XXVII.

THE ASTROLOGER.

I

" Indie a mi hi si nosti omnia. Sciebas quod nasciturus esses,et numerum dierum tuorum noveras .?"—Job xxxviii.

He is seen in his study, looking attentively at a suspendedsphere. Death holds out a skull to him, and seems, inmockery, to say, " Here is a better subject for your con-templation. "