PLATE XLIII.—THE BLIND MAN.
This poor Blind Man is following, with an air of chagrin, his new conductor, who, without pity, is leading him through wretched roads. In vain does he attempt, by groping his way, to avoid the obstacles that oppose his reluctant march; he will not avoid that fatal goal to which Death is conducting him, and which will be the only termination of his evils.
Domine vim patior. Isaiæ xxxviii. 14.
Cæci sunt, & duces cæcorum. Cæcus autem si cæco ducatum præstet, ambo in foveam cadunt. Matth. xv. 14.