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Art, 4. 



He who has committed adultery with the wife, concubine, or daughter of a brother , 

 shall lose one ear if the adultery has been committed by violence; but if the adultery has 

 been perpetrated willingly, he shall be punished with 360 blows. . 



He who gives his daughter, who has already lost her virginity, in marriage to a brother, 

 shall repent his crime sincerely; he who does not reform, shall be punished with 108 blows. 



Art. 5. 



If a brother commits robbery afloat or ashore, he shall observe well the signs of recog- 

 nition before he acts. If one, pretending not to have recognized them, sets wantonly to 

 work, he will be punished with 360 blows. 



But he who knew certainly that it was a brother, but has pretended not to have re- 

 cognized him, and he who has given the clue to others to rob or plunder him, shall be pu- 

 nished with tlie loss of one ear and 108 heavy blows. 



Art. 6. 



It is not allo wed to abuse a brother, or to oppress the weaker, relying on one's power; 

 or insult the honest, trusting to one's authority. Neither shall it be allowed to lift up one's 

 hand to beat a brother, or to insult or vilify his parents. He who disobeys, shall be pu- 

 nished with 108 blows. 



Art. 7. 



If a brother has escaped the tax, snruggled, or sold prohibited goods, it shall not be al- 

 lowed to conspire with strangers in order to rob him, or to inform the authorities of it. 

 lor, in that case, the transgressor shall be punished, according to law, with the loss of one ear. 



Art. 8. 



If a brother has become implicated with the authorities , or if a price is set upon his person , 

 it shall not be allowed to betray him to the authorities, and be the //leading thread" by 

 which a brother is caught; and, in order to get the promised reward, injure another to prorlt 

 ones self. For those shall be slain, according to law, and be killed with countless swords. 



Art. 9. 



In order to become Presiding-master ( ] ) there must first be a vacancy. 



If he then wishes to lay the bridge and open the fair ( 2 ), he shall, first, send round a cir- 

 cular to the brotherhood. If he does not send a circular, he is guilty of the crime of having 

 clandestinely opened a fair. 



Thereby he violates the laws of the five founders, and, therefore, he shall be killed. 



C) 5g: 5£ (See p. 47.) 



( 2 ) É& /jpj pp! jgl i. e. adopt new members and liold lodge. 



