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 JACHIN A WD BOAZ; 
 
 '* on, AN 
 
 AUTRE STIC KEY 
 
 TO THE 
 
 DOOR OF FRhK-MASONRY, 
 
 BOTH 
 
 ANCIENT AND MODERN. 
 
 CALCULATED NOT ONLY FOR THE INSTHUCTION OF EVERY 
 
 XEW-MADE MASON ; BUT ALSO FOR THE INFORMATION OF 
 
 ALL WHO INTEND TO BECOME BRETHREN. 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 I. A circutnittantial Arcount of all the 
 Prweeding^ in making a Mason, 
 \viih ihu bevcral Obligations of an 
 Eniered Appremicc, KellowXraft, 
 and Mositert the Prayer*, and also 
 the Si^n, Grip, and Pasg'Word of 
 each ilv^ree. 
 
 'I- i he niannei' (-r opening a Lodge, 
 and setting tlie Craft to work 
 
 III The b'.ntared Apprentice, t'ellow- 
 ('r^ft, and Maktcrs lecture, verbar 
 tim, a> (ielivered in all Lijdgea , 
 Vkith a Song at the Conclunion of 
 each Part 
 
 IV. The Origin of Masonry ; Do- 
 8cii;)tionof Soloman's Tismp'c i His- 
 tory uf till! Murder of the Grand 
 
 Master Hiram by the three Fellow 
 Crafts ; tlieir Dico very and I'miisli- 
 mnnt ; the Bui iai of Hiram by King 
 •ioloroon'a Order ; with the Five 
 Points of I'dlowship, &(> 
 
 V. I he cereiuony of the Instalment 
 of the MasteiK of different Liiil<j;e9 
 oil St. John's r.ay ; Description of 
 tlie Regalia, &.c. 
 
 VI. Cereinonies used at the Funeral 
 of a Mason. 
 
 VII. A s»fe and easy Method pro. 
 posed, by ohich a Man may ohiuin 
 Admittance into any Lndj^e witliout 
 passing through the Forui rehired, 
 and there!i> have a Guinea or two 
 tu bb< Pocket. 
 
 WITH AN 
 
 Accurate Plan of the Drawing on the Floor 
 of a Lodge. 
 
 INTI^RSPEASEO WITH 
 
 A VARIETY OF NOIES AND REMARKS, 
 
 Necessary to explain and render the whole clear to ike 
 
 meanest Ccpacily, 
 
 TO VHICH ARE ADDED, 
 
 ■V SELECT COLLECTION OF BONOS, AND A LIST OF TOASTS AND 
 
 SENTIMENTS, PROPER FOR THE SOCIETY OF FREE-MASCNB. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed for the Bookseluses- 
 
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to ALL 
 
 FftEF- MASONS. 
 
 ^ HE A.uthor of the following pages has the honour 
 of being- respected in most of the \oi^^s of reputation 
 in this metropolis. He acquired his knowledge at 
 first from some loose papers !)elonging Vo a merchant 
 to whom he was nearly related, who had been a 
 member of the Queen s Arms, ' t Paul's Church yard. 
 This relation dying about ten years aa;o, the editor 
 became possessed of his effects ; and on looking over 
 papers, among others he found some memorandums 
 or remarks qn V/jwonry, which excited his curiosity 
 so far, that he resolved on accomplishing his scheme 
 without going throuj^h the ceremony required by the 
 society. 
 
 The remarks of his friend above mentioned fur- 
 nished hints sufficient to make a trial on an intimate; 
 acquaintance, a Free- Mason, which succeeded and 
 he received an invitation to spend an evening at a 
 tavern in the Strand, with several acquaintances, 
 where he gave full satisfaction, and took liis s-uf* 
 That night he saw two makings,* and came off lull 
 of spirits 
 
 His regard to the society and respect to the 
 public, are the only inducements to this publication, 
 which is intended not only to assist those who have 
 been lately made, and still remain ignorant ot the 
 true foundaticn of the art, but plso to give all that 
 have an inclination to become Masons an opportuni- 
 ty of considering the advantages and disadvantages 
 of the engagements and oaths by which they am 
 bound Such is the intention of this undertaking: 
 and the Editor flatters himself the brotherhood will 
 liot condemn his officiousness in this respect, as it will 
 J^ather strengthen than hurt the interest of the socie- 
 ty ; the fear of going through the ceremony, which 
 has hitherto been represented in such frightful shape;?, 
 being the greatest obstacle to its future welfare and 
 support. 
 
 • Makings, the term ufed in the liicu'it led ■ • ■ ' >■ 'o , ber* i iiie i<)il|i«i 
 kcquaiDtiof them tJUt new ncmban an tg tx adiuittetl th* neat todg* Di)(ht. 
 
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Plan of the Tirawing m the Floor at the Makl/ts of a Mason. 
 
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 MASTER. 
 
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 " I bird Deffrw, or Master's fli'ii, 
 Kneel wiili both Knees " 
 
 OSecoiiH Dp!>;Te*. or Fell w- Craft's Step. 
 ■ Kneei with the Riglit Knee. 
 
 First Degree, or Entered Apprentice's Ste|' 
 Kneel with botli Knees 
 
 WEST. 
 
 EXPLANATION. 
 
 A Senior Deacon, with a black rod. 
 
 a Past Mastor, with the Sun and Compasses, nnd a string of cordf. 
 
 C Senior Warden, with the Level, and a column in his hand. 
 
 D Janior Deacon, with a black rod. 
 
 £ Junior Warden, with a colamn in his haacL 
 
 F The Secretary, with Cross Pens. 
 
 G H 1 Candles. 
 
 ^ Masoas staudiBg roind at tke CarwK rj. 
 
Makins of a Mtimn. 
 
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 rentice's Stc| 
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 I, nnd a string of cordf. 
 umn in his hand. 
 
 Ay AUTHENTIC KEl* 
 
 TO THR 
 
 DOOR OF FREE-MASONRY. 
 
 T, 
 
 HE origin* of the Society called FnKE-MARox<?, Is said by' 
 some */) have been a certain number of persons wlio formed a rc- 
 «o1ution to rebuild tlie Temple of Solomont. Thisappenrs from 
 tlie lecture, or rather history, of the order, at the makinj^ or 
 raising of a member to the degree of master, wliich is fully 
 described in the following work. But I am inclined to tliink 
 lliat the chief design of tlie establishment is to rectify the licart, 
 inform the mind, and promote the moral and social virtues of 
 humanity, decency, and good order, as much as possible in the 
 world, and some of the emblems of the Free-MasOns confirm^ 
 tills opinion, such as the compass, square, rule, &c. 
 
 In all countriesr where masonry is practised or establi><lied a,t 
 this time, there is a grand Master ; but formerly there was only 
 one Grand Master, and he was an Englishman. His RovAt. 
 Highness GEonoE Prince of Wales, is the person on whom 
 this dignity is now bestowed, wlio governs all the lodges in 
 Great Britain, and has the power of delivering the corstitutiotw 
 and laAvs of the Society to the masters who preside over the 
 subordinate assemblies : which constitutions mubt always be 
 signed by the grand secretary of the order. 
 
 The Iwlges meet twice a month in the winter half-year, anil 
 once a month in the summer ; and the members of each lodge 
 pay quarterly, from .'5s. 6d. to .Os. into the hands of tlie treasu- 
 rer ; and this generally defrays the expence of their meetings. 
 
 There are also quarterly communications or meetings held, at 
 
 * I'lie rise of this »ci<nce (says an original Uccoid) wns hflbre jhe llocil. \n 
 the 4th chapter of Geiiises it is •isid, there wa» a man namnd l.anierh, who 
 liiid two wivps named Adah and i^illnh ; hv Adah hf bepat two "ini, Jmha t,\*\ 
 Jubal ; hjf Zillah ha hegnt one son, called Tubal t^ain, and : daiisi.-"'" named 
 Xaamnh. T^e^e children found out the he/rinning' of nllllie CrMlisinthe ,.■ -ift 
 .tubcl found out Geometry ; he divided flockn of sheep, aad built the fir t 
 ht>ii»e of (imher and stone. Jabal found out the nrt of music, and was tho 
 fiitlier of all those that handled the Harp. Tubal Cahi was the instructor of 
 all artificers in Iron and Brasi, and his daughter dis^.jvered the fruft of 
 VVeavinff. 
 
 t By an OhljRecord, it appears, that King; Solomon confirmed all the cliarpn 
 which Kins' OaTid had piTcn ti» Masons, in .Jerusalem t and thai the Temiiti- 
 was finished, A. M, 3000. In the year 43. after Christ, Masons firfct cbwi.- 
 kt* Bsylaad, and bnilt the Mona;lotj of GUstoabnry in Soii>aTSt!t*liir«> 
 
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 w'lic^ are riwifrit the master n-ul wardens of every reSfnlar 
 coii-'! '■iit'on in a i\ near I/ttvion, whe-e the fteveril lodges so'ul 
 hv f'e s!ii 1 wardens, different wms a" -> ,, to be paid intW 
 til'' hill Is of the trefisurer-sreneral, d pro!>riited to such 
 charitn'>!e uses as the grand mtster. nnd 'he maste-s of the dif- 
 ferent lo I'jfes under him, think i^roper ; but t'lese c^- rities are 
 chiefly confi.ied to masons only. Such i-s have (yood reco^n- 
 ni'^ndit'ons as to their good bi'haviour and char; cter, will be 
 jisMJ^ed with five, ten, or twenty pounds ; and less '<ums are li*. 
 tribute ' to the indigent bretliren, in nroportion to their wants, 
 and the number of years they have been members. At these 
 qu:>rterly communications, larije sums are likewise sent fr >-,n 
 lodges in the mngt remote parts of the world, viz. in the F, st 
 and West Tndies, and accounts transmitted ot the growth of 
 masonry there. The state of the funds of the society are like- 
 wise communicated to the company, and the deliberations of 
 the meeting taken down by the secretf^ry, who lays them before 
 the grand master at the yearly meeting. 
 
 The number of memlK-rs which compose a lodg'*, is indeter- 
 minate: but it is no lodire except there are present one master, 
 ti 1 ee fellow-crafts, and nvo apprentices. 
 
 When a lodge is met, tlieie are two pr'ncipa' ofRcers under 
 tlie master, called senior and junior wardens, whose business 
 it i« to see the laws of the society strictly adhered to, and the 
 Word of command given by tiie grand master regularly followe^L 
 
 It must he remarked, that the authority of a master, though 
 chie of the lodge, reaches no farther than he is himself an ob- 
 server of the laws • should he infringe them, the brethren never 
 fail to censure him ; and if this has had no effect, they have a 
 power of deposing him, on appealing to the grand master, and 
 giving their reason for it ; but they seldom proceed to this ex- 
 tremity. 
 
 As no doubt the reader chuses to be made acquainted with 
 every circumstance of the ceremony of making a mason, I shall 
 begin with the following directions, and proceed regularly in* 
 the description of what furtlier concerns masonry. 
 
 A man desirous of becoming a free-mason, should endea- 
 vour to get acquainted witli a member of some good lodge, 
 ■who will propose him as a canditate for admissiom the next 
 lodje-night. The brother who proposes a new member, is 
 hkewise obliged to inform the brethren of the qualifications of 
 the candidate.* Upon this it is debuted whether or not he shall 
 
 • '■'<ir till- ff od !>■ this .ri.t a 1 -.llu- sixic-ies, it ,,.-re '(• , iied a ^'f* 
 
 tttict regard was paid, on tb« pfkrt of tba proj^oMrii, to tka character and morals 
 of evar; caaAidatf. 
 
(lens of every rejfHlnr 
 'le sfvenl lorl^es si-id 
 , to be paid int* 
 prouriiied to Htich 
 •'le rnaste'i of the iliP- 
 biit t'lese 0*1- rities arc 
 
 i< have goo.l recon- 
 md c'<ar; cter, will (>e 
 ; aw] less xiimsare lis- 
 portion to their wants, 
 
 memhers. At these 
 ire likewise sent firy.n 
 orld, viz. in tho E ,st 
 tted of the growth of 
 )t'the society are like- 
 ifl the deliberations of 
 r, who lays them before 
 
 nse a lod{»-, is indeter- 
 ire present one master, 
 
 pr'ncipa' ofHcers u'lder 
 inlens, whose business 
 ' adhere'! to, and the 
 ister regularly followefL 
 ty of a master, thou^jh 
 n he is himself an ob- 
 lem, the brethren never 
 no effect, they have a 
 the pfrand master, and 
 lorn proCeetl to this ex- 
 made acquainted with 
 aking a mason, I shall 
 proceed regularly in' 
 masonry. 
 
 -mason, should endea- 
 »r of some ^ood \odge, 
 >r admissiom the next 
 es a new member, is 
 )f the qualifications of 
 whether or not he shall 
 
 to tke character uuL moral* 
 
 te admitted, and it being carried in the affirmative, the ne»t 
 ttep is to go with the proposer the ensuirg lodf;e-ui/L;ht. 
 
 The evening being come when a lodge is to be held, which 
 generally begins about seven in the winter, aiid nine in the sum- 
 mer, as previous notices pre sent to the members for this pur- 
 pose, the masons are punctual to time, and it fr«juently happen^ 
 that, in half an hour, the whole lotlge are tiBsenibied. 
 
 The master, the assistants, secreUiry, and treasurer, le/in 
 with putting over their necks a blue ribbund of a triai'pniar 
 ijiape; to the master's ribbond hang a rule and compass, vl ch 
 is in some lodges made of gold, though in othti- only gilt;; 
 die a8^istants, senior wardens, and the officers, can-y the com- 
 pass alone. 
 
 The candles are placed upon the table in the form of a tri;in- 
 gle ; and in the best lodges, the candlesticks are finely carved 
 with emblematical figures. Every brother has an apion made 
 ef white skin, and tlie strings are also of skin ; though some of 
 them chuse to ornament them with ribbonde of various colours. 
 On the grand days, such as quarterly communications, or gene- 
 neral meetings, the grand officers* aprons are finely decorated^ 
 »nd thev carry the rule and compass, the emblems of the order. 
 
 Whei they sit down to the table, the master c> place is on 
 the eas', side, the bible being opened before him, with the com- 
 pass la d thfreon, and the poii ts of them covered with a lig- 
 num vita: or box square; and the senior or junior warden:) 
 91)posite to him on the west and south. On the table is like- 
 wise placed wine, punch, &c. to regale the brethren, who take 
 their places according to their seniority. Being thus seuted, af- 
 ter a few minutes the master proceeds to open the lodge*' in the 
 Ibllowing manner : 
 
 Manner of opening a lodge, and setting the men to tvork. 
 
 Master lb the junior deacon. What is the cliief care of a 
 pason ? 
 
 yitu. To see that the lodge is tyled. 
 
 Mas. Pray, do your duty. 
 
 I^The jimior deacon gives three knocks at the door ; nnd the 
 (yler.t on the other side of the door, answereth, by giving three 
 
 * To Of'Tii a iodftc in Ma8i>i<r\ .jii. e- Uiu* it u allowtu to b|.(.ak treely 
 man, one aButlieroflbe mysteries of tlie order, 
 
 * A tyler is properly nnmore ihn ^ ,• gnari, orcentinel, placed at the lodgo 
 ii'O ■ that whdii UDj one cravt:(> adini-ianre,|the wardens may cone out aiid ex« 
 ^siiw >|UB i Ink tie ie alwaj^s one of the brethreB. 
 
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 luiodM. Then tlie junior deacon tells the master, saying,'] 
 
 Anx. Worshipful, thn lodge s tyled. 
 
 Master to the Junior deacon. Pray, where is the junior dea- 
 coi/s place in the Iwlge ? 
 
 Detuoti's Ans. At tlie back of die senior warden ; or on liie 
 yight iiand, if he permit him. 
 
 Mas. ^ our business tliere ? 
 
 Ans To ciury messages from the senior to the junior wardt'ii, 
 so that they may be di. persed round tlic lodge. 
 
 Maskr to the senior dca<:oii. I'ray, where is the senior den. 
 con's place in the lodge } 
 
 Senior deacon's ans. At the back of the master ; or at hig 
 right hand, if lie peniiit. 
 
 Mas. Your business there .> 
 
 Ans. To caiTy messages from the master to the senior warden. 
 
 Mas, The junior wartlens place in tlie lodge ? 
 
 Deacon's ans. In llie south. 
 
 Master to the junior warden. Why in the .south ? 
 
 Junior warden' x ans. Hie better to observe the sun at high 
 meridian, to call the men off ft jni work to refreshment, and to 
 8t i that they come on in due time, that the master may have 
 pleasure and profit thereby. 
 
 Mas. Where is the senioi warden's place in the lodge ? 
 
 Junior warden's ans. In the west. 
 
 Master to the senior warden. Your businees there, brother ? 
 
 Senior warden's ans. As the sun sets in the west to close the 
 day, so the senior warden stands in tlie west to close the lodge, 
 to pay the men their wages, and dismiss them from their labour. 
 
 Mas. The roaster's place in tlie lodge ? 
 
 Senior warden's am. In the east. 
 
 Mas. His business there .'' 
 
 Senior ivarden's uns. As the sun rises in the cast to open the 
 day, so tlie master stands in the east to open the lodge, and set 
 the men to work, 
 
 £Then tlie master takes off his hat, and declares the lodge open 
 
 as follows :] 
 
 Master. ' This lodge is open in the name of Holy St. Jqhii, 
 forbidding all cursing, swearing, or whispering, and all profane 
 discourse whatever, under no less penalty than what the majo- 
 rity shall think proper.' 
 
 The master gives three knocks on the table with a wooden 
 hammer, and puts on his hat, the bretheren being uncovered 
 He then asks, if tlie gentleman I'.roposed last lodge-night is 
 rejidy to Lt made ; and on being answered in the affirmative, 
 he crd^s the wardens to go out and prepare the persop^ who n 
 
le master, saying,'] 
 he is the junior dea- 
 pr warden ; or on liii 
 
 to the junior warden, 
 lodge. 
 Jere is the senior dea. 
 
 le master ; or at his 
 
 r to the senior warden, 
 lodge ? 
 
 lie .-iouth .'' 
 
 jbserve the sun at high 
 
 o refreshment, and to 
 
 t the muster may have 
 
 ace in the lodge ? 
 
 iinees there, brother ? 
 in the west to close the 
 west to close the lodge, 
 tliem from their labour. 
 
 i in the cast to open the 
 open the loJge, and stt 
 
 declares the lodge open 
 
 lame of Holy St. John, 
 spcring, and all profane 
 ty than what the majo. 
 
 ; table with a wooden 
 lieren being uncovered 
 3sed last lodge-night is 
 ered in tlie affirmative, 
 spore the persop, who if 
 
 ffenemlly waiting in a room at some distance from tie lodg«< 
 room by himself, liti; g left there by bin tiieiid v. iio pro|)<)std 
 hiu). He is conducted into another room, which is totally 
 dark : and tiien ;i >ked, whether \ie is conscious of haviig tlie 
 vocation necessary to be received? on answering yes, lie isa»;kf<l 
 his name, sumame, and profession. When he has unswcrtd 
 these questions, whatever ho has ai>oiit him made of metal is la- 
 ken away, rts buckles, buttons, rincrs. Sec. and even the mtiiiey 
 in his pocket*. 'I'hen they uncover liis right knee, and ]^ut Lis 
 left foot with his shoe on into a slijij-er ;t hoodwink liiin with a 
 handkerchief, and leave iiim to his reflections I'or .ibout half r.n 
 hour. The ch<unber is also guarded within and without by 
 some of the brethren, who have dniwn swards in their haiids. 
 The person who proposed the candidate stays in the room with 
 him : hut they are not permitted to conyersc together. 
 
 During this silence, and while the candidate is preparing, the 
 hrethreti in the lodge are putting every thing in order for his 
 reception there ; such as drawing the annexed fijuie on the floor 
 nt the u])per part of the room ; whicli is generally done with 
 ch ilk and charcoal intermixed ; tiii ugh some lodges use tape and 
 little nails to form it, wliich prevents any mark or stain on the 
 floor. It is dvjiwn cast and west. The master stands in the 
 east, with the square hanging .it his breast, the holy bible open- 
 ed at the f '.opel of St John, and three lighted tapers are pla- 
 ced in the fonn of a triangle in the midst oi' the drawing on the 
 floor. 
 
 Tie propviser then goes and knorks three times at the door of 
 the grand apitriTnent, in which tlir- ceremony is to be pcrf irmed. 
 The V asttr answers within by tliiee strokes with tlie ban ..ler, 
 and the junior warden asks. Who cinies there ? The candidate 
 answers (after another who prompts him,) ' One who begs to 
 receive part of the benefit of this right worshipful lodge, dedi- 
 cated to St John, as many brothers and fellows have done be- 
 fore me.' The loors are then opened, and the senior and junior 
 wardens, oj their assisbmts, receive him, one on the right, and 
 the other on the left, and conduct him, blindfolded three timcsij: 
 
 • In gome lodges they are so particular, that the Qarniiilnte's clntlics nr o ta- 
 ken offif lliere be lace on ihem 
 
 t This is not practised in fvery lodge ; some only slipping llie heel of tl • 
 Bho« dciwn. 
 
 J In some toilgfs the candiilntps are led nine times round ; hut as thli is very 
 ♦insii'nt I" the percon wlio i> to undergo the operatiim, his nntionre hfing. 
 fntty well tried by being hliDded so lon^ beforehand, it is vsry justly omlK'-d. 
 
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10- 
 
 l-ound the draT7i*nfr on the floor, and brin;; him up In llie foot o" 
 it, with his face to the master,§ the bretliie.i lanuiug them- 
 selves en each side, and making a coiifii!.^d noise, by strildii;' 
 on the attributes of tlie order, which they cany in their Hands.; 
 
 When this part of the ceremony is ended, the master, vlio 
 stands at the upper end, facir.j? t!ie foot or steps of the drawiii;' 
 on tiie floor, behind a low am\ chair, asks the followiujaj que.- 
 ti.^ns, Whether you have a desire to become a mason ? and *' it 
 is of your own free will and choice ? Upon which tlie aindidato 
 answers, Yeo. 'Let him see the light,' says the master. 'J'hcy 
 then take the handkerchief from his eyts, and whilst tliey 
 are so doinp^, the brethren thrm p circle round him, with their 
 swords drav/n in tlieir hands, t!ic! points of which are present! .1 
 to his breast. The ornHmcnts liorno by the officers, the glitter- 
 iiiff of the sv.ords, and fantastic a])peiu'ence of the brethren in 
 •wliite aprons, create jOTcat surprise, especially to a person wlin 
 for above zn hour has been fatigued with the Iwndajre over his 
 eyes ; and his uncertainty concerning what 'a further to be vlor.(! 
 for his recpjjtion, must, no doubt, throw his mind into grait 
 perple.iity,|| 
 
 The cantlidatc is tlien directed to advance three times to a stodl 
 at the foot of the arm-cliair ; he is taught to step in .1 prc])(r 
 manner bj- one of the assistants. — L'pon the stool are place 1 
 the rule and compass; and ont .'^the bretliren says to tlie cs'n-j 
 didito to this eflect: 'You are now entering into a resper*"'''» 
 wjcioty, Mliicli is more serious and inijxirtant than you im^j,:(it-,l 
 It admit ^ of nothing contraiy to law, religion, or morality ; noil 
 does it allow any thing inconsistent with the allegiance due tol 
 his Majesty ; the worshipful grand master will iufonn you ofl 
 the rest.t 
 
 As soon as the speaker Lias ended his speecii, he is desired to I 
 put Iiis right knee upon the stool, which is bare, as ment'onedl 
 above,* and his left toot is put irto a slipper with the shte on,l 
 or the slioe slipped at the heel, to represent a slipper. 
 
 $ i\lany lollies t'lroiv a fine iiowtlor, or rosin, sn the floor, wliicb, with Ihel 
 illun>inntiiiii of tliu room, Jiuk a [irctty eiK'ct. 
 
 t '■ lii> nisloiM is not obHCrvmi in ul! loil;je», 
 
 II Till! e.ncioiit niasiji •< iiiadt u«o »)" a prayer inserted in tlie apprrntjeei lec- 
 ture; but the moderns leave it out when tli^-y mak a brotlier. I 
 
 t li i>: lier« to lie unittTstood, (Imt in lUr/orent IwlgeH tliis speech vaiies ; al 
 al.so ri" tliu t'ofms ot'niriking- in soma rcHpeots, wliich may lie Hren in the eutercq 
 apprentice's leclHre, where tlje ouly |iroper and ancient nietlio'l is clearly ^iiltf 
 «d nut. I 
 
 * 1'he ancient custom waf this, the candi()ate, thong^h I'seeling' on hia ri^hl 
 lini>u, nliKuld huve his Icfl foot in tlie air, but tliig position being f«uguing;i il 
 U omit'f d in muiit lodges, 
 
 I 
 
Iiig liiiM up to ll»e foot d' 
 
 uetlivcii lanjiiug thcni- 
 
 \\>qd noise, by stril.-iii;' 
 
 ■y cany in their Hands.; 
 
 jnded, the master, v!w 
 
 or steps of the drawiii;' 
 
 iks the followiwf? quc- 
 
 conio a mason ? and 'it 
 
 ion which tlie candidate 
 
 says the master. 'Jiicy 
 
 eyes, and whilst tlicv 
 
 3 roinid him, with their 
 
 ;s of which aie presentt;! 
 
 jr the ofiieers, the ghtter. 
 
 •ence of the brethren in 
 
 iicially to a person wIki 
 
 ilh tlie bandaj^e over liis 
 
 IV hat ii farther to be doi-.s; 
 
 >w his niuMi into grent 
 
 vance three times to a stool 
 aught to step in a j)rcj)('r 
 pon tlie stool are place I 
 brethren says to the v.<\n- 
 ntering into a resper*"'''" 
 jx)rtant than you im^>,Mie, 
 religion, or morality ; noi 
 rith the allegiance due to 
 aster will infoi*m you of 
 
 lis speerii, he is desired to 
 ich is bare, as ment'oned 
 t slipper with the shte on, 
 resent a slipper. 
 
 n, an the -floor, wliicb, with the 
 
 • inserted in the spprfntjeei lee- 
 nnk a brother. 
 
 nt ludge» tliis speech vaiies ; as 
 liich may he xren in the eutercj 
 I anotent nietliU'l is clearly jloiiit- 
 
 te, tliong:)v l-secling' on hid ri^bt 
 tliis position being faiiguin^i it 
 
 ■^'lis candidate being in tin's posture, the worshipful grand 
 ma-ster adthcsses him to tlie following effect : ' On ; ai jnomise 
 never to tell, write or disclose, in any maimer what ever, Vu» se- 
 crets of free-masonry and free mai^ons, except to a hi* t!ier at 
 the lodge, and in the presence of Jie worshipful grand ^nnster ."* 
 On which the per-son says, 'I do.' His waistcoct is then rubut- 
 toned*, and the point of a pair of compasess§ place 1 iinon lii^ 
 raked left breast, and he himself holds it with his- left h ■; d. lus 
 right hand being laid upon the gospel ope led at St John, vl'.en 
 the followmg oatli is administered to him, he repeating It aflev 
 the master. 
 
 THE OATH. 
 
 'I, A. B. of my own free v/ill and accord^ and in the pre- 
 sence of Almighty G</d,j| and this right worshijjfid lodge, de- 
 dicated to St John, do hereby and herein most'solemniy antl 
 sincerely swear, that I will always hale, cor.ceal, and never re- 
 veal any of the secrets or mjsteries of free-masonry, tlint ^h;)'! be 
 delivered to me now, or at any time hereafter, except it I c to a 
 true and lawful brother, or in a just and lawful lodge ot biolliei s 
 and fellows, him or them whom I shall finii to bo sucli, idVr 
 just trial and due examination, i "urthermorc do swear, tliut I 
 win not write it, print it, cut it, paint it, stint it< mark it, t.taia 
 or engrave it, or cause it so to be done, upon any thing nio\ c>- 
 ablc or immoveable^ under the canopy of Heaven, whcrc!)y it 
 iiiay become legible or intelligible, or the least appearance ot'the 
 character of a letter, whereby the s(!cret art may be unlawfully 
 obtained. All this I swear, with a strong ar . steady resoliitivtii 
 to perform the same, without any hesitation, mental rescrvitlioa 
 or self-evasion of mind in me whatsoever; under no less jienalty 
 than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the 
 root, and that it be buried in the sands in th»* sea at low watt"* 
 mark, a cables length from vhe shore, where the tide el)bs and 
 flows twice in twenty-four hours. So lielp me God, and keep 
 nie stedfast ia, this my entered apprentice's obligation.' ( lie 
 kissi s the Book. , 
 
 •This is (lone Ies» a woman shonhl oiler heiselT If vve believe tlie Iri^li, tJiri.i 
 is a lady at thi« liju; in Ireland, who has gouc through the whole ctrtiimny, 
 and is aa ;^o«l a maso.i »>< any of tliein. 
 
 ( Thejincienta need iv sword or a »pear instead of a compass. 
 
 ||The form of the oath differs in many lodges, thmiph (his is tlio 'tMil.^t \<\ 
 a«e ; and jn i*orae societies, instead of saying, ' In the preKcuce of Alilii.;li'/ 
 Ood,' it runs lktt«, • 1 promise i)e',,r« the great arcliilucl uf the uiuvcit;,' &.c. 
 
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 'J'lic new-made meiiibflr ii> tlieii taughtthe ^ij,'n,jvi-ipj aiul pass 
 word of t!ie cnttreil ajipicntice, which will be seen more dearl) 
 in tlie f'ijlloM'in/T lecture bclongin/r to that p;irt of masonry. 
 
 He is also le.'.rnt the step, or how to advance to the master 
 upon the drawinjr on the floor, which in some lodj^es rescniblts 
 tlie grand building tenned a Mosaic palace, and is dcscri!^ed 
 with the utmost exactness^ Tliey also draw other figures, ow 
 . of which is called tlie laced tuft, and the other the throne bcsct 
 with stars. There is also represented a perpendicular line in 
 the form of a mason's instrument, commonly called the plumb- 
 line ; and another figure which represents the tomb of Hiram, 
 the first gr.uid master, who has been dead almost three thou- 
 .>-and yeais. These are all explaineil to him in the most accurate 
 manner, and the ornaments or emblems t;f the order arc described 
 with great ikcility. The ceremcny being now ended, the new- 
 made member is obliged to take a mop out of a pail of water, 
 brought for tkat ])urposc, and rub out the drawing on the floor, 
 if it is done with chalk ant' charcoal. Then he is conducted back 
 and every thing that he wa? divested of is restored, and he takes 
 his seat on the right hand of the master. He also receives an 
 ai)ron, which he puts on, and the list of the lodges is likewisr 
 j^iven him. 
 
 The brethren now congratulate the new made member, and 
 all return to the table to regale themselves : when the master 
 proiMises a health to the young brother, which is ch-ank with 
 the greatest applause by the whole body, the new mason sit- 
 ting all the while. After which he, instructed by a brother^ 
 takes a bumper, and drinks ' To the woi'shipfid grand master, 
 the senior and junior wardens, the rest of the officers, and mer .« 
 bers of the lodge ; wishing them success in all their public i 
 private undertakings, to masonry in general, and this lodge in 
 particulai', craving their assistance ' To which they answer, 
 * they will assist hun.' And atler he has drank he throws his 
 glass from him, and bringc it back three times, and then sets it 
 down on the table, the rest doing the same in exact order. Thi« 
 they call firing : Then they clap their hands nine times divided 
 into three, and stop between each, keeping true time. 
 
 The reader having been led thus far, it is high time to intro- 
 duce the apprentice's lecture, which is intended not only to 
 amuse, but likewise ♦-> instruct him in the part he has entered 
 into. The readiness of many of the brethren in answering the 
 questions, add" a lustre to the order, the members vying with 
 each other who shall aiost cuutribute to the edification of theii 
 new brother. 
 
> 
 
 the ^igiV^ip, ami pass 
 ill be seen m()}e clearly 
 I p.'irt of masonry, 
 advance to the master 
 some lodj>;e» rcscnibles 
 alace, and is dcscrll^ed 
 draw other figures, oiie 
 |e other the throne bcact 
 a perpendicular line in 
 only called the plunib- 
 nts the ton)b of Hiram, 
 lead almost three thou- 
 hira in the most accurate 
 ;f the order are described 
 ng now ended, the new- 
 out of a pail of water, 
 the drawing on the floor, 
 hen he is conducted back 
 f is restored, and he takes 
 r. He also receives an 
 jf the lodges is likewise 
 
 new made tnember, and 
 
 ielves : when the master 
 
 er, which is drank with 
 
 dy, the new mason sit- 
 
 instructed by a brother^ 
 
 woi-shipfid grand master, 
 t of the officers, und mer .« 
 es3 in all their public i id 
 feneral, and this lo<lge in 
 To which they answer, 
 
 has drank he throws his 
 ree times, and then sets it 
 ame in exact order. Thi» 
 hands nine times divided 
 !pin_s true time, 
 r, it is high time to intro< 
 t is intended not only to 
 I the part he has entered 
 jrethren in answering the 
 
 the members vying with 
 o the edification of their 
 
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 IS 
 
 The Entered Apprentice's Lecture*. 
 
 Mailer. Brotheh, is there any thing between you and me 
 
 A.iswer. There is right Worshipful. 
 
 Master. What is it, Brother, pray !> Ans. A Secret. 
 
 Master. What is that secret. Brother ? Ans. Masonry. 
 
 Master. Then I presume you are a Mason ? 
 
 Aiiswer. I am so taken and accepted among Brothers and 
 Fellows. 
 
 Master. V™y what sort of a man ought a Mason to be ? 
 
 AnsTier. A man that is born of a free woman. 
 
 Mas. Where w is you first prepared to be made aJMason ? 
 
 Ans. In my heart. 
 
 Mas. Where was you next prepared ? 
 
 Alls. In a room adjoining to the Lodge. 
 
 Mas. How was yoii prepared, Brither ? 
 
 Ati.i. I was neither naked nor clothed, barcfoDt nor shod ; 
 deprivd of all metal ; hoodwinked, with a cable-tow about my 
 neck where I was led to the door of the Lodge, in a halting 
 moving posturt, by the liand of a friend, whom 1 afterwards 
 found to be a Brother. 
 
 Mas. How do you know it to be a door, you being blinded? 
 
 Ans. By finding a stoppage, and afterwarf^ an entrance or 
 admittance. 
 
 Mas. How got you admittance ? 
 
 Ans. By three knocks. 
 
 Mas, What was said to you within ? 
 
 Ans, Who conies there. 
 
 Mas. Your Answer, Brother ? 
 
 Ans. One Who begs to have and receive part of the benefit 
 •f this Right Worshipful Lodge, dedicated to St John, as many 
 Brotiiers and Fellows have done before me. 
 
 Mas, How do you expect to obtain it ? 
 
 Ans, By being free-liom and well reported ? 
 
 Mas, What was said to you then ? Ans, Enter, 
 
 Mas, How did you enter, and upon what ? 
 
 Ans, Upon the ])oint of a sworu, or spear, or some warlike 
 instrument, presented to my naked left breast. 
 
 Mas, Wliat was said to you then ? 
 
 Ans, I was asked if I felt any thing. 
 
 Mas. Wliat was yoi't answer ? * 
 
 Ans. I did, but I coul i nee nothing. 
 
 • Tho Reader is de»in>(l to obspr/e.that here I giy* ihe whole of the Lectures, 
 as deli vsrcd in tli« iiriiuitiTo tint* ; but tli* mod«ra Masoni leave out at leac* og« 
 kaV, 
 
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14 
 
 M'ls. You have told tne how you was rccrived : pray, who 
 let lived you ? 
 
 //)/.»•. The Junior Warden, 
 
 Mas. How did he dis >.i f of you ? 
 
 Ans: He delivered me to the Slaster, who ordered me to 
 kneel down, and receive tlie benefit of a prnyer. 
 
 Btethreii, kt w,« Pf(iy- 
 
 ("> LORD nOD, Thou preat and universal ^^ason of the 
 V/orlil, and fii'st Builder of Man, as it were a Temple ; he 
 with us O T.ord, as Thou hast promised, where two or three 
 are fffjhered tip(>ther in Thy Name, Thou wilt be in the midst 
 of ihem, I5c with us, O Lord, and bless all our undertakings, 
 av prant that this our friend may become a faithful Brother. 
 Let Grace and Peace be multiplied unto him, ihrouji;!> tiie 
 knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ : And grant, O Lord, as 
 he j)utted forth his hand to thy holy word, that he may also 
 ^ut forth his hand t« serve a brother, but not to hurt himself 
 ~or his family ; th.at thereby may be given to us great and 
 precious promises, tliat by this we may be partakers of tliy di- 
 .vine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world 
 through lust. 
 
 O Lord God, add to our Faith Virtue, and to Virtue Know- 
 ledjre, and to Knowledge Temperance, and to Temperance 
 Prudence, and to Prudence Patience, and to Patience Godliness^ 
 and to Godliness Brotherly Love, and to Brotherly Love 
 Charity ; and grant O Lord, that Masonry may be blest 
 throughout the Morld, and thy peace be upon us^ O Lord ; and 
 grant that we may be all united as one, through Jesus Christy 
 who liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 Mas. After this prayer, what was said to you ? 
 
 Ans. I was asked M'ho I put my trust in. 
 
 Mas. Your answer. Brother } Ans. In God. 
 
 Mas. What was the next thing said to you ? 
 
 Ans. I was taken by the right hand, and a Brother saidj 
 Bise up, and follow your leader, and fear no danger. 
 
 Mas. After all this how was you disposed of? 
 
 Ans. I was led three times round the Lodge. 
 
 Mas. Where did you meet with the first opposition ? 
 
 Ang, At the back of the junior Warden in the southj when 
 I gave the same three knocks as at the door. 
 
 Mas. What answer did he give you i ' ' 
 
 . Ans. He said. Who copaea there ? 
 
 Mas. Ydur answer? 
 
Is received : prny-j wlio 
 
 who ordered me to 
 prayer. 
 
 iniversjil Mason of the 
 it were a Temple ; he 
 (d, -where two or tjiree 
 oil wilt be in the midst 
 <s all our undertakinprs, 
 ome a faithful Brother, 
 mto him, ihrouj(r!> the 
 nd grant, O Lord, as 
 von], that he may also 
 It not to hurt himself 
 ;iven to us great and 
 be partakers of thy di- 
 iyn that is in the world 
 
 and to Virtue Know- 
 e, and to Temperance 
 d to Patience Godliness, 
 nd to Brotherly Love 
 Masonry may be blest 
 I upon us^ O Lord ; and 
 
 through Jesus Chris^ 
 'er. Amen, 
 d to you ? 
 t in. 
 
 Ans. in God. 
 ► you? 
 
 I, and a Brother said, 
 • no danger, 
 osed of? 
 
 Lodge. 
 
 TSt opposition > 
 en in the south, yrhsn 
 loor. 
 
 Ans. l"He wune txs at the door, one who begs to have and re- 
 wive, &c. 
 
 Mas. Where did you meet with the second opposition ? ' 
 Ans. At the back of the Senior ^^'arden in the west, where 
 I made tJie same repetition as at tJie door. lie caid, Who 
 corncs there ? One who begs to have, &c. 
 Mas. Where did you meet with the third opposition ? 
 An!'. At the back of the ^Master in the east, where I made the 
 repetition as Iwfore. 
 
 Mas. What did the Master no with you ? 
 All's. He ordered me back to the Senior Warden in the Avcst 
 to receive ins-tructiojis. 
 
 Alas. What were the instructions he gave yon ? 
 
 A.ns. He taught me to take one step upon the first step of a 
 r!ght angle oblong square, with my left knee bare bent, my bo- 
 (!y upr'; 'it, mv right foot forming a square, my naked right 
 hand upon the Holy Bible, with the square and compass tlierc- 
 on ? my left hand sujipoiting the same ; where I took that so- 
 lemn obligation or oath of a Mason. 
 
 Mas. Brother, can you repeat that obligation ? 
 
 Ans. I will do my endeavour with" your assisist.once, 'VVor- 
 ihipful. 
 
 Mas. Stand up, and begin. 
 [Here the Oath is repeated, as mentioned before. After repeat- 
 ing this obligation, they drink a toast to the heart that conceals, 
 and tc the tongue thit never reveals. The master in the chair 
 givts it, and they all say ditto, and draw the glasses across their 
 tliroats as aforesaid.] 
 
 Mas. Now, Brother, after you received tlie obligation, what 
 was said to you ?' ' 
 
 Ans. I was asked what I most desired, 
 
 Mas. What was your answer ? 
 
 Ans. Tp be brouglu to light ? 
 
 Mas. Wlio brought you to light > 
 
 Ans. The Master and the rest of the Brethren. 
 
 Mas, When you was thus brought to light, what were the 
 first tilings you saw ? - » 
 
 Ans. 1 he' Bible, Square, and Compass. 
 
 Mas. Wliat was it they told you they signified ? 
 
 Ans. Three great lights in Masonry, , 
 
 Mas, Explain them, Brother ? 
 
 Ans. The Bible to rule and govern our faith ; the Square to 
 square our actions ; the Compass to keep within bounds with all 
 wen, paiiicularly with a Brother. 
 
 Mas. W hat were the next things that WCTe shewn to you i 
 
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16 
 
 Ans. Three Candles, which I was told were three lesser lights 
 m Masonry. 
 
 Mas. What do they represent ? 
 
 Ans. The Sun, Moon, and Master Mason. 
 
 Mas. Why so, Brother } 
 
 Ans. There is the Sim to rule the d.iy, the Moon to rule tlic 
 ni.'^Iit, and the Master Mason his Lodge, or at least ought so to do 
 
 Mas. What was then done to you ? 
 
 iMis. The Master took me by the ri^ht hand, and gave me 
 the grip and word of an entered Apprentice, and said. Rise, my 
 Bother JAlHIN. 
 
 ^Sometimes they shew you the sign before the grip and word is 
 gi\en, which is JACHIN : It is the entere<l Apprentice's word, 
 aiul tho ;;rip thereto belonging is to pinch with your right thumb 
 nad upi)n tlie first joint of your Brother's right liand.] 
 
 Mas. Have you got this grip and word. Brother ? 
 
 Ans. I have, Kight Worsliipful. 
 
 Mas. Give it to your Brother/ 
 [Then lie takes hi; next Brother by the right hand, and gives 
 him the grip and the word as before described.] 
 
 The 1st Brotlier given him the grip. 
 
 The '2nd Brother says.. Whiit's this ? 
 
 Ist BiO. riie grip of art entered Appi entice. 
 
 2d Bro. Has it got a name ? 1 st Bro. It has. 
 
 fid Bro. Will you give it me ? 
 
 Ist Bro. I'll letter it with you, or halve it. 
 
 2d Bro. I'll lialveit with you. Ist Bro, Begin. 
 
 fid Bro. No, you begin first. 
 
 Ist Bro. JA- 
 
 2d Bro. CHIN. 
 
 Ist Bro. JACHIN. 
 
 fid Bro. It is. Right Worshipful Master. 
 
 Mas. What was the next thing that was shewn to you } 
 
 Ans. The guard or sign of an entered Apprentice.* 
 
 Mas. Have you got tlte guard or sign of an entered Appren* 
 tice? 
 
 [|He draws his right hand acrtAs his tliroat (as aforesaid,) to 
 shew the Master that he has.] 
 
 Mas. After this, what was said to you ? 
 
 Ans. I was ordered to be taken back, and invested witli what 
 I had been divested of; and to be brought back again to return 
 
 M r.i« t;uai<tui o^n, as ilii'> call ii, la l)y 'iT'IHi v younighi iiant) n.roi" ;/nurl 
 thii'.i' (!i','"xys; uliicliiHlu rejiiiiKJ you «l lie penalty ol jour obligatHin, that I 
 ^n w«aM 8uuner have year tliroat cut across than (iiocevar the lecrets of masonry. 
 
the Moon to rule the 
 r at least ought so to do 
 
 rhthaml, and gave me 
 ice, and said. Rise, my 
 
 )re the grip and word is 
 !re<l Apprentice's vord, 
 1 with your right thumb 
 i right hand.3 
 d. Brother ? 
 
 e right hand, and gives | 
 •0 described.^ 
 
 17 
 
 were three lesser lights | thanks, aid to receive the benefit ofa lecture, iftJme wouid 
 
 permit. 1 1 * 
 
 Ma.?. After what you had been divested of was restored, w.iat 
 
 3on. ■ was next done to you? 
 
 ■ Ans. I was brought to the north-west comer of the lodge, 111 
 •rder to return thanks. 
 
 Mas. How did you return thanks ? 
 
 Ans. I stood in the north-west corner of the lotlgc, and, with 
 the instruction of a brother, I said. Master, senior and ju'iior 
 wardens, senior and junior <lcacons, and the rest of the bretliren 
 of this hxlge, I return you thanks for the honour you have ihme 
 me in making me a mason, and admitting me a member of this 
 worthy society^ 
 
 Mas. What was tlien said to you ? 
 
 Ans. The master called me up to the north-west comer of the 
 lodge at his right hand. 
 
 Mils. 1^'d he present yoil with any thing? 
 
 Ans; l±e presented me with an apron, which he put on me : 
 He told me it was a badge of innocence, more ancient than tlie 
 golden fleece or the Roman eagle j more honourable than the 
 slar and garter, or any other order umler the sun, that could be 
 •onferred upon me at that time, or any time hereafter 
 
 Mas. What were the next things that were shewn you ? 
 
 Ans. I was set down by the master's right hand, who shewed 
 me the working tools of an entered apprentice. 
 
 Mas. W^hat were they ? 
 
 Ans. The 24 inch gauge, the square, and conunon ga^el, or 
 setting maul. 
 
 Mas. What are tlieir uses ? 
 
 Ans. The square to square my work, the 24 inch guage to 
 measare my work, the common gavel to knock off all superfluous 
 matter, whereby the square may sit easy and just. 
 
 Mas. Brother, as we are not all working masons, we apply 
 ihem tooitr morals, which we call spiritualizing : Explain them. 
 
 Ans. Tlie 24 inch guage represents the 24 hours of the day. 
 
 Mas. How do you spend them, brother ? 
 
 Ans. Six hours to work in, six hours to serve God, and six 
 to serve a friend or a brother, as far as it lies in my power, with- 
 out being detrimental to myself or family. 
 
 I come now to the entered apprentice's reasons : but as the 
 ceremony of drinking healths among the mftsons takes up much 
 of their time, we must ^op a little, in order to introduce some 
 of them. The first is, ' 'f o the heart that conceals, and the 
 tongue that never reveals ; then, ' The King and Royal Family; 
 
 C 
 
 entice. 
 
 Lve It. 
 
 1st Bro. It has. 
 
 l8t Bro, Begin. 
 
 iter. 
 
 vas shewn to you ? 
 
 d Apprentice.* 
 
 n of an entered Apprcn- 1 
 
 3 throat (as aforesaid,) te 
 he has.] 
 
 m? , ^ 
 
 k, and invested with what 
 lught back again to return 
 
 «,, ^ your. ighi. land »:r...-. your 
 . penalty of jour obligation, that 
 n ai«eovcr the lecwU of mawnry. 
 
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 (■ 
 
 .md ' To all Hrctliron w>iprc<!(K>vpr dl-iperse 1 '* The pleasur^'a 
 they eiii(ty, tli(' purity of t'loir seiiti'iicnts, and t'l.- uniformity 
 til ilwav^ rP!<^s in their assenihlies, are far from being tire- 
 some or insipid. I next proceed to the 
 
 Knlered Apprctil'icr's Uvasons.^ 
 
 Mas. Why was yf)u neither ivak(!d nor clothed, hare"*"* ^^^ 
 shod, with a cable-tow (or halter) about your neck ? 
 
 Ans. If I had recanted and ran out into the .street, the l)eopl<i 
 ■would have .said I was mad ; but if a brotluT had seen nit", h** 
 would have brought ine b;ick, anl seen nie done ju.stice by. 
 Mas. Why was you hoodwinked ? 
 
 Ans. That my lie'irt may eonced before my eyes did discover. 
 Mas. The second reason, brot'-r ? 
 
 Ans. As I was in darkncs.4 Ht t'uit time, I sh(«uld keep all the 
 world in darkness. 
 
 Mas. WTiv was you de]irived of all metals? 
 Ans. That I should bring nothing offensive or defensive int« 
 the lodge. 
 
 Mas. Give me the second reason, brotlier > 
 
 Ans. As I was poor an I pcimyless when I was made a mason, 
 
 it n.tbinied me tiiat I shnidd assist all poor and pennyless bre- 
 
 threii as far as lies in my power. 
 
 ^ Mas. Brother, you told me you gave tliree distinct knocks at 
 
 the door : i'ray, wliat do they signify ? 
 
 Ans. A certain text in Scripture. 
 
 Mas. What is the text } 
 
 Ans. ' Ask, and you shall have ; seek, and you shall find : 
 
 knock, and it shall be ope-ied unto you.' 
 
 Mas. How do you apply this text in masonry ? 
 Ans. I sought it in my mind ; I asked of my friend ; I knock* 
 ed, and the door of masonry became open imto me. 
 
 Mas. Why tiad you a sword, .spear, or some other warlike 
 instrument, presented to your naked left breast particularly .'' 
 
 Ans. Because the left breast is tiie nearest the heart, that it 
 might be more a prick to my conscience, as it pricked my flesh 
 at that time. 
 
 Mas. Why was you led three time« round the loJge ? 
 Ans. That all the brethren might see I was duly prepared. 
 Mas. When you was made an apprentice, why was your lef 
 knee bare bent i 
 
 * I lie ei.usl> cr liHultlis sii.'iilKlrank witlit)ireelim«^i>tlire<>, uliichi« (jerl'ormd 
 iaamu^i regular luaiiiier, uiiilaii I'uzzaui \\\« endof edili,as before dMcribed« 
 t This in fact is onlj a coounuaiiua ui tU«i lectttre< 
 
II 
 
 ,-V'* The pleasure's 
 
 ii,,,! t'.,' uiiif'>"r.ity 
 
 , far from being tire- 
 
 wn.v.+ 
 
 clothe.1. l>a«^*^^ ""' 
 
 ,(mv neck ? , 
 
 ,ttie.sUTet,,theF<'l>''^ 
 
 ,t1uT l>!i(l setn nif. "^ 
 
 le done justice by. 
 
 my eyes did discover. 
 
 e, T shf.uld keep k11 the 
 
 Btals ? 
 
 lusive or defensive mt» 
 
 :her ? 
 
 u-n 1 v.'i\^ made a ma?on, 
 
 oor and pennyless bre- 
 
 tliree distinct knocks at 
 
 Ans. Tlecause the left knee is the weakest part of my ho'V. 
 an(l un iniUiiU !!)),)r(. uce is the wenkeai. l«rt oJ maBonjy, n.lo 
 wliich decree I was iLtn entering. ^ 
 
 (^Hi"e the l>iethren resiune tlieir glasses, and drink a lua.th, 
 eonietiinci to the giaiid master, at other tin:e6 to tlie wardens, 
 or other olficers, and then proceed.] 
 
 The Form of a Lo(fge. 
 
 Mnxlrr. Buotiif.ii, pray what makes a Lodge ? 
 // \wr. Right Worsliipfid, a certiin number of masons met 
 together to work. 
 
 Master. Pi ay, what r 'mber makes a Lodge? 
 Answir. Three, five, jven, or eleven. 
 Mdsti'r. Why do tiiree mnke a Lodge, Brother ? 
 Answer. Bec.uise there were three grand masons in the 
 building of the world, and also that noi)le piece o*' iirchi > e re, 
 man ; wi ich are so compl. le in proportion, that the ancients 
 began their architecture by the same rules. 
 Mii.slcr. 'Die second reason, Brother ? 
 Answer. Theie were three grand masons at the building 
 •f Solomon's Temple. 
 
 Master. Wiiy do five make a Lodge ? 
 
 Aiisnnr. Because every man is endowed with five senses. 
 
 Maxtrr. What are the five sen.ses ? 
 
 Answer. Hearing, seeing, smelling, ta.sting, and feeling. 
 
 Master. What uses are those five senses to you in m. sonry? 
 
 Answer. Three are of great use to me, viz. healing, feeling. 
 
 seek, and you shall find: 
 
 li masonrv ? 
 
 :d of my friend ; I knock- 
 
 ipen unto me. 
 
 ir, or some other warlike 
 
 left breast particularly ? 
 
 nearest the heart, that 
 
 ice, as it pricked my flesh 
 
 i, round the lodge ? 
 jce I was duly prepared, 
 rcntice, why was your left 
 
 ;l,reetim.-tl.re<'.«l<W.«'l'"lorn'« 
 end of edth, as before daScnbetU 
 wUuii oi lliti Ucturei 
 
 and seeing 
 Master. 
 An.swer. 
 
 Of what use are they, Brother ? 
 
 ^i„.,„.,. Hearing, is to hear the w.ml; seeing is to sSe the 
 sign ; feeling is to teel the grip, that I may know a brother, as 
 ■well in the dark as in ihe light. 
 
 Master. Why should seven make a Lwlge } 
 
 Avsner. Because there ar^ seven liberal sciences. 
 
 Master. Will you name them. Brother > 
 
 Ansiver. Grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, 
 music, and astronomy. 
 
 Master. Brother, what do tlio^c sciences teach you ? 
 
 Answer. Grammar teaclies me the art of writing and speak- 
 ing the language taught me, according to the first, second, iUid 
 third concord. 
 
 Master. What doth rhetoric teach you ? 
 
 Answer. The ,.rt of snc. king upon any topic whatsoever. 
 
 flatter. What doth logic teach you .'' 
 
90 
 
 S 
 
 yttistrrr. The art of reasoning well, whereby yon may fiiul 
 out (nith from falsehood. 
 
 Master. What doth arithmetic teach you ? 
 
 Answer. 'I'lie use of Numbers. 
 
 Master. What doth geometry teach yon ? 
 
 Aitxwcr. 1'he art of measuring, whereby the Ejcyiitiiins 
 found out their own land, or the same tjuantity wliith they had 
 before the overflowing of the river Nile, that frequently used t« 
 wdter tlieir country ; at which time they fle<l to the mountaiiis 
 till it went otf again, and tliis made them have continual qiur- 
 rels about their lands. 
 
 Mastei 
 
 Answer. 
 -Master. 
 Answer. 
 Master. 
 Answer. 
 
 What doth music teach you, Brotlier i 
 Tlie virtue of sounds. 
 
 WUR 
 
 V\ hat doth astronomy teach you ? 
 
 Tlie knowledge of the heavenly bodies. 
 
 W hy slumld eleven make a lodge, Brother ? 
 
 There were eleven Patriarchs when Joseph 
 sold into Egypt, and supixfsed to be lost 
 Muster. The second reason, Brother ? 
 Answer There were but eleven A£)ustle)i when Judas be- 
 trayed Christ. 
 
 Master. What form is your lodge ? 
 Answer. An oblong square. 
 
 How long, Brother ? 
 
 From east to west. 
 
 How wide. Brother * 
 
 Between north and south. 
 
 How high, brother ? 
 
 From the earth to the heavens. 
 
 How deep, brother ? 
 
 From the surface of the earth to the centre. 
 
 \\'hy is your lodge said to be from tlie surface t» 
 
 Master. 
 Answer, 
 Masier. 
 Answer. 
 Muster. 
 Answer. 
 Matta: 
 Ansirer. 
 Master. 
 
 the centre of the earth ? 
 
 Answer, Because that masonry is universal. 
 
 Master. Why is your lodge situated east and west } 
 
 Answer. Because all churches or chapels ai'e, or ought to be so. 
 
 Master. Why so, brother ? 
 
 Answer. Because the gospel was 6rst preached in the mA^ 
 and extended itself to the west. 
 
 Master. Wliat supports your ledge ? 
 
 Answer. Three great pillars. 
 
 Master. What are their names ? 
 
 Answer. \\"'sAom, strength, and beauty. 
 
 Master. Wht doth the pillar of wisdom represent f 
 
 Answer. The Master in the JEasti 
 
m 
 
 Licby yo" irsay fiiikl 
 
 jreby the Epyjitiims 
 iitity whidi they had 
 lilt tVequeDtly used t« 
 fle<\ to the inountaii.s 
 have continual qu.ir- 
 
 BroUier J 
 
 •ou ? 
 
 ily bodies. 
 <)dge, Brother ? 
 hs wht" Joseph wus 
 
 wtlen when Judas bc- 
 
 ens. 
 
 rth to the centre. 
 
 > be from tlie surface t« 
 
 vertal. 
 
 east and west ? 
 
 lels ai-e, or ought to be so. 
 
 irst preached in the ea^ 
 
 auty. 
 itoiaTeinreseixtl 
 
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 tu •slei; Wio doth the pilhir of strpn<rth represent t 
 
 Jiuti'vr. The ^iiior wardon in the west. 
 
 M isler. Who doth the pillar of beauty represent ? 
 
 Answer. The ju!iior warden in the south. 
 
 M.i.ik'r. Why should the niaster represent the pillar of wisfrom ; 
 ' MS. Because he /^ives instructions to the crafts to curry on 
 dieir work, in a proper manner, with good harmony. 
 
 Mas. Wiiy should the senior warden represent the. pillar of 
 strength ? 
 
 Ans. As the sun sets to finish the day, so the senior warden 
 Stan Is in tie west to pay the hirelings their wages, which istho 
 strength and support of all business. 
 
 M;is. W1,y should tlic junior warden represent the pillar of 
 beauty ? 
 
 Ans. Because he stands in the south at high twelve at noon, 
 which is the beauty of the day, to call the men off from woil to 
 refreshment, and to see that they oome on again in due tnie tliat 
 clie master may have pleasure and profit therein. 
 
 Mas. Why is it said, that your lodge is supported by those 
 three great pillars, wisdom, strength, and beauty .> 
 
 Ans. Because wisdom, strength, and beauty, are the finishers 
 •f all work, and nothing can be carried on without them. 
 
 Mas. Why so, brother .-' 
 
 Ans. Because there is wisdom to contrive, strength to support^ 
 and beauty to adorn. 
 
 Mas. Had you any covering to your lodge ? 
 
 Ans. Yes, a clouded canopy of divers colours. 
 
 Mas. How blows a mason's wind, brother? 
 
 Ans. Due eist and west. 
 
 Ma's. What o'clock is it, brother ? 
 
 Ans. High twelve. 
 
 Mas. Call the men off from work t* refreshment, and see that 
 they come on again in due time. 
 [The entered apprentice's lecture being finished, it is customary 
 
 for the master to call upon one of the brethren, who can best 
 
 acquit himselfj for the following song, wliich i^ always rea- 
 dily complied with.] 
 
 SONG, at the Conclusion of the entered Appretitice's Lecture^ 
 Come let us prepare. 
 We brothers that are. 
 Assembled on every occasion ; 
 
 Let us drink, laugh, and sing. 
 Our wine has a spring, 
 there's a health to an excepted mason. 
 
 Choru8.««»Let's drink, &c. 
 
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 T1)C world in ii' pain, 
 Oui sec•lCl^ to i^uiu. 
 But gull Itt thoin w under and gaze oaf 
 Tlit'jr ne'er can divine. 
 Tiie wo 1 1 ortlie mku. 
 Of a tree and an acct'|)ted niason. 
 'Ti.'* till.-., and 'tis that, 
 Tliey ta.tuut tell what, 
 Wliy b« many great naii ol'the nation, 
 t>'i..ukl iip onsjnil on. 
 To make ilieui elves Hi.e, 
 With a free anu an aitipted niason. 
 (■real kings, dukes, aiul l..ids, 
 Have laid ;y Uieir sw<;id>, 
 Our injst'iy to put a awxl grace on. 
 And ne'er iieei: a.iluan'd, 
 I'o liear ihemselvcs nain'd 
 With a fret ai>d an i.ccepted niason. 
 Ai ti<,uiiy'- pride 
 We have on our side, 
 And it nii.kt Ji men ju>t in their station ; 
 Tiare's n .uglil but wliai'o good, 
 'I'o be ui.iientijod. 
 By a free and an accepted mason. 
 We're true and si;. cere, 
 Ai.vi ju^i to the fair, 
 Who will tiu.-t us on every occasion ; 
 No miirtal can more 
 The ladies ,ul i/a, 
 Tlian a free and an accented mason. 
 Then join hand in hand 
 To e.K-li < titer firm stand 
 Ltfs be ii.erry .tnd pu. a bright face 0«, 
 \\liat nu/rUii can boast. 
 So noble a toast, 
 As a iree and an accepted mason. 
 
 W! :e this song 's singirg they r.ll stand rouiid the table, and 
 ■whci ij cy come to the- las. verso tl.ey join liands crcsswa)s m 
 the t<,ll. wii g maimer : the riglit hai.ii n,ar, takes hold ot the 
 lefil^und 1. his i.eighbi.m with his right hai.d ; and the left 
 hand man takes h.hi of t' e ri^ht \m\ d of his rext brother with 
 hi kn I i'lul, >^ as ti, ti.iii i t. ail ly so nii ) .si ks, f tut alij. ir 
 iix tiie thoiu^, jun-pii^ v^weiAly Willi their xeeiontlje ^oor,and 
 
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 ntl rouiid the table, and 
 oin I'.ancls crcsswa) s in 
 liar, takes liold ot' the 
 ;ht hai.d ; and the left 
 lit his rext brother with] 
 nil ) .!! ki-, f lutplij. ml 
 leii teei un ttie ^oor, and 
 
 sJiikinjj their hamh 'ip ail li.vi, liike.l to^,'3ther as above, 
 kfi'pjii^ '• V ic\. ti.'« wrJi h>»,'i. 
 
 I'.very o le iiw tilk-t ir* w'l it !v' ;>lei.?-<; in it i'* 'jenendly 
 halt' an iumr bc^'Dr.' tiicy pricoeil t> biisi lL•^-^, tlw-ie w'l) ju'rlia])* 
 h.ive or Icred a mi iper retire iito .inothor hm n ; but Iv'tbre they 
 are per>iiitte I, th*' ;naster proeewls localll'u- )iii:>i (tjf' frodt ir>rlc, 
 «:< it H terried, whi':'i is doie in this in im".ct : t"ae iiaster whis- 
 pers to tiu' senior deacon, w'lo sits on liis ri/^^u-iiaml, ;iiid savsf, 
 " It is hi'^li time to e-vil the men from work to refresh tlie n- 
 seWes :" ttie senior doaeoo wliispers to the sonior warden ; and 
 it is cominunitated tVoni hirn to the junior de,.e )n, who carries 
 it to the junior wii'h'n : lio proi-laims it openly to the loilffe, 
 and sets his colnum npri/.>,hi, * and the senior Wiinlen liiy his 
 down, which si;^!ii(ies tii.it tlie junior w.irJen is iutnisted with 
 tiie care ol'the loil^e, wliile the bietliren retVesii tlieuiselve'j. 
 
 In this place it will be necessary to acquaint the read*"-, how - 
 he may discover an entered apprentice, by drinking with him 
 in co'upany. Take the ^lass with your vii;ht-luind, and draw 
 it acrovs your throat, either before or after you drink ; and if 
 an :ipprentice is jiresent, he will ii".uiedi;iiely Lake notice of 't, 
 by ii.iking you some question in masonry, w hich you will readily 
 answer from this book. If he a.sks the niuaaing of your doinir 
 that, you may wliis))er to him that it is the penalty of the obli- 
 gation of an entered apprinitice. From t'.iii answer he will pru« 
 cee 1 farther .n his inquiry. 
 
 The brethren liavinj^ now regaled themsj'ves, they Uke their 
 scaN,i.iul the master proceeds to set them on aj^ain, wliich is 
 j)erformed in the same mirier as the Ci.lting oli"; withthedif- 
 ie'euce, the warden ro'laiins, ' It is our worsliipful master'* 
 p'e.isure, that this loilge is called from n-ffesljiuent to work.* 
 The junior warden lays down his column, and the senior sets 
 his nj). But as it otten happens, that the time will lot permit 
 for tile fellow-craft's lecture, they close the hnlge ; wliich is do.ie 
 aficr the sai.ie manner as that of ojie. ling. The ^senior warden 
 declares it in the following words ; ' It is our master's will and 
 jdea^urCj that this lodge stind close! till the first or tiiird Wed- 
 nesday in next month," accimling to tlie night the lodge is lield. 
 T'lea the mister, wi.dens, deacons, secretary, &c. take off 
 the ensigns and ornaments from their necks, and every one is at 
 liberty, to depart or stay longer ; every thing of masonry is ex. 
 
 • riie seiiiiT ami juiiiDr «ari!eiis' luUmins aii' about twentj-fi;e i"cli«« lotiLV* 
 and crpresLiit tik! culunis thai siipixirl tlie purch o' .Solouioii's tiJipple, tlie suiiior'i 
 Ls c I I il .jACHl>f, and siirniOcs streujfili, tlio jiaiir''* UDAZ, and si^u lies t9 
 eauuiistt in tlie Luiti, Scii Urn liiat buuk uf liin^s, d-ap, vit. 
 
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 eluded; they talk of what they please, and sing various scilg^ 
 fort!icir oinuseraent. . 
 
 I shall now proceed to the second degr^-e of masonry, called 
 Fellow Craft's; that is, one who has serx'c i his time justly ind 
 lawfully as an entered apprentice, and d -ires to l)ec<>mc more 
 perfect in masonry, by being a fellow-crall. But in mostio'^ts 
 at this time, they are made entered apprentices arid fellow-Ci iits 
 the same evening. The ceremony is tho same, though tJiey 
 have different lectures, pass- word, and girp, belonging to each. 
 
 The Fclhrv-Crajl's Lecture. 
 
 Mas. FnoTHETf, are you a fellow-craft ? 
 
 Ans. I ,im. Try ine, prove nie. 
 
 Mas. Where was you made a fellow- crafl ? 
 
 Ans. In a just and lawful lodge. 
 
 Mas. How was you prepared to be made a fellow-craft ? 
 
 Ans. I was neither naked, nor clothed, bare-foot nor shod ; 
 in a halting moving pu.iture ; deprived of all meta', I was lei 
 to the door of the lodge by the hand of a brotlier. 
 
 Mas. How got you admittance } 
 
 Ans. By three distinct knocks. 
 
 Mas. V.Tiat was said to you within ? 
 
 Avs. Who comes there. 
 
 Mas. Your answer brother ? 
 
 Ans. One who has served his time justly and lawfully as aa 
 entered apprentice, and now begs to become more perfect tit 
 masonry, by being admitted a ftllow-craft. 
 
 Mcts. How do you expect to attain to this degree ? 
 
 Anr. By tlic benefit of a pass-word. 
 
 Mas. Hjive you. got that pass-word ? 
 
 Am;. I have. 
 
 Mas. Give it me, brother ? 
 
 Ans. SHIBBOLETH.* 
 
 Mas. What did he then say to you ? 
 
 Ans. Pass, Shibboleth. 
 
 Mas. What became of you then ? 
 
 Ans. I was led twice round the lodge. 
 
 Mas. Where did you meet with the first opjKnition t 
 
 Ans. At the back of the senior warden 
 
 Mas. Where did you meet with the second opposition ? 
 
 ..Vu. At the back of the master^ where I repeated the saale 
 as before. 
 
 OJ 
 
 Si 
 n( 
 or 
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 ar 
 sis 
 
 i\ 
 (It 
 
 hi 
 
 th 
 
 * SHIBBOLFTH, the pass'worj of a hUoff-craft, (i^ilies pleMj. 
 xiiith chapter ok the beokof Judgest 
 
 Seethe 
 
sing various scirtg^ 
 
 of masonry, called 
 
 his time justly and 
 
 ires to become more 
 
 Butin mostio'"e3 
 
 ices arid fellow-ci itIs 
 
 same, though t'ley 
 ;p, belonging to each. 
 
 're. 
 
 ift? 
 
 Ic a fello^v-craft ? 
 , bare-foot nor s^ofl ; 
 ■ all meta^ I was lei 
 brotlier. 
 
 ly and lawfully as a* 
 
 ;ome more perfect irt 
 
 ft. 
 
 his degree ? 
 
 'st opjKwition ? 
 
 icond opposition ? 
 
 re I repeated the sasfle 
 
 aft, uigmiea plenty. See the 
 
 H!} 
 
 Maxter. "WTiat did he do with you ? 
 
 Aimer. lie ordered me back to the sonior warden to receive 
 
 inst-uctious. 
 
 Master. What instructions did ho jjivc yon ? 
 
 Answer. He tauj,'ht mc to shew the master my due puard, 
 an.l to take two steps upon the second stej* ot a right-anj,'le«i 
 oblong square, with my right knee l)ent bare, my left foot fo>-m- 
 inS a s(juare, my b;)dy upriglit, my right hand upon the Fl.ly 
 Pible, my left arm supported by the points of tlie comi)a-SL-s, 
 forming a square, where I took the obli;;ation of a tbllow-crait. 
 
 Master. Have you got that obligation, brother ? 
 
 Answer. I have, right worshipful. 
 
 Master. Can you repeat it ? 
 
 Answer. I'll do my eiideavour, right worshipful, with your 
 assistimce. y^asier. Pray stand up, let the bretlir«u hear it. 
 
 The obligation of a Fellow-Craft. 
 
 I, A. B. of my own free will aiid accord, and in the presence 
 of Ahnighty God, and this right worshipful lodge, dedicated to 
 St. John, do hereby swear, that I will always hale, conceal, ami 
 never reveal, that part of a fellow-craft to an entered apprentice,^ 
 or either of them, except it be in a true and lawful lodge of 
 era ts, him or them whom I shall find to be such, after a just triiJ 
 and examination. — I do furthermore swear, tiiat I will answ^ '• aU 
 sisrns and summoiises sent to me from a lodge of cratls, within 
 tJie length of a cable-tow*. I also swea.-, that I will not wrong^ 
 a brother, nor see him wronged, but give him timely notice ot' 
 all approaching dangers wliatsoever, so far as in me is, I will 
 also serve a brotiier as jnuch as lies in my piwer, withgut bein^ 
 detrimentid tomysclf or family: and I will keep all my brothers' 
 secrets as my own, that shall be delivered to me as such, mur-. 
 (lev and treason i«xcepted. — All tliis 1 swear with a firjn reso« 
 Ir.tion to perform the same, without any equivocation or hesj- 
 'ation in me whatsoever, under no less penalty tliaii to have my 
 lieart topi from my nak«d left breast, and given to the vultures of 
 tlie air as a prey. So lielp me God, and keep me stedtast in 
 lliis my fellow-craft's obligation' (Kisses 'he Book.) 
 
 Master. Thank you, brother. — After yoi received thisoblgOr 
 tion, pray what was shewn to you ? 
 
 Answer, The sign of a fellow-craft. 
 
 Master. Pray give it me ? 
 
 
 ■» A CHble-tow i« •hre<«riilet in length ; aotlmt if a frliow-craft is at that 
 4itMnM ttfm bi* >Mlf!| b^ >• not eulpebh on Mcuunt of ki^ nonattqndEiB^i^* 
 
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 Answer. T will, rijjht worshipful. 
 [He suiids up, and puis his right hand to his left breast, keejj- 
 ing his thumb ginuoirc ; and his left liand raieicd up, go as to fuvm 
 a square.] 
 
 Master. What war. next done to you .-• 
 
 Answer. He took ;ne by the right liand, and gave me the 
 grip and word of a fellow-craft, and the pass grip + 
 
 Master. What did he then da to you ? 
 
 Answer. He took nie by tlie right hand, and said. Rise brother 
 Boaz. 
 
 Master. What foll"wed after that, brother ? 
 
 Answer. He order u me back, when every thing I l;ad been 
 divested of was restored, and I was brought in again in order to 
 return thanks*. 
 
 Mister. Being thus admitted^ brother, did you ever work as 
 a craft > 
 
 Answer. Yes, right worshipful, in building die temple. 
 
 Master. Where did you receive your wages .^ 
 
 Answer. In the middle chaml)er. 
 
 Master. When you came to tlie door of the middle chamber, 
 pray who did you see } Ansiver. A wai-dei.. 
 
 Master. What did he demand of you ? 
 
 Answer. The pass-word of a fellow-craft. 
 
 Master. Did you giv? it him ? 
 
 Answer. I did, riglit woi-shipful. 
 
 Mazier. Pray what is it ? Ar.mer. SHIBBOLETH. 
 
 Master. How got you to the middle chamber ? 
 
 Answer. Through the porch. 
 
 Master, Did you see any diing worth your notice * 
 
 Answer. I did, right worshipful. 
 
 Master. What was it ? 
 
 Au.\wer. Tw<i fitit brass pillars. 
 
 Master. What are their names ? 
 
 Answer. JACHIN and BOAZ. 
 
 Master. How lii^h were these piMars .? 
 
 Answer. Thirty-five cubits, with a chapiter five cubitsj, which 
 made forty in the whole. , 
 
 t Tlie |Kiss-gTip is thus performed : Yoii mufit put your thumh-nail between tho 
 first and serond joint of I liu riff'lit Imiid, and whisper the word SHIBBOLKTH. 
 The grip of a felliiw-cral. is by piittiDfj; the t 'iuBii>-iiail ob the wcond joint cfthe 
 li^li' hand and the word ih BOAZ. 
 
 * The '-eremony of returning thanii' is the oame aa the entered apprentice'Si 
 
 CXCe> 11'); f(IR tDMITTlNO M> A r»l.lOW.CIIArT. 
 
 X * lie reader in here to uiid> rv'uiid *hut there are three aorta of cubiti ; the 
 King's cubit, three English l«v.\ ; the hul> cubit, ona foot (ix incbw) nad Ihf 
 
his left breast, keejv 
 ised up, go OS U) fuvm 
 
 d, and gave me the 
 ass grip + 
 
 and said. Rise brother 
 
 ler? 
 
 ery thing I 1'-^ been 
 
 ht in again in order to 
 
 did you ever work as 
 
 ding die temple, 
 ages? 
 
 rthe middle chamber, 
 Ansiver. A wai-dei.. 
 
 il. 
 
 ffpcr. SHIBBOLETH, 
 liamber ? 
 
 your notice ? 
 
 piter five cubits J, which 
 
 t your thuroh-nail between th« 
 Bt the word SHIBBOLKTH. 
 -nail OB the second joint ef the 
 
 le as the entered apprentice's, 
 
 AFT. 
 
 are three sorts of cubit* { the 
 t, 0D8 foot tiz incbwi nad tk» 
 
 27 
 
 ^This Is dcscribeti more clearly in the third chapter of the 
 ;*Bcond book ot'Chu;n:des, verse !.'>;] 
 
 Miuler. What were they ornamented with, brother ? 
 
 Answer. Two chapiters, each five cubits in height. 
 
 Master. What were they adorned with besides ? 
 
 Answer. Lily-wi»rk, net-work, and pomegranates. 
 
 Master. Were they hollow, brother ? 
 
 Answer. Yes, right worshipful. 
 
 Master. How thick wa^ the outside coat ? 
 
 Answer. Foiu- inches. 
 
 Master. Where were they cast ? 
 
 Answer. On the plain of Jordan, between Sitccofh and Zartlut^ 
 in a clay ground, where all SolomtJn's noly vessels were cast. 
 
 Master. Who cast them brother ? 
 
 Atkwer. Hiram Abiff, the widow's son. 
 
 This generally finishes the fellow-craft's lecture, and very few 
 lodges go so far in their Questions and Answers : Therefore, in 
 order to enliven the company, the master asks some gowl singer 
 to favour them with the following song, whicli is commonly 
 «ung with great energy and raptur tliroughout tlie lodge ; every 
 l^rother bearing a part in the chorus. 
 
 THE FELLOW-CRAFTS's SONG. 
 
 Hail, Masonry ! thou craft divine ! 
 
 Glory of earth, from heaven reveal'd. 
 Which does with jewels precious shine. 
 From all but mason's eyes conceal'd. 
 Chorus. Thy praises due who cjtn rehearse. 
 In nervous prose, or flowing verse ! 
 t As men from brutes distinguishe'd are, 
 A mason other men excels. 
 For what's in knowledge choice or rare. 
 But in his breast securely dwells. 
 Chorus. His silent breast and faithfid heart, 
 Freserves the secrets of the art. 
 
 From scorching heat and piercing cold, 
 ,. From beasts whose roar the forest rends ; 
 
 From the assaults of warriors bold. 
 The mason's art mankind defends. 
 Chorus. Be to this art dye honour paid. 
 
 From which mankind receives snch aid. 
 
 i — ■ ■ 
 
 <omrioa cabit, twcntv one iache>. The cubit mualionui! in »ha Uld Testamjn* 
 i( the holy cubit, whicli i« one foot xix inches. ■ 
 
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 28 
 
 rinsifms of state that feed eur pride/ 
 Distinctiuiis troubleiome ai'.d vain, 
 By masons true are laid aside : 
 
 Art's free l)om sons sucli toys di$duiil< 
 Chorus. Ennobled by the name they ber.', 
 
 Distirguish'd by the badge* tlicy weal*' 
 
 S%vcct fellowship, from envy free, 
 
 'Viendly convei'se of brotherhood ! 
 The lodges lasting cement be, 
 Which has for ages fimtly stood. 
 Chorus. A lo<lge thus built, fiir ages past 
 Has las^^d, and will for ever last' 
 
 Then in our «;opgs be justice 'lone. 
 
 To those who have enricl-.ed the art< 
 From Jabal down to Alierdour • t 
 And let each lirother bear a part. 
 Chorvs. Let noble masons' healths go rouiul. 
 Their praise in lofty lodge resound. 
 
 In company the fellow-craft takes the pot or glnst, and drawt 
 it across his Uft breast, and touches it; the penalty being this, 
 that he would sooner have his heart torn from his left breast, 
 and given to the fowls of the air, than discover the secrets of 
 
 1^ I ■ III wlU ' ■ I 
 
 * I.' ■' ■ V venule lixlge htrue their tiglii liin ik all at ance on tiiei> a^K is, 
 kerpiiig Kf tFtiular time as tlie RoldjerH in St Jame'ii lark when thej stnkfl 
 their rartdiirh boxer 
 
 t '.Old Hheidour wan formerly (TT-mil raanter ; at prenPi t t^e Prince of Waletf 
 filJH t' at ^ta<icln ; aad they make u<<e of his name arcordinfrly. For the pntefa 
 tainmeni uf nur readers, the editor obiaioed a complete list of all the i^raad 
 ■natters, dncetheyeai 1732, viz. 
 
 Fmnris Vott. earl of I>nll<«ith 
 
 Charle« I,enox,duke ofUicbmoud, Le- 
 nox, and Auhigny 
 
 J. Hamiltiin, lord Paisley 
 
 Wm. O'Hiien. earl ef inrbiquin 
 
 Henry Hare lord rolruin 
 
 Jani- King, lord Kingston ' 
 
 Thomas Howard, dnke of Norfolk 
 
 TToke, lord Lovell 
 
 Aiitluiny Bn'WB, Id. vise Mnntacuto 
 
 JaireH I.mn, earl of tiallimore 
 
 John I.indtey, earl of ('rauJciid 
 
 Tlioraas Ihynne. lord ▼iicnunt W«y 
 rooutb 
 
 John (Campbell, earl r>f Lotidon 
 
 Ednaid Bli^h, earl <>f Darnley 
 
 By thr »i oTe mbie li-' of grand marten), •< Jh a* no age, SOeietT, or kiajP^ 
 
 4oni, > oiild ercr buasl to faava tuled tben, aiakviiij kaa b«fia UxtA Mt the fwUI 
 
 laiis it now stanita. 
 
 it 
 
 I 
 
 te 
 
 in 
 «t 
 
 trt 
 
 H Brydgfs, marqni'' of CaernarTOB 
 Robert ISnymond lord Hayiiiuud 
 John Keith, fitrl of Kintore 
 .1 Dunfflasii, eafi of Morton 
 J' till Wanl. lord Ward 
 Tbnma.'- I, yon. carl o." Stralhmon 
 JameN Cnin-tonn. lord CraastewB 
 Wm Byron, lord Byron 
 John Pioliy, lord ( arysfort 
 .lames Brydg-es, eurl of raernarrow 
 ■Sliolto Ch. oiifrlan. hxd aberduur 
 W. Shirley, loid Feriar* 
 Lord P«(re 
 
 Dnke <'r Ciiniberland, aid at preseit 
 The Priace of Wails 
 
 of 
 lei 
 
in, 
 
 isdain< 
 licy weai^r 
 
 past 
 last.' 
 
 H 
 
 e art/ 
 
 rt. 
 
 rouna, 
 sound. 
 
 I or fflasD, and draw« 
 penalty being tUs, 
 om his left breast, 
 :over the secrets of 
 
 \\ at •nee on twe.. a(..<i »» 
 1 I urk when thej stnltB 
 
 w*y » tlie Prince of W«Im, 
 irdinplv. For «he fnter- 
 iete list of aJl the grand 
 
 , murqni' "f CaprnBrvoB 
 
 monri lord Rajitauud 
 
 , riirl of Kintoro 
 
 I, cafl of Morton 
 
 . lord Ward 
 
 ■on, tarl ft.' Strathmoi* 
 
 i>.tr>iin. lord CranatowB 
 
 1, lord Bjron 
 
 , lord ( arysfort 
 
 dges, earl of TaerBarfoir 
 
 oiif^laM. k»d Aberduor 
 , loid h'erisr* 
 
 Hinherland, aid at preseit 
 • of Wails 
 
 I* no »pe. HOC letT, or k'"ff* 
 ha» lM«a Axed Mt Uie (oIM 
 
 2» 
 
 Mftwnry. SbitietimM this is ^one with the rificht han-l only, as 
 it in less taken >ioti''e oP by strangers. 
 
 Having given the entered apprentice and felloW-craft's part, 
 I now pn)ceed to the third an 1 last degree of masonry, which i* 
 termed the V/asteh's Paht. it being perforned in the ^vne 
 manner a<r the other two, viz. by way of Question and Answer, 
 and is as follows : 
 
 Mas. Brother, where have you been ? 
 
 Ana In the west. 
 
 M^s. And where are you going ? Ans, To the east, 
 
 Mas. Whv do you leave the west, and go to the eist? 
 
 Ans. Bec&use the light of the gospel was first shewn in tli< 
 out. 
 
 Mas. What are you going to do in the east ? 
 
 Ans. To seek for a Uxlge of masters. 
 
 Mas. Then you are a master ma.son I presume ? 
 
 Ans. I am so taken and accepted among masters. 
 
 Mis. Where was you made a master? 
 
 Ati8. In a lodge of masters. 
 
 Mag. How was you prepareei to be made a master ? 
 
 Ans. My shoes were taken off my feet, my arms and breast 
 were naked, aid I was dsprived of all metals. In tliis manner 
 I was l6d to the door of the lodge. • 
 
 Mas. How got you admittance ? 
 
 Ans. By three distinct knocks. 
 
 Mas. y hat was then said to you from within ? 
 
 Ans. Who comes there. 
 
 Mas. Your answer brother ? 
 
 Ans. One who hath lawfully and truly served his time as an 
 entered apprentice and fellow-craft, and now begs to attain the 
 last and mcst honourable degree of masonry, by being admitted 
 a iraster. 
 
 Mas. How do you expect to attain it. 
 
 Ans. By the benefit of a pass- word. 
 
 Mas. Can you give me that word, brother ? 
 
 Ans. I can and will, right worshipful 
 
 Mas. Pray give it me then ? Ans. TUBAL CAIN: 
 
 Mas. What was then said to you ? 
 
 Ans. Enter TUB/ L CAIN. 
 
 Mas. How was you disposed of ? 
 
 • riiedifferencebetweeatli* manner of prepaiinR' the peraoii for the degree 
 of Matte.-, and tha entered Appreniice and FeUow.Cr»t>, is this ; That theeii- 
 l«! -d Apprentices left arm and left hreaHt are naked, with the left shoe off; 
 *Bd th« FaltotT'Craft's right breaai ia Baked, with the right shoe otF. 
 
 « 
 
i 
 
 i 
 
 Ans. 
 Mas. 
 
 Ans. 
 
 Ans, I waslcl "-ii-'tI tlie lodge. 
 
 Mas. Where did you niect with tlie first opposition ? 
 
 Alls. At thel)ack of the nvt^'or. 
 
 What did he d maud of you ? 
 The same as at the door. 
 How <l:d he dispose of yon ? 
 
 He ordered me back to tlie senior waj'den in tlie wes^ 
 to receive proper instructions. 
 
 Mas. What were these instnictions, brother ? 
 
 Ans. He instructed nie as I stood in the west, ,/ir.H, to shew 
 the master in the east the due guard or sign of an euterer'. uv- 
 prentice, and take one step upon the first step of the right angle 
 of an oblong square, witJi my left f.)Ot for ning a square. Se- 
 cond f if, to make two steps upon the same oblong square, and to 
 sliew the sign of a fellow-craft. Thirdly, I was taught to take 
 two steps upon the same oblong square, with both my knees 
 bent and bare ; my body upright, my right hand ujwn the 
 Holy Bible, both points of a pair of compasses being pointed to 
 my right and left breast, where I took the solenm oath or ob- 
 ligation of a master mason. 
 
 Mas. Brother, can you remember the obligation yon speak of? 
 
 Ans. I'll do my endeavour, riglit worshipful, with your as- 
 sistance. 
 
 Mas. Pray stand up and begin. 
 
 Ans. ' I, A. B. of my own free will ana accord, and in the 
 presence of Almighty God and this right worshipful lodge, de« 
 dicuted to holy St. John, do hereby and herein most solemnly 
 and sincerely swear, that I will always hale, conceal, and nevt r 
 reveal this part of a master mason to a fellow-craft, any more 
 than that of a fellow-cral\ to an apprentice, or any of them, to 
 the rest of the world, except in a true and lawful lodge of mas- 
 ters, him or them whom I shall find to be such, after a iust trial 
 and examination.— I furthermore do swear, that I will attend 
 all summonses sent Xv me from a lodge of masters, if wi- 
 thin the length ofa cable-tow. — I will also keep all my brothers' 
 eecrets as ray own, treason and murder excepted, aud that at my 
 own free will. I will not wrong a brother, or see him wronged^ 
 but give him notice of all danger, as far as in my powef lies. 
 And I also swear, that I will confonn myself to all tfie laws and 
 institutions o ' this lodge —All this I swear, with a firm and fixed 
 resolution 10 i^erform the same, under no less penalty than tat 
 have my body severed in two ; the one part carried to the south, 
 and the other to the north ; my bowels burnt to ashes, and the I 
 ashes to be scattered to tlie four wi>.ds of the heavens, that no 
 fiuther remeiubravtte 01 ouch a vile wretch may. exist ssaaa^ 
 
81 
 
 •st opposition i 
 
 or wartlen in tlie west^ 
 
 rother ? 
 
 the west, /ii:H, to shew 
 
 sign <if an enteref*. nv- 
 t step of the right angle 
 for ning a square. Sc- 
 e oblong square, and to 
 t^, I was taught to take 
 , with both my knees 
 r right hand ujion the 
 npasses being pointed to 
 
 the solemn oath or ob- 
 
 obligation you speak of? 
 Mbhipful, with your as- 
 
 ana accord, and in the 
 ht worshipful lodge, de- 
 d herein most solemnly 
 hale, conceal, and nev( r 
 a fellow-craft, any more 
 ntice, or any of them, to 
 and lawful lodge of mas- 
 be such, after a just trial 
 vest, that I will attend 
 lodge of masters, ifwi- 
 also keep all my brothers' 
 ' excepted, aud that at my 
 ther, or see him wronged, 
 far as in my power lies, 
 myself to all the laws and 
 rear, with a firm and fixed 
 no less penalty than t& 
 part carried to the south, 
 3 burnt to ashes, and the 
 IS of the heavens, that no 
 wretch may exist antoi^ 
 
 men, (and in particular masons). So help me God, and keep me 
 Slclf'tst ill this rtiy master's oblig: ,ion.' ( Kisscx thehmk). 
 
 Mas. I'h<t<k you, brother. — Pray what was shewn you after 
 you received this obligation } 
 
 Ans. '. )ne of the master's signs. 
 [The sign is given by drawing your right hand across your 
 
 belly, which is the penalty ol the obligation. Then he gives 
 
 the master the grip of an apprentice, who says. What's tliis ? 
 
 The person answers, the grip of an entered apprentice.] 
 
 Mas. Has it got a name ? Ans. It haj?. 
 
 Mas. Will you give it me? Ans. .JACHIN. 
 
 Mas. Wiil you be of or from? Ans. From. 
 
 Mas. From what, brother ? 
 
 Ans. From an entered apprentice to a fellow-craft;. 
 
 Mas. Pass, brother. 
 [He puts his thumb between the first and second joint, which 
 
 18 the pass-grip and you pronounce tlie word Shibboleth.1 
 
 Mas.- What was done to you after that ? 
 
 Ans. He took me by the grip of a fellow-craft, mid said. 
 What's this ? 
 
 Mas. Your answer, brother ? 
 
 Ans. The grip of a fellow-craft, 
 
 Mas. Has it got a name ? Ans. It has. 
 
 Mas. Will you give it me ? Ans. BOAZ. 
 
 Mas. What was then said to you ? 
 
 Ans, Rise up, brother BOAZ. 
 
 Mas. Brother, what followeil ? 
 
 Ans. He told me I represented one of the greatest men in the 
 world, viz. our grand master Htravi, who was killed just at the 
 finishing of the temple ; and the manner of his death is thus 
 related, 
 
 ' There were originally fifteen fellow-crafts, who perceiving 
 the temple almost finished, and not having received the master's 
 word, they grew impatient, and agreed to exhort it from their 
 master Hiram, the first opportunity they could find of meeting 
 him alone, tliat they might pass for masters in other countries, 
 and receive the wages or profits of masters : but before they 
 could accomplish then- scheme, twelve of them recanted ; the 
 other three were obstinate, and determined to have it by force, 
 if no other way could be found ; tlieir nameij were, Jubela, Ju- 
 belo, and Jubelum. 
 
 ' It being always the custom of Hiram, at twelve at noon as 
 soon as the men were called off to refi-esh themselves, togo.nto 
 atie Sanclum (■icndorum, ox \\n\y of holies, to pay his devotion 
 to tlw true nnd living Cod^ the Uiree assassins above-mentioacd 
 
■jSlaced tbcTOftelvM at Xhe cast, •west, and south doors of tb». 
 tcniple. At tlie north there was no entrai.ie, becau^e the ray» 
 of the sun never dart from that point, 
 
 * Hiram, having finished hjs prayer to the Lord, came to th* 
 *nst door, which he found guarded by Jubela, who demanded 
 the master's grip in a resolute manner; he received for answer 
 from Hirum, that it wus not customary to ask it in such a strain ; 
 that he him; elf did rot receive it so ; adding, that he must Mait; 
 and tirhe and patience would hrinjf it about, Hp told him far- 
 tl er, that it was not in his puwer alone to reveal it, except in 
 t' f prt>ti:ce ot Ao/wro" Kingof /«v/e/, and IFiramKinff of'Ii/re, 
 Jii/icia being dissati fit (I with this ajiswer, struck him ?ross tJi« 
 throat with a twenty-four inch gauge, fliram upon this un:gt 
 flew to the south door of the temple, where he was met by Ju- 
 bdo, who iisked him the nasler's grip and word in like niai<ner 
 asr Juliela had done before ; and on receiving the same answer 
 from his master, he gave him a violent blow with a square uj}on 
 his left breast, which made him reel. Upon recovering hii 
 ■tiength he ran to the west door, the only w ay left him of es- 
 cnj'ing ; and on being interrogated by Juhelum to the same pur- 
 port, who guarded that passage, (to v^honi he replied as at first) 
 he received a terrible fracture upon his head with u gavel * or 
 
 * \\ hen yoii ci'ti.c tn tins part <it clie ceto'nonv >>' iiiukiuij u iVIastei, it occa* 
 siiins !<uniai:Mr|irise ; thi:' Junior Warden HtrikeH yiiu hUIi a twenty rmir inch 
 guatie across the tlinat ; the lenior VVariten follows the blow bj- striking yun 
 with a t<|nar<- on the left Im east ;aiirl almost al the same instant the Matter 
 knocks >ou down with ilie ^aval. Tjiis i» the custom in most lx>d^cs ;aud it 
 requires do small sharp of loiirsffa, foi the blows are frequently I'i sevt-ra that 
 tlie poor candidate thils backwards on tiie fliior ; and the greuier his terrm at 
 tliit< imafre, (lie more tlie hruthrcn are plvxcd Tlii< cK<loni savnuisto*^ niitcb 
 ef buharily: and many iostancec can be prodncrd of |ieisoDs in thi« •iluaiioa 
 Willi have requested on theii knees to ba set at lilieity, and otheis wh" hays 
 trade tlipir escape as futit 3' po'^sible out of tl)e Lodge I'be French and na« 
 tives of Switzeiland have u im re striking and solemn way of reprasenlini; tha 
 tlchtli of Hiram. When a linithor colue^ into the lodge in order to 'm? raised 
 to ihedeg;ree of a muhter, one of the ineniliers lies flat on hi* back, with hit 
 luce disKgured, und besmeaied with hliMul, on the spot where the drawing; on 
 the Hi'or is msde. Hi< imiuiul surprise and confusion iaimcdialely app«-ar. and 
 one of the brethren generally nddrc&ses him to tha purport followiD); ; ' brother, 
 be not frifrlitened ; this is the unfortunai* remains of a worthy Master, that 
 would not delivci the ^Tip and word to three Fellow-Crafts, who had no right 
 to It ; Hwi from his example wjleurn our duty viz to die before we deliver the 
 Alusti'r's part vt Mu^only to those who hare no claim thereto. ' On kneeling 
 to receive the obligation, the suppoi>ed dead brother lies behind yOD, and duriu^ 
 the time of admiuisterinp: the outh. and reading; the history of his death, ha 
 g;ets up, aud you are laid down in his place I'hls is the most material dilTa* 
 fence tietwcen the French and Kn^lish method af making; a Master Mason ( 
 mid tlii' II IS more agreeable to liiiiimnit}' than jfiving a man a visleBt bkw VB 
 ■fre toietiwd wjlli a guvel, luust lie obvious tu •very raader« 
 
south doors of tha- 
 AC, because llie ray» 
 
 [he Lord, came to the 
 
 ibtla, who demanded 
 
 received fop answer 
 
 ;k it in such a strain ; 
 
 \g, that he must wail; 
 
 t. Hp told liipn fhr- 
 
 reveal it, except iu 
 
 Hiram Kin^ of 'Jj/re, 
 
 struck him ?ross tli« 
 
 'liratH upon this* u>j:gt 
 
 re he was met by Ju- 
 
 1 word in like maiaier 
 
 irg the same answer 
 
 )w with a square upon 
 
 Upon recovering hii 
 
 ily w ny left him of es- 
 
 heliim to tlie samepur- 
 
 ni he replied as at first) 
 
 head with a gavgl • or 
 
 iiidKiiijv tx iVIastei, u occE" 
 IU with a twenty fniir inch 
 IV8 the blu«r by siriking' yoa 
 ! same instant the Matter 
 stxm in most l^grs ; aud it 
 ire frequently lo Kevrr* that 
 1(1 thn greawr his terrm at 
 ii< cii<it(ini savoHiRto^ niiicb 
 I'f |iei8uns ill thi« oil'iaiioa 
 Iwity, and otheis mhn haTS 
 Age The French and na< 
 in way of repraxenlint! tlia 
 lodge in ordpr to Im? raised 
 !:• flat on hiR back, nith hit 
 ipot where the drawing on 
 Bilin i^oii'dialely appvur, and 
 [lurport following ; ' brother, 
 I of a worthy Master, that 
 iT-CraftH, who had no right 
 
 to die before we deliver the 
 laim thereto, ' On lineeliog 
 r lies behind \od, and tlnriug 
 I he history of his dentil, ha 
 « is the most material diflW* 
 
 makings a Master MaBon ( 
 'ing a man a vieleBt blow OB 
 > rwdar. 
 
 setting maul, ■which occasioned his doath. After this they car- 
 ried his body out at the west door.t and hid it under some rub- 
 bish till twelve o'clock the next night, wiien they met by agree- 
 ment, and buried him on tlie side of a hill, in a grave six feet 
 perpendicular, du;^ oast and west.' 
 
 Master. After you was tints knocked down, what was said to 
 you tlien ? 
 
 Answer. I was told I represented one of the greatest men in 
 the world lying dead, viz. our grand master Hiram. 
 
 Master. "Thank you, brother. — Fray go on. 
 
 Anstver. As I lay on my back, the master informed me how 
 Hiram was found, and by what means the three ruHiuru were 
 discovered, as follows : 
 
 * Our master Hiram not coming to view the workmen aa 
 usual. King Solomon caused strict search to be made ; but this 
 proving ineffectual, he was supposed to be dead. The twelve 
 fellow-crafts who recanted, hearing the report, their conscience* 
 pricking tliem, went to Solomon with white aprons and gloves, 
 emblems of their innocence, and informed him of every thing 
 relative to the affair, as far as they knew, and offered their assist- 
 ance in order to discover the tliree other fellow-cnitts, w!io had 
 absconded. They separated, and divided themselves into four 
 parties ; three east, west, north, and south, in (^uest of the nuir- 
 dert-rs. As one of the twelve was travelling on the sea side, 
 near Juppa, being fatigued, he sat down to refresh hinij^elf ; but 
 was soon alarmed by the following hideous exclamations from 
 the cliff of a rock : ' Oh ! that my throat had been cut across, 
 my tongue torn out by the root, and buried in the sands of the 
 sea at low-water mark, a cable's length from the shore, where 
 tlie tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, ere I had 
 consented to the death of our grand master Hiram V — ' Oh, 
 (says another) that my heart had been torn from under my nak- 
 ed left breast, and given a prey to the vtdtures of the air, rather 
 than I had been concerned in the death of so good a master !*— 
 • But (say a tliird) I struck hun harder than you both ; it waa 
 I that killed him. Oh I that my body had been Levered in two, 
 and scattered to the south and north ; my bowels burt to ashes 
 in the south ; and scattered between the four winds of the earth, 
 ere I had been the cause of the death jf our good master //jV- 
 
 I III ihitpoiB' the Maious thenselvet dilfer ; some of them sny, he was nut 
 carried out at the west door, but I'uried <in the sjiot where lie was killed, in this 
 manner: The three atsaasins took up part uf the pavement, made a hole, and 
 «uvered him oTer with stonei aa soon as they had crammed him in ; iftM 
 which tWj coavejed ths tnbbtsh out in their aprons. Mrevent suijiinou. 
 

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 tim !' Tlip fellow-craft hearinp this, went in quest <jf' bis two 
 as.Mriat.'.-., and tliey n-teic"*! the cliHot'the iMck, t*i<>i< iiiid bimuil 
 theiii tiisl, and lnoiiifht tliem to King Jlolonion, before Wiinii 
 tilt V voluntjirily confessed their guilt, and begged to die. Tlie 
 flentenee pjissed on them was the sjuneas they expressed in their 
 lamentation in the clitf : JiibcUis throat was cut across ; JuMox 
 ije.\. t waa torn tVoni under his left breast ; and JuMum's body 
 was severed in two, nnd scattered to the south and north. 
 
 ' When tJie execution was over, King Solomon sent ior the 
 twelve crafts, and desired them to take the bo<ly oi Hiram up, 
 in order that it niitjht be iiite'red in a solerrn manner in the 
 ^anrUiin Sa"ctoruvi ; he aUo told them, that if they could not 
 fin ! !) l;cy-woid i>l)out him, it was lost ; for there were only three 
 in tlif worhl to wliom it was kno^v^l; and unless they were pre- 
 sent, it could not be delivered Hiram being jlead, it conse- 
 qiusitly was lost. However, as Solomon ordered, they went 
 and cleiirpd tlm^ubbish, and found tlieir master in a mangled 
 condition, ha^iiig lain fifteen d.\ys ; upon which they lifted up 
 tiuir hands abovo their heads in astonishment, and said, O Lord 
 nil/ God! Tins being the fu"st word and sign. King Solomon 
 a<l<)i)ted it as the grand sign of a master maaon, and it is u.sed 
 At tliis day in all the lodges of masters.' 
 
 Master. Brothei', when Hiram was tlius found dead^ how 
 was he raised.' 
 
 Aii.a.H'r. By the five points of fellowship. 
 
 Maxti'r. What are these ))oints of fellowship ? 
 
 Answer. He was taken by the cnterc! apprentice's gi*ip, arid 
 the skin slipjied ofl'. Then he was taken by the fellow-craft's 
 grip, which also slijjpcd oft"; and lastly by the master's grip*. 
 
 uiistir. Brother, it appears you could not have been raised 
 but by the five points of fello\vship. Pray explain them ? 
 
 Aimirr, H^iiul in liand signifies, that I will always put forth 
 my hand to serve a brother as far as in my power lies. — Foot to 
 foot, that I never will be afraid to go a foot out of my way t«» 
 sprve a brother. — Knee to knee, that when I pray, I should 
 never forget my brother's welfare. — Breast to breast, to shew I 
 will keep my brother's secrets as my own. — The left hand sup- 
 porting the back, that I will always support a brotlier, as far 
 as I can, without being detrimentil to my own family. 
 >- , ■' ■-..'■ II I 
 
 * 'I In- '.-isinr'n (;ri|> IS tliii» porforiMort, You take > bruUiur witli the 'bur 
 Itvpn naili of joih- rigjit h.ind, .nnd press close into (he lower [);Mt of the wiist 
 flfhi< right hand, with all yoiir-Mieoglli : joiir light fool to kis right foot, an4 
 liis rifjht knee to vwir right knoe, the right breast to that of your brother, and 
 ^our li>ft hand iiup|)«rtiiig his b.nck. In this pti.sitioii you whisper in hii ear 
 RT^HARONE ; ur, as in ihemodcra LoJ^e.i, MACHsttACU) which i« theMas« 
 wei'.s word. 
 1 
 
t in quest <jfhis t^\^, 
 
 »*ook, t<N>k and bomul 
 
 iloinon, before w;i nii 
 
 l>egged to die. Tlie 
 
 hey exprt.-sed in tlicir 
 
 s cut across ; Juln/o's 
 
 ; and JuMum's luxly 
 
 lutii and iu)rtli. 
 
 Solomon sent \\>t the 
 
 he body ot'JIirtim up, 
 
 loleirn manner in tlie 
 
 tliat if tJiey could not 
 
 r tiiere were only three 
 
 unless they were pre- 
 
 being tU-ad, it conse- 
 
 n ordered, they went 
 
 r master in a mangled 
 
 I whiclj they lifted up 
 
 lent, and said, O iMrd 
 
 i«i^n, King Solomon 
 
 ma^ion, and it is u.sed 
 
 lius found dead^ how 
 
 P- . 
 
 uship ? 
 
 apprentice's ginp, arid 
 n by the fellow-craft's 
 by the master's grip*. 
 
 not have been raised 
 ray explain them ? 
 I will always put forth 
 ly power lies. — Foot to 
 foot out of my way to 
 then I pray, I should 
 St to breast, to shew I 
 n. — The left hand sup- 
 pport a brotlier, as far 
 
 my own family. 
 
 akc > bruUivr will) the 'bur 
 ) Iho lijwer ();'it oFthe wiist 
 it foot to his right foot, anA 
 to that of your brother, and 
 on you whisper iD his ear 
 iSNACu, which if the Maf< 
 
 S3 
 
 Miijukr. Tliank you, brother.— But pray, why was vou dc-« 
 prived of all metal .' 
 
 Answer. Becautie there was neither axe, hammer, nor sound 
 of any metal tool heard in the building of the temple of Solomon. 
 
 Mdxtcr. Why so, brother ? 
 
 Answer. Because it shouKl not be polluted. 
 
 Master. How is it possible, brother, that such a Inrge buildmg 
 should be carried on witliout the use or sound of some ;uet.il tool ? 
 
 Answer. It was prc|)ared in the forest of Lcbamtn, anil brought 
 down upon proper carriages, and set up with wooden mauls 
 made on purj)ose for the occasion. 
 
 Mauler. Why were both your shoes taken off from your feet > 
 . Answer. Because the place I stood on, when I was made a 
 mason, was holy ground. 
 
 Maitfer. What supports our lodge ? 
 
 Answer. Three pillars. 
 
 Master. Pray, witat are their n<tmes, !>. other? 
 
 Answer. Wisdem, strfngth, and beauty. 
 
 Master. What do they represent ? 
 
 Amwer. Three grand masters ; Solomon King of hrn.il. ; 
 Iliiam Ki.^ of Tyre ; and Hiram Ah'iff, who was killed by the 
 throe fellow-crafts. 
 
 Mfufter. Were these three grand masters concerned in the 
 buihling of Solomon's temple. 
 
 Apswer. They were. 
 
 Master, What was their business ? 
 
 Answer. Solomon found provisions and money to pay the 
 workmen ; Iliram King of 7}/rc provided uiaterials for the build- 
 ing ; and liiram Ahiff performed or superintended the work. 
 [\lnA of the Master's I.ecture.j 
 
 T'eform observed at the instalment of n Muster, and the other 
 Offwirs, on St John's Daij. 
 The year being expired, a prop<;r person is fixed on by the 
 members of every lodge, to preside over and govern the socie- 
 ties, in the ctpacity of mast. r. The qualifications for this Wlice 
 are, 1st, That he must be regularly and lawfully raised: 2dly, 
 Pie ought to be a man of good character, ami irreproachable in 
 his private conduct: 3dly, He must be well vcrsctl in the laws 
 and constitutions of the order, and oujjhtto be temperate, cool, 
 and quite perfect in going through the before mentioned lee- 
 tiu^s, as all the questions are put l)y him, and he is often oblig . 
 ed to assist the brethern in making the proper answers ; for 
 eviry mason sitting roui.d the table answers in his turn, in the - 
 same manner as the boys at church saying the catechisiu. ThiV 
 
oo 
 
 tlipy term n-orUng. For instincc ; siippo".? a hrolhr,* mrots 
 another, and ask* him if he was at his Unlj^f* l;ist nij;ht ? he s;:ys, 
 3CH. Well, replies the other, tliil i/oii vork f that is, did you ro 
 through the several (jiiestions and answers in any of the lec- 
 tures. — If any memher, cannot, or doe* not cluise to work, when 
 the question is put, and it comes to his tJim. he pets up, and 
 clappi ip his hand on his breast, addres<ies liimNelf tothe master, 
 nud ' egs to be excused ; then tiie left hand ni:ai answers in hiii 
 rote I. 
 
 The bretlircn having chosen a proper man for tliis office, and 
 lie l)ein<f apprrivetl of by the grand master, they proceed to tlu^ 
 installing hinj as follows : I le kneels dow n in the south p^irt of 
 the lo<lge, and the late mjister gives him the following obligation 
 before he resigns the chair, which he repeats : 
 
 ' I, A. li. of my own fref will and consent, in the pr&<!cnc» 
 of Almighty GofJ, and this right worshipful To<lge, dedicated to 
 St .h)hn, do most solemnly and sincerely sAvcar, that I will not 
 deliver the word and grip belonging to the chair whilst I am 
 master, or at any time hereafter, except it be to a master in the 
 chair, or a past master, him or them whom I shall find to be 
 such, atlcr due trial and exauination. — I also swear, that I will 
 act as master of this lo<lge ti'J next St John's day, and fill the 
 chair every lodge night. If I am within the length of my cable- 
 tow.— J likewise further promise, that I will not wrong this 
 lodge ; but act in every respect for the goo<l of masonry, by be- 
 having myself agreeably to the rest of the brethren ; and main- 
 taining good order and rcgtdarity in this hnlge, as far ^a lies in 
 my power. All tliis I swear with a firm and stedfast resolution 
 to perform the same, under no less than the four following 
 penalties : My throat cut access, my tongue torn out, my heart 
 torn from my left breast, and my body severed in two. So help 
 me God, and assist me in this my obligation belonging to the 
 chair.' (Kiises the book.) 
 
 The past master laises him, and takes off the jewels and rib- 
 bons from his own neck, and puts it on the new master, taking 
 him at the same time by the master's grip, and whispering in 
 his ear the word CHIBBELUM ;* after which he slips hia 
 hand from the master's grip to the elbow, and presses hia nails 
 in, as is done in the grip of the master under the wrist. 
 
 • rHIBBI'.LUAl "ijrnifies a worthy mason Theorigin ofthpnorJii and sign* 
 mnonj^therree masons was tinthisacciniat; Hiram, thr chief ar.hitect ofthetempla 
 had >a ^reat a number ol workmen to paj, that he coald net |:osf<ibly know theiQ 
 all : he then-fore ^^^ each de^ee nr class a particular sign and word, by whiclf 
 he coald distinguish them mora readily, in order to pay theta t^eir diffnent ralarie^ 
 
.S7 
 
 (■;? a brollir.' mrrts 
 Inst nijjht ? he ssiys, 
 
 that i«, «liil you Ro 
 1 in any of the lec- 
 ^huse to work, wlicn 
 m, he pots up, nml 
 iniHclf to the master, 
 
 mnn answers in hi* 
 
 n fiw this o(Ece, nnd 
 they proceed to tht^ 
 in the soutli p«rt of 
 I following obligation 
 ts: 
 
 ient, in tlie presence 
 1 lo<lfj;e, dedicated to 
 wear, that I will not 
 he chair whilst I am 
 l)e to a master in the 
 )m I shidl find to be 
 Iso swear, that 1 will 
 ^ln'8 day, and fill the 
 ; length of my cable- 
 will not wrong this 
 d of masonry, by be- 
 brethren ; and main- 
 odge, as far r\a lies in 
 :nd stedfast resolution 
 ) the four following 
 le torn out, my heart 
 ;red in two. So help 
 ion belonging to the 
 
 ff the jewels and rib- 
 e new master, taking 
 p, and whispering in 
 r which he slips hia 
 and presses his naila 
 ler the wrist 
 
 origin of thevrords and sign* 
 chief ar.hitect of the temple 
 lid n»t possibly know them 
 ilnr sign and word, fcy wkicl| 
 thent Uieir diffKent f«l«ri«* 
 
 The senior and jnnlor warden-*. <ierrf.t.iry. S<r. rcreiv? t'\p ob- 
 ligation a' the master, except the grip and wonl : th<Te being 
 none p*T\iliar t(< them. 
 
 Having now gone t?iroiig!» the srvrral dpfrc««» and l"0*ur"9 
 belonging to the entcred-apprentice, fe!low-craft, master, find the 
 manner of instalment, I shall close the work with a few general 
 directions, dividing them under the following hcmh. 
 
 I. A DcKripHon of I fir Ornamenlx n-nrn ()i/ Ihr difi'rrvf Ofjlrrrt 
 trhrn asxpmhled in the f^'igc, and their pro]jrr Pla.rs of siitinc;^ 
 The Mister, wlio sits in the east of the T-ndgp, li.is the nile 
 
 and compass, and square, hanging to a riblxni round his neck, 
 and a bluck nxl in liis hand, when he opens the I.od'^'c, near 
 seven feet high. 
 
 The Senior Warden's place is in t:ie wes , Avith a level hanT- 
 ing by a riblmn round his neck, and a colunm placed on tlie 
 table, about twcnty-n-ne inches long. 
 
 The Junior Warden's place is in the sotith, with the plumb- 
 rule hanging by a ribbon from his neck, and a column in lus 
 
 hand. 
 The Secretary wears the cross-pens hanging In the same manner. 
 
 The Senior and .Junior Deacons have each a black rod, wiih 
 the compass hanging round their necks : the Senior sits at tlie 
 back of the Master, or at his right-luuid ; tlie Junior at the Se- 
 nior Warden's rig! t-hand. 
 
 The past-master has the compasses and suii, with a unc of 
 cords about his neck. 
 
 The Treasuer has a key hanging from his neck. 
 
 II. The manner ofgimng the signs ffferen/ degree, and the word 
 belonging t-i it, withth, felUm-crafl, and mmler's clap. 
 
 The master's sign, grip, nnd nord, t^c. 
 
 The sign. Draw your right-hand edge-ways across your belly, 
 which is the penalty of the obligation. 
 
 The grip. Take hold of the right-hand of your brother with 
 your right-hand, and press the four finger nails hard under the 
 wrist of his right-hand ; put your right-foot to his right-foot ; 
 your right-knee to his right-knee : and his right-breast to your's, 
 with your left-hand supporting his back. 
 
 The IVord is MAHABONE ; or in some lodges, MACBE 
 NACH. 
 
 The Pass-Word is TUBAL CAiN. 
 
 The Master's dap is, by holding both your hands above your 
 head, and striking them down at once upon your apron, both 
 feet keeping time. They assign two reasons for this sign. via. 
 when th«i twelve feU*w-craft« saw their master lie dead, they 
 

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 lifted up their lunHs 'n -iirpiise, and said, Lord niir iUnl! 
 and tl at when Sobmon dcdiiatdl the temple to tiie r,f>rd, he 
 stoiKl up, and lirtinjx up botli ids ha.ids, exclaimed, Lord mi) 
 Cod! Great art thou above till V-lhIs. 
 
 Sign. 
 
 The Fellow-craft'. 1 Sign, Grip, JVord, and Clap. 
 
 Put your rijrht-hand to your lelt-breast, keeping your 
 thumb square, and your left-hand upright, forming a t qume. 
 
 The Pa.is-Grip is, by putting the thiunb nail of your right- 
 hand betAveen the first and second joint of a biH)thei-'s right hand. 
 The Pass-lVord is SHIBliOLETH. 
 
 The Grip is the same as the pass grip, except pressing your 
 thumb-nail on th." second joint, instead of between the first and 
 second. 
 
 The Word is V,0.\Z. 
 
 The Felloiv-Craft'.s Clap is, by forming the sign of a cra.lta^ 
 abo%'e, holding your left-hand square and upright ; tl>en clap 
 your right and left hands together ; and afterwards strike your 
 left breast with your right-liund, and from thence give a clap on 
 your apron, your right-foot going at the same time. 
 
 The Entered Apprentice\s Sign, Grip, and Word. 
 Sign. I^raw your hand across your throat edgeways, Tlie 
 penalty <if the obligation being this, that an apprentice would 
 sooner have his throat cut than discover the secrets of masonry. 
 7'he Grip. Take a brother with your right-liand, and press 
 hard with your thumb-nail upon the first joint of the fore-finger 
 of his right-hand. 
 
 The Word. Whisper in his ear JACIIIN. 
 
 The Master kneels upon l)oth knees in the ceremony of making. 
 
 The craft kneels with the right knee. 
 
 The apprentice with the left knee. 
 
 The form observed in drinking. 
 
 The table being plentifully stored with wine and punch, &c. 
 every man has a glass set before him, and fills it with what he 
 chases, and as often as he pleases. But he must drink his glass 
 in turn, or at least keep the motion with the rest. When, there- 
 fore, a public health is given, the ma.stor fills first, and desires 
 the brethren to charge glasses ; and when this is supposed to be 
 done, the master says, Brethren are ye all c/iarged ? Tiie senior 
 and junior wardens answer, we are all charged in the south arid 
 west. Then they all stand up, and observing the master's moti- 
 on, (like the soldier his right-hand man) drink their glasses of: 
 and if the master proposes the health or toast with three times 
 </i;w c/ff/w, they throw the glasses with the right-hand, at full 
 length, bringing ♦hem across their throats tliree times, and, mak^ 
 
39 
 
 Lord our God I 
 le to tlie I-ord, he 
 aimed, Utrd hu/ 
 
 J, and Clap. 
 
 reast, keeping ymir 
 
 forming a t;qu»re. 
 
 nail of your right- 
 jrotlier's right hanil 
 
 xcept pressing yom- 
 ctween the first and 
 
 he sign of a craft a^ 
 upright ; then clap 
 terwards strike your 
 hence give a clap on 
 ne time. 
 I, and Word. 
 oat edgeways. The 
 iin apprentice would 
 ; secrets of masonry, 
 ight-liand, and press 
 )int of the fore-finger 
 
 ceremony of makmg. 
 
 ing. 
 
 wine and punch, &c. 
 fills it with what he 
 ; must drink his glass 
 he rest. When, there- 
 fills first, and desires 
 this is supposed to be 
 ckarsi'd ? Tiie senior 
 irged in the south and 
 ing the mastei'*'' moti- 
 irink their glasses of: 
 toast with three times 
 le right-hand, at lull 
 tliyee times, and laakn 
 
 ing three motions ta put tliem down on the table ; at the tliird 
 they are set down, (though perliaix fifty in number) as if but 
 one: then rising their hands brcnst high, they clap nine times 
 igiinst the right, divided into three divisions, which is temsud 
 dri'il.i'is nilh three limes three, and at the end they give a huzza. 
 Having atlengtii gone through my ),lan, I have nothing f r- 
 ther to add than this, that the following i.« the best metl od for 
 a stnin:'or to get admittance, being what I have often tvie.l ni 
 many places, in onler to bu fully satisfied. 
 
 As soon as ytiu come to the d(X)r of the lodge, you will fiii'l fT e 
 tyler on the out-side, with a drawn swoirl i. liis h.und, and a 
 a white apron on. Ask him if tliere is a full lodge .=" and tell hin 
 you sliall be glad of adniitiance tvs a visiting member ; taking 
 rare to jiroviile yourself v/ith a wiiite leather apron, which you 
 may shew him as if by accident. He w'll, perhaps, ask you wliat 
 degree you are of, and desire a sign, which you may sl'ew him 
 Avith readiness, and likewis-« inform him what 1 .- ge you lielongto. 
 It being contraiy to the rules of the society that tlie tyltr 
 should admit a stsanger, he will go in, and acquaint the master, 
 that such a person, (mentioning your name, and the lodge )iv\i 
 told him you belonged to) craves admittance. Uixjn wiiich oi.e 
 of the waj'dens will come out and examine you, draw your right 
 hand across your throat edgeways, and he will .say, " What's 
 that.'" Your answer must be, " The due guard of an ajjpren-^ 
 tice." Then he will take you by the first joint of the thumb (jf 
 your right-hand, and press it hard with the thumb-nail of liis 
 right-hand, and ask, " What's this ?" You nnist immedir.ttiy 
 answer, '• Tlie grip of an entered apprentice." It he is not ful- 
 ly satisfied with this, he will go farther on in this mimner. 
 
 Question. Has it got a name ? — You must answer, " It has." 
 Then he will ask you to ^♦ive it him. 
 
 Answer. I'll halve it with you. — Begin, says he. 
 Answer. JA- 
 
 Mason. CHIN. Answer. JACHTN. 
 
 Question. Will you be of or from ? Answer. From ? 
 
 Question. From what ? 
 
 Answer. From an entered apprentice to a fellow-craft. Uc 
 will then sliift his thumb from the apprentice's grip toward?, t!\e 
 fellow-craft's ; and ask, " What's this ?" Answer. The pa.ss 
 word of a fellow-craft. Give it me, says he. Whispers in his 
 ear SHIBBOLETH. On this, he will put his thumb to the se- 
 cond joint, and say, " What's this ?" Answer. " The grip of 
 a fellow-cratt." " Has it a name ?" says he. Answer. " It has," 
 " Prsy give it me. Answer. " I will letter it, or halve it with 
 you." Mason. " I'll letter it with you. Aiwver. " Begin." Ma.* 
 
40 
 
 wn. " No, you begin." Anstver. B. Mason. O. Ans. A. Masaiti 
 Z. ^w.vww. BOAZ. 
 
 What I hj*ve here offered being more than sufficient, you will 
 be admitted, and you must put your apron on, and tjike }our 
 seat. If there should be a making that night, you will be per- 
 fect in the first principles, and know more than one in tei: who 
 have been masons many years, and have never read this Look. 
 
 If you should after this chuse to go to a lodge of mastc i, the 
 ceremony is the same as above ; but, you su^e interrogated to the 
 grip, pass-grip, and word of a master, wliich you cannot fail of 
 answering by reading the master's part before-mentioned. In 
 all this you must take Cire not to betray any fear, but put on an 
 air of assurance. 
 
 TJic ceremony ohserved at the Free'Masons' Funeral, according tt 
 ancient custom. 
 
 No mason Ciiii Nv S cd with the fonnalities of the order, 
 unless by his ovv n s|jk;f,iai retjuest, communicated to the master of 
 the lodge of which lie died a member; nor unless he had been 
 advanced to the third degree of masonry. 
 
 The master of the lodge, on receiving intelligence of his death, 
 and been made acquainted with the day and hour appointed for 
 his funeral, is to issue his command for summoning the lodj^e : 
 and immediately to make applioition, by tiie grand secretary, to 
 tlie deputy grand master, for a legal power and authority to at- 
 tend the procession with his officers, and such brethren as he 
 may approve of, properly clothed. 
 
 The dispensation being obtained, the master may invite as 
 many lodges as he thinks proper, and tlie members ot the said 
 lodges, may accompany their officers in fonn ; but the whole 
 ceremony must be under the direction of the master of the lodge 
 to which the deceased belonged ; and he, and his officers, must 
 be duly iionoured, and cheerfully . ibcyed on the occasion. 
 
 > cession, should observe, as 
 '-■ eir dress. Decent moum- 
 .'r.d aprons, is n)ost suitable 
 ' ^e distinguished with a 
 the lodges invited to at> 
 
 All the bretlu*en who wall" 
 much as possible, an unifortti v 
 iiig, with white stockhigs, g.^ t^ 
 and becoming. No person ov^h' 
 jewel, unless he is (Ui officer of ouv 
 
 tend in form, and the officers ai' sudi lodges should be orna- 
 mented with t^hite sashes and hat-bands ; as alsa the officers of 
 the lodge to whom the dispensation is granted, who should like* 
 wise be distinguished with white rods. 
 
 In tlie procession to the place of interment, the different lod- 
 ges rank according to their seniority ; the junior ones preceding. 
 £ach lodge forms one division, and the following order id obsfllh 
 ved : 
 
on. O. Arts. A. Mason. 
 
 an sufficient, you will 
 on on, and Uike your 
 
 hi, you will be pcr- 
 ihan one in tei: whu 
 levcr read this book. 
 
 lodge of jTiastc i, the 
 ire interrogated to the 
 lilth you cannot tail of 
 M»fore-mcntioned. In 
 ny fear, but put on an 
 
 ' Funeral, according /• 
 
 •nnalities of the order, 
 licated to the master of 
 r unless he had been 
 
 telligenceof his death, 
 iTid hour appointed tor 
 uinmoning die lodj^e : 
 tlie grand secretary, to 
 er and authority to at- 
 1 such brethren as he 
 
 master may invite as 
 ; members ot the said 
 bnn ; but the •whole 
 the master of the lodge 
 , and his officers, must 
 on the occasion, 
 an, should observe, as 
 dress. Decent moum- 
 irons, is most suitable 
 distinguislied with a 
 ; lodges invited to at> 
 dges should be orna* 
 ; as alsa tlie officers of 
 ited,who shotdd like- 
 
 nent, the different lod- 
 I junior ones preceding. 
 UoMring order is obsor* 
 
 41 
 
 The tyler with his sword ; 
 Tlv; stewards, with white rods ; 
 The brethren out of office, two and two ; 
 
 The secretary with a roll ; 
 
 The treasm^r, with his badge of office ; 
 
 Senior and junior wardens, I^and in hand ; 
 
 The padt>raaster ; 
 
 The ilidster ; 
 
 the lodge to which the deceased brother belonged in the fol- 
 lowing order : all the members having flowers, or herbs, in tlieir 
 kanda. 
 
 The tyler ; 
 The stewards ; 
 The music, (drums muffl^, and trumpets covered ;) 
 The members of the lodge ; 
 The senior and junior wardens ; 
 ' The past>master ; 
 The bible and book of constitutions, on a cushion, covered with, 
 black djth, carried by a member of the lodge ; 
 The master ; 
 The chorusters, singing an Anthrm ; 
 The clergyman. 
 
 Pall bearers. 
 
 The BODY, 
 with the Regalia placed 
 thereon, and two swords 
 crossed. 
 
 Pall bearers. 
 
 Chief mourner ; 
 Assistant mourners ; 
 Two stewards ; 
 A tyler. 
 One or two lodges march, before the procession begins, to tlie 
 church-yard, to prevent confusion, and make the necessary pre- 
 parations. The brstliren J^« on no account to desert their ranks, 
 or change their places, but keep in their different departments. 
 When the procession arrives at the gate of the church-yard, the 
 lodge to which the deceased brotlier belonged, and all tlje rest 
 of the brethren must halt, till the members of tlie different ItKlges 
 have formed a perfect circle rmmd the grave, when an opening 
 is made to receive them. They then march up to the grave : 
 »iid the clergyman and the officpra of the acting lotlge, take 
 their station at the head of the grave, with the chorusters op 
 each side, and the mouqiers at the foot ; tlie Service is rehear- 
 sed, an Anthem sung, and that particular part of the ceremony 
 is concluded with the usual forms. In returning from tl e func?ral 
 the same order of procession is observed, 
 
 V 
 
SOA^GS 
 
 ^: 
 
 SUNG IN THE BEST LODGES. 
 
 SONG I. >■ > :,, ; . 
 
 ZTmc, Attic Fire.3 
 
 Arise, and blow tliy trumpet, F-ine, ^ 
 
 Free-Masonry aloud proclaim. 
 
 To realms and worlds unknown 
 Tell them of mighty David's son. 
 The wise and matchless Solomon, "■• 
 
 Priz'd far above his thtcne. " 
 
 The solemn temple's cloud-capt towers / 
 Th' aspiring domes are works of ours. 
 
 By us those piles were rais'd : 
 Then bid mankind with song advance. 
 And through th' etherial vast expanse, 
 
 Let Masonry be prais'd. 
 
 We help the poor in time of need. 
 The naked clothe, tlie hungry feed; 
 
 'Tis our foundation stone : 
 We build upon the noble plan ; -v 
 For friendship rivets man to man ; S- (^^orut three times 
 
 And makes us all as one. 
 
 7 
 
 Still louder. Fame, thy triunpci blow ; 
 Let all the distant regions know 
 
 Free- Masonry is this: '^ ' , '. 
 Almighty Wisdom gave it birth, 
 And Heav'n has fix'd it here on eart^ 
 
 4 type <^' fittufs hIJm 
 
\ODCES. 
 
 ivra 
 
 TS / 
 
 Chorus three times 
 
 )W 
 
 rt^ 
 
 43 
 SONG ir'. 
 
 [_Tune, Goddess of Ease.] 
 
 Genius of Masonrj', descend, 
 
 And with t!iee bring thy spotless train ; 
 Constant our saci-ed rites attend, 
 
 While we adore thy peaceful reign : 
 Bring with the virtue, brighest maid. 
 
 Bring love, bring truth, and friendship here; 
 While social mirth shall lend her aid. 
 
 To smooth the wrinkled brow of care. 
 
 Come Charity, with goodness crown'd. 
 
 Encircled in thy hpav'iily robe, 
 Diff'uee thy blessings all around. 
 
 To every corner of the globe : 
 Sec where she ccnes with power to blcss^ * 
 
 With open hand, and tender heart. 
 Which wounded is at man's distress. 
 
 And bleeds at ev'ry human smart. 
 
 Envy may ev'ry ill devise, 
 
 And falsehood h: thy deadliest foe. 
 Though friendship still shall tow'ring rise. 
 
 And sink thine adversaries low ; 
 Thy we^^ built pile shall long endurt. 
 
 Through rolling years preserve its prime, 
 Upon a rock it stands secure. 
 
 And braves the rude assaults of time. 
 
 Ye happy few, who here extend 
 
 In perfect lines from East to West, 
 With fervent zeal the lodge defend. 
 
 And lock its secrets in each breast : 
 Since ye are met upon the square. 
 
 Bid love and friendship jointly reign ; 
 Be peace i^nd harmony your care. 
 
 Nor break the cdomantine clwa. 
 
 ! 
 
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 44 
 
 Behold the Planets how they mov^, 
 
 Yet keep due order as they runj 
 Thcfn imitate the stars above. 
 
 And shine resplendent as the Sun ; 
 That future Masons when they meet. 
 
 May all our glorious deeds rehearse. 
 And ?.iy, their fathers were so great. 
 
 That they adom'd the Unjversp. 
 
 so.ng hi. 
 
 [^Tune, Rule Britannia.] 
 
 When earth's foundation first was laid. 
 
 By the Ahmighty artists hand, 
 Twa^ then our iierfect, onr perfect laws were msA^ 
 
 Establish'd by his strict command. 
 Cko. Hail mysterious ! hail, glorious masonry I 
 
 That makes us ever great and free. 
 
 As man throughout for shelter sought. 
 In vain from place to place to roam. 
 
 Until from Heaven, from Heaven he was taugK^ 
 To plan, to build, to fix his home 
 
 Ilail, msiUrwus, 4«» 
 
 Hence iUustrious ro»e our iart 
 
 And now in beaut .-ous piles appears; 
 
 Which shall to endltss, to endless time impar^ 
 How worthy and how great we are. 
 
 Hailt mysteriaus, &c* 
 
 Nor we less fam'd for every tie. 
 
 By which the human thought is bound ; 
 
 Love, truth, ard fi ieudship, end friendship sodaUy, 
 Join aU our hearts and hands around. 
 
eafc. 
 
 a.] 
 
 laid. 
 
 id, 
 
 aws were nwd^. 
 
 d. 
 
 us masonry X 
 
 e. 
 
 ht, 
 
 roam, 
 
 he was taugh^ 
 
 lie 
 
 yiterwus, Sfc^ 
 
 pears; 
 
 time unpar^i 
 ; are. 
 njfsterious, &Gt 
 
 3 bound ; 
 radship sodally^ 
 und. 
 
 45 
 
 Our actions still by virtue blest, 
 
 And to our precepts ever true, 
 The world admiring, admiring shall request 
 
 To learn, aiid our bright paths pursue. 
 
 Hail, miftterious, iccj 
 
 SONG IV. 
 
 rTune, In Infancy.]] 
 
 Let Masonry from pole to pole. 
 
 Her secret laws expand. 
 Far as the mighty waters roU^ 
 
 To wa^ remotest land : 
 That virtue has not left mankind. 
 
 Her social maxims prove, 
 !For stamped upon the Mason's «xun4» 
 
 Are Unity and Love. 
 
 ^.scending to her native sky. 
 
 Let Masonry increase ; 
 A glorious pillar rais'd on higiv 
 
 Integrity its base. 
 Peace adds to Olive Boughs, entwiti'cl(« 
 
 An emblemMic dove. 
 As stamped upon the Mason's mind. 
 
 Ace unity and lov«. 
 
 SONG V. 
 
 X,Tune, The miller of Mansield.]! 
 
 How happy a mason ! whose bosom still Bawa 
 With friendship, and ever most cheerfully goes; 
 Th' effects of the mysteries lodg'd in his breasiy 
 ]|Iy«t«iie» revcr'd vuA by princes jKisMBS'd* 
 
«6 
 
 Our friend, nnd our bottle, we best can enjoy. 
 No lanciiur, no envy our quiet can annoy, 
 
 Dur plumb-line and conipiss, our square and our tools 
 Direct all our actions in viitue's fair rules. 
 
 To Mars, and to \'enus, we're equally true, 
 Our hearts can enliven, our arms can subdue. 
 
 Let ihe enemy teil, and the lat'.ies declare. 
 
 No class, or profession, with masons compare. 
 To f'ive a fond lustre, we ne'er need a crest, 
 Sirxe Iioi.our and virtue remam in *iur breast. 
 
 We'll charm the rude world when we clap, lauglk 
 and sing. 
 
 If so happy a mason, say, who'd be a King .* 
 
 On, on, my dear brethren, pursue the great lecture; 
 And 1 cfine on the rules of old architecture : 
 Hig'. honour to masons the cratl daily br'ngs. 
 To those brothers of princes, and fellows vo kings. 
 
 We drove the rude Vandals and Goths off the stagc^ 
 And reviv'd tlie old arts of Augustus' fam'd age ; 
 Vespasian destroy 'd the vast temple in vain. 
 Since so many now rise under tliis npble reign. 
 
 The noble five orders, compos'd with such art, 
 Sh-'ill amaze the swift eye, and engage the whole heart j 
 Proportion, sweet hannony, gracing the whole. 
 Gives our work, like the glorious creation, a soul. 
 
 Then, master and brethren, preserve your great nam^ 
 This lodge, so majestic, shall pnrchoac yoiu- fame ; 
 Rever'd it shall stand till all nature expire. 
 And its glories ne'er fade till the world i3 on firel - 
 
47 
 
 St can enjoy, 
 
 1 annoy, 
 
 ir square and our tools 
 
 kir rules. 
 
 ually true, 
 
 can subdue. 
 
 '.ies declare, 
 
 asons compare. 
 
 leed a crest, 
 
 n tiur breast. 
 
 when we clap, laugV 
 
 j'd be a King ? 
 
 ue the great lecture 
 pchitecture : 
 It daily brings, 
 1 fellows lO kings. 
 
 I Goths off the stage, 
 jUstus' fam'd age ; 
 iiple in vain. 
 Ilia npble reign. 
 
 I with such art, 
 engage the whole heartj 
 icing the whole, 
 lus creation, a soul. 
 
 eserve your great nam^ 
 iiirchosc your fame ; 
 iture expire, 
 he world U on fire: 
 
 See, see, behold here what rewards all our toil. 
 Our genius inspires, and bitLs labour smile ; 
 To our noble grand master let a bainjier be crown'd. 
 To all masons a bumper,— «o let it go round. 
 
 Again, my lov'd brethren, again let it pass. 
 Our ancienc firm union cement with a glass : 
 And all the contention 'mong masons shall be, 
 \Vlio better can work, or wlw better agree. 
 
 SONG VII. 
 
 Let drunkards boast the power of wine. 
 
 And reel from side to side ; 
 Let lovers kneel at beauty's shrine. 
 
 The sport of female pride ; 
 Be our's the more exalted part,- 
 To observe the Mason's art. 
 
 And spraad its praises wide. 
 
 To dens and thickets dark and rude. 
 
 For shelter beasts repair ; 
 With sticks and straws the feather'd brood 
 
 Suspend their nests in air : 
 And man untaught, as wild as these. 
 Binds up sad huts with boughs of tre«9. 
 
 And feeds on wretched fare. . , 
 
 But science dawning in his mind. 
 
 The quarry he explores ; 
 Industry and arts combln'd, 
 
 Improv'd aU nature's stores ; 
 Thus walls were built, and houses rear'tf, 
 No storms nor tempest now are fe«r'il 
 Within his weU<fr«m'd doora, 
 
i 
 
 41^ 
 
 When stately yvilaces arise. 
 
 When colamns grace the hall ; 
 Vn\en towVs and h i- salute the skieS/ 
 
 We owe to Mason! all ; 
 Nor buildings only do they give. 
 But teach men how within to live. 
 
 And yield to reason's call. 
 
 All party quarrels they detest. 
 
 For virtue and the arts, 
 Lodg'd in each true Free-mason's breastj 
 
 Unite and rule our hearts : 
 By these while mansons square their minds. 
 The state no bctler subjects finds. 
 
 None act mora upright parts. 
 
 When Bucks and Albions, are forgot. 
 
 Free-masons will remain ; 
 Mushrooms each day spring up and rot. 
 
 While oaks 3tretch o'er the plai* : 
 Let others quarrel, rant, and roar. 
 Their noisy revels when no more. 
 
 Still masonry shall reign. 
 
 Our leather Aprona may compare 
 
 With garters red or blue. 
 Princes and kings our brothers are. 
 
 May they our rules pursue : 
 Then drink success and health to all 
 The craft aroimd this earthly ball. 
 
 May brethren still prove true. 
 
 SONG Vlll. 
 
 ITune, The Huntsmtm.] 
 
 AssEMBi'w and tyl'd let us social agree 
 WtUi uie monarch that siu on the throne^ 
 
49 
 
 lall ; 
 
 e the alsiee^ 
 
 pve, 
 J live. 
 
 ason's breast* 
 
 lare their minds, 
 finds, 
 arts. 
 
 are forgot, 
 
 J up and rot, 
 he plai' : 
 nd roar, 
 I more, 
 
 mpare 
 
 hers are, 
 me: 
 
 ialth to all 
 hly ball, 
 B true. 
 
 III. 
 
 intsmiui.]! 
 
 ial agree 
 m the throne^ 
 
 For he char^jes a glass, and round lets it pass, 
 To celebrate ancient St John. 
 
 ThoiiiQfh babblers may prattle in showing their spleei^ 
 
 Their spite we compare to tlie drone. 
 For ill love and sweet harmony still we'll agree, 
 
 To celebrate ancient St John. 
 
 TJie worM's in pain our secrets to gain. 
 
 In ignorance let them tliink on. 
 For in love and sweet harmony still we'll a^ee, 
 
 To celebrate ancient S*^ Jolm. 
 
 With toast after tonst let us drink to the King, 
 
 Rememb'rinsf the great Solomon, 
 For his actions were rare, by the compass and square^ 
 
 Thus celebrate ancient St. John. 
 
 Then join hand in hand, in a body firm stand. 
 
 Our cares, and our troubles begone, 
 Let us love, laugh, and sing ; love the ladies and Kin^ 
 
 Thus celebrate ancient St. John. 
 
 SONG IX. 
 
 Behold In a lodge we dear brethem ars met. 
 And in proper order together are set ; 
 Our secrets to none but ourselves shall be kno^JTi, 
 Our actions to none but free-masons be shown. 
 
 Derry down, down, down, derty down. 
 
 Let brotherly love be among us reviv'd ; 
 Let us stand by our laws that are wisely contriv'd ; 
 And then all the glorious creation shall see. 
 That nvie are so loving, so friendly as we. 
 
 Berry. d0n, ^c. 
 
^0 
 
 The temple, ani many a mugnificent piK<, 
 Ev'ii buildinjjs now standing within our own isl'*. 
 With wisdom contiiv'd, with beauty refin'd, 
 With strength to support, and the building to bind. 
 
 Deny down, ^-c. 
 
 Tlipsc noble grand structures will always proclaim. 
 What Iionour is clue to a free-mason's name, 
 Ev'n ages to come, when our work tiny do see. 
 Will strive with each other like lis la be tree. 
 
 Derri/ down, <5r. 
 
 What though some of late, by their spleen, plainly show. 
 They fain would deride what they gladly would know. 
 Let ev'ry true brother these vermin despise. 
 And the ancient grand secret keep back from their eyes. 
 
 Dcrri/ down, fjC. 
 
 The" thren, let's all put our hamt to our heart. 
 And ' from true masonry ne'er to depart : 
 
 And when the last trumpet on earth shall descend 
 Our lodge will be ?los'd and our secrets shall end. 
 
 Derri/ down, ^-ci 
 
 SONG X. 
 
 Once I was blind and could not see. 
 
 All was dark me around^ 
 But providence provided me. 
 
 And soon a friend I found ; 
 Through hidden paths my ftiend me led. 
 
 Such paths as babblers ne'er shall tread. 
 
 With a fa, la, la, la, loi 
 
 He took all stumbling blocks away, 
 That 1 luight walk secure. 
 
&l 
 
 t piliS 
 
 our own isK 
 r rcfiii'il, 
 uiUlinj? to bind. 
 
 Derrtj down, ^c- 
 
 Iways proclaim, 
 ii's name, 
 k they ilo see, 
 la be free. 
 
 Derry down, ^'C' 
 
 spleen, plainly show, 
 frhully would know, 
 n despise, 
 
 back from their eyes. 
 Dcrry down, <5c 
 
 land to our heart, 
 le'er to depart : 
 irth shall descend 
 secrets shall end. 
 
 Derrtf down, SfCX 
 
 d not see, 
 
 le, 
 nd ; 
 
 friend me led, 
 le'er shall tread, 
 Vith a fa, la, la, la, k^ 
 
 cks away, 
 ire. 
 
 An brought me long ere break of dnV, 
 
 To Sol's bright temple door. 
 
 Where we both admittance ibund 
 
 By help of magic spell and sound. 
 
 JVith a fa ^-o. 
 
 The curber of my rash attempt. 
 
 Did then my breast alarm. 
 And hinted I was not expmi)t, 
 
 Nor free from double liann ; 
 ^Tiich i)ut a stop to rising pride. 
 And made mc trust more to my guide. 
 
 jyUfi a fa, (J-c. 
 
 With sober pace I then was led, 
 
 And brought to Sol's briglit ^.hrone ; 
 
 Where I was obliged to stop. 
 Till I myseF made known. 
 
 With hideo noise I round was brought. 
 
 For to obtain that wliich I sought. 
 
 With a fa, ^ft 
 
 In humble posture and due form, 
 
 I listened with good will ; 
 Instead of mighty noise and storm. 
 
 All then was calm and still. 
 Such chnnning sounds I then did hear. 
 As quite expell'd all doubt and fear 
 
 With a fa, ^. 
 
 The mighty monarch from his tlu-one 
 
 Bade dai-kness then withdraw. 
 No sooner said than it was done. 
 
 And great things then I saw. 
 But what they were I'll not now tell. 
 Put Bucli they were ga here shall dwell 
 
 inth a A *Sft 
 
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 59 
 
 Then round and round me he did tie, 
 
 A noble ancient charm ; 
 All future darkness to defy. 
 
 And ward off cowan's harm ; 
 So I retum'd from wheuce I came, 
 Kot what I was, but what I am. — With a fa, ij-e. 
 
 THE MASOS-S ANTHEM. 
 
 C*a»NT us, kind Heav'n, what we re(iuest, 
 
 In masonry let us be blest ; 
 
 Direct us to that happy place. 
 
 Where friendship smiles in ev'ry f-re : 
 Where freedom and sweet innocence 
 Enlarge the mind, and cheer the sense. 
 
 Where cepter'd reason from her throne 
 Surveys the lodge and makes us one : 
 And harmony's delightful sway 
 For ever sheds ambrosial day ; 
 
 Where we blest Eden's pleasure taste,. 
 
 Whilst bahny joys are our repast 
 
 No prying eye can view us here. 
 No fool or knave disturb our cheer : 
 Our well form'd laws set maiikind ftee. 
 And give relief to misery : 
 
 The poor oppress'd with woe and grief^ 
 Gairf from our bounteous hands veiief. 
 
 Our lodge the social virtues grace. 
 And wisdom's rules we fondly trace ; 
 All natiu-e open to our view. 
 Points out the .path we should pursue 2 
 Let us subsist in lasting peace. 
 And may our happiness increase. 
 
[ tie. 
 
 With a fa, i^e. 
 
 se. 
 
 ■ief. 
 
 2f. 
 
 Toasts and Sentiments 
 
 FOR iHJt 
 
 SO'^IETY OF FREE MASONS. 
 
 To the Kinjr and the Graft. — To all the Kings, Princes, and 
 Potentates, who ever propogated the Royal Art. — To all the 
 Fraternity round the globe. — To all the noble lords, and Right 
 IVorshiptiil Brothers, that have been Grand Masters.— The 
 Grand Lotlj^e of Scotland. — The Grand Lodge of England.— 
 The Grand Lodge of Ireland. — To all well disposed masons. — 
 To the perpetual hcinour of free-masons. — To the Masters and 
 IVardens of all regular Lodges. — To all true and faithful bro- 
 'lers. — To all free born sons of the ancient and honsurable 
 L'raft. — To the memory of him who first planted the Vine.— 
 To masons and to maso.is' bairns, and Women with bot'i wit 
 Hid charms, that lo\e to lie in masons' arms.— To all the female 
 riends of fiee-masons. — To him that first the world began.— 
 
 o the memory of the Tyrian Artist. — To the ancient sons of 
 leace.— To all upright and pure masons. — Prosperity to the 
 inc'ent and honourable Craft.— To the secret and silent. — To 
 ill masons who walk in the line. — To him that did the temple 
 rear. — To every true and faithful heart, that still preserves the 
 
 secret art -To ill that live within compass and square. — To 
 
 »11 social free-mai>ons. To all true masons and upright. Who 
 law the east where rose the light.— To the increase of perpetual 
 iiendship and peace among the ancient Craft.— To each charm- 
 
 ig fair and faivhful she, Who loves the Craft of masonry. — 
 To each faithful brother both ancient and young. Who governs 
 lis passions and bridles his tongue.— To all those who steer their 
 
 tourse by the three great L s of masonry .—May every ma- 
 
 Mn be enabled to act so as to have an approving monitor. — May 
 he Lodges in this place be distinguished for love, peace, and 
 larraony. — May all free-masons, be enabled to act in a strict 
 !onformity t'^ the rules of their order. — May our actions as 
 masons be properly squared. — -A proper application of the 24 
 inch guage, so as that we may measure out, and husband our 
 time to the best purposes.-^Tu him who uses the mallet in 
 knocking off these superfluous passions that in any manner de- 
 grade the man or the mason. — May the lives of all fite-ma- 
 wns be spent in acts r.f true piety, highly seasoned with tran- 
 quillity. — May the mason's conduct be so uniform as he may not 
 be ashamed to take a retrospective view of it.— The absent 
 Brethren o^' this Lodge. — Every worthy Brother who was at 
 first duly prepared, and whose heart still retains an awful regard 
 to the ihree /;reat lights of masoiuy.-^Every brother who main* 
 
iT 
 
 tains n. constancy in love, and sincerity in friendship. — May the 
 brctliren of our jflorious cratl be ever distinguished in the world 
 by tlit-'ir regular lives, in:)re than by their gloves and aprons.-— 
 Way the sqiiarr;, plumb-line, and level, regulate the conduct of 
 ♦ very brother. — May virtue ever direct our actions with respect 
 to ourselves, justice to those with Avhom we ileal, mercy, love, 
 and charity to all mankind. — May every worthy Brother who 
 is willing to work and labour through the day, as hia condition 
 rc(iuire>i, be happy at night with his friend, his love, andacheer« 
 fid glass. — Every Brother who keeps the key of knowledge from 
 all intruders, but will cheerfully open it to a worthy brother.— 
 May masonry flourish until nature expire. And its glories ne'er 
 fade till the world is on fire. — May every society instituted for the 
 juoinolion of virtue fiourish.— May concord, peace, and har- 
 mony subsist in all regular J.odges, and always distinguish the 
 fraternity of free-nifisons. — Pros{)ei'ity to masons and ma- 
 .sonry. — May every Brother leani to live within the compasses, 
 and watch upon the stpiare. — May the prospect of riches never 
 luive that effect upon a mason, as to induce him to that which 
 is repugnant to ^ irtue. — May our con^■ersation be such, as that 
 youth may therein find instruction, women, modesty, the aged 
 respect, a.«d all men civility.— May peace, harmony, and con- 
 cord subsist among free-masons, and may evay idle dispute and 
 frivolous distinction, be buried in oblivion— The mason that 
 knows the tioie value and use of his toolsi — All the friends of the 
 craft. — May every brother who is lawfully and regularly entered 
 into our society, which is bou indent and honourable, bp as duly 
 instructed in the true morals thereof.-— May masonry prove as 
 universal, as it is honourable and useful. — The memoty of the 
 distinguishetl three. — May unity, friendsiiip, and brotherly lo\ e, 
 ever distinguish the brethren of the ancient craft. — All regular 
 Lodges. — May the morning have no occasion to censure the 
 night spent by free-masons. — May every Brother have a heart 
 to feel, and a hand to give. — May no free-masons wish for more 
 liberty than constitutes Iiappiness, ror more freedom than tends 
 to the public good. — May we neve., condemn that in a Brother 
 which we would pardon in ourselves.— May the cares which 
 haunt the heart pf the covetous, be unknown to a free-mason. 
 —May no free-mason desire plenty, but with the benevolent 
 view to relieve the indigent. — May the deformity of vice in other 
 men, teach a mason to abhor liis own — May we be more ready 
 to correct our own faults, than to publish tiie errors of the bre- 
 tl. .-en. — May every free-mason participate in the happiness of 
 a brother. — May we never rashly believe the report we hear, 
 which is prejudical to a brother.— May discord, party-rage, 
 ■i^d insolence, be for ever rovtetl out fma amoDg inaB?!!^— . 
 
rricndship. — May the 
 guished in the world 
 gloves and aprons.— 
 julate the conduct of 
 ■ actions with respect 
 ve ileal, mercy, love, 
 worthy Brother who 
 day, as hia condition 
 
 his love, and a cheer- 
 ey of knowledge from 
 
 a worthy brother.— 
 And its glories ne'er 
 :icty instituted for the 
 jrd, peace, and har- 
 Iways distinguish the | 
 ;o masons and ma- 
 within the compasses, 
 aspect of riches never 
 e him to that which 
 iation be such, as that 
 n, modesty, the aged 
 I, harmony, and con- 
 evci-y idle dispute iind 
 rion — The taason that 
 -All the friends of the 
 
 and regularly entered 
 honourable, bp as duly 
 lay niasonry prove as 
 — The memoiy of the 
 lip, and brotherly lo\ e, 
 pnt craft. — All regular 
 ccasion to censure tlie 
 
 Brother have a heart 
 ■masons wish for more 
 pre freedom than tends 
 jmn that in a Brother 
 -May the cares which 
 cnown to a free-mason, 
 t with the benevolent 
 formity of vice in other 
 Vlay we be more ready 
 tlie errors of the bre- 
 :e in the happiness of 
 ! the report we hear, 
 ly discord, party-rage, 
 ifom cmoDg wa89na.>-». 
 
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 May all free-masons go hand in hand in the road of virtue.— 
 May all frue-musoiis ever taste and relish the sweets of free- 
 dom. — May the hearts of free-masons agree, although theiir 
 heads should differ. — May the masons' conduct be so unifonn 
 as to convince the natural world that they dwell in ligiit. — 
 May honour and honesty distiiiguish the brethren.—- The hum- 
 ble beggar. — Relief to all indigent brethren. — May all free- 
 masons live in love, and die in peace. — To masonry, friendship, 
 and love. — I'he heart which conceals and the tongue that never 
 reveals. — May no free-mason taste the bitter apples of afflic- 
 tion. — To the nation's wealth and glory. — To the innocent and 
 faithful craft. — To a happy meeting.— May the frowns of resent- 
 ment never be known ain«jng us. — May the gentle spirit of love 
 aiimate the heart of every mason. — May hypocrisy, faction, ar.d 
 strife, be fov ever rooted from every Lodge. — May every free- 
 mason be distinguished l)y thehiternal omanient of the upright 
 heart. — May the Hredxren in tliis place be united to one anotJier 
 by the bond of lovi. — May every free-mason have as much 
 genuine i)hilosopliy as that he may neither be to much exalted 
 wiiii tlie smiles of prosperity, nor too much dejected with the 
 frowns of adversity. — May free-masons ever taste and relish 
 the stveets of domestic contentment. — May the foundation of 
 every regular Lodge be solid, its building sure, and its memljera 
 nmnerous and happy. — May every free mason have health, peace, 
 and plenty.— May every free-mason fuid constancy in love, and 
 sincerity in friendship. — May the free-mason' s conscience Le 
 sound, though his fortune be rotten. — May temptation never 
 conquer a free-masons virtue, — Honour and influence to every 
 public spirited brotlu " 
 
 Description of the Regalia and Emhlematkal Figures used itf 
 Maswirij, represented in the Frontispeice. 
 
 \. The two pillars called Jachin and Boaz, the first signii 
 fying Strength, the second to establish in tlie Lord. 
 
 2. Holy Bible opened, as an emblem that it should be the 
 rule of our faith. 
 
 3. Compass and square, to square our actions, and keep them 
 within bounds, the master's emblem or jewel, which is suspen- 
 ded with a ribbon round the neck, and always worn when the 
 lodge is opened, and on public days of meetuig, funerals, &c. 
 
 4. Level, the senior warden's emblem or jewel. 
 
 5. Twenty-four inch gauge to measure Mason's work. 
 
 6. Key the treasuer's emblem. 
 
 7. Sword, ])resented to the naked left breast of the apprentice. 
 
 8. Cable, or rope, put round the neck of erery new>niade ma* 
 AMI at the time of moiking. 
 
fl. Trowfl, nv iTislriment of preat use amonpf raagortg. 
 
 10. Gavel, or spttinjf maul, ■•ised in building Solomon's temp!*;, 
 the first sfrand work of masonry. 
 
 11. Plumb-level, compass, anjd plumb rule, the junior war- 
 den's emblem. 
 
 1 2. Small hammer, to kno^k off superrtuous pitxes. 
 
 13. Cross-pens, the secretary's emblem. 
 
 1 4. A coffin, with a fi^re of the inaiined body of Hiram, 
 (the first grand master) painted on it. He wai murdered by 
 three tellow-crafts, for refiisinsf to reveal the secret. 
 
 1.5. Hand plummet, for taking perjiendiculars. 
 
 16. Tlie sun rising in the east, emblematical of the master 
 hiason, standing in the east, setting the men to work. 
 
 1 7- The seven stars, an astronomical emblem, fi-equently en« 
 graved on the medals worn by masons. 
 
 18. The moon that rules the night. 
 
 19. CanJlesticks, placed in a triangular form. 
 
 20. Columns, used by the senior and junior wardens in the 
 lodge. 
 
 21. Two black rods carried by the senior and junior deacons. 
 
 22. The three steps and pavement. 
 
 23. Entrance or porch to Solomon's temple. 
 
 24. Terrestrial and celestial globes, representing the works of j 
 creation. 
 
 25. A machine used by masons to form a triangle. 
 
 26. Large rule for measuring the work. 
 
 27. The three step ladder used in masonry. 
 
 28. Hiram's tent. 
 
 29. The white apron and gloves, emblems of innocent*. 
 
 30. The eye of Providence, the great superintendant of the uni- 
 verse, and masonry represented as under its immediate influence. 
 
 The frontispeice is a Medallion, in imitation of those medalB, 
 or plates, that are common among the brotherhood. These me- 
 *dal8 are of silver, and some have them highly finished and oma> 
 mented, so as to be worth ten or twenty guineas. They ate j 
 suspended round the neck with ribbons of various colours, and 
 worn on their public days of meeting, at funeral processiouE, &c. 
 in honour of the craft. On the reverse of these models it is usu- 
 al to put uie owner's coat of arms, or cypher, or any other device { 
 the owner fancies, and some even add to tlie emblems other £incy 
 things that bear some analogy to masonry. 
 
 The candlesticks, &c. in many lodges are curiously wrought ; 
 the chair in which the grand master sits, as well as those of the 
 masters of inferior lodges, are richly carved with emblematical 
 figures ; their aprons are bound with ribbons of vnrious colours; 
 and, in- short;, every thing belonging to them is finished in the 
 most elegant taste. 
 
 FINIS, 
 
ng Solomon's temp1«v 
 
 rule, the junier war* 
 
 lous pieces. 
 
 led bmly of Hiram, 
 
 . win murdered by 
 
 le secret. 
 
 iculars. 
 
 atical of the master 
 
 m to work. 
 
 iblem, fiequently en- 
 
 • form. 
 
 mior wardens in the 
 
 or and junior deacons. 
 
 nple. 
 
 resenting the works of 
 
 a triangle. 
 
 >nry. 
 
 ans of innocenc*. 
 lerintendant of the uni- 
 ts immediate influence, 
 tation of those r.ae<lals, 
 jtherhood, The,e me- 
 ^hly finished and orna- 
 jty guineas. They ate 
 [)f various colours, and 
 •uneral processions, &c. 
 • these models it is usu- 
 ler, or any other d»5vice 
 lie emblems other fancy 
 
 y. 
 
 are curiously wrought ; 
 
 as well as those of the 
 rvetl with emblematical 
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