lord, of His mercy, that He would dispose for her as was most pleasing to Him with great plenty of tears.

     And later, she called to herself the aforesaid Richard with the broken back, praying him to go over to a church against the Hospital, and inform the parson of the church of her manner of governance, and what sorrow she had, and how she wept because she could not be shriven nor houselled, and what compunction and contrition she had for her sins.

     Then Richard went to the parson and informed him of this creature, and how Our Lord gave her contrition and compunction with great plenty of tears, and how she desired to be houselled every Sunday if she might, and that she had no priest to be shriven to. And the parson, hearing of her contrition and compunction, was right glad and bade that she should come to him in the name of Jesus, and say her Confiteor', and he would housel her his own self, for he could not understand any English.

     Then Our Lord sent Saint John the Evangelist to hear her confession, and she said, "Benedicite". And he said "Dominus" verily into her soul, so that she saw him and heard him in her ghostly understanding as she would have done with another priest by her bodily wits. Then she told him all her sins, and all her troubles with many grievous tears, and he heard her full meekly and benignly and afterwards, he enjoined her the penance that she should do for her trespass, and absolved her of her sins with sweet words and meek ones, highly strengthening her to trust in the mercy of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and bade her that she should receive the Sacrament of the Altar, in the Name of Jesus.

     And then he passed away from her.

     When he was gone, she prayed with all her heart all the time, as she heard her Mass:

     "Lord, as surely as Thou art not wroth with me, grant me a well of tears, whereby I may receive Thy Precious Body with all manner of tears of devotion to Thy worship and to the increase of my merit; for Thou art my joy, Lord, my bliss, my comfort and all the treasure I have in this world; for other worldly joys covet I not, but only Thee. And therefore my dearworthy Lord and my God, forsake me not."

     Then Our Blissful Lord Christ Jesus answered to her soul and said:_

     "My dearworthy daughter, I swear by My Majesty that I shall never forsake thee. And, daughter, the more shame, despite, and reproof that thou sufferest for My love, the better I love thee, for I am like a man that loveth well his wife. The more envy that men have of her, the better he will array her in despite of her enemies. And right so shall I fare with thee. In anything thou dost, daughter, thou mayest no better please God than by believing that He loveth thee; for if it were possible that I might weep with thee, I would weep with thee, daughter, for the compassion that I have of thee. Time shall come when thou shalt hold thyself right well p leased, for it shall be verified in thee, the common proverb, that men say: 'He is well blessed that may sit on his well-stool and tell of his woe-stool,'.

     "And so shalt thou do, daughter, and all thy weeping and thy sorrow shall turn into joy and bliss, which thou shalt never miss."