The Dance of Death.

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November. — t. A man threshing acorns to feed his hogs.

2. Tennis.December. —i. Singeing a hog. 2. Boys pelting each other

with snow-balls.

The side margins have the following Danse Macabre,consisting as usual of two figures only :—Papa, Imperator,Cardinalis, Rex, Archiepiscopus, Comestabilis, Patriarcha,Eques auratus, Episcopus, Scutarius, Abbas, Prepositus,Astrologus, Mercator, Cordiger, Satelles, Usurarius, Advo-catus, Mimus, Infans, Heremita.

The margins at bottom contain a great variety ofemblems of mortality. Among these are the following :—

1. A man presents a mirror to a lady, in which her faceis reflected as a death's head.

2. Death shoots an arrow at a man and woman.

3. A man endeavouring to escape from Death is caughtby him.

4. Death transfixes a prostrate warrior with a spear.

5. Two very grotesque Deaths, the one with a scythe, theother with a spade.

6. A group of five Deaths, four dancing a round, theother drumming.

?. Death on a bull, holding a dart in his hand.

8. Death in a cemetery running away with a coffin andpick-axe.

9. Death digging a grave for two shrouded bodies on theground.

10. Death seizing a fool.

11. Death seizing the master of a family.

12. Death seizing Caillette, a celebrated fool mentionedby Rabelais, Des Periers, &c. He is represented in theFrench translation of the Ship of Fools.

13. Death seizing a beggar.

14. Death seizing a man playing at tennis.

15. Death striking the miller going to his mill.

16. Death seizing Ragot, a famous beggar in the reign ofLouis XII. He is mentioned by Rabelais.

This precious volume is in the present writer's possessionOther manuscripts connected with the Macaber Danceare the following: