The print compares the attack of the
Spanish Armada and the failure of the Gunpowder Plot with
the negotiations that were under way for the marriage of King
James's son, Prince Charles (later Charles I) to the daughter
of the Catholic King of Spain. Ward got into severe trouble
about the print, and for a while was put in prison because
of it. 'The Double Deliverance' by Samuel Ward, 1621. Copyright,
Trustees of the British Museum.