OT XIV
_Der Abt._

Death, having despoiled the Abbot of mitre
and crozier, hales him along unwilling, and
threatening his enemy with his breviary.

THE ABBESS XV
_Die Abtissin._

Death, in a wreath of flags, pulls away the
Abbess by her scapulary in sight of a shrieking
nun.

THE NOBLEMAN XVI
_Der Edelmann._

Death drags the resisting Nobleman towards
a bier in the background.

THE CANON, OR PREBENDARY XVII
_Der Domherr._

The Canon, with his falconer, page, and
jester, enters the church door. Death shows
him that his sands have run.

THE JUDGE XVIII
_Der Richter._

Death withdraws the Judge's staff as he takes
a bribe from a rich suitor.

THE ADVOCATE XIX
_Der Fuersprach._

Death comes upon him in the street while he is
being feed by a rich client.

THE COUNSELLOR, OR SENATOR XX
_Der Rathsherr._

The Counsellor, prompted by a devil, is
absorbed by a nobleman, and turns unheeding
from a poor suppliant. But Death, with glass
and spade, is waiting at his feet.

THE PREACHER XXI
_Der Predicant._

Death, in a stole, stands in the pulpit
behind the fluent Preacher, and prepares to
strike him down with a jaw-bone.

THE PRIEST, OR PASTOR XXII
_Der Pfarrherr._

He carries the host to a sick person. But
Death precedes him as his sacristan.

THE MENDICANT FRIAR XXIII
_Der Moench._

Death seizes him just as his begging box and
bag are filled.

THE NUN XXIV
_Die Nonne._

The young Nun kneels at the altar, but turns
to her lover who plays upon a lute. Death
meantime, as a hideous old hag, extinguishes
the altar candles.

THE OLD WOMAN XXV
_Das Altweib._

"_Melior est mors quam vita_" to the aged
woman who crawls gravewards with her bone
rosary while Death makes music in the van.

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