But He who never forsakes His own, and who
manifests His power when others are in despair, did not suffer the
virtue that he had put into this woman to be unknown by men, but willed
that it should be made manifest to His own glory. He therefore brought
things so to pass, that after some time, when one of the ships of the
armament was passing by the island, those that were looking that way
perceived some smoke, which reminded them of the persons who had been
left there, and they resolved to go and see what God had done with them.
The poor woman, seeing the ship draw nigh, dragged herself to the shore,
and there they found her on their arrival. After giving praise to God,
she brought them to her poor cottage and showed them on what she had
lived during her abode in that place. This would have seemed to them
impossible of belief, but for their knowledge that God is as powerful to
feed His servants in a desert as at the greatest banquet in the world.
As the poor woman could not continue in such a spot, they took her with
them straight to La Rochelle, where, their voyage ended, they arrived.
And when they had made known to the inhabitants the faithfulness and
endurance of this woman, she was very honourably received by all the
ladies, who gladly sent their daughters to her to learn to read and
write.
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