CHAPTER III.

THE REDEEMER’S CONFLICT.

SCORPIO (_The Scorpion_) seeking to wound, but itself trodden under foot.

§ 1. SERPENS (_The Serpent_ struggling with the man).

§ 2. O‐PHI‐U‐CHUS (_The man_ grasping the serpent). The struggle with the enemy.

§ 3. HERCULES (_The mighty man. A man kneeling on one knee, humbled in the conflict, but holding aloft the tokens of victory, with his foot on the head of the Dragon_). The mighty Vanquisher seeming to sink in the conflict.