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Children, if you wish to increase your joy, / Then you must learn these verses, / For it is from Tetjeroen, / Who could please very many people
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Leaf with 24 depictions of the life of the quack and jester Tetjeroen. He becomes an apprentice to a doctor, tricks farmers out of money, brews drinks from horse figs and drives off with his sweetheart in a carriage. Below each image a two-line verse. Numbered top right: No. 261.
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Credit lineKindren wilt g'uw vreugd vermeeren, / Dan moet gy deez' versjes leeren, / Want het is van Tetjeroen, / Die zeer veel menschen kon voldoen. 1806 - 1830. Johan Noman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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