XXVI
_Der Arzt._

Death brings him a hopeless patient, and
bids him cure himself.

THE ASTROLOGER XXVII
(_See p. 10, l. 12._)

He contemplates a pendent sphere. But Death
thrusts a skull before his eyes.

THE RICH MAN XXVIII
_Der Reichmann._

Death finds him at his pay-table and seizes
the money.

THE MERCHANT XXIX
_Der Kaufmann._

Death arrests him among his newly-arrived bales.

THE SHIPMAN XXX
_Der Schiffmann._

Death breaks the mast of the ship, and the crew
are in extremity.

THE KNIGHT XXXI
_Der Ritter._

Death, in cuirass and chain-mail, runs him
through the body.

THE COUNT XXXII
_Der Graf._

Death, as a peasant with a flail, lifts away
his back-piece.

THE OLD MAN XXXIII
_Der Altmann._

Death, playing on a dulcimer, leads him into
his grave.

THE COUNTESS XXXIV
_Die Grafinn._

Death helps her at her tiring by decorating
her with a necklet of dead men's bones.

THE NOBLE LADY, OR BRIDE XXXV
_Die Edelfrau._

"_Me et te sola mors separabit_"--says the
motto. And Death already dances before her.

THE DUCHESS XXXVI
_Die Herzoginn._

Death seizes her in bed, while his fellow plays
the fiddle.

THE PEDLAR XXXVII
_Der Kramer._

Death stops him on the road with his wares at
his back.

THE PLOUGHMAN XXXVIII
_Der Ackermann._

Death runs at the horses' sides as the sun
sinks, and the furrows are completed.

THE YOUNG CHILD XXXIX
_Das Junge Kind._

As the meagre cottage meal is preparing, Death
steals the youngest child.

THE LAST JUDGMENT XL
_Das juengste Gericht._

"_Omnes stabimus ante tribunal Domini._"

THE ESCUTCHEON OF DEATH XLI
_Die Wappen des Todes._

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