IX.

THE CARDINAL.

" Vce qui justificatis impium pro muneribus, et justitiam justiaufertis ab eo. "—Isaise v.

There is some difficulty in ascertaining the real meaning ofthe designer of this subject. It has been described as theCardinal receiving the bull of his appointment, or as a richman making a purchase of indulgences. The latter interpre-tation seems warranted by the Latin motto. Death is twistingoff the Cardinal's hat.