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but the court coming to Fontainbleau, they 

 were ordered to leave the palace j Ketel 

 went to Paris and lodged widi John de la 

 Hame, the king's enameller, where he paint- 

 ed fome hiftories j but an edicl obliging the 

 fubjecls of the king of Spain to quit France, 

 Ketel returned to Gouda and remained there 

 fix years. The troubles in his own coun- 

 try continuing, and conllquently little en- 

 couragement being given to the arts, Ketel 

 embarked in 1573 for England, and was 

 entertained at London by a fculptor and 

 architect there, a friend of his uncle. Here 

 he married a Dutch woman, and his works 

 growing into efleem, he was much employed 

 by the merchants in painting portraits, but 

 was feldom engaged on hiftory, to which his 

 inclination chiefly led him. However, hav- 

 ing painted an allegoric piece of Strength 

 vanquiilied by Wifdom, it was purchafed 

 by a young merchant, and prefented to Sir 

 Chriftopher Hatton, afterwards lord chan- 

 cellor. This incident introduced Ketel to 

 court ; he drew a good whole length of Sir 

 Chriftopher, now at the earl of Litchfield's 

 at Dirchley ; the portrait of Edward Vere 

 earl of Oxford^ of William Herbert earl of 



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