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J: E:––; on verso: by the artist, at centre, in brown ink, <i>Serenissimo, Potentissimo, Invictissimo / principi / CAROLO II, / DEI GRATIA Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et / Hiberniae Regi, Fidei Defensori, &c./ Accipe pacato, Rex Aúgustissime, vúltú. / Vile meúm tenúis quod damm [sic] artis opús. / Ultima quae potúit praestare Batavia Magno / Hospiti, en hic ocúlis conspicienda Tuis. / Illa pio affectu certare, Britannia, tecum / Aúdeat, et Regem numinis instar habet. / Múnera, verba, dapes, tormenta tonantia, pompam / Si quandog. etiam mens simulata dedit / Officio hoc studii núnquam fallentia signa / Exhibet, et pandit pectora tota Tibi. / Qúae si res animi divinâ in sede recepta est / Dent pictúrae aliqúem serinia sacra locum / J. 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Here to be seen with thine eyes. / She (Batavia) may presume to vie with thee, Britannia, / in devout attachment, for the even esteems thy King like a Divinity. / If at any time even pretended affection offered gifts, / speeches, banquets, thundering cannons, (and) pageantry, she (Batavia) / by this her service shews the sincerest tokens of her / devotion, and throws open her whole heart to thee. / And, if this act has been received in the innermost disposition of the / soul, let your safest repositories afford sufficient keeping-room for / this picture.–– / J. 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