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280 HISTORY OF THE ROSICRUCIANS.
XLI. Should a brother desire to work, he shall only em-
ploy an apprentice in default of securing the help
of a
brother, and shall be careful that such an apprentice is not
present at all his operations.
XLII. No married man shall be eligible for initiation as
a brother, and in case any brother seeks to appoint an heir,
he shall choose some one unencumbered by many friends.
If he have friends, he must take a special oath to com-
municate the secrets to none, under penalty of punishment
by the imperator.
XLIII. The brethren may take as an apprentice anyone
they have chosen for their heir, provided he be ten years
old. Let the person make profession. When the permis-
sion of the imperator is obtained, whereby anybody is really
accepted as a member,
he can be constituted heir.
XLIV. It is commanded that a brother who by any
accident has been discovered by any prince, shall sooner die
than initiate him into the secret ;
including the imperator, shall be obliged
and all the other brethren,
to venture their
life for his liberation. If, by misfortune, the prince remain
obstinate, and the brother dies to preserve the secret, he
shall be declared a martyr, a relative shall be received in
his place, and a monument with secret inscriptions shall be
erected in his honour.
XLV. It is commanded that a new brother can only be
received into the Order in one of the churches built at our
expense, and in the presence
of six brethren. It is neces-
sary to instruct him for three months, and to provide him
with all things needful Afterwards he must receive the
sign of Peace, a palm-branch, and three kisses, with the
words "Dear brother, we command you to be silent."
After this, he must kneel before the imperator in a special