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A dying man in bed is given the last rites by a monk who is accompanied by angels. Etching by Karel van Mallery after Jan van der Straet.
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A dying man in bed is given the last rites by a monk who is accompanied by angels. Etching by Karel van Mallery after Jan van der Straet.

Jan van der Straet

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Lettering: Ignarum instituit, sacris munitque sacerdos: angeli ab ætherio veniunt properanter Olympo, adstant languenti, lachrymas celantq́[ue] parentum, et fugere extemplò cacodæmonis agmina cogunt. Corn. Kil. Duffl.

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