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Lamech, holding a farming implement, points at a child; down in the street, various acts of uninhibited licence go on. Engraving.
Wellcome Collection

Lamech, holding a farming implement, points at a child; down in the street, various acts of uninhibited licence go on. Engraving.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Lamech consilio praetans Noe protulit, illi/ Ferret ut auxilium et rebus solamen in arctis. Talia grandaeuus depromsit verba palato,/ Heu malus exagitat populum dirusq Cupido. Ioann. scalpt. Genes: 5

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