bert Dou, Rector of the Sisters at Amsterdam_.

In the year of the Lord 1420, on the day before the Feast of the Nativity
of the glorious Virgin Mary, Gisbert Dou died in Holland. He was a
Priest of reverend life and Rector and Confessor to many Sisters in
Amsterdam, and he did also promote and found two monasteries for the
Canons Regular. This man of God, from the beginning of his conversion,
was very familiar with Gerard Groote, and his close friend, for he knew
his inmost thoughts better than did any other mortal man, both the good
thoughts and the bad alike, and whatever Gerard did in his life, for he
was his Confessor and his most faithful confidant in those things which
pertain to the examination of the conscience. He held with him,
therefore, most devout colloquies, frequently conferring with him as to
the condition of the Brothers or Sisters, and the things needful to
preserve the devotion which had begun in many places. But through the
bounty of God he lived safely for many years to comfort the good, and he
often preached the Word of God publicly in the church to the people. He
was kindly and liberal in hospitality to all who came to him, a faithful
helper of the poor, a sweet comforter to the sad, a staunch friend to the
Religious. The mighty looked favourably upon him, the simple folk and
the community loved him, and learned men and prelates heard him
reverently; and so having fulfilled seventy-five years of life, he died
in a good old age amongst the Fathers of his House, and was buried in the
Convent of the Sisters of our Order.

In the year of the Lord 1450, Peter de Mera, Chamberlain to our Lord
Eugenius IV, obtained a letter granting Indulgence to our House, namely,
to the Prior, the Brothers, the Converts, the Donates, and the Oblates in
the House on Mount St. Agnes; and the purport of his letter was as
followeth:

"Most blessed Father and most holy Lord, This petition is made to further
the salvation of the souls of your devout servants Theodoric the Prior,
the Canons or Brothers, and the other members of the community who dwell
in the Monastery on Mount St. Agnes, near Zwolle, following the rule of
the Order of Canons Regular, which monastery is in the diocese of
Utrecht: likewise on behalf of the servants of this same House, and of
other Priors, Canons, Brothers, members of the community, and servants,
who shall dwell from time to time in the aforesaid monastery; wherefore
that in future they