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This song, translated as <em>A Song about Seventy-two Friends Put to Death in Antwerp between the Years [15] 55 and [15] 60)  </em>appears in the <em>[[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|Liedtboecxken van den Offer des Heeren]] </em>as No. 16 and begins with the lines: "Aenhoort Godt hemelsche Vader, Ons clagen in deser tijt" (O God, heavenly Father, Hear our pleadings in this time).

Concerning the 72 martyrs referred to here, see [[Génard, Petrus (1830-1899)|Genard]], <em>Antwerpsch Archievenblad </em>XIV, 20. In this source most of them are named in reference to their places of birth; the song itself mentions their trades. The song was composed in 1560, and was already included in the second songbook <em>([[Nieu Liedenboeck, Een|Een nieu]]</em>[[Nieu Liedenboeck, Een| ]]<em>[[Nieu Liedenboeck, Een|Liedenboeck]]) </em>of 1562. This song is also mentioned by [[Wolkan, Rudolf (1860-1927)|Wolkan]].
= Bibliography =
Cramer, Samuel and Fredrik Pijper. <em>Bibliotheca Reformatoria Neerlandica</em>, 10 vols. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1903-1914: v. II, 563-568.

Génard, Petrus. <em>Antwerpsch archievenblad: </em>XIV, 20.

Wolkan, Rudolf. <em>Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer</em>. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop, B. De Graaf, 1965: 63, 71.
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