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New Year's Print of the Hoorn Klapper Guard for the Year 1780
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New Year's print by the rattle watch (rattle watch or night watch) of the city of Hoorn for the year 1780. Dedicated to the administrators and inhabitants of Hoorn. Two members of the watch with an officer, with the coats of arms of West-Friesland and Hoorn. On the sheet below the scene a verse in three columns with at the bottom a song in three columns.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineNieuwjaarsprent van de Hoornse klapperwacht voor het jaar 1780. 1779 - 1780. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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The use of the senses is, oh youth! implanted in you, / Never be dazzled by their misuse, / But be master of the reins of the senses, if they are good, / And all well disposed, arrange them according to your mind
What do you say, oh alert youth! Can this print please you? / Then rejoice your sight, and think to hear the drum. / Read what is written below, spurred by a love of learning, / As often as you hear the voice of instruction
When the Rooster Feeds Greedily, Consuming Food and Drink, While the Hen Claps and Crows, Then It Goes Entirely Wrong; So If Each Performs His Duty and Stays Awake at His Post, Then There Is Harmony, and This Brings Amusement.
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