(Saint Joseph the Carpenter with the Child
Jesus by Georges de la Tour, 1593-1652,
French painter)
This verse was written in 1656. That year, under the reign of Oliver Cromwell, England was in the middle of the Anglo-Spanish War, which began in 1654. Before it ended in 1660, the conflict had pulled in the Caribbean, the Canary Islands, and the Spanish Netherlands.
from THE NATIVITY
Peace? and to all the world? sure, One
And He the Prince of Peace, hath none.
He travels to be born, and then
Is born to travel more again.
~ Henry Vaughan (1622-1695), Welsh physician and poet
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