She ate and drank little.[1160] She communicated once a week and confessed frequently.[1161] During mass at the moment of elevation, at confession and when she received the body of Our Lord she used to weep many tears.

Every evening, at the hour of vespers, she would retire into a church and have the bells rung for about half an hour to summon the mendicant friars who followed the army.

Then she would begin to pray while the brethren sang an anthem in honour of the Virgin Mary.[1162] [Footnote 1160: _Ibid._, vol.iii, pp.

3, 9, 15, 18, 22, 69, 219, _passim_.] [Footnote 1161: _Ibid._, vol.v, under the words _Confession_ and _Communion_.

The Duke of Alencon says twice a week (_Ibid._, vol.iii, p.