SWORDS. FIVE.
A disdainful man looks after two retreating and dejected figures. Their swords lie upon the ground. He carries two others on his left shoulder, and a third sword is in his right hand, point to earth. He is the master in possession of the field.
Divinatory Meanings:
Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonor, loss, with the variants and analogues of these.
Reversed:
The same; burial and obsequies.
SWORDS. FOUR.
The effigy of a knight in the attitude of prayer, at full length upon his tomb.
Divinatory Meanings:
Vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit's repose, exile, tomb and coffin. It is these last that have suggested the design.
Reversed:
Wise administration, circumspection, economy, avarice, precaution, testament.
