Jan Woutersz van Cuyck executie

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Nederlands: Jan Woutersz van Kuyk en Adriaanken Jans te Dordrecht verbrand. Anno 1572. English: Execution of Jan Woutersz van Kuyk and Adriaentje Jans of Molenaarsgraaf,
Dordrecht, 1572. Jan Woutersz van Cuyck is on the left baring his chest to show the marks of his torture and proclaiming he speaks no evil, just before he was bound to the stake. In his hand he is holding a piece of wood which had been shoved in his mouth to keep him from speaking. On the right Adriaentgen Jans van Molenaarsgraaf is being strangled at the stake. Story from the Martyr's Mirror

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