porters represent Holbein and his wife.

[_Added in later editions_]

THE SOLDIER XLII

Death, armed only with a bone and shield,
fights with the Soldier on the field of battle.

THE GAMESTER XLIII

Death and the Devil seize upon the Gambler at
his cards.

THE DRUNKARD XLIV

Men and women carouse: down the throat of one
bloated fellow Death pours the wine.

THE FOOL XLV

The Fool dances along the highway with Death,
who plays the bagpipes.

THE ROBBER XLVI

Death seizes the Robber in the act of pillage.

THE BLIND MAN XLVII

Death leads the Blind Man by his staff.

THE WAGGONER XLVIII

The waggon is overturned; one Death carries off
a wheel, the other loosens the fastening of a cask.

THE BEGGAR XLIX

The Beggar, lying on straw outside the city,
cries in vain for Death.

[Two others, not found in the earlier editions, "The Young
Wife," and "The Young Husband," are not included in the
Douce reprint for which the foregoing blocks were engraved.]

Les simulachres &

HISTORIEES FACES

DE LA MORT, AVTANT ELE

gammet pourtraictes, que artificiellement
imaginees.

[Illustration: Vsus me genuit.]

A LYON,

Soubz l'escu de COLOIGNE,

M. D. XXXVIII.

I.

[Illustration: THE CREATION.]

Formauit DOMINVS DEVS hominem de limo terrae, ad imagine suam creauit
illum, masculum & foeminam creauit eos.

Genesis i. & ii.

DIEV, Ciel, Mer, Terre, procrea
De rien demonstrant sa puissance
Et puis de la terre crea
L'homme, & la femme a sa semblance.

II.

[Illustration: THE TEMPTATION.]

Quia audisti vocem vxoris tuae, & comedisti de ligno ex quo preceperam
tibi ne comederes, &c.

Genesis iii.

ADAM fut par EVE deceu
Et contre DIEV mangea la pomme,
Dont tous deux ont la Mort receu,
Et depuis fut mortel tout homme.

III.

[Illustration: THE EXPULSION.]

Emisit eum DOMINVS DEVS de Paradiso voluptatis, vt operaretur terram
de qua sumptus est.

Genesis iii.

DIEV chassa l'homme de pl