The Basel Dance of Death 10

Matthäus Merian, The Basel Dance of Death: The Duchess (1616) 

"Lady Duchess, be in good spirits.
Although you are of noble blood,
Greatly esteemed upon this earth,
you are still dear and precious to me." 

"Alas God, by the poor sound of the lute, 
Must I go away with this terrible creature?
Today a duchess, and never more.
Alas, terror and distress, oh woe, oh woe!"