Wise words, written down on a wall's by chretien

Deventer - Netherlands, Overijssel New painted words on a 600 year's old wall....can you understand what is written ? Words by Thomas à Kempis, He was born at the Lower Rhine region in Kempen, Germany, County of Cleves ca.1380. His paternal name was Hemerken, Kleverlandish for little hammer. His father John was a blacksmith and his mother, Gertrude was a school-mistress. In 1392 he followed his brother, Jan, to Deventer, Netherlands in order to attend the city school. While attending school in Deventer, Thomas encountered the Brethren of the Common Life, followers of Gerard Groote's Modern Devotion. He attended school in Deventer from 1392 to 1399. After leaving school, Thomas traveled to Zwolle, Netherlands to visit his brother again, after Jan had become the prior of the Mount St. Agnes monastery. Thereafter, Thomas was invested at the Mount St. Agnes monastery in 1406. He was not ordained a priest, however, until almost a decade later. He became a prolific copyist and writer. Thomas received priest's ordersin 1413

Uploaded: Apr, 22 2012 | Taken: Apr, 21 2012| Viewed: 20 times Camera: Panasonic | Model: DMC-TZ10 | Exposure 10/4000s, ISO 80 | FLength: 9mm | SW: Ver.1.1