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THE PREPARATIONS FOR PRINTING.
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The Abbot.
Death despoils the Abbot of his mitre and crozier, and drags him away. The Abbot resists, about to throw his breviary at his adversary.		 The Mendicant Friar.
He is about to enter his convent with his money-box and wallet, when Death seizes him by the cowl, and compels him to leave the world.
The Preacher.
Death, with a stole about his neck, stands behind the Preacher, and holds a jaw-bone over his head, intimating that he is the more forcible teacher.		 The Knight.
After escaping perils in numerous combats, the Knight ineffectually resists the onset of Death, and is vanquished by one thrust of the spear.

Holbein's Illustrations of the Dance of Death.

[From Douce.]

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