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there_o and_o inquire_v for_o the_o earl_n his_o father_n find_v he_o and_o all_o his_o family_n in_o much_o discontent_n for_o the_o absence_n of_o his_o son_n thus_o be_v arrive_v here_o and_o resolve_v to_o abide_v in_o this_o place_n she_o cause_v workman_n to_o build_v a_o small_a monastery_n with_o the_o money_n she_o bring_v from_o her_o father_n court_n and_o when_o it_o be_v build_v she_o dedicate_v it_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o saint_n peter_n the_o holy_a apostle_n in_o memory_n of_o her_o dear_a knight_n in_o this_o place_n she_o enclose_v herself_o resolve_v to_o live_v a_o religious_a life_n all_o her_o day_n in_o expectation_n of_o the_o return_n of_o she_o dear_o belove_a knight_n here_o she_o get_v a_o acquaintance_n with_o the_o earl_n and_o countess_n father_n and_o mother_n to_o the_o knight_n of_o the_o key_n who_o see_v she_o of_o so_o religious_a a_o life_n and_o conversation_n acquaint_v themselves_o with_o she_o delight_v much_o in_o her_o society_n and_o likewise_o do_v very_o much_o countenance_v she_o in_o her_o undertake_n and_o oftentimes_o invite_v she_o home_o to_o their_o habitation_n to_o which_o place_n she_o sometime_o go_v otherwise_o she_o never_o depart_v from_o her_o monastery_n still_o entertain_v poor_a sick_a traveller_n therein_o thus_o do_v she_o shut_v up_o herself_o from_o all_o the_o world_n while_o he_o be_v as_o much_o afflict_v for_o her_o absence_n and_o be_v in_o continual_a care_n and_o trouble_v for_o her_o loss_n chap._n xxxiii_o how_o the_o earl_n of_o munster_n and_o his_o wife_n the_o countess_n do_v believe_v their_o son_n peter_n to_o be_v drown_v and_o how_o they_o inform_v the_o holy_a magdalena_n thereof_o and_o of_o the_o sorrow_n they_o all_o make_v thus_o continue_v these_o personage_n the_o earl_n and_o his_o wife_n and_o the_o holy_a magdalena_n in_o continual_a care_n and_o fear_n but_o they_o all_o still_o hope_v one_o day_n to_o hear_v of_o the_o return_n of_o their_o son_n and_o friend_n 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