In Chapter 27, Margery Kempe continues her travels in Constance. As with her descriptions of most places, Kempe doesn’t discuss much about the landscape or journey there. The specifics of her travel and what she did to get to each place are far less important to her than the religious and oppressive actions of her companions.

In Constance, Kempe describes further harassment for her religiously influenced lifestyle decisions. Her companions are described as constantly attempting to get Kempe to alter her diet, insisting that she eat meat even though she refuses in the name of the Christian God. Kempe also describes meeting a well-respected member of the clergy. The legate became a trusted outsider to Kempe, who asked him to watch how her companions treated her to see who was truly in the wrong.

When Kempe’s companions complain about her annoying religious habits, the legate takes Kempe’s side, only furthering the divide between Kempe and her companions. This squabble results in Kempe’s companions discarding her, telling the legate to take over in caring for her.

Then, Kempe found a man named William Wever to guide her on her travels. When describing her travels from Constance to Bologna, the most information Kempe writes is, “Then they went on day by day and met many excellent people. And they didn’t say a bad word to this creature, but gave her and her man food and drink, and the good wives at the lodgings where they put up laid her in their own beds for God’s love in many places where they went. And our lord visited her with great grace of spiritual comfort as she went on her way (Kempe 101).” Through her writing, it is evident that Kempe cares not about the minutiae of traveling, but only describes how she gets the necessities. The things she describes in detail are mostly about the moral and ethical code of the people she meets along the way, and she rarely gets specific unless she is deeply personally slighted.

Kempe’s relationship with God is one of the major recurring themes throughout her travel narrative, and, especially in times of great need and uncertainty, Kempe writes about having an unusually personal relationship with God. In her conversations with Him, He is often reassuring her that everything will work out and gives her insight into future events, including predicting William Wever’s entrance into Kempe’s journey.

By the end of the Chapter, Kempe sees her old companions once again in Bologna. When she notes that they have not changed their stance on how they believe Kempe should behave, she refused to eat with them for over a month. Kempe’s relationship with God supersedes any earthly relationship she builds, especially if those relationships deny Kempe’s religious fervor as sane. She cares less about what others think of her, and maintains a one-track mind to reaching the Holy Land. It is for God that she began this journey, and it is through God that Kempe overcomes struggle and hardship and keeps her courage to continue and eventually complete her journey.