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unnatural are the kings and queens depicted on them, that 

 it is scarcely possible they can be anything else than tra- 

 ditional absurdities.! A modern playing-card may there- 



*!rnstofori tirtcmlitc fiuaruiKiuc tufiis f<atlIestmo (EildlQl" 

 Ella ncmpE Die inortc mala iion mortcrts.^ XX« tcrno. 



fore be considered as affording a fair sj)ecimen of the 

 perfection of wood-engraving in the fifteenth centur3^ 

 The next step in advance was the delineation of figures of 



1 A similar instance of obstinate adherence to an oM and there- 

 fore familiar pattern, a long way behind the existing state of the 

 arts, may be observed in the never-ending "willow pattern" 

 on earthenware. 

 2 Translation : — 



Gaze on the face of Christopher every day, lio'? 



So on that day tliou slialt not die an evil death. 



