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A woman with a crutch, a man in chains and a man falling on a sword; allegory of suffering and the different forms of death. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563?
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A woman with a crutch, a man in chains and a man falling on a sword; allegory of suffering and the different forms of death. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563?

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Continuò subeunt incerta pericula mille,/ Pauperies ditem involuit, rigidæq́ue catastæ:/ Hic perit amne, cadit ferro, flamma interit ille./ Quisq; tamen vitæ producere quærimus umbram. ...

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