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A man dies and his soul ascends to heaven. Etching by Karel van Mallery after Jan van der Straet.
Wellcome Collection

A man dies and his soul ascends to heaven. Etching by Karel van Mallery after Jan van der Straet.

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Lettering: Exhalans animam vitâ cadit, hanc sibi prædam incassum dæmon studet ima in tartara ferre. Coelestem angelicis manibus defertur in aulam. Hæc illis merces quibus est ecclesia mater. Corn. Kil. Duffl.

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