Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people

The ELECTOR, or PRINCE of the Empire.

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The Prince shall be clothed with Desolation, and the Hands of the People of the Land shall be troubled.

Ezekiel vii. 27.

Illustration from Emblems of Mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people

Come, mighty Prince, now quick resign Thy perishable Joys, Thy fleeting Glory, and the rest Of Earth’s delusive Toys. Lo, I alone the Pride of Kings Am able to repress; The splendid Pomps of regal State My Pow’r supreme confess.