Ein Newes Lied/ Von Maist. Martin dü Voysin/ Burgern vnnd Basamentwebern zu Basel/ Wie derselbig den Dritten Tag Weinmonat alten Kalenders/ Anno 1608. von wegen deß Evangeliumbs/ zu Sursee ist enthauptet/ vnd verbrennt worden : Mit vermeldung etlicher denckwürdiger Vmbstende/ die sich damahlen verloffen : Jm Thon/ Wie man die Sempacher Schlacht singt ...
A 1608 German broadside ballad printed in Switzerland, possibly by Jonas Gessner, recounting the execution by beheading and burning of Martin du Voysin, a Basel weaver, at Sursee for his Protestant faith, set to the tune of the Battle of Sempach song. The picture is a small cross-shaped arrangement of dark woodblock ornaments with scrolling, foliate and leaf-like motifs on a warm paper ground, a compact decorative block a designer could use as a pattern unit or tile for borders and textile-style repeats.
