POTTER United Families

At other times, he would carry a sheet of skin, as a paint shearer who
makes a sheet! In this way he has allowed sick people to fulfill their
ecclesiastical obligations, and assisted them in their distress.
Roeland has been so concerned and responsible that, to his
knowledge, no human being should ever die without spiritual help.
For example, he has repeatedly put himself at risk and assisted the
entire poor and ill inhabitants of the whole city of Delft. They
sometimes thought he had the plague too… But the ill missionary did
not die; he recovered from his cold again.
He even had a sick person meet his church obligations inside a
Mayor's home, not the best friend of the missionaries. The Mayor
warmly opened his house to him. The sick person was a servant of
the Mayor and lay in the back of the garden.
I was also visiting the sick person, upon the orders of Roeland. Father
has done all such things in Delft. He never allowed himself to be
misled, but, on the contrary, always tried his best not to let anyone
die without help.
When the French had committed their crimes of murder in Tienen,
and plundered the people of the prince, fugitives were cut off from
their retreat. They could not return to France as they intended. Many
French who lost themselves came to Holland on foot or on
horseback to beg.
There were sick soldiers everywhere; among them were many
Catholic French. In the inn at the Haagpoort, Father asked if they
wanted to confess. The Frenchmen who were sick, said yes. Roeland
went straight there. Reportedly they had an army disease.
Paternally, Roeland helped them completely, had them fulfill their
ecclesiastical obligations, gave them the Holy Oilsel and assisted them
very kindly. Father confessed the Frenchmen because of what they
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