Arms of Lucerne.

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Th

e Emperor.

Lucern's wise council mark ye now

Of what avail wealth, power and might,

This undertaking once did vow.

The Roman realm, Imperial right.

Doth claim this Bridge the selfsame date

For as the bells send forth their peal,

The Chapel Bridge did decorate.

My leave I take; my doom they seal.

i. Danse on the Cemetry.

5.

The Empress.

What fly and creep, what soar and strive,

What though an Empress fair I be,

What swim and run, yea, all alive,

A Roman Queen, too, verily

From Death do flee, yet find no place

Death leaveth of my lofty race

On Earth, where see they not his face.

Nought but the name which doth me grace.

2. Expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise.

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Th

e dying Cardinal.

Oh! Father Adam, thy children all

My cassock red, my red hat too,

We Ever weep and mourn thy fall.

My wealth, Death taketh as his due.

On us poor creatures dost thou lay

A Cardinal no more I be,

Mortalitys' dread pain to pay.

To dust and clay he turneth me.

3. The Pope reading mass.

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Th

e King.

Though of this world I be the head,

A King am I, have land and folk,

A Pope elected in God's stead,

Make mighty spoil, strange wars provoke.

Forth from my holy office, Death

By great and noble feared I be,

Doth lead me now with failing breath.

Till Death to nought reduceth me.