“Now, Sir,” quoth she, “but one word ere I go; My child is dead within these weekës two, Soon after that ye went out of this town.” “His death saw I by revelatioún,” Said this friar, “at home in our dortour. 2297 I dare well say, that less than half an hour After his death, I saw him borne to bliss In minë vision, so God me wiss. 2298 So did our sexton, and our fermerere, 2299 That have been truë friars fifty year— They may now, God be thanked of his love, Makë their jubilee, and walk above. 2300 And up I rose, and all our convent eke, With many a tearë trilling on my cheek, Withoutë noise or clattering of bells, “Te Deum” was our song, and nothing else, Save that to Christ I bade an orison, Thanking him of my revelatión. For, Sir and Damë, trustë me right well, Our orisons be more effectuel,
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