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PROGRESS OF ROSICRUCIANISM IN GERMANY. 263
Those who believe in the existence and magical endow-
ments of the Rosicrucian Brethren will hope that this
promising pupil received the recompense so undoubtedly
due to the beauty of his aspirations. The Latin is
Epistle
supplemented by a post datum, which refers to the " Nuptise
Chymicae " as containing " the whole chymical artifice enig-
matically delineated."
" Responsum ad Fratres Rosaceae Crucis Illustres " is a
printed letter addressed to the Fraternity in the year 1618,
by Hercules Ovallodius, Alsatus ; Heermannus Condesyanus ;
and Martinus a Casa Cegdessa Marsiliensis. It is a piece of
piteous pleading
for admission into the ranks of the
Brethren by three writers who believe themselves to "have
fallen upon evil times, and know that there is no entrance
into the mystic temple which is filled with the glory and
power of God, till the seven last plagues have been poured
out upon the earth. They acknowledge the Viri Fratres
as the instruments of the Divine vengeance in the consum-
mation of the age. Ipse est malleus noster et arma, vos ipsius
servi.
A curious Rosicrucian reverie, entitled " F. R. C. Fama e
scanzia Redux," written in execrable Latin, and printed
in a
style corresponding with its literary merits, appeared Anno
Christi M.DC.XVIII., as the title has it. It professes to be the
trumpet Jubilei ultimi, that is, presumably, of the last jubilee
year among the Jews, and bears for one of its mottoes, "One
woe hath passed ; behold, there come yet two other woes
after this one." It is precisely one of those mysterious and
problematical productions which are sometimes supposed
to conceal deep secrets, because they are completely unin-
telligible and barbarous. It professes
to contain a Judicium
de Fraternitatis R. C. Sigillo et Buccina etfuturce Reformations