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The power of wisdom: Solomon gives the order that a child should be cut in half to stop two women fighting over it. Engraving by Adrian Collaert after Jan van der Straet, 1567/1605.
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The power of wisdom: Solomon gives the order that a child should be cut in half to stop two women fighting over it. Engraving by Adrian Collaert after Jan van der Straet, 1567/1605.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/158650 · 1567

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Lettering: Spiritus sapientiæ. Per me equidem regnant reges, et condere iura Ac leges soliti iustitiam statuunt. Proverb. VIII. 15. 16. Ioan. Stradanus inven<i>t. Adrian Collaert excud<it>.

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