. The dance of death. N\eU. or e«rt ^tor^e ^niM-in. \iia_ £x-cifi tc. HfOttMs aittis de tniviiere breiu vT-ucti^ tern*DOKc^rcniEtwr nxuiti* mifecyj:: qui mxafi tlov ? 71 THE INFANT. ? XXX. WHILST the poor widow is preparingfood for her children in her miserable cot-tage, Death enters and carries off her youngestchild, leaving her with the other to bewailhis untimely fate. Jp DANCE OF M A C A B E R THE DANCE OF M A C A B E R. John LYDGATE, a monk of the BeKC-dictine Abbey of Bui-y in Suffolk, flourished inthe reign of Henry VI. He was an uncom-mon ornament of his profession, his geniusbeing so
. The dance of death. N\eU. or e«rt ^tor^e ^niM-in. \iia_ £x-cifi tc. HfOttMs aittis de tniviiere breiu vT-ucti^ tern*DOKc^rcniEtwr nxuiti* mifecyj:: qui mxafi tlov ? 71 THE INFANT. ? XXX. WHILST the poor widow is preparingfood for her children in her miserable cot-tage, Death enters and carries off her youngestchild, leaving her with the other to bewailhis untimely fate. Jp DANCE OF M A C A B E R THE DANCE OF M A C A B E R. John LYDGATE, a monk of the BeKC-dictine Abbey of Bui-y in Suffolk, flourished inthe reign of Henry VI. He was an uncom-mon ornament of his profession, his geniusbeing so lively, and his accomplishments sonumerous, that it is hardly probable the holyfather St. Benedict would have acknowledgedhim for a genuine disciple. After a short edu-cation at Oxford, he travelled into Franceand Italy, and returned a complete master of 76 • , ibe language and the literature of bothcountries. He chiefly studied the Italianand French poets, particularly Dante, Boc-caccio, and Alain Chartier; and became sodistinguished a proficient in polite l
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