(34) A custodia, with a chalice and the host, borne by angels. The inscription says, _Ecce panis angelorum_. (35) David and his soldiers, who receive bread from the priest's hand. The inscription says, _Absit mens conscia culpæ_. (36) A priest, administering the Sacrament to two persons, each of whom has an angel beside him. The inscription says, _Sancta sanctis_. * * * * * And since all Sacraments have virtue and efficacy from the passion of Christ our Saviour, which passion is perpetually commemorated by this holiest of Sacraments, I placed upon the summit of the twelve columns belonging to this order twelve child-angels, naked, bearing the signs and instruments of the Passion, as voices to announce this sacred mystery. On the tympanums of the arches are angels bearing grapes and ears of wheat, and in the middle of the six sides of the frieze are graven, upon some ovals, the following images and devices, the inscription corresponding to them being on the largest scroll of the architrave. (1) A garland of vine-tendrils and ears of wheat, and in the midst thereof an open pomegranate, signifying, by the number and cohesion of its grains, the Church, guarded within the fortress of this holiest of Sacraments. The inscription says, _Posuit fines tuos pacem_. (2) A hand among clouds, extended over a nest of young ravens that have their beaks open and raised, with the inscription _Quanto magis vos_. This signifies, that the Lord who taketh care to sustain the infidels and pagans, taketh also especial care to sustain His Church with abundance of this celestial food. (3) A fair stalk of wheat, whence issue seven ears of great fatness, with the inscription, _Sempiterna satietas_; showing that, not as in the seven years in Egypt, but for ever, shall spiritual abundance abide in the Church of Christ, owing to this holy table of His body and His blood. (4) A stork upon a nest woven of wheat-ears and vine-tendrils, with the inscription, _Pietas incomparabilis_. Showing the piety and fatherly love that God affordeth to us in this Sacrament. (5) A hare smelling at a bough and some ears of wheat, with the inscription, _Vani sunt sensus hominis_. The hare signifies the senses, which are deceived by the appearance of the bread and wine, unless they be fortified by faith. (6) A hand bearing a wand, the end whereof is turning to a serpent, with this inscription, _Hic vita, hic mors_; because this Sacrament is the judgment and condemnation of all that receive it unworthily, but life for such as receive it with a clean spirit. The device has reference to the rod of Moses, that gave health to the people of Israel, affording them a passage through the midst of the sea, and making streams of sweet water to gush from the rock, but that was ruinous to the Egyptians, causing among them terrible sickness and destruction. SECOND ORDER