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The Widow Eva Elisabeth Funck.
She was 1702 at Newdorf far from Ebersdorf.
She was brought up by her Parents to Country Work,
& therefore She came very young to a Farmer in his
Service. From thence She came for a Wash Maid
in the Service of the Countesse of Ebersdorf & after-
wards in the kitchin for washing & scouring, where
She behaved as a true & diligent Domessis 7. years.
However still & orderly her behaviour was, She knoweth well
that there is some Thing wanting, which she Must have to
become happy in her Heart. But took to much notice of the Faults
& Maculation of such, which took themselves for Children
of God; till our blessed Anna Shindler (afterwards marryed to Leonhard)
came to Ebersdorf, her Example made such a Impression upon
her, that She wished herself to be so as this Sister. But
She stop'd by wishing & by a outward regular Life &, so
came not farther. In this Situation, She marryed her
Husband, both thought they had a Help Maid according to
their Desire, but soon their Hope begun to vanish. However
her Husband came her before, he saw & felld his miserable
condition begged Mercy & absolution by our Saviour &
obtained it; was receiv'd into the Congregation & admitted
to the Holy Sacrament. This made a Impression upon
her & weep'd very often in her Distress & about her staying
back. But for all that She came to no Satisfation in her
Heart. Once our dear Countess Theodore call'd her as she went
by in her effairs, & remembered her very motherly, if she