[K] I quote from the tranſlation by Steven Withers, 1561. [L] From this book I have taken the head and tail piece here given.—J. A. [M] Arundel, No. 507, and Add. MSS. 6524. [N] His life and labours may be read in Mr. Hottrop’s _Monuments Typographiques des Pays-bas_—. [O] See _The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the 15th Century_, by W. M. Conway, and an article by him in the _Bibliographer_ of May, 1883, p. 32. * * * * * [Illustration: 1 _Adam ſends Seth to Paradiſe for ſome of the Oil of Mercy._] [Illustration: 2 _The Archangel Michael gives Seth three ſeeds of the Tree of Life._] [Illustration: 3 _Seth buries Adam and puts the three ſeeds of the Tree of Life under his tongue._] [Illustration: 4 _The three ſeeds ſpring up._] [Illustration: 5 _Moſes always has the three rods with him._] [Illustration: 6 _With them he makes water flow from the Rock._] [Illustration: 7 _An Angel tells Moſes how to ſweeten the bitter waters._] [Illustration: 8 _Moſes, by dipping the rods in the waters of Marah, ſweetens them._] [Illustration: 9 _Moſes plants the rods in the land of Moab._] [Illustration: 10 _An Angel appears to David and tells him to bring the rods to Jeruſalem._] [Illustration: 11 _The rods heal the ſick._] [Illustration: 12 _The rods heal a leper._] [Illustration: 13 _The rods turn three black men white._] [Illustration: 14 _David leaves the rods for the night._] [Illustration: 15 _In the morning he finds the rods have taken root and have become one tree._] [Illustration: 16 _David builds a wall round the miraculous tree._] [Illustration: 17 _David compoſes the Pſalms and praiſes God, under the ſhadow of the tree._] [Illustration: 18 Solomon orders the tree to be cut down and uſed in the Temple.] [Illustration: 19 _Artificers faſhion the tree._] [Illustration: 20 _The holy wood will fit nowhere._] [Illustration: 21 _St. Maximilla ſitting on the wood, her clothes catch alight._] [Illustration: 22 _St. Maximilla propheſies concerning the wood._] [Illustration: 23 _St. Maximilla ſcourged to death._] [Illustration: 24 _The wood uſed as a foot-bridge over a brook._] [Illustration: 25 _The Queen of Sheba prefers wading through the brook, to walking over the holy wood._] [Illustration: 26 _The Queen of Sheba tells Solomon of the holy nature of the wood._] [Illustration: 27 _The holy wood is taken up._] [Illustration: 28 _The holy wood is carried into the Temple._] [Illustration: 29 _Abias deſpoils the holy wood of its precious covering._] [Illustration: 30 _The Jews bury the holy wood._] [Illustration: 31 _Digging the Pool of Betheſda._] [Illustration: 32 _The ſick being healed at the Pool of Betheſda._] [Illustration: 33 _The High Prieſt told of the diſcovery of the holy wood._] [Illustration: 34 _The holy wood is made into the Croſs._] [Illustration: 35 _Chriſt bearing the Croſs._] [Illustration: 36 _The Crucifixion._] [Illustration: 37