The Basel Dance of Death 13

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

"Sir Knight, you name is written down, 
that you must practice your chivalry 
with Death and his servants. 
It helps you neither to struggle nor to fight."

"I, as a disciplined knight, 
have served the world well and with great courage.
Now I have been, against knighthood's law, 
forced to join this dance."