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A long engraved strip of carriages, riders and soldiers in a winding procession
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Led to the castle

The prisoners driven to the castle under guard, where each heard his sentence read.

Made by
Anonymous
Made
1621
Technique
Engraving
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain (CC0).

The top strip of the news sheet: Gefangene werden ins Schloss geführt mit ein starcke Guardi, prisoners led into the castle with a strong guard, where the imperial commissioners had the sentence read to each of them. The sentences were read on 19 June 1621, two days before the execution.

A long engraved strip of carriages, riders and soldiers in a winding procession

The Old Town Square execution

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