speake wyth her ordinary laughyngs and smilyngs that she would haue accommodated her selfe to haue dwelt there some lōg time And yet dyd she not this but that she knewe welinough that her true most assured buyldyng was in heauen But she sayd it was not to be marueled at if she dyd so speake and deuise of all matters as thoughe she had not set at al before her eyes the daunger wherin she sawe her selfe For that god had geuen her the grace euer since she had the knowledge of him and his worde that she dyd thinke she was as well subiect to death at one time as at an other that the true christian will also beleue that therof doth depende the greatnes of of his blessednes and contentation She was borne at Chastillion vpon the ryuer of Loing the xxiiij daye of Februarye 1535. And was maried to my Lord the Prince the .xxij. day of Iune 1551. Of ths mariage be issued seuen children in sixe times of greatnes that is to say thre daughters Catherine Marguerit Magdalene and fowre sonnes Henry Fraunces at her last deliuerye Charles and Lewes twynnes Henry Fraunces Charles Marguerit be lyuyng God hath taken the others She lyued .xxviij. yeres .iiij. monethes .xxvij. dayes and .xj. houres In the time of her sicknes she was visited of many greate personages good folks namely of my lords her three vncles of Chastillion who did to her al the good godlye and charitable offices that were possible to haue bene desiered I will not here discouer vnto you the noblenes of her race as wel French as strange for euery one vnderstandeth it sufficiently and you knowe as wel as I that of her fathers syde she is descended of the righte lyne by the woman of Lewes the sixth Kynge of Fraunce Yet I will write vnto you thus much more which hath seamed vnto me to appartaine to that that goeth before which you shall receyue as vsurye of my good wyll This death was declared to my L. the Prince who had retired himselfe alone īto his chāber was gone to bed after his retourne frō the preaching At the cōming vp of the Minister la Bossiere who was made messenger for the purpose he suspected that whiche was in dede happened neuertheles he cōtinued somtime in readynge in a booke of praiers which he had in his handes soone after tournīg his face towards the minister he asked him howe his wyfe did she is my L. said he with god whether you shall go also one day At this worde he coulde not kepe hīselfe frō sighing sorowing In so much the two or thre gētilmen and the minister Perrucel who then came in were greatly troubled to sée him in that heauye case yet neuertheles durst not approch to breake of his bitter cōplaits lamentatiōs vntil such time as a certain man towardes the lawe came vnto him prayed him to resolue coūforte himselfe as he had done in all his other great aduersities herevpon the two ministers toke occasiō to cōtinue this maner of talke according to the largenes of the scope that was offered thē notwithstandyng he remained for a good tyme sylent and after puttyng his handkerchyef to his face he said He trusted the god wolde not impute vnto him the infirmitie that good men wolde support him in those his greuous passiōs seinge that his sorowes proceaded not but of the loue of vertue That in very dedede he had great reason to cōtent him selfe for the assurāce he had of the good rest of hys deare wyfe moitye who had dyed the death of a sainct but also that he was excusable for his heauines to lose the cōpanye of so wyse vertuous a Lady that had alwayes honored him aboue al things- loued him so derely as she wold haue sacrificed her owne lyfe for hym that had gouerned his house in all holynes and brought vp his children in al wisedome in rendering to him all due obedience He added to this turning his face to heauen a lyttel prayer to God the sentence wherof as I was writynge this vnto you is fallen into my mynde in these foure verses without as it were thinkynge of it It is I good Lorde not she hath done the faulte And reason wold that I shuld therfore gryeue Yet I do wronge vnto thy prudence hault For to saye truth I dye and she doth lyue Here vpō after hauing deuotly vowed the rest of his life in the seruice of God he sent for my lords his childrē but being desired to eate somwhat for it was then past noone he defferred to sée them tyll after his dinner whiche was God knoweth a smale thinge ful of sighes and heauines After grace being said his childrē my Lords Marquis Fraūces with theyr sister were brought ī to hī his daughter was sette vpō his bed my Lordes his two sonnes stode by him whether the litel soules were no sooner cōme but they fel so into wéepyng that al those that were present could not withholde them selfes frō it no more could my L. the Prince their father as for me I can not now tel it you but I melte awaye in teares You shuld haue séene this litle Ladye who is a liuely picture of beautye take my L. her father about the necke washe his face berde with the aboundaunce of her teares wythout hauynge power to speake to hī but in halfe broke words My L. her father vsed suche wayes to her as the in the end he appaised her wéeping did drie her face with som prety admonitiōs mete for her age whiche I will tel you if I haue caryed them well away My daughter we must wéepe no more our good God wylbe angrye with vs do not you remēber that you say to him euery daye Thy wyl be done he hath taken your mother out of prison to set her by him in libertie because he loued her wel wyl you be angry with it he is so wise that we shuld neuer aske why he doth any thinge he hath lefte you here for the image of her as I haue loued her aboue all the women of the world so I wil loue you but you must not be only the image of her face but also of her spirit and vertu for although she were fayre of personage it was nothinge in comparison of her gentil wel disposed mīde which neuer did office but of chastitie no more then her hart her tonge her handes her eares As you shall waxe great growe enquire diligētlie what maner of womā this good mother was And whē you shal here that she neuer loued man but her husbande that she dyd alwayes lyue without any blote of dishonestie yea without suspition that all her doings countinaunces haue bene holy chast modest playne vertuous Then enforce your selfe my minniō to resemble her to thintent god may assist you as he hath done her that euery
body may esteame you and that I may loue you more and more as I wyll not fayle to do if you be suche a one Then he called to hym the Ladye of sainct Cir her gouernes embracinge her her daughter de Fosses he praied them to cōtinue their care in the education and bringyng vp of her as one of the thinges which were moste precious vnto hym After this puttynge his hande vpon my Lord Marquis head my sonne said he to him you are the firste testimonye which God gaue of his blessynge and fauour of the mariage of your mother and me and the greate encrease of our loue Séeke alwayes to gyue me ioye and consolation as you shall do if you wyl followe the stepps which your mother hath troden before you in the way of vertue Marke wel the path tracke therof lest you lose your selfe and fall into the wayes of the dangerous dedal of this worlde The sonnes cōmenlye conforme them selues to the doinges of the father but you shall principallye study to resemble in maners and vertue your mother For one maye tell you you may somtimes here of youre father and of his life things which you ought not to follow as in others again you oughte to imitate him but in your mother of the lyfe and death of whome God hath vouchsafed to serue himselfe you shal finde nothing that is not worthy to be followed and straitly kepte as she was most worthy to be placed in the first rancke of the moste vertuous women My sonne vertue hath made Princes the Heroicall dedes of their auncesters those that were before thē For the rest we be all the children of Adam of sinne of death to kepe well then this principalititye it behoueth vs to lyue vertuously to flée from vice as a thinge most horrible and abhominable to all noble hartes Therfore it is that a Prince should alwayes thinke that he is in this worlde as vpon a scaffolde to be beholden of al folkes So as his fautes be more séene and marked then theirs be that be vnder him And as a blote that in an other part might be hydden is easelye perceiued in the face and doth make one diformed be it neuer so lyttel so is it in the actions doinges of Princes which be howe smallye reprehensible soeuer they be séene perceyued of euery one by the highe place in degrée that they holde emongest the commen vulgare people Lo my Iuel how you may prosper and so you shal be to me an agreable childe Then in the absence of his gouernor he cōmitted him to the charge of the Seigneur de Buisson whome he gaue hym for his stuarde praying him that aboue all thinges there were good eye geuen that ther came nere him no contēpnor of God nor of the reuerēce whiche we owe to his holy commaundements On Sonday after whiche was yesterdaye her body was put into the Sepulchre of her predecessours at Muret without other pompe or ceremonie but that maister Perrucel dyd make an excelent Sermon vpon the fifty seuenth chapter of Esaye wherat there was a good nomber of nobilitie and people of the churches nere there abouts The sermon ended which was about nyne of the clocke in the mornyng some parte of the Gentilmen went fetched the body which laye leaded in a hawle nere vnto that where the preachynge was and so brought it to the place chosen and made for the reapos and rest therof vnto the consummation of the worlde The rest of the nobilitie and people followed the body in order to the graue and so after retourned in lyke sorte into the court of the Castel where maister Perrucel declared vnto thē howe worthy a worke of Christiās they had done by thys theyr accompanying of the body to his buryal of the great edification the same was to thē of the churche Howe pleasaunt a thing it was to god how agreable to my Lord the Prince thankyng them all in his name and in the name of all the kynsfolkes of the decessed Lady I could send you in this pacquet sondry consolatiōs which were sent as wel to my late decessed Lady as to my lord her husbande since her death by the most wyse learned and apparaunt personages of Christendome but I vnderstād by your good kynsman that you haue had the copyes of them frō other places This is then asmuche as you shall haue of me at this time prayinge you to excuse my wyt my eyes my memory my hande and my penne all which in their natures and offices do féele the sorowe and peyne of me their passionnate mystres who it maye please you may remaine in your fauour and good grace God graunt you to lyue wel and to dye well in his Sonne Iesus Christ From Conde in the coūtrey of Brye the last daye of Iuly 1564. Your entyer and good frind to obeye you I. D. V.
you to heare me particularise somwhat of her behauiours I wyl shewe you that the most egre and lamentable voice that in all the time of her sicknes I euer harde her pronounce and yet as you know I was very litell from her was that one tyme about an eyght dayes before her death beynge pressed with extreme payne she addressed her selfe to God in raising her voice a lyttell more then she was accustomed wheÌ„ she could not fynde in two beddes with al her often chaungyngs any one place where she might rest one minute of an houre and sayde Oh Lord God almightye forasmuch as in all the places of this terrestriall abydynge how great and spacious soeuer it be and wherof thou arte onlye creatour I cannot fynde by all my diligence one littell corner of quietnes nor voyde of grief wherby I might lyberally pronounce as I was wont thy great goodnes and mercye I leaue and gyue ouer wyllingly my longer dwellynge and abode here to retourne yf it please thee at this tyme to that heaueÌ„ly rest whiche thou hast prepared for me by the death and passion of thy welbeloued Sonne Make my God my Father by his meanes that my soule and body be both content and at rest The one to be free and at libertie goyng straight to thee who I see doth alreadye stretche out his armes for me The other abydynge insensible here belowe vntyl thou doest waken it at the sounde of thy commynge I cannot tell whether this her talke wyll seame to you oute of order or no but I canne assure you I neuer harde her speake worse wordes in the myddes of her greatest extremities This chast Ladye for so I may right well cal her as accomplished in euerye degrée and in al circumstaunces in that excellent gifte and matronall modestie whiche dyd followe her euen vnto her graue as you see Iustice doth Kynges to theyr buryals wherof I requyre no better prouffe then the very confession of her ennemyes and I do nothynge maruell if in your countrey so manye wyse and graue Ladyes doe determine to set her before their eyes for an image mirrour of chastitie in the bringyng vp nurturynge of their daughters euen as we here emoÌ„gst our selues desire to do the lyke For to speake trulye she doth excell all those that euer haue bene celebrated by any hystorie And at one worde there was neuer nothynge that founde place in hyr harte but vertue only And therof I may be a sufficient wittnes hauynge had the honor euen from her cradell and most tender yeres to be alwayes about her personne She I say dyd well forsee so soone as this Issue of bloud beganne to take her that the disease was mortall And besydes her owne iudgement hauynge harde the opinion of them that had the charge of her health she resolued incontinently to gyue order in her householde affaires to th' intent she mighte the more lyberallye thynke of God And to this effect she sent for my Lorde the Prince her husbande desiryng hym most humbly to come to her which he dyd forthwith and in great hast after he had receaued the newes thereof at Vitry from whence on the morow the court remoued to Bar. And after he had ben a two or three dayes at home with her that she had made many chereful shewes and countinauÌ„ces of the Ioye she had to see hym for you knowe there was neuer woman that loued cheryshed honored or respected more her husbande then she dyd hym she prayed two personages towardes the lawe whiche she knewe dyd loue and honor theyr house to goe and declare vnto hym the greate danger of death wherin she thought her selfe to be fearynge it shoulde greue hym muche more if she her selfe dyd tell him it To thyntent it mighte please hym to gyue her leaue to ordeyne and dispose of certaine thinges whiche she desired to haue executed after her decesse And I do very well remember that when she sent these two counsellors to hym she desired them to saye vnto hym emongest all the rest these woordes whiche I dyd well note Since the good pleasure of God was that the separation of hym her should be made as touchinge the body yet she desired him that theyr soules might continue together inseparable in that charitie which they dyd owe alike to theyr father Iesus Christ who had so miraculouslye deliuered them in the sight of all the worlde from so many troubles and dangers as they had passed and escaped by his grace That he had lefte vnto them children the sure gage of theyr amitie And that to beginne her testament she dyd make hym vniuersal inheritor of that Masse of loue that she had hitherto boâ—â—e them To the end that after her death he shold loue them both for hym selfe and for her to recommeÌ„dynge them vnto hym principally for their bringing vp and instruction in the feare of God whiche she assured to be the most certaine good and patrimonie that she coulde leaue them They haue sayd she good beginnings and that at the handes of a sufficient master meanynge the minister de l'Espine who in dede hath of late taken great paynes with them interpretynge vnto them euery mornynge with great dexteritie the prouerbes of Salomon And in the afternone the Commentaries of Iulius Caesar whereby my Lorde Marquis theyr eldest sonne hath so wel profited that he is one of the best learned that is to be founde of his age She added vnto these as she was alwayes a well spoken woman manye other godly sayenges exhortations whiche the force of the streame that issued out of myne eyes dyd lette me to beare awaye And do you not marueil at all if I dyd then weepe so aboundaÌ„tly for the two persons before spoken of dyd no lesse before they departed to goo thether as she had desired them Soone after I sawe them retourne agayne to make reporte of the honest wyse talke that my Lord the Prince had vsed vnto them vpon this sorowful subiect Wherof the good Ladye receaued a most greate contentation comfort And they both tolde me apart that it was impossible for any maÌ„ to speake more eloquentlye then the Prince had done to them as euerye man knoweth how wel spoken he is of how good iudgement he is and howe gentil a Prince he is True it is said they that we haue very wel perceaued that the amitie and loue whiche he beareth to this his dere spouse compagnion did oftentimes breake the thryd of his Oration by the many and depe sighes he gaue whiche doe sufficientlye wytnes his iust profound sorowe God sayd he who hath conioyned vs together separate sonder vs since it doth so please him it is reason that we do wholly coÌ„forme our selues to his holy wyl It is certaine that he is more happy that goeth to hym then he that caryeth here and abydeth an other passage Oh happye houre that God shal ordayne vs to be reunited in heauen
other canne make or moue any thinge and yet neuerthelesse he can not be sayd nor ought to be sayd the procurer to euyll or the cause or author of synne whiche doth proceade of the corruption malice that man hath purchassed to hym selfe After this she protested that she dyd not thynke that ther was any other meane or waye by the whiche men might haue remissiō of their synnes health and euerlastynge life but by Iesus Christ only and that there is no other name geuen to man for his saluation but that only and that as he is very God he is also only sauiour and redemer mediatour aduocat of man towardes God and sole sacrificatour sacrifice who hath ones for all satisfysed appaised the wrathe and strayte iudgement of God the father by his death for vs hath fully iustified vs in his resurrection Wherfore I take him sayd she for my only and notwithstādyng sufficient ransom for my peace for my wisdome for my iustice for my santcfication assuryng my selfe that he dyd prepare a place for me in heauen when he ascended thyther that he doth there tarye me with his father mine by hym with the holy Ghost the Aungels and the saints where I desyre to be with all my harte and whether I am sure I shal go or it be longe Thyrdly she gaue to vnderstād that we ought not to serue God otherwyse or in other sorte then as he hath appointed vs by hys worde And therfore that she did acknowledge two partes in the true seruice of God Wherof the first and principall is to trust and beleue stedfastly in him to obey his holy commandements to cal vpon him in all our necessities to giue thankes to him onlye as the only author of all goodnes Thother is to exercyse in the churche those thinges whiche he hath established as the ministery of his worde and of his Sacramentes the ecclesiasticall Discipline in her purenes followynge his order therin withoute mynglynge eyther of the witte or inuention of man and therfore addressynge her speache a newe to God she sayd further on this sort Howe aboundauntly oh Lord hast thou vouchsaft to shewe thy mercies vpon me that by thy holy sprite hast made me vnderstād and see that thy holy worde the holy Baptisme the holy Supper whiche be the two Sacramentes that thy Sonne Iesus Christe hath lefte to thy churche his spouse body the discipline and correctiō of sinners ordeined by hym in his Gospel be purelye and sincerely administred in the reformed churches of Fraunce also that in the same churches the true doctrine of obedience of repentaunce of faythe and iustification by the same through the merite of Iesus Christ wythoute that there may be anye thynge at all allowed of ours for payment is there preached and constantlie declared that Gods name is truly called vpon there that is to saye in the onlye name of Iesus Christ and that to hym alone begyuen al thankes for al his goodnes receyued For these causes I say Oh my Lord delyuerer I do acknowledge that these reformed churches with all other lyke vnto thē wher soeuer they be do make togethers the spouse and the body of thy Sōne Iesus Christ thy chosen vyne thy flocke thy holy Ierusalem and thy lawfull assemblye thankynge thee wyth al my hart that thou haste called me to this moste happye knowledge yea and I thāke thee more that thou haste made me one of the stones of this thy buyldynge humble Citie one of the shepe of this thy flocke one of the braūches of this thy vyne and one of the members of this body and of this spouse of thy Sonne Iesus Christ Make me so to perseuere oh dyuine goodnes and continue in me these graces euen vnto the last sighe of my lyfe to the ende that accordynge to thy promesse I may be receaued of the into the kyngdome and heritage of thy most happy chyldren The ende of the wyll Wythin an houre after she sent for and caused to come into her chamber the Minister de l' Espine of whome I haue already spoken to you and continuynge in one maner of feruencye affection the talke which before she had entamed she began to recite the fauours whiche God had shewed her hauynge as vnto the worlde made her greatly honorable and imparted largely inoughe vnto her of the goods of the same assisted her in all her affaires defended and susteyned my Lord her husbande my Lady her mother her selfe her children her kynsfolks and frindes against all the enterprises and conspiracies of their ennemyes and yet that al these his graces dyd seame lyttel vnto her in respect of the knowledge which he had geuen her of hym of his Sone by his holy worde for in that only cōsisted al her felicitie it was the certaine and true foundation of all her hope And being by all these reasons infinitly bounde to serue God that notwithstandyng she had not done her dutye to acknowledge and confesse the author frō whome so many and sondrye blessyngs came vnto her to giue vnto him for thē all thankes praises and glorye Neuerthelesse for all these greate ingratitudes which she had vsed towards God she dyd verely hope that by hys mercy and the merite of his Sonne the same and all other his fautes shulde be entyerely pardoned assurynge her selfe to be in the nomber of his shepe by the grace she had receyued to heare the voice of her sheppeard pastour and that by his callynge of her she was assured of her Iustice and glorie For these causes she sayd she desired nothing more earnestly thē to be quicklye out of this worlde that she might go into the armes of her Sauiour that notwithstanding she dyd leaue behynd her my Lord the Prince her husbande my Ladye her mother my Lords her children whiche she dyd loue as muche and as well as nature and dutye might beare yet she preferred God to all them And that there was nothing so deare vnto her as to followe redilye and chearefullye his good wyll and pleasure The Dyuel she said dyd set before her eyes many sondry imaginations touching the kyngdome of heauen went about to persuade her that it was not the same that she toke it to be that by that meanes he might brynge her to be lothe to leaue the vaine pleasures delightes of this worlde But for al that she dyd remayne ancred in that faith that eye neuer sawe care neuer harde nor harte of mā could euer conceaue which god hath prepared for his elect As she had thus made an ende came into the chamber my Lorde the Prince as he was very diligent in visitinge of her and after that he had spent a fewe wordes in the coumfortyng of her she sayd vnto him there were fowre things which dyd greatly satisfice and content her The firste was the assuraunce she had of her saluatiō for by the hope and hande
of fayth she dyd alreadye enioye eternall lyfe Her second contentation was in the reputation of an honest woman whiche she had alwayes had by the grace of God Thyrdly she dyd assure her selfe that euen as she had as faythfully serued hym loued hym and honored hym as anye woman in the worlde coulde doo her husbande so she dyd as verily beleue that on his part he dyd holde hym selfe very well content satisfised of her And for the last point she dyd greatlye reioice that God dyd leaue suche a father to her children and suche a Grandmother as would bring them vp in the feare of the Lord which was the chefest of her desiers My Lord the Prince could no longer abyde to heare this maner of talke and therfore after hauynge felte her poulse he retired hym selfe vpon this worde which she said to hym Syr thus I must ende my course to wynne the price whiche I sée prepared for me at the end of the lysts of this painfull carire After the Prince was thus retourned into his chamber he sent vnto her my Lord Marquis their sonne to make her merye vnderstanding that she had sent for hym that she toke greate pleasure to sée hym as he is very amiable doth promesse many good thynges whiche ought to be desired in a good Prince When she had asked hym howe he dyd and the Seigneur of Garannes his gouernour how he vsed hym selfe she demaunded of him yf he woulde not be content that accordyng to the order of nature she dyd first go to God since it was so his pleasure to call her that beinge our Father he dyd nothynge but for our aduauncement and profit I praye you my sonne sayde she feare hym aboue all thinges honor hym as author of all goodnes at whose hādes you ought to looke for all fauour since it hath pleased him to leaue in our house so greate an earnest of his beneficence whiche you shall muche better iudge with more yeres Growe in vertu my lyttel frynde whiche is the true ornament of the great to the ende you may be capable to do the Kyng agreable seruice In whose face euery man may sée the printe and marke of a well borne Prince and of a litell Iosias of whome you haue harde me so often speake Honor my lord Cardinal of Bourbon my Lorde your father my Ladye youre grandmother your vncles my Lordes of Chastillion Rochefoucault whiche be men that feare God and haue made good prouffe of their vertues in fondry sortes Loue well the common wealth and procure it by all iust meanes without offendynge your conscience Loue your two brethern and your sister not as a brother but as a father for so you must be to them since you are the eldest and be no more a child Talke the ofteneste that you may with the Ministers Perrucel de l'Espine for your soules health beleue the coūcel of thre mē of Lawe whiche you knowe to be beloued and estemed of my Lorde youre father and me Beware that you neuer do any thinge vnder collour or procurement that any man shall saye to you that your gouernour be he neuer so watchful shall not here nor knowe of it For your Father who is in heauen doth sée vnderstand and know all thing therfore you should be ashamed to do euell as if he were alwayes present by you accordyng to the godlye instructions of your booke of Salomō which you shuld neuer leaue out of your handes to the ende that in all your lyfe and conuersation you may speake recite to euerye body that whiche is conteyned therein Be gentyll and tractable to suche as be so abatinge the pryde of them whose audacitie should make them forget thē selfs Let your mouth be the house of truth your hande open to the poore your gates closed to flatterers If you do this my Iuell you shall haue as Abraham Isaac Iacob had gods blessinge and mine whiche I do gyue you with this ringe of Diamāt that you shall kepe for my sake and in remembraunce of that which I haue said to you Wherof your gouernour is wytnesse canne wel put you in minde of it in tyme and place conuenient as he is most carefull of your well doinge She dyd then tourne her talke to my Lady her daughter and wylled her to marke diligentlye that whiche she had sayd to her brother and that she should beleue the councel and aduise of the Ladye of sainct Cir her gouernesse no lesse thē as if she were her naturall mother These lyttell children whiche sometymes kyssed her mouth somtymes her handes were by her commaundement taken oute of her sight least they should haue bene made more sorowfull and because with all that she could doo she could note stay them by any meanes from most bytter weepynge After she had thus sayd to her children she beganne with a newe admonition to her maydes and Gentilwomen but you shall holde me excused if I doo not tel you the hoole for I dyd then go forth to prepare a thing whiche the physitions had appointed for her And I came againe as she was praying thē to remēber the good bringing vp and nourriture which they had had in her house and the example whiche she had geuen them Haue alwayes my daughters saide she the reuerence of God before your eyes and let your honor be more dere vnto you then your lyfes Loue my Lady my mother my daughter for thei loue that that toucheth me and you shall continue with them vntyl you be maried Farewell my maydens thinke me happye and contented and learne you to dye wel At night féelyng her selfe troubled with a great laske with a shorte breath with a peyne in her throte she caused the Minister Perrucel to come to her to talke to her of God as oftentimes he dyd and as he was in comfortynge of her she lifted vp her handes to heauen and with a softe sighe said in this sorte Ha my God my Father it is nowe that I shal come to thee I haue foughtē a good combat I haue kepte my faith I haue ended my course and all by thy grace and fauour for the whiche I assure my selfe that I shall haue or it be longe the crowne of Iustice and shall lyue of the lyfe that thou kepest for me and hast hidden for me in Iesus Christ Then stretchynge out her hande to maister Perrucell she sayde Father praye to God to gyue me perseuerance and encrease in all his graces that he wyll strengthen me against all assaults and temptations that he wyl alwayes holde his hande ouer me as I do sée he doth in his sonne Iesus Christ that he do make me continuallye féele his loue towardes me that he do deliuer me frō all grief sorowe which might trouble me for the leauynge of any corruptible thing of this worlde and that the violence of my sicknes do not hynder me from the magnifyinge of