Prepare your souls for judgment.

Now I go." "Do as it pleases you," answered the enraged Mother Matilda.

"When you set out your case we will answer it; but, meanwhile, we pray that you take what is left of your dead hireling with you, for we find her ill company and here she shall have no burial.

My Lord Abbot, the charter of this Nunnery is from the monarch of England, whatever authority you and those that went before you have usurped.

It was granted by the first Edward, and the appointment of every prioress since his day has been signed by the sovereign and no other.