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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 2163962, member: 14916&quot;]OK, my next step is to zoom in at the text, maybe that will give us more clous to solve this puzzle.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]252722[/ATTACH] </p><p>_________________________________________________________________</p><p>1 O ghy valsche ketters dit wil ick strycken</p><p>Het spuel staet schoon het is ons ghewonnen</p><p>Ons Broeder Fransciscus vol van practyken</p><p>Die en sal niet wycken hy en heeft v verslonne[n]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>1 Oh you false heathens/heretics whom I will destroy/attack/strike,</i></p><p><i>We have well and truly won the game.</i></p><p><i>Our Brother Franciscus has his ways</i></p><p><i>He won&#039;t be moved and he will destroy/devour you.</i></p><p>_________________________________________________________________</p><p><br /></p><p>In comparison to the version of van der Heyden there are two differences: The later addition of the word DIT between KETTERS and WIL and the letter N on the end of VERSLONNE (N). The engraver did not had enough room for the N on the end of VERSLONNEN so he added a so called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron_(diacritic)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron_(diacritic)" rel="nofollow">macron</a> above the E. This was a common <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribal_abbreviation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribal_abbreviation" rel="nofollow">scribal abbreviation</a> in medieval texts to shorten words. </p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval Dutch text (around 1440) with scribal abbrevations (in bold).</p><p><br /></p><p>...SCHEMELIC ZIJNDE. <b>ENDE DOOR</b></p><p>DIE <b>DOERNEN</b> CROEN DIE</p><p><b>HIJ</b> IN SIJNE HEILIGE HOOFT </p><p>GEDRUCT WART <b>ENDE</b> DOOR...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]252734[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So back to the text itself.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>1 Oh you false heathens/heretics whom I will destroy/attack/strike,</i></p><p><i>We have well and truly won the game.</i></p><p><i>Our Brother Franciscus has his ways</i></p><p><i>He won&#039;t be moved and he will destroy/devour you.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Who are these false heretics? The Dutch noblemen who stood up against the Spanish king? The protestant leaders of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Revolt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Revolt" rel="nofollow">Dutch Revolt</a>? </p><p><br /></p><p>Brother Francis(cus) can refer to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi" rel="nofollow">Franciscus of Assisi</a>. The maker of the text seems to take the side of Franciscus, so probably is the writer (van der Heyden) is a Catholic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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