Martelaren van Gorkum, 1572, 1620 - 1660 print Atrocities worked on the martyrs of Gorkum, July 9, 1572. In the Turfschuur in Den Briel, the monks and priests are tortured by the water geuzen, their noses and ears are cut off and they are hung on the beams. With caption of 5 lines in Latin. Under the show the weapons of the Franco couple to whom the print is dedicated. Southern Netherlands paper engraving nineteen friars of different orders are taken prisoner and hanged by 'Watergeuzen' (Beggars of the Sea) after the capture of Gorkum (in Holland) Brielle

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