PLATE XXIX.—THE JUDGE.
It appears that this supporter of Justice, forgetting the dignity of his station, abandons himself without shame to injustice. He is stretching out his hand for the gold that the rich man is going to give him, without doubt to obtain of him a favourable decision, and to bear down the poor unfortunate man, who appears in a trembling posture at the side of the Judge. Death comes to surprise him in the midst of his prevarications, and is snatching out of his hands the rod which is the mark of his dignity.
Disperdam judicem de medio ejus. Amos ii. 3.