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. [Illustration: _Quis est homo, qui vivet, et non videbit mortem: eruet animam suam de manu inferi? Psal. lxxxviii. 49._] PLANCHE XXVII.—LE GENTILHOMME. Il fait tout ce qu’il peut pour reculer le moment qui doit le séparer pour toujours de ses possessions, & de son beau château qui paroît dans le lointain; mais la Mort inexorable a déjà placé près de lui la bière fatale où elle va le faire entrer. PLATE XXVIII.—THE SWISS SOLDIER. On a field of battle, covered with dead carcasses, Death, armed with a buckler and a huge dart, attacks this warrior, in the bosom of victory, escaped alone from the carnage of the day, and is giving him some terrible blows. It is in vain that this brave Soldier, whose courage seems invincible, is obstinately attempting to dispute the victory with an irresistible adversary. In the back ground appears another Death, running, and beating on a drum, who is followed by several soldiers. [Illustration: _Cum fortis armatus custodit atrium suum, &c. Si autem fortior eo superveniens vicerit eum, universa ejus arma auferet, in quibus confidebat. Lucæ xi. 21, 22._] PLANCHE XXVIII.—LE SOLDAT SUISSE. Sur un champ de bataille jonché de cadavres, la Mort armée d’un bouclier & d’un grand javelot, attaque dans le sein de la victoire ce guerrier échappé seul au carnage, & lui port des coups terribles. C’est en vain que ce brave Soldat dont la valeur sembloit indomptable, s’acharne à disputer la victoire à un adversaire auquel rien ne sauroit résister. Dans le lointain on apperçoit une autre Mort qui bat du tambour en courrant, & qui est suivie de quelques soldats. PLATE XXIX.—THE JUDGE. It appears that this supporter of Justice, forgetting the dignity of his station, abandons himself without shame to injustice. He is stretching out his hand for the gold that the rich man is going to give him, without doubt to obtain of him a favourable decision, and to bear down the poor unfortunate man, who appears in a trembling posture at the side of the Judge. Death comes to surprise him in the midst of his prevarications, and is snatching out of his hands the rod which is the mark of his dignity. [Illustration: _Disperdam judicem de medio ejus. Amos ii. 3._] PLANCHE XXIX.—LE JUGE.