Five bearded, barefoot men carry straw on their backs as a form of penance. The caption beneath the image reads, "This bag full of straw I beare [bear] on my back, Because my lords horse his litter did lack, If ye be not good to my lords graces horse, ye are like to goe [go] barefoot before the crosse [cross]." The penitents are followed by men dressed in robes carrying long staffs topped with symbols of the church. A similar design of a single penitent, described as a pauper, appears in the second, third, and fourth editions (1570, 1576, 1583). Revised design of Luborsky and Ingram 11223/7. JPEG file (430 KB).
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