IV.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FALL*

*' Maledicta terra in opere tzto, in laboribus comedes cunctidiebus vitce tiics, donee r ever tar is, &c." —Gen. Hi.

Adam is digging the ground, assisted by Death. In thedistance Eve is suckling her first-born, and holding a distaff.Whence the proverb in many languages :

When Adam delved and Eve span,

Where was then the gentleman ?