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Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563?
Wellcome Collection

Two men fighting while animals sit in pairs placidly watching; an allegory of man's ability to fight his own kind. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563?

1563

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Nec nisi diverso generifera bella leones,/ Immanésve cient ursi: at furiosa nocendi/ Mutuum in exitium mortalibus arma cupido/ Suggerit, & dextras studet incestare cruore. P. Gal. ...

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