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People of high rank being burned alive at Pegu

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People of high rank being burned alive at Pegu

Anoniem / Anonymous

The picture depicts a kind of wagon on which the king of Pegu is seated, surrounded by armed men. In the foreground right, several people are shown in chains. In the background a big fire on which people are being burnt to death.

According to the index of 'Begin ende Voortgang', the illustration is entitled: Hoe den Coninck van pegu sijn Eedelen ende Oversten doet verbranden.

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Sources and literature

Commelin, Isaac, Begin ende Voortgangh / van de Vereenighde Nederlandsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie: Vervatende De Voornaemste Reysen / by de Inwoonderen derselver Provincien derwaerts gedaen. (1646)