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have_v reveal_v it_o to_o she_o she_o have_v indeed_o many_o difficulty_n afterwards_o but_o yet_o in_o fine_a overcome_v they_o all_o and_o take_v the_o habit_n of_o religion_n in_o that_o monastery_n she_o foretell_v very_o often_o the_o death_n of_o many_o but_o in_o particular_a of_o a_o religious_a woman_n of_o her_o monastery_n who_o be_v sick_a at_o the_o same_o tyme._n speak_v one_o day_n with_o mother_n prioress_n about_o she_o she_o say_v these_o word_n note_n note_n you_o shall_v understand_v mother_n that_o this_o sister_n will_v die_v short_o the_o prioress_n be_v amaze_v at_o these_o word_n that_o religious_a be_v then_o in_o good_a health_n but_o eight_o day_n be_v not_o pass_v before_o she_o grow_v very_o sick_a and_o seven_o day_n after_o that_o she_o die_v she_o also_o fortolde_v she_o own_o death_n &_o in_o one_o of_o her_o grievous_a sickness_n understand_v that_o her_o recovery_n be_v despair_v of_o by_o the_o physician_n she_o say_v often_o to_o mother_n 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