Book Title: Christeliicken waerseggher : de principale stucken van t'christen geloof en Leuen int cort begrijpende. Met een rolle der deugtsaemheyt daer op dienende. Ende een schildt-wacht teghen de valsche waersegghers, tooueraers, etc. / Deur den e. Heer P. Ioannes David, priester der Societeijt Iesu

Author: David, Jan, 1545?-1613

Image Title: Return Good for Evil

Description: Loaves of bread and jugs of wine are distributed to a group of soldiers in the background, while in the foreground a man gives a jug and a loaf to a single man. The Latin superscription reads, "Do good to those who hate you," and the text below, "How is it possible, that what you say is without iron and yet causes pain? Cover it up, if necessary, and also offer consolation with food and drink.".

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