. Emblems of mortality : representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people : imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland : with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French : intended as well for the infomation of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth : to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe . The Paftor, void of all Defence,- My Powr, fays Death
. Emblems of mortality : representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people : imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland : with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French : intended as well for the infomation of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth : to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe . The Paftor, void of all Defence,- My Powr, fays Death, fhall own;By me, his Mitre and his Staff,Shall to the Ground be thrown. His Sheep, their Paftor thus removd,By Deaths fell Powr, away, Shall be difperfed evry one,To prowling Wolves a Prey. t 13 ] The Elector, or Prince of the Empire. Whe Prince ft all he clothed with Deflation, and theHands of the People of the Land jhall be troubled* Ezekiel vii. 2J>. Come, mighty Prince, now quick refign Thy perifhable Joys,Thy fleeting Glory, and the refl Of Earths -delufive Toys. Lo, I alone the Pride of Kings Am able to reprefs;The fplendid Pomps of regal State My Powr fupreme C 14 ]The ABBOT. Hejhall die ivithout Injlruftion, and in the Greatnefsof his Folly he Jhall go aflray. Proverbs v. 23.
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