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A gentleman captioned as "comptroller of the lucky and miserable (philosopher-)stone-seekers" reflects on litigation after the collapse of the Mississippi Company, in an 18th-century Dutch satire.

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A characterful gentleman reading. Engraving.
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A characterful gentleman reading. Engraving.
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A characterful gentleman reading. Engraving no. 8 from Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid. Text is in Dutch and reads:
Contrarolleur van de Gelukkige en rampzalige Lapis-zoekers

Men eyst miljoenen van elk schatrijk actionist,
Tot steun der sobre; als of men van geen zelf-baat wist.
Ik heb de Rol der goude en quikzilvre eew-trouwanten,
Der Honingbeyen van de Corpus Juris-korf,
Die in het wind-saisoen meer Ofirs goud verworf,
Als Albion met al de blaas-negotianten.
Nu de opper financier zijn gat veegd aan de poort,
Groeid de Actie plytzak braaf: of hy zal 't redresseeren,
Die eed'le steenen smelt, natuur kan transformeeren,
Teeld wonder-actien, ja werpt Laws kunst buiten boord.

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