THE DANCE OF DEATH. PLATE XII.THE COUNT. Kebuke the company of spearmen; scatter thou the people that delight in war. Psalm lxviii. 30. Death here adds to his usual employment that of avenger of oppressed vassals. He is throwing with violence at the head of this Lord, his coat of armSj the dear object of his pride, under the weight of which he is ready to make him fall. He appears trampling under foot a flail,, to mark his inhumanity to labourers, a class of society so necessary and respectable. On the ground also are to be seen the remains of the helmet which formed the crest of his arms, with the other ornaments that decorated them. PLANCHE XII.LE COMTE. La Mort ajoute ici a Pexercice de son emploi accoutume celui de vengeur devassaux opprimes; elle jette avec violence a la tete de ce Seigneur ses armoiries, Pobjet cheri de son orgueil, sous le poids desquelles elle va le faire perir. On le voit fouler a ses pieds un fleau, pour designer son in-humanite envers les laboureurs, cette classe de la societe si necessaire & si respectable; on peut encore remarquer a terre, les debris du casque dont ses armoiries etoient surmontees avec d'au-tres ornemens qui les decoroient