Got mynder Eeren en hooghen Name (BM 1872,0113.572)
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A broadside on the end of the tyranny of the Duke of Alba in the Netherlands, forced by the troops led by William I of Orange; with an engraving showing in the centre a figure of the Duke of Alba standing on a plinth, next to him representational figures of Death, the Devil in guise of the Pope, at his feet a figure of Justice with a broken scale, Truth with his mouth gagged, and two other figures, the plinth is filled with hearts, which are distributed to Spanish soldiers on the left, who place the hearts into their water bottles, on the R a goup of knights on horseback, in the foreground the figure of William I of Organe, in the background numerous troop formations, fleet, and a landscape with burning houses; with engraved inscriptions and text in six compartments. (Antwerp, Diercx: 1571)
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