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After more

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than three

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hundred years,

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it's unreadable,

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but those three

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letters were

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at the bottom

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of this gravestone.

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Requiescat In Pace.

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Or: Rest in peace.

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Unfortunately,

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our lives were not

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eternal either.

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Now I see,

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this is

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the gravestone

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of grand mistress

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stewardess

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Aldegonde Cloots.

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I once knew

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her family.

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There were

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poor beguines.

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But Aldegonde...

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She certainly

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wasn't.

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In addition

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to having

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her own home

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in the beguinage,

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she had

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another property

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in Hasselt.

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And a whole

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lot more.

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Do you know that

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her will

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still exists?

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I still find

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that remarkable.

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I'll read from

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it briefly.

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She left

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twelve

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hundred guilders

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to a chaplain

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from Alken

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to conduct

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two masses

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every week

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and teach

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her family.

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Well,

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you can't have mass

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without candles

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and bread,

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of course.

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That's why

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she granted

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the city of Hasselt

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an interest on one

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hundred guilders

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to provide

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for this.

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She also gave

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four thousand

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guilders

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to the

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poor beguines

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and two

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thousand

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guilders to the

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Hasselt orphans.

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So she

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thought of

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the poor,

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the children,

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and God

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in her will.

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But also

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of herself!

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Because her family

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had to dedicate

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a thousand masses

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to her

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using the

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remaining assets.

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A THOUSAND!

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Aldegonde had that

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well covered.