IV. The Consequences of the Fall
Adam is digging in the ground, assisted by Death. In the distance
Eve is suckling her first-born, and holding a distaff. Whence the proverb
in many languages:
When Adam delved and Eve span,
Where was then the gentleman?
Text from the 1947 Sylvan Press edition
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