Letterproef van de gietery van Hendrik Floris Wetstein, tot Amsterdam.

PALAMEDES, son of Nauplius, King of the island of Euboea, was killed by the Greeks themselves at Troy through the fraud of Ulysses: For when the Greeks were summoned to the Trojan war, Ulysses, in order to remain at home, pretended to be mad and plowed the shore with various animals. Palamedes, however, to expose the pretense of Ulysses, placed his son in front of the plow, etc. Then, when they were at Troy, and Ulysses, having been sent to forage in Thrace, had brought back nothing, Palamedes set out to the same place and brought back much grain. Therefore Ulysses, seeing Palamedes was opposed to him, arranged for gold to be hidden in the tent of Palamedes. Then he accused him before the princes, saying that he had received gold from the Trojans to betray the Greeks: Palamedes denying it, the gold was sought and found, and he, though innocent, was stoned to death. He learned the order of battle and certain letters from the cranes, which observe wonderful formations while flying; hence, cranes are called the birds of Palamedes.
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NEW DESSENDIAAN CURSIVE.

MUTIUS, a noble Roman in ancient times, who, when King Porsena was besieging Rome, went alone into the king's camp to kill him. But because he did not recognize the king, and had killed another in his place, he was captured and ordered to betray the conspirators. He held his own hand in the fire for a long time to show that he could not be conquered by any pain. The king, admiring his bravery, sent him away free. Then Mutius said to the king, as a favor, that he should beware, because three hundred Romans had conspired to do just as he had done. On account of this, the king made peace with the Romans. There was another Mutius later who was a famous Jurisconsult.
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