VII.

THE EMPEROR.

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"Dispone domui tuce, morieris, enim tit, et non vives. v —Isaiae xxxviii.

Seated on a throne, and attended by his courtiers, he seemsto be listening to, or deciding, the complaint of a poor manwho is kneeling before him, against his rich oppressor, whomthe Emperor, holding the sword of justice, seems to regardwith an angry countenance. Behind him Death lays handsupon his crown.