. The dance of death. 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 secur
. The dance of death. 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 money on the mxxza. I-a^E. - oe iti. lueiv
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