Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A group of huntsmen killing polecats by spearing them with long pikes on the trees or by setting the dogs on them. Etching by J. van der Straet.
A group of huntsmen killing polecats by spearing them with long pikes on the trees or by setting the dogs on them. Etching by J. van der Straet.
Wellcome Collection

A group of huntsmen killing polecats by spearing them with long pikes on the trees or by setting the dogs on them. Etching by J. van der Straet.

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Lettering: Sic capiunt cautes per sumnia cacumnia feles. 23. Arberis, aut canibus iuga per sublimis montis. Joha<n> Stra<danus> inve<nit>

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