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ROSICRUCIAN APOLOGISTS: MICHAEL MAIER. 279
cordance with the conditions already laid down,
shall en-
deavour to instruct his guests as much as possible.
XXXIII. The brethren shall assemble in our great houses
as frequently as possible, and shall communicate one to
another the name and abode of the imperator.
XXXIV. The brethren in their travels shall have no
connection nor conversation with women,
but shall choose
one or two friends, generally not of the Order.
XXXV. When the brethren intend to leave any place,
they shall divulge their destination to no one, neither shall
they sell anything which they cannot carry away, but shall
direct their landlord to divide it among the poor, if they do
not return in six weeks.
XXXVI. A brother who is travelling shall carry nothing
in oil, but only in the form of powder of the first projection,
which shall be enclosed in a metallic box having a metal
stopper.
XXXVII. No brother should carry any written descrip-
tion of the Art about him, but should he do so, it must be
written in an enigmatical manner.
XXXVIII. Brethren who travel, or take any active part
in the world, shall not eat if invited by any man to his
table unless their host has first tasted the food. If this be
not possible, they shall take in the morning, before leaving
home, one grain of our medicine in the sixth projection,
after which they can eat without fear, but both in eating
and drinking they shall be moderate.
XXXIX. No brother shall give the Stone in the sixth
projection to strangers, but only to sick brethren.
XL. If a brother, who is at work with anyone, be ques-
tioned as to his position, he shall say that he is a novice
and very ignorant.