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SEynt hyldelythe was Abbesse of Barkyng next after seynt Alburgh / & lyuyd vnto great age ī ke¦pynge of reguler obseruaūcys / And by her exor∣tacyons & good cōuersacyon she couragyd all men to He¦uenly thynges & next to seynt Alburgh her feest is solemp¦nysed
at Barkynge in great honoure seynt Hyldelythe was not oonly had in honour with seynt Dūstane seynt Ethelwolde / & seynt elphege but also of many other olde holy Faders / her holynesse is cōmendyd / & it is wryttyn of her yt she was full of Charyte / a techer of vertue / a gy∣uer of good exaūples in vygyllys / fastyngys / benygny∣te / & mercye / & that she wt great dylygens {pro}uydyd for all other yt they nedyd bothe in Body & sowle so that before god & man / she lyuyd without offēce / more apperyth not of her lyfe nor of her myracles but ye thre blynde Women that came all at oon tyme / oon to seynt Alburgh / a noder to seynt Hyldelythe / And the thyrde to seynt Wulfhylde receyuyd all thre theyr syghte.