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‎ORDONNANTIE ofte Reglement, naer welcke de Conventualen van 't Armen-Hoff, genaemt Meermans-Burgh, t' allen tijde haer sullen hebben te gedragen, ende den Inhouden van dien praecijs te achter-volgen, op poene als in dese Ordonnantie ende Reglement gemelt ende begrepen is.‎

‎Leyden, by Ysbrant van Leeuwen, woonende in de Keetelboetersteeg, by de Breede-Straet in de Druckery, En Herdruckt ter boekdrukkerye van Van Damme, in de Lange Pieters-Choorsteeg, 1753. One large folio sheet, text on recto, verso blank, in excellent condition. This is an 18th-century re-edition of these rules: the text ends with the printed names of various members of the Meerman family and the capacity in which they sign, and states (in translation): Done and Ordered in Leiden, on the 28 September 1685. Contains in 17 articles the rules and regulations for the charitable institution Meermans-Burgh in Leiden, its provisions, criteria for entry (honourable widows or persons of the female gender, no younger than 40 years and without children) and the rules to live by (no swearing, shouting, gossiping, mocking, fighting), rights of visits (limited, no feeding or drinking to be given, nor is it allowed to have someone stay over, etc.), what will happen in case of illness or death, what to be done with wordly goods (inventory lists to be drawn up and investments to be given in the hands of the administrators: interests were used for the owner of these as the governors saw fit), minimal material requirements for entry (owning a bed, bedlinens, shirts, etc.), penalties for misbehaviour such as drunkenness, playing the dice or cards, requirements with regard to cleaning of the house, dispensing of dirty water of any kind, the right to pick up a pint of beer at noon at every day, opening and closing hours of the gates in summer and winter, etc. The Meermans-Burgh still exists today (albeit with another function) at Oude Vest 159 in Leiden. In its place were previously a cloister called Nazareth, later brewing companies. In 1681 the buildings were acquired by Maarten Meerman and his wife Helena Verburgh (hence the name, a combination of the two last names) where they wished to create a so-called "Hofje", an almshouse, for widows and single females of good standing and without children. The first eleven houses were designed by Anthony van Breetvelt and after his death the architect of Leiden, Jacobus Roman, designed and built the other houses as well as the impressive chambers for the governors.Maarten Meerman and his wife both came from important families. Meermans famliy had made its fortune in the graintrade and Meerman himself was director of the famous Dutch East India Company (VOC) for the city of Delft, a popular and lucrative position. Meerman and his wife used their fortune among others to create this alsmhouse. - A very good, well printed and flawless broadside. ‎