Hampton Court ... Illustrated with forty-three drawings by Herbert ...

WOLSEY'S TAPESTRIES 161
Left-handside. — Above is thelegend: —
Combienquc. I'oittmt.soit.cfjaste. tout.pnOtquc
Les. Scuvs.fatalles.par.leur.Io*>. autentiquc,
Rrancl-ent.les.ncrfs.ct. fillet?.Ot.la.Die,
a. cela. fa. mott. tous.les.bifcans. amotiie.
On a car, drawn by four unicorns, is seated chastete, attended
byher maidens, who walkbehind and at the side, carrying palms,
while three angels suspend a veil above her head. On the far
side the three Destinies, labelled atropos, lachesis, and cloto,
and riding on bulls, are seen attacking her, Atropos holding the
shears in herleft hand and withher right striking Chastity on the
breast with her fatal dart. On the front part of the car, at the
feet of Chastity, is a naked boy with his arms bound,representing
Cupid; and belowis a figure labelled venvs being trampledunder
foot by the unicorns which draw the car, and on the backs of
whichangels are seated bearing lilies emblematic of Purity. In
the foreground,on this side of the car, is lvcrece, bearing along
pillar, with her train heldup by a youth, bonvolonte, who offers
her the daggerwith which she destroyedherself after her violation
by Tarquin. On the other side is a man on horseback labelled
chipionlafican(that is, Scipionl'Africain).
Right-handside. — Above is the legend *.—
ILe. Chaste. au.fort.plus - sainemcnt.pcult.Sifirc,
_Hut.se. trcutie.Dc.gtans.Dices.Deltrjre;
93ais. a. (a. fin.tl.tij.a.ro?. ne.pape
©rant .ne. petit.qui.ne.ses.las " escijappe
Here the three Fatal Ladies are represented in a gorgeous
triumphalcar, drawnby four bulls,richly caparisoned and ringed
at the nose. In the centre enthroned aloft is atropos, with her
right hand resting on a skull and her left holding the shears and
slitting the thin-spun threadoflife, which cloto, on herleft-hand
side, is spinning from the distaff, and lachesis, on her right, is
twining. At their feet lies Chastity, captive and powerless. A
tableton the car bears the verse: —
CLOTO.COLVM. BAIVLAT.NET.
LACHESIS. ATROPOS. OCCAT.
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