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Michiel 2005 club

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Rijksmuseum 2013 – Chest of Hugo Grotius

Rijksmuseum 2013 – Chest of Hugo Grotius
The great lawyer was imprisoned by Maurits of Orange, but he escaped by means of this chest. There is another Grotius chest in Delft.

Maurits isn’t the only one with a dislike for lawyers. During Jack Cade's rebellion Dick the Butcher reportedly said: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”, but Grotius is held in high esteem the world over, whilst Maurits and Dick are all but forgotten.
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 Latium
Latium
He saw a lawyer killing a viper on a dunghill hard by his own stable; And the Devil smiled, for it put him in mind of Cain and his brother Abel.

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
10 years ago.
 Michiel 2005
Michiel 2005 club
:-)
10 years ago.

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