# Further Account Of The Aforesaid Claudine Le Vettre.

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The descendants of Piersom, the husband of
Claudine le Vettre, claimed to have received, by
way of tradition, that this Piersom at the time of
the imprisonment of his aforementioned wife betook
himself to a miller who lived in or near his mill,
which stood close under the walls of Ypres, in order
to be able there daily to get tidings from his beloved
wife, which, gleaned from street rumors, were
brought to him by the miller’s wife, as often as she
returned from town, though without knowing that
it was his wife, or that he was an Anabaptist.

She judged Claudine not to be in her right mind,
because she had allowed herself to be rebaptized,
and let so many sufferings be inflicted upon her on
this account, and would rather die, than do what
the priests said. This every time pierced Piersom’s
heart like a dagger, and often compelled him to step
aside to give vent to the deep feelings of his heart.

The day when Claudine was to be offered up, the
miller’s wife, desirous of seeing her being executed,
asked Piersom whether he did not wish to go along
and behold the scene, which he declined, requesting
her kindly to pay strict attention to everything, in
order to give him an account of it afterwards. When
she returned home she related to Piersom how valiantly
and undauntedly Claudine went to death,
what she said, and how she conducted herself;
everything, however, with the idea, that Claudine
had not acted rationally. Thereupon Piersom,
having warmed up, took heart and discovered
himself to the miller and his wife, saying that he
was of the same belief, and that the one put to death
was his beloved and very rational wife, and upon
what foundations of truth they founded their doctrine
and life. This so deeply affected the miller
and his wife, that they also resolved to amend their
life. They were baptized upon their faith, and
shortly after sealed the truth with their blood.



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