"IUVENTUTI DNT. SOL. P. AN. XIX."
The sue governs youth for nineteen years.
_Fifth side_. A man sitting, helmed, with a sword over his shoulder.
Inscribed
"SENECTUTI DNT MARS. P. AN. XV."
Mars governs manhood for fifteen years.
_Sixth side_. A very graceful and serene figure, in the pendent cap,
reading.
"SENICIE DNT JUPITER, P. ANN. XII."
Jupiter governs age for twelve years.
_Seventh side_. An old man in a skull-cap, praying.
"DECREPITE DNT SATN UQ' ADMOTE." (Saturnus usque ad mortem.)
Saturn governs decrepitude until death.
_Eighth side_. The dead body lying on a mattress.
"ULTIMA EST MORS PENA PECCATI."
Last comes death, the penalty of sin.
SECTION CI. Shakespeare's Seven Ages are of course merely the expression
of this early and well-known system. He has deprived the dotage of its
devotion; but I think wisely, as the Italian system would imply that
devotion was, or should be, always delayed until dotage.
TWENTY-THIRD CAPITAL. I agree with Selvatico in thinking this has been
restored. It is decorated with large and vulgar heads.
SECTION CII. TWENTY-FOURTH CAPITAL. This belongs to the large shaft
which sustains the great party wall of the Sala del Gran Consiglio.
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