THE DANCE OF DEATH. 11 PLATE VII.THE EMPRESS. And all the inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of the Earth. Daniel, iv. 35. In the midst of a pompous march, in the court of a great palace. Death, who seems here to do the office of gentleman-usher, leads this Princess to the brink of a grave, and shews her the bounds within which all her grandeur is to be confined. PLANCHE VILL'IMPERATRICE. Au milieu d'une marche pompeuse, dans la cour dsun vaste palais, la Mort qui paroit faire ici Poffice d'ecuyer, araene cette Princesse jusqu'au bord d'une fosse sepulcrale, pour lui faire voir le terme auquel ses grandeurs viendront aboutir. -