I did not see this; but the punishment was not peculiar to Delft.

At Nymwegen these wooden petticoats were famous too.
Nor did I visit the porcelain factory, having very little interest in its modern products.

But the old Delft ware no one can admire more than I do.

A history of Delft written by Dirk van Bleyswijck and published in 1667, tells us that the rise of the porcelain industry followed the decline of brewing.

The author gives with tears a list of scores of breweries that ceased to exist between 1600 and 1640.