“23. That those who received them enjoined the same.
“24. That they believed, and so it was told them, that the Grand Master of the order could absolve them from their sins.
“25. That the visitor could do so.
“26. That the preceptors, of whom many were laymen, could do it.
“27. That they in fact did do so.
“28. That some of them did.
“29. That the Grand Master confessed these things of himself, even before he was taken, in the presence of great persons.
“30. That in receiving brothers into the order, or when about to receive them, or some time after having received them, the receivers and the persons received kissed one another on the mouth, the navel...!!
“36. That the receptions of the brethren were made clandestinely.