Io6 DERBYSHIRE TAPESTRY. 



The dress of a female figure at the bottom, in the left 

 corner, has indications of the costume of the late Tudor 

 period, circa 1580, possibly the date of the cartoon. 



The Brussels mark ^OB ^PP^^''^ •" the base, and 

 the master's device at the bottom of the right side 

 margin. rjo 



no. 6. diversvm pecvs adaratrvm ivngens simvlat insaniam 



Vlixes. 



Here Ulysses feigns insanity by yoking a horse to 

 an ox for ploughing. 



The execution of this sheet is inferior to the rest. 

 White shaded with red, and the grey flesh tint with 

 brown. Verdure white, shaded and lined with blue. 



Brussels mark (shield here embattled). pP^ D The 

 maker's mark may be intended for the last, 



but it is slightly different. ^^ 



No. 7. " FoRMOSus pver Vlixes vicit aprum prius circa 

 pedem accepto vulneri." 



The Boar Hunt on Mount Parnassus. 

 " Parnassus, thick perplex'd with horrid shades, 



With deep mouth'd hounds the hunter troop invades ; . . . 



And foremost of the train his cornel spear 



Ulysses wav'd to rouse the savage war. 



Deep in the rough recesses of the wood 



A lofty copse, the growth of ages, stood . . . 



The warm pavilion of a dreadful boar. 



Rous'd by the hounds and hunters' mingling cries. 



The savage from his leafy sounder flies : 



With fiery glare his sanguine eyeballs shine. 



And bristles high impale his horrid chine. 



His tusks oblique he aimed the knee to gore ; 



Aslope they glanced, the sinewy fibres tore, 



