PLATE XXVI.—THE KNIGHT.
This worthy Cavalier, returned victorious from so many combats and tournaments, comes at length to meet his match. Death has run him through the body with a furious stroke of the lance, and is laughing at the vain efforts he makes to defend himself.
Subito morientur, & in media nocte turbabuntur populi, & auferent violentum absque manu. Job xxxiv. 20.