Returning now to our examination of the Pitsembourg, we note that the next room is that of the master brewer, in which there is a very shabby bed, an old picture representing the _Elevation during Holy Mass_, a wall map of Germany and a standard with the arms of Lant-Commander, Werner Spies von Bullesheim, who was at the head of the house of Mechlin from 1639 to 1641. [Illustration: PLATE XXVII.—_Woman, with a Parrot, by Jan Steen._ RIJKS MUSEUM, AMSTERDAM. ] Passing by the unimportant rooms of the servants, we enter the old room of the commander, where we note an alcove hung with two little green curtains with an embroidered border, and in the alcove a bed with bolster, pillow and two counterpanes, one white, and the other green, a table covered with a cloth, some little stools (_escarbeaux_), two chairs covered with green cloth, andirons, shovel and tongs of copper, and a number of pictures, among which are two little representations of castles, the Battle of Calloo, a portrait of Lant-Commander Bongaert in full-dress uniform, one of Lant-Commander van Ruyssenbergh, one of Commander Cratz, and one of Commander Werner Spies von Bullesheim kneeling with a chaplain at the feet of the Virgin. Two little rooms and a bathroom belonging to the chaplain follow, and then we enter a room called _In den inganck van’t voorhuys_. In the centre stands an old table covered with a “carpet of gilt leather.” There are some water-colours on the wall, including two vases filled with flowers, and two of decorative motives with the inscriptions “_Virtus parit honorem_” and “_Qui confidit in divitiis corruet_.” There is also a large painting of the arms of the Archduke Maximilian, Grand Master of the Order (son of the Emperor Maximilian II). From the _Inganck van’t voorhuys_, we step into a more luxurious hall called _het cleyn salet naast het voorhuys_, hung with ten large pieces of leather with gold patterns on a silver background. The furniture consists of a table with oak leaves, covered with a Turkish carpet, chairs with stuffed backs of red ribbed silk, a screen made of four painted canvases, and eleven pictures, one the _Battle of Prague_ and the others landscapes, ornamental copper andirons, and a hearth-box. The next salon, _de sale naar de Trappenye_, is hung with portraits, and some large pictures, one of which represents Samson proving his strength.