A trve relation of the vnivst, crvell, and barbarovs proceedings against the English at Amboyna in the East-Indies
A True Relation is a 1624 London pamphlet printed by H. Lownes for N. Newberry, issued by the East India Company to publicise its account of the 1623 Amboyna massacre of English traders in the East Indies. The four pictures are decorative woodcut ornaments: a large initial letter with flowers and foliage, a horizontal strapwork band with birds and figures, and two further interlaced-scroll initial letters, all printed in dense black line. A designer could take from them the bold framing of a capital letter and the rhythm of symmetrical scrollwork.
