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The image shows significant water staining and some text is obscured by highly stylized calligraphic flourishes.

A calligraphic specimen page. On the left, a large, elaborately decorated Gothic initial 'S' contains the word 'PATIENTIA' (Patience) inscribed within its loops (PATI in the top loop, ENTIA in the bottom). To the right, several lines of text are written in Dutch using various ornamental scripts. The page is the right-hand side of a spread, with the left page being mostly blank except for water damage.

Patience

That he persecutes the pious Christians
unto the blood by the King,
that is free pious heathens?
pious pious pious?
and with the Love and the
salvation of their soul.

Anno 1636 the 28 March?
My hand ... ...?
by Rijnant?