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   Beforn this creatur went to Jerusalem, owyr Lord sent hir to a worshipful lady that
sche schuld spekyn wyth hir in cownsel and do hys eraend unto hir. The lady wold not
speke wyth hir les than hir gostly fadyr wer present, and sche seyd sche was wel
plesyd. And than whan the ladys gostly fadyr was comyn thei wentyn into a chapel al
thre togedyr, and than this creatur seyd wyth gret reverens and many teerys, "Madam,
owyr Lord Jhesu Crist bad me telle yow that yowr husbond is inpurgatory and that ye
schal ben savyd but it schal be long er ye come to hevyn." And than the lady was
dysplesyd and seyd hir husbond was a good man; sche levyd not that he was in purga-
tory. Hir gostly fadyr held wyth this creatur and seyd it mygth rygth wel ben so as
sche seyd and confermyd hir wordys wyth many holy talys. And than this lady sent 
hir dowtyr wyth other meny wyth hir to the ankyr whech was princypal confessowr to
this creatur that he schuld forsakyn hir and ellys he schuld lesyn hir frenshep. The
ankyr seyd to the massangerys that he wold not forsakyn this creatur for no man in
erthe, for to swech creaturys as wold inqwiryn of hym hir maner of governawns and
how he held of hir he seyd sche was Goddys owyn servawnt and also he seyd sche
was the tabernakyl of God. And the ankyr seyd unto hir owyn persone for to strengthyn
hir in hir feyth, "Thow God toke fro yow al teerys and dalyawns, belevyth nevyrtheles
that God lovyth yow and that ye schal be ryt sekyr of hevyn for that ye have had
befortyme, for teerys wyth lofe is the grettest geft that God may gevyn in erth and al
men that lovyn God owyn to thankyn hym for yow." Also ther was a wedow preyd
this creatur to preyn for hir husbond and wete yf he had ony nede of help. And, as this
creatur preyd for hym, sche was answeryd that hys sowle schuld be thirty yer in purga-
tory les than he had bettyr frendys in erthe. Thus sche teld the wedow and seyd,
"Yyf ye wyl don almes for hym three pownd er four in messys and almesgevyng to
powyr folke, ye schal hyly plesyn God and don the sowle gret esse." The wedow toke
lytyl hede at hir wordys and let it pasyn forth. Than this creatur went to the ankyr and
teld hym how sche had felt, and he seyd the felyng was of God and the dede in the self
was good, thow the sowle had no nede therof, and cownseld it schuld be fulfylled.
Than this creatur teld this mater to hir gostly fadyr that he schuld speke to the wedow,
and so it was long tyme that this creatur herd no mo of this mater. Aftyrward owyr
Lord Jhesu Crist seyd to this creatur, "that thyng I bad schuld a be don for the sowle
it is not don. Aske now thi gostly fadyr." And so sche dede, and he seyd it was not
don. Sche seyd agen, "My Lord Jhesu Crist teld me so rygth now."