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Saladin proclaims that he will only take his shirt to his grave. Engraving by John Payne, 1639.
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Saladin proclaims that he will only take his shirt to his grave. Engraving by John Payne, 1639.

John Payne · 1639

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Victorious Saladine caus'd to be proclaim'd to all his armie that he carried nothing with him to the grave but a shirt after all his conquests. Bears number top left : pag. 95.

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