times they improve themselves mutually with praises, with con-
versation, with actions, and out of the things they need. All
those of the same age call one another brothers. They call all
over twenty-two years of age, fathers; those that are less than
twenty-two are named sons. Moreover, the magistrates gov-
ern well, so that no one in the fraternity can do injury to an-
other.


G.M. And how?


Capt. As many names of virtues as there are among us, so
many magistrates there are among them. There is a magis-
trate who is named Magnanimity, another Fortitude, a third
Chastity, a fourth Liberality, a fifth Criminal and Civil Justice,
a sixth Comfort, a seventh Truth, an eighth Kindness, a tenth
Gratitude, an eleventh Cheerfulness, a twelfth Exercise, a thir-
teenth Sobriety, etc. They are elected to duties of that kind,
each one to that duty for excellence in which he is known from
boyhood to be most suitable. Wherefore among them neither
robbery nor clever murders, nor lewdness, incest, adultery, or
other crimes of which we accuse one another, can be found.
They accuse themselves of ingratitude and malignity when any-
one denies a lawful satisfaction to another of indolence, of sad-
ness, of anger, of scurrility, of slander, and of lying, which
curseful thing they thoroughly hate. Accused persons under-
going punishment are deprived of the common table, and other
honors, until the judge thinks that they agree with their cor-
rection.