Simson sets fire to the corn fields of the Philistines, Antonie Wierix (II), After Jan Snellinck (I), 1585 print Simson sets fire to the cornfields of the Philistines by binding foxes two by two with the tails together and hanging a burning torch in between. Simson sends the foxes into the Korenveld. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Ri. 15. Antwerp paper engraving Samson ties three hundred foxes two by two by their tails with a fire-brand in between; with the torches on fire he lets them go into the cornfields of the Philistines which are set aflame

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