And our warmth will not have been in vain, if we have succeeded in persuading these men to abominate themselves, and to change their ways.

'So let us hope.' Then now that the preamble is completed, we will make a proclamation commanding the impious to renounce their evil ways; and in case they refuse, the law shall be added:--If a man is guilty of impiety in word or deed, let the bystander inform the magistrates, and let the magistrates bring the offender before the court; and if any of the magistrates refuses to act, he likewise shall be tried for impiety.

Any one who is found guilty of such an offence shall be fined at the discretion of the court, and shall also be punished by a term of imprisonment.

There shall be three prisons--one for common offences against life and property; another, near by the spot where the Nocturnal Council will assemble, which is to be called the 'House of Reformation'; the third, to be situated in some desolate region in the centre of the country, shall be called by a name indicating retribution.

There are three causes of impiety, and from each of them spring impieties of two kinds, six in all.