(4) Two rays, crossed, and in their midst an olive bough, with the inscription, _Recordabor f[oe]deris mei vobiscum_. These are the words that were spoken by God to Noah, when He made the said alliance with him, giving to understand the clemency wherewith God treateth mankind in the lesson of this divinest Sacrament, forgetting their errors, and establishing perpetual peace and amity with them. (5) The pelican feeding her young with the life-blood issuing from her breast. The inscription says, _Majorem charitatem nemo habet_. (6) A dead lion, from whose mouth issueth a swarm of bees, with the inscription, _De forti dulcedo_. Giving to understand, that as from the mouth of so brave a creature there issued a substance so sweet as honey, so did the God of vengeance, the brave Lion of the tribe of Judah, concert such love and peace with man, that He offered His very body for man's food. THIRD ORDER The rest of the third order, as far as the summit of the _custodia_, represents the Church triumphant: wherefore was placed in the midst of this order (which is in the composite style) the history of the Lamb that is upon the throne, and round about it the four beasts that are full of eyes, as the Apocalypse relateth. Upon the six continuous pedestals of the columns of this order are graved the following six scenes:-- (1) The saints who wash their stoles in the blood that issues from the Lamb, as is told in the Apocalypse. (2) God the Father, with a sickle in His hand, and angels gathering grapes in the vat, and corn in the granary, after winnowing out the chaff; signifying the reward accorded unto men in sowing, and in the harvest of the vine. (3) The saints in joyful procession, each with his sheaf of wheat. (4) The virgins, crowned with vine-tendrils and ears of wheat, that follow the Lamb. (5) The five prudent virgins, that with their lighted lamps go in to the feast of the Bridegroom. (6) The banquet of the blessed. * * * * * Between the arches of this order are the six hieroglyphs following, with their inscriptions above, upon tablets. (1) A burning ph[oe]nix, with the inscription, _Instauratio generis humani_. (2) Two cornucopias crossed, with a cross in their midst. The cornucopias are full of vine-tendrils and ears of wheat. The inscription says, _Felicitas humani generis_. (3) A kingfisher brooding over her young in a nest of vine-tendrils and blades of wheat, with the inscription, _Tranquillitas immutabilis_. This signifies the calm state of the blessed, whereof a token is the nest of the kingfisher, which bird, when it crosses the water, causes all storms to cease. (4) A car with flames, rising to heaven, with the inscription, _Sic itur ad astra_. Signifying that this divinest Sacrament is the harbinger of those that travel heavenward, in that Elijah was so swept away, after God had sent him bread by the angel and the raven.