A man prays to Conscience, represented by a naked man; figures of vice and sadness stand around them; an allegory of the relation of conscience to ill-fortune and vice. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
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A man prays to Conscience, represented by a naked man; figures of vice and sadness stand around them; an allegory of the relation of conscience to ill-fortune and vice. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Nempe mala occulto stabulant grauiora recessu/ Intus: ibi fastus, mœror, livorq́ue malignus,/ Turpis auarita, ac persuasio credula, mensq́ue/ Conscia, crudeli distringunt pectora plaga ...

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