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HISTORY OF THE ROSICRUC1ANS.
ner, make themselves mutually acquainted, and subsequently
inform the imperator of their meeting.
XXV. The imperator shall every ten years change his
abode, name, and surname. Should he think it needful
he may do so at shorter periods,
the brethren to be in-
formed with all possible secresy.
XXVI. It is commanded that each brother, after his ini-
tiation into the Order, shall change his name and surname,
and alter his years with the Stone. Likewise, should he
travel from one country to another, he shall change his
name to prevent recognition.
XXVII. No brother shall remain longer than ten years
out of his own country, and whenever he departs into
another he shall give notice of his destination, and of the
name he has adopted.
XXVIII. No brother shall begin to work till he has been
one year in the town where he is residing, and has made
the acquaintance of its inhabitants. He shall have no ac-
quaintance with the professores ignorantes.
XXIX. No brother shall dare to reveal his treasures,
either of gold or silver, to any person whomsoever ; he
shall be particularly careful with members of religious
societies, two of our brethren having been lost, anno 1641,
thereby. No member of any such society shall be accepted
as a brother upon any pretence whatever.
XXX. While working, the brethren shall select persons
of years as servants in preference to the young.
XXXI. When the brethren wish to renew themselves,
they must, in the first place, travel through another kingdom,
and after their renovation is accomplished, must
remain absent from their former abode.
XXXII. When brethren dine together, the host, in ac-