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Sins, good deeds and their results: the effects of alms. Etching.
Wellcome Collection

Sins, good deeds and their results: the effects of alms. Etching.

Unknown artist

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Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Eleemosynae vis, et energia. Quanta Eleemosynae virtus, dum vita superstes? Unda velut flammas, celerum sic obruit undas. Wat macht heest, voor de handt, Aelmoes ghedaen alhier? ...

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