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 ; and all the other brethren, including the imperator, shall be obliged 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.