The devil confuses the yarn, 1652. A seated woman spins yarn which is wound by a man from a spool onto a reel, behind him stands the devil who pulls at the yarn, confusing it and instilling evil in the man. The man is identified as Cromwell. The woman with snakes in her hair is here designated as Deceit. Part of a series of copies after prints of beggars and peasants which also include various unfortunate figures from the First English War, c. 1652-1654, Mock Print on Cromwell, c. 1652-1654 Siet t' verwarde Gaerens ent vant Bloedich Engels Parlement Persons made unhappy by the First English

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