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2. " The roll of the Daunce of Death, with pictures andverses upon the same/' was entered on the Stationers'books, 5th Jan. 1597, by Thomas Purfort, sen. and jun.The price was 6d. This, as well as that licensed to Awdeley,was in all probability the Dance at St. Paul's.

3. " Der Todten Tantz au Hertzog Georgens zu Sachsenschloss zu Dresden befindlich." i. e. " Here is found theDance of Death on the'Saxon palace of Duke Georgeat Dresden." It consists of twenty-seven characters, asfollow: 1. Death leading the way; in his right hand heholds a drinking glass or cup, and in his left a trumpetwhich he is blowing. 2. Pope. 3. Cardinal. 4. Abbot.5. Bishop. 6. Canon. 7. Priest. 8. Monk. 9. Deathbeating a drum with bones. 10. Emperor. 11. King.12. Duke. 13. Nobleman. 14. Knight. 15. Gentleman.16. Judge. 17. Notary. 18. Soldier. 19. Peasant. 20.Beggar. 21. Abbess. 22. Duchess. 23. Old woman.24. Old man. 25. Child. 26. Old beggar. 27. Deathwith a scythe. This is a single print in the Chronicle ofDresden, by Antony Wecken, Dresden, 1680, folio, alreadymentioned in p. 38.

4. In the catalogue of the library of R. Smith, whichwas sold by auction in 1682, is this article, " Dance ofDeath, in the cloyster of Paul's, with figures, very old." Itwas sold for six shillings to Mr. Mearne.

5. A sort of Macaber Dance, in a Swiss almanac,consisting of eight subjects, and entitled "Em Stuck ausdem Todten tantz," or, " a piece of a Dance of Death :"engraved on wood by Zimmerman with great spirit, aftersome very excellent designs. They are accompanied withdialogues between Death and the respective characters.1. The Postilion on horseback. Death, in a huge pair ofjack-boots, seizes him by the arm with a view to unhorsehim. 2. The Tinker. Death, with a skillet on his head,plunders the tinker's basket. 3. The Hussar on horseback,accompanied by Death, also mounted, and, like his comrade,wearing an enormous hat with a feather. 4. The Physician.Death habited as a modern beau, with chapeau-bras, bringshis urinal to the Doctor for inspection. 5. The fraudulentInnkeeper, in the act of adulterating a cask of liquor, isseized and throttled by a very grotesque Death in the nabit

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