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Cambilhom, Johann · 1610

years, then he is certainly of a special faith and great discretion, otherwise the Jesuits would not entrust their secrets to him. This man now has in his keeping all sorts of beautiful and magnificent clothing, which is fashioned for both men and women, and which also fits and is suitable for both ecclesiastical, secular, and other estates, with which the Jesuits then carry on much and varied debauchery vppigkeit luxuriousness/debauchery, according to what pleases each one, and in which estate he desires to be dressed, and under which they carry out their secret purpose.
A rectangular woodcut illustration depicts a group of six or seven people in late 16th or early 17th-century European dress. A man in the center, identified by the text as a soldier, wears a wide-brimmed feathered hat, a short cloak, and a sword hanging at his hip. He is surrounded by other figures, including women in gowns with ruffs and men in similar period costumes, appearing to be in social interaction or a courtly setting.