ABSTRACT
The Answere God herein was minded to shew his power, by making this woman
free in bondage, chast in a dishonest place, and most innocent in committing murther to defend her chastitie. I know not whether anie did ever deserve the place of Abbesse so well as she: but I am sure there would bee somewhat o doe to depose all the Abbesses that are lesse worthie then shee. How chast she is, the blood of the slaine souldior doth testifie; how innocent she is, the Judges doe declare; how happie she is, her returne doth shew. Wherefore it is verie manifest that God would never have preserved her from so manie perrils, if it had not ben to serve him in some worthie place. Therefore the same God which hath protected her, is himselfe alone a further testimonie of her chastitie, and he onely is able to comprehend her admirable valor.
