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Quote #10
When they were outside the towns, her companions took off their clothes, and, sitting about naked, picked themselves for vermin [...] This creature was afraid to take off her clothes as her fellows did, and therefore, through mixing with them, she caught some of their vermin and was dreadfully bitten and stung both day and night, until God sent her other companions. (II.6.281)
Suffering comes to Kempe in many forms, and this time, it's lice, or possibly scabies. When she is forced to take up with a group of very poor people to get back to Calais, she finds that modesty isn't always the best policy. Along with dysentery and post-partum depression, this is one of the worst episodes of physical suffering that Kempe experiences.
Quote #11
And at nights she was often most afraid, and perhaps this was because of her spiritual enemy, because she was always afraid of being raped or violated. She dared trust no man; whether she had any reason or not, she was always afraid. (II.7.285)
Kempe lives a contemplative life, so it's not surprising that some of her most intense suffering would come from her own mind. But this fear of sexual violation has two sides to it: she's afraid that it would somehow make her fail in her vow of chastity, and she's afraid that it is genuinely a terrifying physical experience. Even Kempe herself can't tell how well founded this fear is. But it's real to her, and it causes her serious anxiety.