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( 23 ) ey were in bed, and the former cry ntinued; until at laſt, the proving th child, he bidding her prepare to go th him as ſoon as the was delivered. which time being weary of her life catching out her arms the cried, I am ne by right, and I am ready to go a- g with thee.

No replied he the innocent babe in thy mb protects thee: ſo I cannot have e till thou art delivered. Thus the continued in ſorrow and in r having many divines to pray with , but it availed not. For the time of delivery being come, which the de- d might be prolonged, though in, her mother and divers other wo- n watched with her, whom ſhe ear- stly deſired to pray, and not by any ans to fall aſleep. However, a ſudden wſineſs about mid-night, in ſpite of they could do, overcame them, till ked by a dreadful cry, they found all candles out, and feeling for the child woman, ſhe was miſſing, the caſe- nt being burſt in pieces, and a ſtrong