Another time, right as she came to a poor woman's house, the poor woman called her into her house, and made her sit by her little fire, giving her wine to drink in a cup of stone. And she had a little man-child, which sucked a while on the mother's breast; another while, it ran to this creature, the mother sitting full of sorrow and sadness. Then this creature burst all into weeping, as if she had seen Our Lady and her Son at the time of His Passion, and had so many holy thoughts that she could never tell the half, but ever sat and wept plenteously a long time, so that the poor woman, having compassion on her weeping, prayed her to cease, not knowing why she wept.

     Then Our Lord Jesus Christ said to this creature:

     "This place is holy."

     Then she rose up and went forth to Rome and saw much poverty amongst the people, and she thanked God highly for the poverty that she was in, trusting here-through to be partner with them in merit.

     Then was there a great gentlewoman in Rome, praying this creature to be godmother to her child, and naming it after Saint Bridget, for they had knowledge of her in her lifetime. And so she did.

     Afterwards, God gave her grace to have great love in Rome, both of men and women and great favour among the people.

     When the Master and Brother of the Hospital of Saint Thomas, where she was refused beforetime, as is written already, heard it said what love and what favour she had in the city, they prayed her that she would come again to them, and she should be more welcome than ever she was before, for they were right sorry that they had put her away from them. And she thanked them for their charity and did their commandment. When she had come back to them, they made her right good cheer, and were right glad of her coming.

     Then she found there, her that was her maiden beforetime, and, with right, should have been so still, dwelling in the hospital in much wealth and prosperity, for she was keeper of their wine.

     And this creature went sometimes to her for cause of meekness and prayed her for meat and drink, and the maiden gave her with good will, and sometimes a groat thereto. Then she complained to her maiden, and said she thought with great grief of their parting, and what slander and evil words men said of her because they were asunder; but she would never the rather be with her again.

     Afterwards this creature spake with Saint Bride's maiden in Rome, but she could not understand what she said. Then had she a man who could understand her language, and that man told Saint Bridget's maiden what this creature said, and how she asked after Saint Bridget, her lady. Then the maiden saw that her lady, Saint Bridget, was kind and meek to every creature and that she had a laughing face.

     Also the good man where this creature was at host, told her that he knew her himself, but he thought that she had been as holy a woman as she was, for she was ever homely and kind to all creatures that would speak with her.

     She was in the chamber that Saint Bridget died in, and heard a Duche priest preaching of her therein, and of her revelations and her manner of life. She knelt also on the stone on which Our Lord appeared to Saint Bridget and told her what day she should die on. And this was one of Saint Bridget's Days that this creature was in her chapel, which beforetime was her chamber that she died in.

     Our Lord sent such tempests of wind and rain, and divers impressions of airs, that they that were in the fields and at their labours out-of-doors were compelled to enter houses in succouring their bodies, to avoid divers perils.

     Through such tokens this creature supposed that Our Lord wished His holy saint's day to be hallowed, and the saint held in more worship than she was at that time.

     And sometimes, when this creature would have done the Stations, our Lord warned her in the night in her bed, that she should not go out far from her hostel, for He would send great tempests of lightning and thunder that day. And so it was indeed. There were such great tempests that year of thunder and lightning, of rains and divers weather, that right old men, at that time dwelling in Rome, said they had never seen such before; the lightning was so plenteous and so bright-shining in their houses, that they thought verily it would have burnt their houses, with the contents.

     Then cried they upon the aforesaid creature to pray for them, fully trusting that she was the servant of Almighty God, and through her prayers they should be helped and succoured. This creature at their request praying Our Lord for mercy, He answered in her soul, saying:

     "Daughter, be not afraid, for no weather nor tempest shall harm thee, and therefore, distrust Me not, for I shall never deceive thee."

     And Our Merciful Lord Christ Jesus, as it pleased Him, withdrew the tempests, preserving the people from all mischief.