A political pamphlet in verse celebrating peace and dated less than a month before the signing of the Twelve Years' Truce between Spain and the Dutch Republic. The main poem takes the form of a "codicil" to War's "last will and testament." It recites the various legacies, both good and bad, that the War has left to people on both sides and even to people and countries not directly involved in the fighting. Asher mistakenly lists the present pamphlet as no. 11 in the Bye-Korf series: it was published about six months after the Bye-Korf was banned, but later collectors often inserted it and the associated Testament in place of the earlier Testament, which should have been Asher 26-28/10. The author, place of publication and publisher given on the title-page are all word plays, "Yemand van Waer-Mond" for example suggesting "someone of honest mouth." The STCN attributes the pamphlet with a query to Nierop, who propagandized against peace in one of the Bye-Korf pamphlets (Asher 28/37) but rejoiced in it once it came. Alden & Landis attributes the associated Testament ofte Wtersten Wille to Middelgeest. The poet's four-line verse on the back of the title-page is signed with the motto: "Yet Meer en mocht/Min en docht Niet."
A nice view of popular feelings about the Truce, just before it formally took effect.
With some tears at the fold of the outermost bifolium and only slightly browned, otherwise a very good copy. Asher 26-28/11; Knuttel 1584; Simoni W 34; Tiele 751; OCLC WorldCat (3 copies).