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II. The married Sist. <persname>Rosine Taneberger.</persname> 
She was <date>Ao</date><date><date> </date>1708</date> born at <placename>Mammendorf in Moravia</placename>.
Her Vaters name was <persname>Geo. Weber</persname>. The holy
ghost had from her tender youth his work in
heart & she spent her time continually  
without Rest in her soul. In her 25th. year
of Age she married <persname>Michel Taneberger.</persname> she
[has] 2 Boys with him but they died very young. She 
very often pineth to hear the <persname>Gospel of Jesus</persname>
Sufferings of Death, therefore she very begged dear
God to still her Desire & help her to a Place where
she could find rest for her poor soul<persname>,</persname> then she could
not find that in her Mother Country. <date>Ao 1753. the 13th October</date>
She got a feeling in her heart to move to <placename>Gnaden-
frey</placename>, they hastened as much as possible & escaped
hardly from their pursuers<date>The 31</date> <date>of Dec</date>.
she arrived here very much rejoiced. Soon after
a critical occasion pretty nearly persuadeth
her husbands to remove from here to his son.
She therefore was so embarrassed & intreated our 
Serviour in her Perplexity saying: feared my heart catched a spark 
of grace, & instead to become a fire he will be quenched!