The empty deception of England, 1652, The empty deception of England (title on object), Cartoon on England in the First English War, 1652. The Dutch Lion (E) lies in a cradle lulled to sleep by the flute playing of the Spanish fox (P), here is a group of standing men. It shows, among other things, that Prince Rupert of the Palatinate (B) steals the purse of a merchant (I); a reference to the privateering that took place during this war. On the left, Cromwell, a monkey with a crown of peacock feathers, sits on the throne (F). The three masks behind him represent deception (A). He carries a cat

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