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047 - De Kornet van Vuil Gewin of Wortel en Besse Postiljon

"The Winding-Horn of Dirty Profit, or the Root and Berry Steeplechase"

 

on his lean yet newly wallowing pig [has] published

 

"The Company is Full!"

 

Verses snipped away.

 

Background left: Desperate investors mob the window of stock-jobbers who are dressed in French style, with exaggerated sleeve cuffs (like John Law) and are throwing them stock certificates all marked "0."

 

 

Middle ground left: A man forages for roots to put in his sack.

 

"Ik vul de Kap voor 't windrig volk

Die waande dat ze ons koetje wilde molkt."

Upper right "The Sun in Sagittarius" (22 November-21 December), meaning approaching winter and the time by which the speculation bubble has long popped..

 

 

 

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