. The dance of death. Venitcaduie oniiie^ c|ui Ltborat 65 THE PEDLAR. XXIV. ACCOMPANIED by his faithful dog,and heavily laden with goods, the poor manis arrested in his progress by the hands ofDeath, who undertakes to ease him of hisburthen. It is in vain that he points to theplace of his destination ; he is forcibly com-pelled to change his route. Another Deathleads off this dance with a jig upon the trump-marine. 66 THE MISER. XXV. DEATH has penetrated into the stronghold of the miser, and seated on a stool, deli-berately collects into a large dish the moneywhich he had been counting, whilst
. The dance of death. Venitcaduie oniiie^ c|ui Ltborat 65 THE PEDLAR. XXIV. ACCOMPANIED by his faithful dog,and heavily laden with goods, the poor manis arrested in his progress by the hands ofDeath, who undertakes to ease him of hisburthen. It is in vain that he points to theplace of his destination ; he is forcibly com-pelled to change his route. Another Deathleads off this dance with a jig upon the trump-marine. 66 THE MISER. XXV. DEATH has penetrated into the stronghold of the miser, and seated on a stool, deli-berately collects into a large dish the moneywhich he had been counting, whilst the mi-ser, in an agony of terror and despair, iswringing his hands, and vainly 67 THE WAGGONER. XXVI. THE carriage is overturned, and one ofthe horses thrown down. A figure of Deathis carrying oflf a wheel which he has just tornaway, whilst another appears to be staving acask of wine.^ The terrified waggoner is ut-tering loud lamentations at this unlooked-formisfortune; the whole forming one of themost excellent groupes in the series. * In the dedication to the first edition of the genuinewooden cuts, it is said that this figure is lickerouslysucking out the wine through a reed ; but this appearsto be a mistake, as it is rather untwisting one of the stayswhich secure the cask. 68 THE GAMESTERS. XXVII. THREE persons at a gaming-table areinterrupted in their sport by Death and theDevil, between whom a contest arises for thepossession of one of the party. Death hasseized him by the throat, whilst his antago-nist as violently drags him by the hair of hishead. Another of the gamblers seems to in-tercede for his companion, whilst the thirdscrapes together all the mone
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