<P>Outside the city gates, in addition to inns and taverns, there were also hospitals where travellers, the homeless and the sick could stay. People with no permanent residence had a bad reputation and were therefore kept outside the city walls. The Holy Cross Hospital outside the Wittevrouwenpoort was founded in 1408 and housed hundreds of people over the centuries.</P>
Outside the city gates, in addition to inns and taverns, there were also hospitals where travellers, the homeless and the sick could stay. People with no permanent residence had a bad reputation and were therefore kept outside the city walls. The Holy Cross Hospital outside the Wittevrouwenpoort was founded in 1408 and housed hundreds of people over the centuries.
opschrift op steen : Int iaer ons heren M // CCCC. ende VIII op si[n]te // Jorus dach leyd mester // Dirc Ruysche op die tiit // canonik tot Sinte Johan // den eerste[n] steen va[n] dese[n] // gasthuis. Bit voer hem // ende alle die gheen // die daer goet toe doen.