First: We will not listen to or willingly inquire after any ill concerning each other.

Second: If we do hear any ill of each other, we will not be forward to believe it.

Third: As soon as possible, we will communicate what we hear, by writing or speaking, to the person concerned.

Fourth: That, till we have done this, we will not write or speak a syllable of it to any other person whatever.

Fifth: That neither will we mention it after we have done this, to any other person.

Sixth: That we will not make any exception to any of these rules unless we think ourselves absolutely obliged in conscience to do so.