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.
PLANCHE XXVI.—LE CHEVALIER.
Ce preux Chevalier sorti vainqueur de tant de combats & de tant de tournois, vient enfin de trouver son maître. La Mort l’a percé de part en part d’un furieux coup de lance, & se rit des vains efforts qu’il met en usage pour se défendre contr’elle.
PLATE XXVII.—THE GENTLEMAN.
He is doing every thing in his power to put off the moment that is to separate him for ever from his possessions, and his fine seat, which appears in the back ground; but Death inexorable has already set down beside him the fatal bier, into which he is about to make him enter.