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The four elements: Aqua
Nicolaes de Bruyn (Stecher in)
Label: o. M.: “AQUA”; Subscriptio: Cesserunt nitidis habitandae piscibus undae/Nauig様 sque [Navigiisque] citis per cerula regna vehendis. / Sedandaeque siti prosunt epulisq [ue] coquendis/Terrarumq [ue] orbem cingunt Coeliq [ue] patentem. (dt: “The shiny fish caught the waves as an apartment to and the ships to fast travel through the blue empire, they serve to quench the thirst and cook food, they surround the ground and the open sky.” Translation by Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Klecker.)
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