in act iii, the clown and joan have reached the court in their search for her child's father. they confront various courtiers, with comically unsuccessful results. finally, though, they encounter the actual father: though joan sees him as a handsome courtier, the clown can recognise him for a devil, "his feet and head horrid". joan pursues him, and the clown loyally follows her. in the second-level plot, modestia embraces her religious vocation; in a familial confrontation, modestia's defence of her choice is so persuasive that her sister constantia is converted to the spiritual life and rejects her suitor, just as modestia has done. donobert is outraged, but urges cador and edwin not to give up on his daughters yet.