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                                                                      228		184
                                                                      
                                                                      	          DUCAL PALACE   S[.] OF C.		
                                                                      	early capitals, and most vilely cut.  No more of the deli-
                                                                      cate ornaments occur on these dresses, - no fanciful
                                                                      or sharp cutting - all is heavy, cheap and brainless
                                                                      and the letters above are twice as large.  This figure poin
                                                                      up with the finger of the right hand;  like the other and
                                                                       has a kind of collar like a man's about her neck.
                                                                       4.  a monk in same position with the left hand  begins Pa
                                                                      ci - i.e. Pacientia, as on the 7th cap.
                                                                      5.  Desperatio, a woman tearing her hair, or at least pull-
                                                                      ing it out in two  long curls, on each side, utterly
                                                                      without expression,
                                                                      6  Obedience;  same as the other obedientia. but instead
                                                                      of meekness a mere insipid grij on the face
                                                                      The dog however is not bad;  shearply  enough cut,
                                                                      though and small, with its paws folded in same way over
                                                                      breast and with the round cattle be[i]lls about its neck
                                                                      7.  Infidelitas with child's image:  a turbaned figure
                                                                      staring utterly devoid of expression.
                                                                      8.  Modesty, a little better, female - well featured - with
                                                                      a vase like a coffee pot.
                                                                               The Twenty ninth.  The same series as the ninth.  but the
                                                                      inscriptions clearer:  1 Fides.  2 Fortitude. taming lion
                                                                      (vivilis (sum virilis or vincirilis?)
                                                                      3 Temperantia sun inomi2h2s.

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