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⟨th⟩ey were in bed, and the former cry ⟨co⟩ntinued; until at laſt, the proving ⟨wi⟩th child, he bidding her prepare to go ⟨wi⟩th him as ſoon as the was delivered. ⟨By⟩ which time being weary of her life (illegible text)catching out her arms the cried, I am ⟨do⟩ne by right, and I am ready to go a- ⟨lon⟩g with thee.
No replied he the innocent babe in thy ⟨wo⟩mb protects thee: ſo I cannot have ⟨the⟩e till thou art delivered. Thus the continued in ſorrow and in (illegible text)r having many divines to pray with (illegible text), but it availed not. For the time of delivery being come, which the de- ⟨eme⟩d might be prolonged, though in (illegible text), her mother and divers other wo- ⟨me⟩n watched with her, whom ſhe ear- ⟨ne⟩stly deſired to pray, and not by any ⟨pl⟩ans to fall aſleep. However, a ſudden ⟨dro⟩wſineſs about mid-night, in ſpite of ⟨all⟩ they could do, overcame them, till ⟨awa⟩ked by a dreadful cry, they found all ⟨the⟩ candles out, and feeling for the child (illegible text) woman, ſhe was miſſing, the caſe- ⟨me⟩nt being burſt in pieces, and a ſtrongſmell
