Title page of the pamphlet Merckt de Wysheit vermaert vant Hollandsche huyshouwen en siet des luypaerts aert die not to be trusted, 1615, Title page of the pamphlet with the verse on the title print: Merckt de Wysheit vermaert vant Hollandsche huyshouwen en siet des luypaerts aert die not to be trusted, 1615. Allegory on the unreliability of Spain and the freedom and prosperity of the Seven Provinces represented by the Dutch Garden. The Dutch Virgin sitting on a throne in the Dutch Garden, defended at the fence by the Dutch Lion, with Prince Maurits on the left. Behind her is a facade with

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