h stories from the Old Testament after the expulsion of Adam
from Paradise, drawn by Martin in a bold, well-practised, and most
resolute manner, which is very similar to the Italian. Hieronymus
afterwards engraved six round plates with the history of Susannah, and
twenty-three other stories from the Old Testament, similar to those of
Abraham already mentioned--namely, six plates with the story of David,
eight plates with that of Solomon, four with that of Balaam, and five
with those of Judith and Susannah. And from the New Testament he
engraved twenty-nine plates, beginning with the Annunciation of the
Virgin, and continuing down to the whole Passion and Death of Jesus
Christ. He also engraved, after the drawings of the same Martin, the
seven Works of Mercy, and the story of the rich Lazarus and the poor
Lazarus, and four plates with the Parable of the Samaritan wounded by
thieves, with four other plates of the Parable of the Talents, written
by S. Matthew in his eighteenth chapter.

At the time when Hans Liefrinck executed in competition with him ten
plates of the Life and Death of S. John the Baptist, he engraved the
Twelve Tribes on an equal number of plates; Reuben upon a hog,
representing Sensuality; Simeon with a sword as a symbol of Homicide;
and in like manner the other heads of Tribes with attributes appropriate
to the nature of each. He then executed ten plates, engraved with
greater delicacy, with the stories and acts of David, from the time of
his being anointed by Samuel to his going before Saul; and he engraved
six other plates with the story of how Amnon became enamoured of his
sister Tamar and ravished her, and the death of that same Amnon. And not
long afterwards he executed ten plates of similar size with the history
of Job; and from thirteen chapters of the Proverbs of Solomon he drew
subjects for five plates of the same kind. He also engraved the story of
the Magi; and then, on six plates, the Parable that is in the twelfth
chapter of S. Matthew, of those who for various reasons refused to go to
the King's Feast, and of him who went without having a wedding-garment;
and six plates of equal size with some of the acts of the Apostles. And
in eight similar plates he engraved figures of women of perfect
excellence, in various costumes: six from the Old Testament--Jael, Ruth,
Abigail, Judith, Esther, and Susannah; and two from the New--Mary the
Virgin, Mother of Jesus Christ, and Mary Magdalene.

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