42 The Dance of Death.

seat belonging to the Prince of Orange in the woodadjacent to the Hague. In three of its compartments,Death is represented by skeletons darting their arrowsagainst a host of opponents. 38

Nor has Italy furnished any materials for the presentessay. Blainville has, indeed, described a singular andwhimsical representation of Death in the church of St.Peter the Martyr, at Naples, in the following words:—At the entrance on the left is a marble with a repre-sentation of Death in a grotesque form. He has twocrowns on his head, with a hawk on his fist, as ready forhunting. Under his feet are extended a great numberof persons of both sexes and of every age. He addressesthem in these lines :

Eo so la morte che caccioSopera voi jente mondana,La malata e la sana,Di, e notte la per caccio ;Non fugge, vessuna intanaPer scampare dal mio laczioChe tutto il mondo abbraczio,E tutta la jente hum anaPerche nessuno se conforta,Ma prenda spaventoCh'eo per comandamentoDi prender a chi viene la sorte.Sia vi per gastigamentoQuesta figura di morte,E pensa vie di fare forteTu via di salvamento.

Opposite to the figure of Death is that of a man dressedlike a tradesman or merchant, who throws a bag of moneyon a table, and speaks thus :

Tutti ti volio dareSe mi lasci scampare.

To wnich Death answers :

Se mi potesti dareQuanto si pote dimandareNon te pote scampare la morteSe te viene la sorte. 39

It canknown inhave beenmentionedspecified 1There arewas suchgentlemanof a skelei

* IX*. Cogan's Tour to the Rhine, ii. 127. 39 Travels, iii. 318, edit 4to