On the True Origin of the Rosicrucians and the Order of Freemasons

Rosy Cross, written to all scholars and heads of Europe, also a short Reformation put together by Mr. Hafelmeyer, and an epistle written by M. H. and I. I. Printed in Kassel 1614, 8vo. With the Dutch translation of this Fama (1617) appeared Andreas Hobervechel of Hobernwald's Ontdeckinghe van een onghenoemde Antwoorde op de Fama fraternitatis Discovery of an Unnamed Answer to the Fama Fraternitatis, along with various epistles by I. B. P., by M. V. S., A. Q. L., I. H. of G. A. D., and by C. H. C. to the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross. The 2nd edition appeared in Frankfurt 1617, small 8vo. Ridiculous stuff is served up about the fictional hero Christian Rosenkreuz, who is supposed to have been born in 1378 and died in his 106th year; the secret society is described, and its rules are presented. The Reformation is full of mockery and joking, and is nothing other than a literal translation of the 77th Ragguaglio di Parnasso Report from Parnassus by Trajano Boccalini *) This famous political satirist was actually born in Loretto in 1556, and of Rome, which