"Trouw moet blÿcken."
That on the second picture, noticed by Cuthbert Bede, is,
"Liefde boven al."
And the scroll on the third bears the inscription, as I stated in my former communication,
"In Liefd' getrouwe;"
for so it ought to have been printed.
These, as the editor of the Navorscher informs me, are the mottoes of three Haarlem Societies of Rhetoricians called, 1. "De Pelicaen," whose motto was, "Trouw moet blÿcken:" 2. "De Wyngaertrancken," whose motto was, "Liefde boven al:" and, 3. "Witte Angiren," whose device was, "In Liefde getrouwe."
I think you are entitled to have whatever information I may glean respecting this picture, as you so kindly inserted my description of it in your columns; and I have to thank you for procuring me the acquaintance and correspondence of the editor of the Navorscher.
J. H. Todd, D.D.
Trin. Coll. Dublin.