XIIL

THE DUKE.

' Princeps induetur moerore, et quiescere faciam superbiampotentium." —Ezech. viii.

Attended by his courtiers, he is accosted in the street forcharity by a poor beggar woman with her child. He disdain-fully turns aside from her supplication, whilst Death, fantasti-cally crowned with leaves, unexpectedly lays violent handsupon him.