't Wonderlik Verkeer-Spel (BM 1864,0813.268)

An early impression of a broadside on the beginning of the First Anglo-Dutch War, likening it to a game of backgammon; with an etching showing Oliver Cromwell (A) seated at a table, opposite a man standing next to his chair, representing the Netherlands (A), watched by other men representing Spain (D), France (E), Denmark (F), Scotland (G), Ireland (H), and Portugal (I), in the left background jesters fighting (M); at the top corners of the print two inserted maps of the Netherlands (L) and England (K); with engraved lettering A-N, and with letterpress title and verses in two columns. (n.p.:[1652])