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turned in. Under this is a frame containing, on a 

 •white ground, the following words : 

 " Antwoort. 

 " De liefdt is in t'woort 

 Bij meest de Christen klercken 

 En wort verschouen doort 

 Gebreck van t'krecht 'uijt wercken." 

 On the right-hand side of the fire-place stands 

 a Jew, in a black gown trimmed with fur, and 

 black slouched hat, smoking a long white clay 

 pipe. On his left arm hangs a brown shield-like 

 tablet, with the following inscription : 

 " De outste leer 

 Van godt den heer 

 Ons voorgeschreiie '_ 



Houd ick in eer 

 En cock geen meer 

 Om na te leiien." 

 On the opposite side of the fire sits a Turk, with 

 ■white turban, and in a reddish dress, smoking also 

 a long clay pipe. At his foot a white jug stands 

 on the floor. His right arm rests upon the back 

 of his chair, upon which he sits sideways, and from 

 the wrist depends a shield similar to the former, 

 ■with this inscription : 



" D' Alcoran net 

 Van Machomet 

 Ons nae-gelaten 

 Twist christne wet 

 Vevdooft verplet 

 't spijt die Sid'ex haten." 

 Behind the Mahometan sits a figure in scarlet 

 doublet and hose, with grey cloak, and grey 

 slouched hat, playing the violin. A music-book 

 lies open upon his right knee : and beneath is a 

 shield as before, leaning against the leg of his 

 chair, with this inscription : 



" Ick quel niij niet 

 Met groot verdriet 

 Van veel dispuijten 

 Ick hoort en siet 

 En specke en siet 

 Op snaer of sluyte." 

 Behind the violin player, in the corner of the 

 room, just under the light of the window, sits a 

 grave figure, with black hat and black dress, 

 reading attentively a book which he holds in his 

 left hand, the right hand being laid upon his 

 breast. On his knees rests a large folio volume 

 closed; and from the back of his chair hangs a 

 shield, with this inscription : 



" Pastoor vier boeck 

 Spreeckt eene vloeck 

 Ouer veel kercken 

 Door ondersoeck " 



Van menich boeck 

 Kent nie haer wercken." 

 The closed volume on his knee has its title 

 ■written on its uppermost side ; of which, however, 

 I can only read the words " ondecken der . . . ."_ 



To the right of this last figure, standing under 

 the window, is a table, on which, at the end farthest 

 from the spectator, is a folio book standing on end, 

 and another smaller book lying flat on the top of 

 it, with an inscription on its side, which I cannot 

 make out. Then a sort of tub, with a vine branch 

 lying carelessly across it ; and on the end of the 

 table nearest to the spectator two pewter flagons. 



To the right of the table is a very large flagon, 

 quite as high as the table, made apparently of 

 wood, but with brass cover and handle, and with 

 brass hoops. Beyond this, and to the right of the 

 spectator, is a large brazen, shallow vessel, con- 

 taining two large white glass bottles, with silver 

 tops, over which stands a stooping figure in drab, 

 apparently a servant, who holds in his left hand a 

 pewter flagon with a spout, from which he is pour- 

 ing water into the brazen vessel ; and in the other 

 hand a long conical-shaped wine-glass. Beyond 

 him, in the middle of the room, sits a black and 

 white spaniel dog, in the act of scratching his right 

 ear with his hind paw. 



On the right-hand wall of the room, high up,, 

 are three pictures in oak frames. That nearest 

 the fire-place is oval, representing the crucifixion- 

 At the foot of the cross is a v/hite scroll, with 

 words that are nearly obliterated. The middle 

 picture is lozenge-shaped, representing what I 

 take to be St. John Baptist preaching, the right 

 hand raised, and in the left a white banner. There 

 is a white scroll across the picture, containing 

 words which I cannot make out. The frame of 

 this picture is most elaborate. At the top sits a 

 female figure, with a child on her left knee, and 

 another sitting at each side of her, representing, 

 as I suppose. Charity. She holds in her right 

 hand a flaming heart. On each side is a figure, 

 and dependent from below, on each side, large 

 bunches of green and black grapes. The figure 

 nearest the fire-place is a female figure, seated, ia 

 a red dress, holding in the left hand an open book, 

 and in the other a globe surmounted by a cross. 

 Hanging upon the wall, over her head, is a shield, 

 suspended with red ribands, containing a coat of 

 arms, — a leafless tree, white, on a blue grounds 

 The other figure is male, seated, in a blue dress^ 

 with a red girdle, holding on the right hand a 

 parrot, and on the left (as well as I can make it 

 out) another bird ; whether a hawk, or a different 

 kind of parrot, I cannot tell. Over the head of 

 this figure there hangs upon the wall a shield 

 similar to that just described ; but the arms em- 

 blazoned on it are a sword proper, on a red fields 

 between four stars, surmounted by a cross, or. 



The last picture is oval, like the first, and con- 

 tains two figures, one apparently representing our 

 Saviour bearing His cross, and joining hands with 

 a female figure, clothed in red and white. Under 

 their feet is a flower-pot, containing a bunch of 

 white lilies, and over their heads a glory, with the 



