PLATE III. No. 1. Clandestine Marriage in England, which, although forbidden by the laws of the country, has become so common there that for a small amount of money one can obtain permission to be married without Banns Banns are the public announcement of an intended marriage in a parish church, intended to prevent invalid unions. in a tavern or elsewhere. No. 2. Funeral Ceremonies of the English, which take place in the houses of the deceased, where the body is laid out for viewing in a certain room, and where a glass of wine is presented to the assembled relatives, both before the body is carried away and upon the return of the funeral procession.

PLATE IV. No. 1. An assembly of Quakers in London. A. A female Quaker preaching. No. 2. An assembly of Quakers in Amsterdam. A. A male Quaker preaching.

PLATE V. No. 1. An Anabaptist from East Frisia, in a black habit without pleats or pockets. No. 2. A female Quaker preaching. No. 3. A Quaker of Amsterdam. No. 4. An Anabaptist of Amsterdam.

PLATE VI. Coins and Medals struck by the early Anabaptists, the first of which shows the image of John of Leiden, a tailor and the "King of the Anabaptists." John of Leiden was a leader of the Münster Rebellion in 1534, where he established a short-lived theocracy.

PLATE VII. No. 1. The Baptism of the Mennonites, or the ceremonies with which adults are received into the Mennonite communion through the reiteration of baptism, etc. No. 2. The Blessing that follows the baptism.

PLATE VIII. The Lord's Supper of the Anabaptists. No. 1. The administration of the Consecrated Bread. No. 2. The administration of the Cup.

PLATE IX. No. 1. Nocturnal assemblies of the Adamites, who, it is claimed, previously stripped entirely naked in their meeting houses and mingled without distinction of sex—all of this, nevertheless, without committing actual acts of impurity, in order to imitate (as they said) the innocence of our first parents. No. 2. The Adamites as they ran through the streets of Amsterdam in broad daylight during the 16th century.

PLATE X. Procession of the Flagellants, that is, those who, stripped to the waist, whip themselves out of devotion. Guibert, an Abbot of the 11th century, is said to have been the founder of this cruel exercise. The plate was copied from a drawing found at the beginning of a manuscript in the Abbey of St. Martin in Tournai.

PLATE XI. The Free-Masons dressed in the regalia of their Order, with a list of their Lodges in England and the coats of arms that distinguish one from another.

PLATE XII. No. 1. An assembly of those called Collegiants in Amsterdam; these do not form a separate church or sect, but are merely private societies of pious or learned people from all Christian sects. In these private assemblies, each person freely shares their thoughts or meditations on a particular dogma of religion or passage of Holy Scripture; they are united only by a love for liberty of conscience in religious matters. No. 2. Their Lord's Supper at Rijnsburg, a village near Leiden, where they primarily hold their assemblies. Despite the diversity of their opinions, they all unite and commune together as brothers, deploring the misery of a Christianity torn apart by so many sects and thus unfortunately exposed to the insults of libertines and infidels.

PLATE XIII. The Baptism of the Rijnsburgers. A ceremony where the person asking to be baptized, after making a confession of faith before the whole assembly, descends into a kind of fountain or pond behind the Rijnsburgers' hospital to be immersed in the water. They are accompanied by the one who is to baptize them; if it is a man, he is dressed in a white shirt and matching breeches; if it is a woman, she wears a shirt and a petticoat, at the hem of which are pieces of lead The lead weights were used to ensure the woman's clothing did not float up during immersion, maintaining her modesty.. Afterward, lively and serious exhortations regarding constancy and the observation of God's commandments are addressed to them in the assembly.

SECTION III.

Regarding the Greek Church, the Armenians, the Muscovites, the Russians, etc.

Plate which serves as the Title for the third section, bearing at the bottom the motto: Under the Guidance of Minerva. original: "Minerva Duce" Also: Lesser than the inventor. original: "Inventore minor" But I said it flows, original: "At dixi fluere" etc.

The German inscription on this plate reads: "Sacred and Religious Ceremonies of Christians throughout the Earth, engraved after the invention of the famous Picart, by David Herrliberger, and accompanied by a historical explanation. Third Section, containing the ceremonies of the Greek Church, the Armenians, the Muscovites, the Russians, etc."

PLATE I. No. 1. A Bishop blessing the waters. 1. A Papas or Greek Priest in church vestments. 2. An instrument used by the Greeks instead of bells. original: "Instrument, dont les Grecs se servent au lieu de Cloches"; likely referring to a semantron, a wooden or metal percussion instrument. No. 2. The Patriarch of Constantinople. No. 3. a. An Archpriest called a Protopapas. b. A Papas or Priest in a furred robe. No. 4. A Greek Bride seated in her finery on a sofa.