Saturn

"Saturn is the planet of death. Here he bestows a black robe."

— Dyas Chymica Tripartita, Das ist: Sechs Herrliche Teutsche Philosophische Tractätlein, c. 1625 by Johann Grasse

"These stars stand for lead, because lead of all metals is the heaviest, the softest. That is why the philosopher Socrates said that it represents death and destruction of all things."

— Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S I 185, c. 1593