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._ The supporters 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.