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you may be elevated and accepted by our aforementioned—though not yet named at this time—but already appointed Fellow-Colleague of the Rosy Cross original: "roseæ-crucis"; referring to the Rosicrucian Order, a secret philosophical society.

You should also, thereafter, during your probationary period, conduct and present yourself in such a manner that we might shortly thereafter dispatch you toward Cairo original: "Alkair", formerly Memphis, a city of Egypt original: "olim Memphis, vrbs Ægyptiæ", to take the place of Hieronymus of Alexandria, who has now been our agent there for seven years. This is so that you may behold the wondrous works of God in foreign lands—although this can also occur quite fittingly and well within each man's own fatherland original: "Patria".