PLATE IX.—THE CANON.
At the moment he is entering the church, Death accosts him; and, shewing him an hour-glass run down, announces that his hour is come. He appears to be a dignitary of the first rank; for he is followed by a page, a huntsman, who carries a falcon on his fist, and a fool.
Ecce appropinquat hora. Matth. xxvi. 45.