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Help to all that are, or would be
Free and quepted Maſons.

(With manyſſ AszſſITI oN 3.)
L. \ The THIRD EDITION.

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Explanation oſ the Frontiſpiccc.
T H E deſign is a proﬅyle temple of the

doric order, and is an hiﬅorical view of Ancient
Maſonry, I mean that kind of hiﬅory which is uni
' verſally received and acknowledged in Ancient
Lodges. .
The three figures upon the dome repreſents the
three great maﬅers of the tabernacle in the wilder
neſs. The two crowned figures with that on their
right hand, repreſents the three great maﬅers of the
holy temple at Jeruſalem. The three figures on the
left hand repreſents the three great maﬅers of the
ſecond temple at Jeruſalem. \ ,
'The three columns bearing Maſons aprons, with
the arms of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and
ſupporting the whole fabrick,- repreſents the three
grand maﬅers (of England, Ireland, and Scotland)
whoſe names are on the front pedeﬅal, and who
wiſely and nobly have formed a' triple union to ſup-
port the honour and dignity of the Ancient Craſt,
for which their Lordſhip's names will be honoured
and revered whilﬅ Free-maſonry exiﬅs in theſe
kingdoms. \ .
In the pediment under the figure of Moſes, is the
ſi coat armour of the moﬅ 'ancient and honourable fra
ternity of Free and Accepted Maſons according to
i the(Luarterly
old inﬅitution, and is thus
per ſquares, emblazon'd, wert. In
counter-changed
the, firﬅ quarter azure, a lion rampant or. In the
ſecond quarter-or, an ox paſſant ſaIz/e. In the third
Quartcr or, a man with hands erect proper, robed
- crimſon and ermine. - In the fourth quarter azure,
an eagle diſplayed or. Creﬅ, the' holy ark of- the
covenant proper, ſupported by cherubims. Motto'
[ſailes/14 Adomi, that is, Holineﬅ to the Lord! '
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THE CONTENTS.
pretended hiﬅories of Freefmaſonry, Page I ia X lI
The origin of Modern Maſonry Xll
Modern Maſons_ (by their Grand Secretary) diſclaim
all right or knowledge of Ancient Maſonry þ XV
The Moderns cenſure one of their own lodges for
practiſtngAncient Maſonry r XVl
' They petition parliament for a charter," and are refuſed
Advice to ſuch as would-become Free-maſons XXII
>* The difference
Ludicrous betweenof
deſcription Ancieſſ
makingand Modern
Modern Maſonry
M-aſons XXIX
i XX'XVL
The operativcte opano-maſons company in Lon- -
' don, the only ſociety in the kingdom who have ' -
a right to the title of Free-maſons of England XXXVlII ' ſi
Appawnt ſtate
England, in of Ancient and Modern Maſonry in
1778 '
XLſſ
A letter from the famous philoſopher Locke, &c. XLV>
Ori the ſeven liberal arts and ſciences - LV
.- Rcſolutions of the grand lodges of England, Scot- __
land and lreland - LVI
The excellency of ſecrecy Page 1
The character of a juﬅ man II
Freemaſons ſuperior to all others in concealing ſecrets ibij
The cauſe or motive of the firﬅ inﬅitution of Free-maſom'y 12
Its great uſe to the world 13
-.Smne of the principles of the craft explained . 15
Behefits ariſing from a ﬅrict obſervance of the craſt- 19
-' What ſort of men ought to be initiated into the myﬅery 20
, What ſort of Muſons are fit to govern lodges. 7 23
OLD CHARGES of FREE-MASONa 27
1 Concerning' God and religion , . ibid
v 3. Oſ the civil magiﬅrate, ſupreme and ſubordinate ' ' 28
3 Concerning a' lodge 29
4 Of maﬅers, wardens, feliow-crafrs and apprentices 30
5 Of the mana ement of the craft in working 3!
'6 Free maſons iehaviour in the lodge before cloſing, 33- i
after cloſing, without ﬅrangers, amongſt ſirangers, _
and in me neighbourhood, &c. likewiſe to foreign
brothers, and behind abrothers back, as well as
before his law
Concerning faceſuits 36
.ſ 37
Charge to a new admitted brother x r . 38
Manner of conﬅituting a lodge 42
Prayer at the opening of a lodge or making anew bro
ther, &c. uſed by jewiſh freemaſons 47
A prayer uſed amongﬅ the primitive Chriﬅian maſqns 49
Another, now in general uſe p 'Vial
iz- Tuz CONTENTS.
The royal arch prayer . , so
The general regulations i 56
I. shewing the grand officers poWer in all lodges ibid
II. Who ought to preſide in the abſence of the maﬅer
of a particular lodge. 53
III. 'I ranſactions \fitto be written) to be kept on record 59.
No lodge to be moved from their ﬅated place of meeting
without previous notice to the grand ſecretary ibid ,
V. Diſpenſations how obtained - 60
Vl. Concerning viſiters 'ibid'_
VII. Concerning the admiſſion ofa new member with
re ard to a,particular lodge and grand fund 62
VII . Of clandeﬅine makings, and how all parties
are to be treated 63
Lodges ceaſing to meet ſhall loſe their precedency 64.
l-X. The manner oſ removing lodges 66
X. Lodges when congregated have a power toinﬅruct
their officers'when going to the grand lodge _ 68
XI. All regular lodges ſhou'd follow one method ' 69
XII. What makesa grand lodge, and who are the membersibid
.XlII. Buſineſs oſ the Grand Lodge, &c. 71
Liﬅs of members to beand
ſentgrand
to thetreaſurer,
grand ſecretary 73 ſi
The grand ſecretary, members of
the grand lodge by virtue oſ their oſhces 77
Grand purſuvviant and grand tyler no members of the
grand lodge 78
XIV. Who ſhall preſide in the grand maﬅer's abſence 79
XV. Who ſhall preſide in the grand Warden's abſence 81
XVI. All applications ſhou'd be made to the deputy *
grand maﬅer - 82
XVIl. A grand officer may be an officer ofa particular
lodge but not act as ſuch in the grand lodge 84.
XVlll. Who ſhOU'd ſupply the deputy's abſence, and ' ,
how the deputy and grand wardens are to be choſen 85
KIX. 'ſhe grand maﬅer abuſing his authority how he is *
to be treated 86
XX. Grand viſitation of lodges, and conﬅitution of
new lodges . 87
XXI. Who ſhould fill the chair in the abſence of the
grand maﬅer and his deputy . , - 89
XXlI. Concerning the meeting and buſineſs on St.
John's day , . go
Election oſ grand officers ibid
XXIII. Choiceand inﬅallation of grand maﬅer 9!
XXIV. Concerning ditto p 93
XXV." The grand maﬅer has power to chuſe his deputy " -
' and the grand lodge can chuſe grand wardens ' 95
XXVI. lnﬅallation by=pr0xy ' 96
XXV l ſ. Power of making new regulations reﬅed in the "*
general grand Lodge . 97
'Tin vCON TENTS. 'd
Ill
'XXVIIL Reguſilation's for the government of the grand
lodge during the time of buſineſs
Regulations for charity 102
M A s 0 N s s 0 N GS.
The i'and maﬅer's ſong '109
The eputy grand maſter's ſong lIO
* The grand warden's ſong II'I
The ſecretary's ſong '13
LT he treaſurer's ſon 114.
The maﬅer's ſong
"The
ſiThe warden's ſong ſong
fellow-craft's rr6
"7
'The enter'd 'prentices ſong 118
As I at wheelers lodge one night 122
A maſon's daughter fair and oun '17
A health to our ſiﬅers let's drink ' 129
'An ode on Mnſonry by Banks m
As maſons once on Skinner's plain 161
Attend attend the ﬅrains _ . 17:
A n ode 18:
As long as our coaﬅs does with 'whiteneſs appear 192
Ariſe gentle muſe who with Wiſdom inſpires '93
' An ode by E. Fenner [98
By maſons' art the aſpiri'ng domes 12!
B'leſs'd be the day that gave to me 1'75
Begin Q ye muſes a freemaſons 'ﬅrain I94
Come are you prepared ' 32
Come come my brethren dear 139
* Come follow follow me 14. r
Come bo
fi-l supleta us more and
bumper liquor
let get
it go rdund i 152
180
Come ye elves that be Eſſct s. 203
EPILOGU
ſ With what malicious joy 'ere I knew better' 213
"Well here I'm come to let you know my thoughts 215
Whereare theſe Hydras let me vent my ſpleen 216
Well heaven's be prais'd the mighty ſecret's out 217
s 0 N_G'S
From" the depthsrlet us raiſe '66
Guardian genius of our art divine ' 153
Hail ſacred art by heaven deſign'd 130
How bleſs'd are we from ignorance freed '76
Hail ſacred art by heaven deſign'd, a gracious, &C. 182
Hail maſonry divine '83
iv * "ſun CONTENTS.
How happy a maſon whoſe boſom ﬅill flows '86
Iſ unity be good in every degree 185
King Solomon that wiſe proje ctor 144
Let malicious peOple cen ſure 138
Let maſons be merry'each night when they meet 184.
Let worthy brethren all combine ' 18
Let maſons ever live in love 18
On you who maſonry deſpiſe lzo
- Of all inſtitutions to form well the mind '47
PROLOGUES.
Iſ to delight and humanize the mind 207
As a wild rake that courts a Virgin ſair ' 208
As ſome crack'd chymiﬅ of projecting brain 209
You've ſeen me oſt in gold and ermin dreﬅ 211
While others ſing oſ wars and martial feats 212
I Darby Mulroony from Moat of Gren Oge r 219
' God ſave you gentle-folks both great and ſmall 22:
S O N G S.
Pray lend me your ears my dear brethren awhile '57
So'me ſolks have' with curious impertinence ſiroVe 123
Sing to the honour of thoſe, ' 129
See in the eaﬅ the maﬅer plac'd 171
Solomon's temple an oratorio 225
The curious Vulgar cou'd never deviſe 133
To the ſcience that virtue and art do maintain 148
'Tis maſonry unite mankind '70
To maſonry your voices raiſe 173
VVe have no idle prating 125 _
* XVe brethren ſreemaſons let's mark the great name '34
\V-hat though they call uvs maſons fools 136
VVith'pluml: leVel and ſquare 142
When earth's ſoundat'ion firﬅ was laid 150
YVith harmony and flowing winev 164.
'Wake the lute and. quivering ﬅrings 18:
When maſonry by heaVCns decree '89
XVhen Sol aſcending from the eaﬅ '90
When a lodge of' freemaſons are cloath'd, &c. 196
Wth'grateſull hearts your voices raiſe 198 -'
YVho ever wants wiſdom, See, 202
Zou people who laugh at maſons draw near 124.
\ Ye.e ancient ſons of
thrice happy fewT yþre
O
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200
Ye ſons of great ſcience impatient to learn. 206
A ._--- m,
i To THE .
IT has been the cuﬅom of all my worthy

brethren,who havehonoured the craft with
their books of con'ﬅitutions, or pocket-compa
nions for freeſimaſOns, to give us a long and
pleaſing hiﬅory of maſonry from the'creation,
to the time of their writing and publiſhing' ſuch
accounts, viz. from Adam to Noah, from Noah
to Nimrod, from Nimrod to Solomon, from
Solomon to Cyrus, from Cyrus to Seleucus
Nicator, from Seleu'cus' Nicator to Augu'ﬅus
7 the
Caeſar, from Auguﬅus
Gothſſs,'and Czjfar the
ſo on until to the havockl
revival of
of the
Auguﬅan ﬅyle, &LEACFA Wherein they give
Us an account of the drawing, ſcheming, plan
ning, 1 deſigning, erecting, and building of
temples,towers, Cities, eaﬅles, palaces', theatres,
pyramids, monuments', bridges, walls, pillars, ,
courts, halls, fortifiCations, and laby'rinths, with .
the famous light-"houſe
at Rhodes, of Pharos
and rſinany other and Coloſſus
wonderful works
performed by the ARCHITECTS, to the grea'
lhtisfaction of the readers, and edification 01
free-maſons. * ' '
a' HAV
' '5 Qui-e, Whether ſuch hiﬅories are of any uſe in the
ſicret myﬅeries of the craft.
( ii 5 .
HaVing call'd to mind the old proverb, Bel?"
ter out qf the rworld them out quzzſiſhz'on, I was
fully determined to write an hiﬅory of ma
ſonry,iwh'ereb'y I did expect to give the world
an uncommon ſatisfaction; andin order to en
able myſelf to execute this great deſign, I pur
chaſed all or moﬅ of the-hiﬅOries, conﬅitux
ſ tions, poeket-COmpanions, and other pieces on
that ſubject; now extant 'in vthie Engliſh- tongue;
'M'y next ſtep was toſurniſh myſelf with a

ſufficient quantity of pens, ink, and paper : this
being'done, I immediately fancied myſelf an'
HISTORlAN, and intend-ed to trace maſonry'
not onlybutto toAdam,
radiſe, in his account
give vſome ſylvan lodge
of thein craft
Pa-"
even before the Creation: And (as alſo'undav
tion) I placed the following works round about'
me, ſo as to be convenient to have recourſe to
them as occaſion ſhould require, wzſiz. doctor"
Anderſon, and Mr. Spratt, before me, doctor'
D'Affigny aner. Smith, on my right hand,
dOctOr Deſaguliers and Mr. Fennel on my leſt.
"hand, and Mr. Scott and Mr. Lyon behind ' *
the; a copy of (that oſten- called) the originalv
c'dhffitut'ions, (ſaid to be in the poffeffion of i
erjarſm Galli/23, in Paris) and another copy

of the ſame magnitude handed about 'in Eng-'xþ
land, together with .ſeveral pamphlets printed
in England, Itiedup together, and threw themv
under the table. *
Havmg med my pen, and wrote a linenot

Unlike the beginning. of the chapter in the
Alco- .
(iii)
Alcoranffijl began to flouriſh away in a moﬅ
admirabletmanner,
the firﬅvolumc octfand
ſſthe inhiﬅory
a few of'
days wrote
maſonry,
Wherein Was a full accoimt of the tranſactions
bf ſſt'he 'firﬅ grand lodge', particularly the exclud
ing of the Linruly members; as related b'y Mr.
Milton 1"
. By this time I imagined myſelf ſuperior to '

Joſephus, Stackhouſe, or any other hiﬅorian
Whom 'the "reader ſhall pleaſe to think on. And
as I intended
mctaſonry to "give
"for, ſeveral thebefore
vyears worldſithe
a creation,I
hiﬅory of
Qmad'e no manner ſiof ctdoubt but my work ſhould
live at leaﬅ two thouſand years after the gene '
'ral con'flagraſſtion'.
i Petha s ſome of my readers (I mean thoſe

that are eﬅ acquainted with my capacity) will
ſay, he has more vanity than Wit; and as to
learning, it iſis as great a ﬅranger to him, as
ſree-maſonry is to women 3 yet he has 'the folly
to think himſelf an hiﬅorian, and expects to
become a great man, ffic.
Whether ſuch an opinion be true or falſe, it

matters nought to me; for the world muﬅ
_ allow', that (tho' no man has ſound out the per
,_ , . a z . petual
** Next aſterthetitle at the head of every chapter (except

tſhe ninth) of the Alcoran, is prefixed the following ſolemn
orm. ' \
In the name of the moﬅ merciful God.
1r See Paradiſe Loſt.
I
(ivl
petual motion) 'all rſſrien ever had, have new;
and ever will have a 'e'r'petual notion: And
furthermore, we read, t at the following per
ſons, ſo much ſam'd in hiﬅory, Were not only'
poor men, but many of them of a very mean:
extraction. ,Th'e wiſe philoſopher Socrates,
was the ſon of a was
poorthe
ﬅone-carver ; the tragic;
Poetſi Euripides, ſon _of poor parents
asſi was Demoffhen'es, the honour of Greek elo-ſſl
quence ;' Vir'gil, thev famo'tts Latin poet, was
the ſon oſ
Horace, thea incomſiparable
poor Mantu'anLyric,
labouring potter
was the ſon;"
ofa trumpeter in' the wars; Tarqr'x'iniUS Priſ
c'u's, king oſ the Roſhans, Was the ſorr of a mer-2
chant; and Serviu's Tullifls, another' kiſſg of
the-Romans, was begotten 0n* a woman ſlave ;
Septimiu's Severus, is ſaid_to comeof _a very
baſe degree ;' Agat'hb'clesfl king of Si'cilly," ivas'
a potter's' ſon; Ends' Pefftinax' was a'__ poor' ar;
tificer, or, as of
the parents ſome ſay, a ſimple
Vena'dius Baſſus,ſeller 'oſ wood
are ſaid to bect;.
' yery miſerablcte' p'Oor people; and Arſaces, king'
oſ the Parthians', Was of ſo" mean and obſcure
parentage, that no man's memory could make a
'reportxof his father or mother; Ptolomy, king
ler Egypt, Was the ſon of a" 'ſquire in Alexan-'
(Fetis aftmſiy;the emperor Diotlefian, was the'
ſon olct a'ſ'crſii'vener; the emperor' Probus was
ſon of a gardener ; and the parents of Aure
lius,
agreedWere'
whofo'pbſcure
v-th'ey vctvere ;ctthat writers have'
ctMaſſXiminus Wcta's' not
the
ſon oſ a ſmith,*or as ſome'ſay,a waggon-wright;
Marchs-Ju'lifis' Licihiusfflras the ſon" of a' herdſ
man 5
(v)
man; Bono'ſus was the ſon of a poor ﬅipen.
pary ſchoolmaﬅer 5 Mauritus Juﬅinus, .prede.-.
ceſſor to Juﬅinian, and alſo Galerus, were both
ſhepherds ; pope John, the twenty-ſecond of
that name, Was thexſon of a ſhoe-maker 3 pope
Nicholas the fifth was the ſon of a man that
ſold eggs
pope bixtusand
ſithebutter
fourthabout
was athe ﬅreets; ſon
mariner's and5
Lamufius, king of theLombards, was the ſon
of a common ﬅrumpet, who (when he was an
infant) threw him into a ditch, but was taken
out by king Agelmond; Primiſiaus, king of
Bohemia, was the ſon of a country peaſant;
Tamerlane the great was a herdſman 5 Caids
Marius, ſeven times conſul of Rome, was born
ofpoor par-ents in the village of Arpinum 5 and
Marcus Tullius. Cicero, conſul of Rome, and
pro-conſul _in Afia, was from the poor Tugu- p ,
riole of Arpinum, the meaneﬅ parentage' that
could be 3 Ventidius, field-marſhal and conſul
of Rome, was the ſon of a muleteer 3 and The
ophraﬅus was the ſon of a botcher, a, a
mender of garments, an, ' -
I have heard of' many others of later date that

have been preferred to places or offices of great
truﬅ, and dignified with' titles of honour, with
out having the leaﬅ claim to wit, courage,
learning, or honeﬅy 3 therefore if ſuch occur
rences be duly conſidered, l humbly conceive
it will not be deemed as a capital offence, that
I ſhould entertain my own perpetual notion,
whileI do not endeavour to diſinherit any man
of his properties.
a
(Vi)_
Idoubt I-have tired the reader's patience 5
and ifſo, I humbly beg his pardon for this long
digreffion, But to return, while my mind was"
wholly taken up with
as an hiﬅorian,£9*c. my fancied
l inſenſibly ſuPerio'rity:
ctfe'll into? flum-'
ber,
roomWhen
; theirme-thought' four toſimen
habits appeared (entered
be' of my
v'eryannv
cient faſhion, and'their language alſo l imagin-ſſl
ed to be either Hebrew, Arabic, or Chaldean,
in which they addreſſed me, and I immediately
anſwered them after the pantomime faſhion:
After ſome form-il ceremonies, I deſired to
know their names,and from whence they came;
to which one of them anſwered me (in Eng
liſh) we arc four brothers, and come From the.
holy city of Jeruſalem; our names are Shallurn,
Ahiman, Akhuh, and Talmon. Hearing they'
were ſojourners from Jeruſalem, I aſked them'
whether the could give any 'account of SO-'
LOZWON'S "I'EMl'LEz to which Shallum*
(the chief of theml made anſwer-and ſaid, the
wiſe KiNG SOLQMON, GRAND-MASTER of
Iſrael,app0inted us head porters at theTemple,.
in the thirty-ſecond year oſ his age, the twelfth'
of his reign, and about the year of the world
2492; and therefore we can give a full, and
particular account of, that wonderful fabrick,
and likewiſe
was glad to of the Withiſiſuch
meet artifis who 'performed it. I
brethren, from,
whom I did expect a great deal of knowledge 5
which the many ages they had lived in muſt!
have taught them, if their memories didſapt:
' * 'I
- al 2,
'5 'Chron.ix.17, .-_ - .. -.
(
fail: Upon this conſideration I told them, that'
Itheir
Was affiﬅance,
Wffling a hiﬅoryr of *-maſonry,
-
and begg'd,
,
A hiﬅory of' maſonry! (ſays Ahiman') from

the day of 'the dedication of the holy Temple
to this preſent time, I have not ſeen a hiﬅory
of maſonry, though ſome have pretended (not
only) to deſcribe the length, breadth', height,
weight, colour, ſhape, form, and ſubﬅance _of
every thing within and about the temple; but
alſo tov tell the ſpiritualale meaning of them, as
if
forthey
thatknew the mind
building, ofhim
or ſcen who gaVe
it finiſhed _:ſ butorders
I can'
aſſure you that [ſuch ſurveyors have never ſeen
the temple, nay never have been within a thOu
ſand miles of Jeruſalem': Indeed (continued
he) there was one ' Flayius S (I think'he wasa
ſoldier) took a great deal of notice of thetemple,
and other matters about it; as did' another
man named Jerry; There were two \other's,
Whoſe names I have forgot, but remember-one
of them was an excellent dreameri, and the
other
pf waswritingsu
good very handy
afterin the
collecting all manner
captivity. ct
Thoſe were the only men that have 'wrote

moﬅ and beﬅ upon that ſubject, and yet all
- their works together would not be, ſufficient for
a preface to the hiﬅoryof 'maſonry ;"_ but for
your further inﬅriigtions, you ſhall hear an
* , - ' ' emi
' See Solomoy's Temple ſpiritualized by Bunyan.
s Flavius Joſephus, the learned and warlike Jew,
I Ezckid. ' I Ezra. '
( viii )
eminentbrother who can inform you in every'
particular that is neceſſary to your preſent un£
dertaking. The words were ſca'rce ended, when
there appeared a grave *ol_d gentleman, with a
long beard; he was dreſſed in an embroidered
veſt, and wore a breaﬅ plate of gold, ſet with
twelve precious Stones, which formed an ob
long ſquare : I was informed that the name of
the ﬅones were Sardine, Emerald, Ligure, Be
ryl, Topas,Amethyﬅ,
Diamond, Faphire, Agate, Onyx, Upon
and Jaſper: Carbuncle,_
theſev
ﬅones were engraved the names of the twelve
tribes, oz'z R'euben, Judah, Gad, Zebulun, Si
meon, Dan, Aſher, Joſeph, Levi, Naphthali,
Iſſacher, and Benjamin*. '
U on his entrance, the ſhur ſojourners did

him the homage due to a ſuperior; as to me,__
the luﬅre of his breaſt-plate dazzled my fight,
in ſuch a manner that l could ſcarce look at
him. But Ahiman giving him to underſtand'
that the people of this country were weak-s
ſighted, he immediately covered his breaﬅ
plate; which not only gave me an opportunity
of perceiving him more diſtinct, but alſo of
paying him my reſpects in the beﬅ manner I
was capable of; and making a very low bow,
I preſented
hiﬅory him with
of maſonry, the he
hoped firﬅ volume
would oſ the
do me the ſi
honour of peruſing it, and begg'd his advice
for my further proceedings : he kindly received
lt,
* Ench was the breaſt-plate, WOrn by the High-Prieſt at
the Temple.
ix)
it,
to andTead
hear his itopiniOn;
over, whilﬅ I impatiently
which waited
at laﬅ .'ct(to my
mortification) amounted to no' more than an
old Hebrew proverb (which Ahirnan tranſlated
thus; Thou haﬅ div'd deep into the water;
and haﬅ brought up a potſherd): neverthe
leſs he took me by the hand, and ſaid*, my
ſon,_if
thou wiltthou wiltthyſſmind
apply thou ſhalt be ſhalt
thou taught, and if
be witty;
if thou love to hear, thou ſhalt receive (doe-
trinej- ; and if thou delight in hearing thou'
ſhalt be wiſe: and although your hiﬅory of
rnaſonry is not worth notice, yet you may
write many other things of great ſervice 'to 'the
fraternity.
Certain it is (continued he) that free-ma
ſonry has been from the creation (though not
under that name) ; that it was a divine gift
from God; that Cain and the builders of his
city were ﬅrangers to the ſecret myﬅery of
matonry; that there were but four 'maſons
the world when the deluge happened; 'that
one of the four, even the ſecond ſon of Noah;
Was not maﬅer of the art; that Nimrod, not
any of his bricklayers, knew any thing of the
matter; and that there were but very few 'maſ'
ters of the art (even)'at SolomOn's temple:
Whereby it plainly appears, that the whole
'myﬅery was communicated to very few at that
time; that at Solomon's Temple-(and not bea
fore) it received the name of free-maſonry, be
. ' _eauſe
* Ecclefl.yi.23,34* *
(x).
- pauſe the maſons at Jeruſalem and Tyre were
the greateﬅ
the ſimyﬅerycabaliﬅsffi-
has been, then in the
for the moﬅworld; that;
part pracf
Liſed amongﬅ builders fince Solomon's time ;
* "that there'were ſome hundreds mentioned (in
hiﬅories Of maſonry) under the titles of grandſi
maﬅers, &a. for no other reaſon than' that of
giving orders for the building of a houſe, tower! .
caffle, Or ſome other edifice (or perhaps for;
ſuffering the maſons to erect ſuch in their ter
ritories, while the memories of as many
ihou'ſands of the' faithful Craſ; are buried in
oblivion : From whence he gave me to under
fiandz that ſuch hiﬅories were of no uſe to the;
fociek'y at Preſent ;-' and further added, that the _
manner of gonﬅituting lodges, the old and new"
gegulationsg
things &Po-were
concerning the iny and
freeÞmctaſoury, moﬅ
that uſeful
could be.
Wrote; to whieh I hegg'd to be informed,
whether
ſwer ſongs,
ſiwas'*: were to
if thou he bemade
"introduced : his an
the maﬅer, lifev
pot thyſelfſiupz 'but be among them as one of
the reﬅ; take diligent care ſo: them, and, ſo fit;
down; '
And when thou haﬅ done -al_l thy dutyz ſill'T
chwnI that thou
and' feceivea, crownmayﬅ be merry
for thy with them z'ſi
good behayiour.
- Sþeakthou that art the elder, for it becometh

theez-bu-pwith ſound judgment ; and, hinder not
-- -- - a ' ' . muſic.
- + 'People fkilled in the cgbala, z'. a.- tradizion, their ſecret
ſciencernfcxpounding divine myﬅeries, &e.
' v " Leclcſ. xxzii. i, 29 3.
( xi
"muſic, 'KAnd at all times-let thy gatments be
fwhite. *
While he was ſpeaking theſe laﬅ words,I

' 'was awaked by a young puppy that got into
the room while Iſlept', and, ſeizmg my pa- .
pers, eat a great part of them, and was then
Ibetween my legs,
had_wrotect, ct tearing
ſi the
* laſt ſheet
_ of what
I have not Wot-dsv to expreſs the ſorrow,

grief, trouble, and vexation I was in, upon ſee
' ing the cataﬅrophe of a work which I CXPCcti
ged would butlaﬅthe teeth of time.
Like-one diﬅracted as in truth Iwas) Iþran'
to the owner of the og, and demanded ima
'inediate ſatisfaction: he told me he Would
hang the cur; but at the ſame he imagined I '
ſhould be under more obligation to him for ſo
doing,than he was to me for what had happened:
In ſhort, I looked upon it as a bad omen g. and
guy late dream had made ſo great an impreffion
on my mind, that ſuperſtition got the better of
the, andofſimy
'cuﬅomſi cauſedworthy
me to deviate from 3the
predeCCſſoz-s general
Otherwiſe'
I would have publiſhed a hiﬅory oſ nraſonry:
and as' this israther an accidental than a de
. ſigncd fault, I hepe the reader Will look over it.
with a favonrable eye. ' r
_ In
\. .*Þ. ix' I' ſ
(xii
To be ſerious: The reader will do me ﬅrid;
juﬅice
ſſfcnd thein perſons
believing, that l of
or, names dowriters
not wiſh
of to of-q
hlﬅ01
riCal truths. My intention being only to ex
oſe ridiculous innovations, and fabulous ac
cdunts' oſ Grand Maﬅers, whoſe Maſonical
authorities never exiſted, '
_ What man (converſant with real ſree-maſon

ry and hiﬅory) can ſwallow the le endary ﬅories
. g'f the Grand Maſterſhip of t e monk St.
Auﬅin, St, Swithin, St, Dunﬅan, and other
monkiſh ſaints, confeſſors, cardinals, &c. &o.
Is it not more probable, that thoſe legendary
Grand Maﬅers, inﬅead of patronizing and
protecting a ſociety that; was then ſuppoſed to_ '
raiſe and. converſe with familiar ſpirits, would
have CXCOmmunicated them by bell, book, and
candle; and by a thundering anathema, con
ſign them over'tq the devil: did not the be,
haviour of' their c'otemporaries and ſucceſſors,
ſavour this, opinion?
But to come nearer to the preſent time:
Suppoſe we were to enquire into the origin of;
the preſent Grand Lodge of Modern Maſons,
who, not ſatisfied with the old title of Ri he'
Worſhi ful Grand Lodge, have, in their a?
lendar or 1777, modeﬅly gave themſelves the
title of the Supreme Grand Lodge qf tide
Ancient and Honourabfe, &to. &ac. fice. U on
enquiry it would appear, that all their boa ed
ſuprcmacy is derived from an obſcute perſon, \
who lived about ſixty-two years ago, and
whoſe
\ .
( xiii ')
whoſe nanie is n'ot to be found on record
amongﬅ Ancient or Modern Maſons.
VVhoſoever doubts the truth hereof, let him

examine Dr. Anderſon's Conﬅitutions (printed
in 1738).page_109, where it is written; _" that
" four lodges;" that is to ſay,- fome perſons
who were Wont to meet
" At the Goofe and Gridiron ale-houſe, in
St.- Paul's church-yard.
it At the dCrown ale-hOufe, in Parker'salane.
'V Atſi the Apple-tree in Charles-ﬅreet, Co

Went-garden.
" A-nd at the RUmmer and Grapes, in Chair:
'nel-Row, Weﬅminﬅer, did meet at the A pple=
ttee aforeſaid, in the year 1716, or rather 17,
'and having choſen (the nameleſs perſon before
hinted) X a Chairman, they co'fflituted themﬅ/Wi,
a Grand' Lodge." -
Sneh are the words of the moﬅ authentie
hiﬅory' amOngﬅ Modern Mafons, and beyond
contradict'ion prove the origin Of their ſuprea
macy to be a'felf-created aſſembly.
Nor was a ſelf-creation the only defect:

They were defective in numbers.
. &ſiſ'o'v form (what Mafons mean by) a Grand
Lodge,- there muﬅ have been the Maﬅers and
Wardens' of five regular lodges, that is to ſay;
r : five
(r Kiv )"
five Maflcrs and ten *W*ardens, making' the
number of inﬅall'd, officeſirsſi/Zem.
_ This is ſo well known 'to every man conver-ſi

ſan't with the ancient laws, nſages, Cuﬅoms,
end ceremonies of Maﬅer Maſons,_ that it is
needleſs to ſay more, than that the foundatiori
of the now (would be) ſupreme, &e. &e. was
defective in number,v conſequently defectiVe in
form and capacity; _ .
Nor can be urged, that ſuch defection, or

irregular
there wereformation,
numbersWas owingMaſons
ofſiold to neceſſity, as'
then in
(and adjacent to) London, ſrom whom' the
preſent Grand Lodge of Ancient Maſons re
Ceivedſſhe old ſyﬅem without adulteratio'n.
Under ſuch defections as aboye-mentioned;

Mr. Anthony Sayer, (the firﬅ Grand Maﬅer
Modern Maſons found on record) mounted the.
(now ſupreme) 'chair upon the 2'=4th' da'y Of
June, 1217.
The Moderns' (I mean their writers) vtain-3'

ningly call thoſe tranſactions are-Meal qf the
Gi'and Lodge. PIauſi'ble as this ﬅory of 'a ſup;
poſed revival, &e. may appear, yet one minute's"
reflection will ſh'ew (an Ancient Maſon'j the
'ſallacy of this part Of their hiﬅory; ' ct
'This will be done, by conſidering, that had

it been a revival 'of the Ancient Craft, Only,
without innovations
i 01' alterations of any kind,
'the
(x'vi
"the Free and Accepted Maſons in 'Ireland and
Scotland, where-no change has yethappencd,
nay, Freetnaſons in general v'vou'ld agree in
ſecret language and ceremonies with the mem
bers of the Modern Lodges. But daily expe
rience point out the contrary. And this I
ſay, is an incontrovertible proof of the fallacy
Of their hiﬅory:
Indeed this is acknowledged by the Moderns

themſelves, in their Calendar for 1777, page
31, where, ſpeaking of the Old 'Maſon-s, we
find theſe Words: " The Ancient York Con
ﬅitution, which was entirely dropt aſ the re-e'
'vival of the Grand Lodge in 1717." By this,
it is plain, that inﬅead of a rcrvz'val, a diſcon
tinuance of Ancient Maſonry then took place.
To put this matter out of the reach of con-i

tradiction, take the teﬅimony of Mr. Spencer,
ene of their Grand Secretaries :' ſi
-- *':n ,
* Capy aſ an a'y'wer ſin writingj gz' er'z to bratt/per
W C' .' ll, a certffied petzſitiarztrfiam
Ire/and.
" Your being an Ancient Maſon you are
i' not entitled t'o any of our charity. The
i' Antient Maſons' have a lodge at the Five
" Bells in the Strand, and their Secretary?
3' name is Dermott.
A! The original is in the au'thbr's poſſeffion. i i i I '
z (your -
(xvi)
" Our ſociety is neither Arch, Royal

U Arch, or Ancient, ſo that you have no
' 9' right to partake of our charity."
Such was the character given of them by

their own Grand-Secretary about fourteen years"
ago : How much they have changed for better
or worſe, is n'o buſineſs of mine at this time.,
'In the aſoreſaid Calendar, amongﬅ other things
which I am to ſuppoſe were extracted from the
records of modern Maſons, I obſerved a cen
-ſure paſſed (in the year 17 5 5) on perſons for
calling themſelves Ancient Maſons.
The compiler ſeems to be unacquainted with'

the maſonical proceedings of that time, other
wiſe he would have known that the perſon',
were cenſured, not for aſſembling under the '
denominationſi of Ancient Maſons, but for
practiſing Ancient Maſonry, having their con
llitution from the Modern Grand Lodge. The
caſe was briefly thus: A lodge at the Ben
Jonſon's Head in Pelham Street, in Spitalfields;
were compoſed moﬅly oſ Ancient MaſOns,v
tho' under the Modern Conﬅitu'tio'n. So'rne of ,
them had been abroad, and received extraor-fi
dinary benefits on account of Ancient Maſonry.
Therefore they agreed to practiſe Ancient Ma
ſonry on every third lodge night. Upon'
one of thoſe nights ſome Modern Maſons at
,tempted to viſit them," b'ut were refuſed ad.
mittance: the perſons' ſo refuſed laid a formal
complaint-before the Modern Grand Lodgg,
, ' ſ 6'
( xſi'vii )
then held at the Devil Tavern, near Temple

Bar. And the ſaid Grand lodge, though inca
pable of judging the propriety or impropriety'
of ſuch refuſal (not being Ancient Maſons
ordered, that the Ben Johnſon's lodge ſhould
admit all ſorts of Maſons without diﬅinction, ,
And upon non-compliance to that order,
they were cenſured, &cz
' The' perſons thus cenſtite'd, drew upſſ, print.
ed, and publiſhed, a Manifeﬅo, and Maſons
Creed; (ſold by OWen in Fleet-ﬅreet) which
did honour to their hearts, and heads.
The following lines were copied from the ſi A
preface to' their pamphlet: '
" Whereas the genuine ſpirit' of Maſonry

i" feetns to be ſo greatly on the decline, that
=*' the craft is in imminent danger from falſe
" brethren. And whereas its very fuudamenr
" tals have of latebeen attacked,- and a revo
" lution from its ancient principles, &e. &e.
V --It has been thought neceſſary, by certain
ſi" perſons, who have the welfare of the craft
" at heart, to publiſh the following little
" pamphlet, by means of which it is hoped
'* the ignorant may be inﬅructed, the luke-x
" warm inſpirited, and the irregular reform
, ed," &e. Scar
Þ 'ſi 1 A Every
( inn )
Every realm-that is, every Ancient Maſorf;
Whu had read thoſe publications, were con'
vinced of the injuﬅice done to the Ben John-'
ſon's lodge, in cenſuring them for doing their
duty; a duty Which they owed to God and to'
themſelvesi and a buſineſs which their judges'
(the then Modern Grand Lodgel Were as ig
norant of-as a blind man is in the art of mix-e"
ing col'cfi'rs:
Neyertheleſ-s cenſure was paſſed, and aſi'
minute thereof preſerved in the archiVes oſ theſſ
(wou'd-be) Supreme, &e. From whence it is®
now publiſhed in their ealendar as one of the?
legiflatiye Orders on their records, which re
cords have reCeived much honour and amend
ments from twelve-penny lectures, twelve
penny illuﬅrations, and t'wcilve-'pcnnycalenders
The brethren cenſu-red had their conﬅituſii

* tion-front the Modern Grand Lodge, nor had)
they any connexion with the Ancient Grand;
Lodge at that time nor ſince; nevertheleſs I'
do affirm (from perſonal knowledge and public
report) they were perſons of moﬅ amiable cha-".
r'acters, as men and maſons ; and the names of
the ingenious Marigeot, Cheerham, Cornif-h;
fice; &e. will be long remembered with eﬅeem
and-veneration, amongﬅ the faithful and -legi-'
rim/ate heirs of old Hirarn. '
\ .
In juﬅice to another perſon, I' am under the)
neceſſity of takingſinotice of a plagiariſm in the
calendar
(xix)
calendar aforeſaid, -In page 41, 42, and 43,
- the compiler (or author) in deſcribing the ce
remonies at layinv the fonndation, and dedi
cation of the Modern Maſons Hall, ſays, " A
" Grand Anthem, written by H._D. Eſq.
" was ſung," &c.--in the ſame page is written
tſſhe words of the anthem, beginning
" To
" All heaveſſs
praiſe, allhigh Architect
gratitude all praiſe,
be gſſiVen, &c."
Thisbyanthem was not.

of written by H.-D.-Eſq.
nor any member the modern ſociety: Itſi
Was pilſered from the oratorio of Solomon's_
Temple, annexed to the prologues in this
book, and was written by Mr. james Eyre
Weeks, an ancient maſon of the city of
Dublin.
_ I ſhould not have taken ſo much notice of
the calendar, were it not that the title page ſays A
that it is f" publiſhed under the ſanction of the
Grand Ladge qf England."
As there are 'ſome of the moﬅ reſpectable.
gentlemen (and I am willing to believe their _
preſent Grand Officers ſuch) belonging to the
Modern Grand'Lodge, I am ſorry to find they
have acted ſodncautioufly as vto give ſanction
to falſehoods.
Although falſehood ſoſſu'nd adſimittance into
the calendar, yet a true and memorable tran
' b 2 - ſaction
I
(xx)
ſaction is omitted, viz. That the Modern Ma
ſons petitioned parliament to_ grant them a
charter of incorporation, in order to_ give then)
the power and pleaſure of puniſhing every'
Freemaſon in England, that not pay quar
tdrage to them.- Had they obtained the char
ter, it would have ſhut out all Maſons of the
neighbouring kingdoms, as they could receive'
a no manner of benefit therefrom.
The wiſdom of parliament treated the peti

tion with juﬅ contempt: And it was reported
in the public papers, that the honourable
Speaker of the Houſe of Commons ſaid, '* 'that
" if the petition was granted, he made no
" doubt the chimney ſweepers would ſoon ape
" ply for a charter."
It is remarkable, that the ſaid petition was'

preſented on' (ſool's day) the firﬅ oſ April,
1770. Per other matters relative to the Me:
derne,- I refer the reader' to page 29, &e.
In the following ſheets, Under the title of

' Ahiman
What areRezon, Iha've inſerted nothing
undeniable 'tſiru'ths, which will but
be
found (if obſerved) to Be of great uſe to the'
fraternity,"and likeivile to numbers that are not
eſ the ſociety ; to the latter, it will ſhew them
the folly of ridiculing a ſociety ſounded uport
religion, morality, brotherly love, and good
fellowſhip: and to thoſe of a more gentle and
poliſhed?
( 'xxi )
poliſhed nature, in giving them an opportunity

of examining whether they are endued with the
neceſſary gualifications to be made free-maſons.
How far this may anſwer the deſign, Iknow

not z but I hope that my brethren and others
will accept the will for the deed, and take this
as the widow's
amply rÞWWi mymite was received,ſ which
trouble?- ' ſi will
I fit All
A PH_I-ct
(xxii)
A,
l
PHILACTERIA
For ſuch
GENTLEMEN, as may be inclined to

become FREEa-MASONS. * ſ
GENTLEMEN,
F the love of knowledge, intereﬅ, company, v
ordearcurioſity, ſhould take poſſeffion ofany
corner
up to a of yourofheads
deſire or hearts, and work
becomingfreevmaſoncts you
; in ſuch
caſe, I beg leave to offer my ſervice as your
guide to 'the lodge door: this propoſal, will not
(I hope) be diſagreeable to you, conſideringthat'
I am the firﬅ perſon that ever offered affiﬅance
in this manner. But, before we ſet out, it is
neceſſary that you carefully examine wheth eryou
are properly equipt for ſuch an undertaking, '
To this end, be it known to you gentlemen,
that in every warranted' lodge they have-the
following order', viz, _
"Any perſon deſirous of beingmade aſreemaſon
in the lodgfljz ſhall be propoſed by amember there
of,rhatis to ſay,his name,'age, deſcription of his -
perſon: titlcor had? and Place of reſidence; ſthag '
us
(xxiii 'ſi
ſuch propoſal ſhall be made in lodge houſirsikat

leaﬅ one lodge-night before the initiation, in
_ Prder, that the brethren may have ſufficient time
' and opportunity t_0 make aﬅrict enquiry intothe
=morals, character and Circumﬅancesof the can
didate 3 and the brþtherthat propoſes him ſhall at',
the ſame time depoſite ſucha ſum iof the candi- ,
date's mOney) as the majority ſhall think ſufficient
(not leſs thenvone croWn) to inſure the lodge that
the candidate
poſal.ſi willlodge
And if the attend according
approve to the pro
his perſon, age,
[characterandcircumﬅances, and therefore initi
atehim into the myﬅery, &ohe ſhall pay whatſo- .
vever ſum the brethren ſhall thinkproper(not leſs
thantwo guineas) and Cloath the lodge-fit' re-,
quired. But if the lodge think the candidate un
worthy, and refuſe to make him, his money ſhall
be faithfully returned to him; but, caſe the
lpdge approve his perſon and character, &ce. andhe
refuſe to bemade, then ſhall he fOrfeit his money
for the benefit of diﬅreffed free maſons. Andit
is hereby ordered and declared, that no perſon' is
capable
Such as of
arebecominga
ofmature member of thelodge,
age, uprightctin but
body and
limbs, free from bondage, has the ſenſes of 'a
- - - -_ man,
ſſ* That is from the' 'vernal to the autumnal equinox. be

'twecn ſeven and ten o'clock in the evening, and from the
dutuninal to the vernal equinox following, between ſix and
pine o'clock,
+_.By clothing is meant white apt-ons and gloves," not

only for every member in the lodge, but alſo for all the-i'
wives and ſweethearts, if they require them.
l
(xxiv )
man, andis endowed with an eﬅate, office, trade,*

occupation, or ſome viſible way of acquir'ing an
honeﬅ and reputable livelihood, as becomes the
members of this moﬅ ancient and honourable
fraternityfi
By this regulation you ſee that the free maſons

will make a ﬅrict(though private) enquiry into
your character and ability: And therefore
adviſe you to be as circumſpect on your fide. Per-2
haps, you may think that it will be impoffible for
you to diﬅinguiſh the good from bad, amongſt
a people who make it their peculiar ﬅudy to keep
allthingsſe_cret.Let not ſuch athoulghtdiſcourage
you, when I aſſure you, that you ave a faithful
guide,th has made free maſont'y (both ancient
and modern)
years histhinks
paﬅ, and conﬅant
i't aﬅudy
dutyfor thirty three'
incumbſſcnt on
him, to give you theſe inﬅructions;
In the firﬅ place, when you intend to be

made a free maſon, 0 with your friend to the
lodge, and deſire him to ſhew you the warrant
OF
* To this I beg leave to add a Word or two: The per-i

ſons to whomI now ſpeak, are the men of ſome education
and an honeﬅ Character, but in low circumﬅances; I ſay,
let them firﬅ conſider their income and families, and kan,
that free maſonry requires ability, attendance, and a good
appearance to maintain and ſupport it's ancient and honour.
able grandeur, Be it alſo remembered, that they have no
title te the general charity, until they prove, that they have
been formerly in reputable, at leaﬅ, in talerable dream',
fiancsr, .
þrdiſpenſationbywhich the lodge is held? thatis
to ſay an inﬅrument printed or written "upon
parchment, and ſigned by ſome noble 'grand
maﬅer, his deputy and grand wardens, 'and
grand ſecretary, and ſealed with their grandlodge
ſeal, &e. cenﬅituti'ng' and appointing particular
perſons (therein named) as maﬅer and wardens,
with full power to con regate and hold a lodge
at ſuch a place, and t erein make and admit
free maſons, accordingtp the moﬅ ancient and
honourable cuﬅom of the royal craft, in all ages
and nations thronghout the known world, with
full' ower and authority to hominate, ehuſe and
inﬅa their ſucceſſors, &e. When they prodUce
this authority or warrant,.then call for the byv
laws,an (havingſeriouflyperuſed them) cdnfidct
whether your natural diſpoſition willincline you
to be conformable to them. Next call for the'
roll or liﬅ of the members, where you may lind
the names of ſome of your intimate and moﬅ
eﬅeemed friends, or perhaps the names of ſuch
(other of ' our acquaintance) as you Would not
chuſe to allbciate with. If theſe reſearches prove
agreeable, then you may Ventureto lay down the
depofite money, (as it is called) but if they do
not produce the grand maſter's authority by ware
rank' or diſpenſation, you are to look u on them
not'on'ly as the magma of free maſons, but the
very dregs of mankind, who (under the cloak of
brotherly IOVe) are ever upon the watch for an
opportunltyte pick 'your pockets, and makeyou
' * ; _ a gone
r xxvi )
contemptible into the bargain*. Doubtleſs yoq

will wonder how, or by what means, ſuch
abandoned wretches got admittanceiutoafrater
nity which boaﬅ of ſo much honour and virtue, '
as to rank themſelves with kings and princes,
eſpecially, if they adhere ﬅrictly to the foregoin
regulation. To this I anſwer, that ſome of the
Landlords, I where the lodges are held, do often
recommended perſons to be made free maſons,
and that the lucrat'ive view takes place (too often)
where impartiality,honeſly and virtueought to
be-the points of ſight. That others have ﬅood
the teﬅ of the ſtricteﬅ ſcrutiny, behaved well
for many years, and afterwards fell into all
manner of vices, which ſerves to ſhew -the
inﬅaþility and weakneſs of mankind, and that
all the doctrine and laws upon earth (Without
the grace of God) is not ſufficient to make
men Wiſe or deter them from evil. Neverthe.
leſs (in the ſyﬅem of ſreemaſonry) 'thetelare
many ways to mend the manners, poliſh' the
diſpoſition, correct the Judgment, and refine the
taﬅe of a ſoul virtuouſly' inclined. And as the
' ' ' ' ct number
Þ For a confirmation hereof'read the eighth Regulation, _

(page 63) where it is ordered, that no perſon ſo bade, 'nor
any concerned in making him, ſhall be a gra-nd officer, nor
an officer of any particular lodge, nor ſhall any ſuch 'partalte
of the general charity, iſ they ſhould come to want it; ' **
l
- g I dornox charge landlord' in general with ſuch evil pro
ceedings, becauſe Iknow many of them that abhor ſiniﬅeſir
views, and would ſacrifice all pecuniary intereﬅ, before they?
would break through any of the ſacred rules or orders of the
Craft nevertheleſs much reformation is ſtill wanted, in this
quarter. "
xxvii )
number-ofgood and wiſe free-maſons have alway:
greatly exceeded that of the fooliſh and wicked,
it would be as abſurd- to condemn the Whole for
Part, as it wouldbe in the Jews to condemn Shem
and Japhet for the Curſe brought upon Ham; or
the Chriﬅians, to condemn the eleven apoﬅles,
becauſe Judas
alto ether turned traitor.
the buſineſs' But this is notI
of aſiguide,'therefore
' jbegffeave to reaſſume my proper character, and
'earneſtly deſire YOU to ſhunimaſon clnbs,thatis '
lo ſay,l.odgesformed without authority, for you
inayreﬅ fully aſſured, that'ſuchvclubs are grene-7
rally compoſed of circluded members, orperſon:
blandeﬅinely made 'by them, and conſequently
incapable of giving proper inﬅructions to their
piipils. O'r admiteven
, vſſer inﬅructions, them capable
then, of giving
the new pro
brethren
fwill be led in the dark, becauſe it is the intereﬅ
Pf the'rebel party to conceal the eſſentials of
the craſt, which, if revealed, muﬅ of courſe
' rove themſelves
ordertoſſavoid to be
falling villains,
into Therefore,
ſuch hands, I earnin
þﬅly beg ofyou, to have no communicationwi'th
any lodge or ſet of men under the denomina
tiO'n of a free maſons lodge, until they produce'
the grand maﬅer's authority, ſigned and ſealed
as before mentioned. But having produced ſuch
authority, you may then enter in the 'tame of
God! Where you will be acquainted with myſ.
teries, which are not permitted to be revealed
a guide, eſpecially out of the lodge: And
i. after ſuch entraace or admiffion you find that
> ' - I have'
( xxviii )
I have miſled you, I do hereby give you full

liberty to expoſe me as a blind guide, &e. but
if experience teach you, that my inﬅructions
(as well as my intentionz) were juﬅ, then I
Ihope you will do methe honour of call
ino me 7.; faithlul brother._ And that the God
þfþall light and truth (who is the giver of all
i opd gifts and graces) may bleſs, Proſper, and
jrectyOu, in al' your public and private (lawz
ful) undertakings, is_ the hearty prayer of,
GE N T L i: M it N,
Taurſaitſzflzl and pfiea'z'mtﬅrvant,

1
LAURENCE DemuouctrI
Late Deputy Grand Maﬅer,

( XXiir )
Having taken my leave of the ﬅrangets, I now

beg leave to addreſs myſelf to the GENTLFA
Men OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND Ho
NOURABLE FRATERMTY.
CENTLEMEN and BRETHREN,

EVERAL eminent craftſmen reſiding in
Scotland, Ireland, America, and Other parts
both abroad and at home, have greatly im=
portuned me, to gii/e them ferne acCount of
'what is called modern maſonry in London. I
cannot be diſ leaſed with ſuch importunities,
becauſe I had the like curioſity myſelf in 1748,
'when I was firﬅ introduced into that 'ſoeietyt
However, before I proceed any farther con:
cerning the difference between ancient and mo
dern, I think it my duty, to declare ſolemnly
before God and man, that I have not the leaﬅ
antipath'y againﬅ the gentlemen members of the
,modern ſociety*; but, on the contrary, love
and
.,* Such Was r'ny declaration in the ſecond edition nfthis

book, nevertheleſs ſome of the modern ſociety have been ex:
tremely malapert oflate. Not ſatisfied with ſaying the An:
cient Maſons in England had no Grand Maﬅer, ſome oſ them
deſcended ſo far from truth, as to report the author' lind
forged the Grand Maſter's hand writing to maſonical Ware
rints, &c. Upon application his Grace the moﬅ Noble
Prince John Duke o Atholl, our preſent Right Worſhipſul
Grand Maﬅer, avow-ed his Gracc's hand writing, ſupported
the ancient Craſt'z and vindicated the author in the public'
news papcrsr
-AI
- U (as
and reſpect many oſthem, becauſe I haVe ſoundt
_ the generality of' them to be hearty cock's and
, good fellows(as the bacchanalian phraſe is) and _
manyof them I believe to be worthy of receiving' -
every bleſſing that good men" Can" aſk or heaven
beﬅow. I hope that this-declaration will aequit;
me ofany deſign oſ giving offence, eſpeciallyif
the following
conſidered : queries and anſwers
ct be rightly
Were Iﬅ. W/JEZZYFY: free mſſnry, as practz'ſhd

m ancient Lodger, 23' univerſal P *
A'zzwer; Yes.
zſidſſ. Whetherfw/aat zctr called' modermſi mdſhnry ii
uizz'wrſſzl .?
ſ ' ' i i Air/'wed
As they differ in matters ofmaſon'ty, ſo they did in matters

of caluinſiy, for while ſome were charging me with forgery,
others ſaid, that l was ſoilliterate as not to know how to
Write my, name. But what may appear more ﬅrange is, that
ſomeinſiſied, that I had ne_xther'father nor mother; but than
I grew up ſpontaneoufly in the corner of a potato garden in
Ireland. *
I cannot
father reconcileBut
nor mother: myſelfto
am, ſo the
far idea of having neither
fromſic'ontradicting the
latter part of thistharge that I freely confeſs there is a pro:
bability of the ſcedlin; from wh'encel ſprung' being planted
in a potato garden; \ 4
Be that as it may, as I do not find that the culumny of a"

few modern maſons has not done me any real injury, l ſhall
continue in the ſame mind as expreſſd in the declaration to"
which this note is written.
_ itxxi ) ſi
Pin/'wem No.
3d. Whether there is any material dſſi-rence

hetween the ancient and modern .?
A great deal, becauſe an ancient maſon can

not only make himſelf known to his brother,
, but in caſe of neceſſity can diſcover his very
fhoughts to him in the preſence of a modern',
Without being able to diﬅinguiſh that either
of them are free maſons*.
4th. Whether a modern 'noſhn may, with ſafety,

communicate all his ſecrets to an' ancient miſſaid ?
fl'zſi Yes.
Sth IVhether an ancient niaſhn may; 'with the [the
ſeffity, communicate all his ﬅoret: to a modern'
'na/on', withoutfurther ceremony ? '
Ay: No. Foras a Science comprehends an

Art, (though an art cannot comprehend a
ſcience)'even ſo ancient maſonary contains
every thing valuable amongﬅ the moderns,v
as well as many other things that cannot be
- rerealed without additional ceremonidts.
ſith. Whether 'a perſon made in a modern manner,

and not (ffier the ancient cuﬅom ofthe cra/t, has
a right to he cal/edſree and accepted, according'
to the. intent and meaning of the word: ?
His being unqualified to appear' in a' maſ

_ _ ter'i
hee Locke's letter with notes, annexed to this book.
( x>txii )_
ter's lodge,- according to the univerſal. ſyﬅerit
of maſonry, renders the appellation ima.
Proper. \
' 7th, Whether

ſ a modern it isinto
mn/on poffihle
the toroyal
initia'te
archorlodge
introduce
(the
.- 'very Effince oſmaſonryj 'without making him
go through the ancient ceremonies.
killſ No,
Sth. Whether the þr'g/Ent memherr of modern'
lodg-mare hlamenhlejor
the old [and marks ? druinting ſo
ſ muchfrom
No. Becauſe the innovation was made

in the reign of king George the firﬅ, * and
the new form was delivered as orthodox to
the preſent members.
9th. Therefore as, it is naturalfor each party, to

maintain the orthodoxy of their mzſſnical pro
ceptorr, how ſhall we dfflinguiſh the original
and miﬅ zſſ/n/ffiﬅem? " _
An/Z The number of ancie'nt-maſons, compared
vvith the moderns, being as ninety-nine-to
gne£5 proves the univerſality of the old orſi
' ' order
* Anthony Sayer the firﬅ Grand Maﬅer ofmodern maſona

aſſumed the Grand Maﬅer-ſhip on the 24th of June, 1717.
5 This is ſo Well known in Great Britain, Ireland, Amed
rica, &e. &e. that further aſſertion is needleſs.
( -xxxi--ii p)
der, andthe utility thereof appears byrthe
love and reſpectſhewn to the brethren, in
conſequence of their ſuperior abili'ties in
r converfing With, and diﬅinguiſhing the ma
\ ſons of all countries and 'denominations, a
circumﬅance, peculiar to ancient malons. '
AI am ſo well acquainted with the 'truth of

What I have juﬅ now inſerted, that I am not
. "in the leaﬅ apprehenſwe of beingcontradicted. -
But if any perſon ſhould hereafter labour under
the, ſpirit oſ oppoſition, I ſhall (even then)
be contented, as _I am ſure of having' the
majority upon my fide.
_ Therefore, in order to ſatisfy the importuni

ties of my good Brethren (particularly the Right
worſhipful and very worthy Fjreemaſons of
America, .who for their charitable diſpoſition,
prudent choice of members and good 'conduct ,
in general, deſerve the_.unanimous thanks' and
applauſe of the maſonicalvworld) be it known,
that the innovation, already mentioned, aroſe
upon the fall of a'GRAND MASTER, namely
Sir Chriﬅopher Wren, who (as Doctor An
derſon ſays) neglected the lodges. The Doe<
tor's aſſertion is certainly true, and I -will
endeavour to do juﬅice unto the memory of ,_
Sir Chriﬅopher, by relating the real cauſe of
ſuch neglect. The famous Sir ChriﬅopherWren,
K-nt. (Maﬅer of Arts, formerly of'Wad- _
ham College, Profeſſor of aſtronomy at Greſ
c ham
. '( xxxiv )
ham and OXſord, Doctor ofthe Civil Law, Prc.
ſident of the Royal Society, Grand Maﬅer of the
moﬅAncient and HonodrableFraternity of Free
'and Accepted Maſons, Architect to th'e Crown,
who built' moﬅ of the churches in London,
laid the firﬅ ſtone Of the glorious cathed'ral of
,St. Paul, and lived to finiſh it) having ſerved
the crown upwards of fifty years, was (at the'
age of ninety) diſplaced from em'ploymen, in
favour of Mr. William Benſonz Who was made
ſu'rveyor of the buildings, &je. to his Majeſty,
King George the firﬅ. The firﬅ ſpecimen of
Mr. Ben-ſun's ſkill in architcctiire Was a report'
made to the houſe ofLords, that their houſe and
the Painted Chamber adjoining were in im-_
'mediate danger of falling i whEr'eUpOn 'the Lords
met in a committee, to appoint ſome other place
to ſit in, while the houſe ſhould be taken down.
But itb'eing propoſed to cau'ſc ſOme other build
ers firﬅ to inſpect it,- they ſound it in very good
condition. The Lords, upon this, were going',
upon an addreſs to the king, againﬅ the modern
' architect, for ſuch a miſrepreſentation, but the
Earl of Sunderland, then ſecretary',- g-'ave them
an aſſurance that his majeﬅy would remove him.
A Stich uſage, added to Sir Chriﬅopher's great

age, was more than enough to makehim decline'
all public aſſemblies. And the maﬅer maſons
then in 'London were ſo much diſguﬅed at the'
treatment of their old and excellent' grand maſa _
"ter, that they would not meet nor hold any
come
( on; )
communication 'under-the ſanction of. his ſuc
ceſſor Mr. Ben-ſon; in ſhort, the brethren were
ﬅruck with a lethargy which ſeemed to throat?
en the London lodges with a final diſſolution.
Notwithﬅanding this ﬅate of inactivity in

London, the lodges in the country, particularly.
in 'seotland and at York, (as Well as vthoſe in
Ireland kept up their ancient formalities, cuſ-
toms and uſages, withou-t alteration, adding or
diminiſhing; to this hour,- from when-ce they
may juﬅly be called the moﬅ ancient, fie;
About the year 1717, ſome joyous com
panions,ale who had pafled the degree of a craft,
(though very ruſty) reſolved to form a lodge
for themſelves in_'order (by converſation) to re
collect what had been formerly dictated to them,
or if that ſhould be found impracticable, to ſi
ſhbﬅitute ſomething ne'w, which might for
e2 - the
*'Broth'er
(elder BrotherThoma'S'Gi-inſcll, a man
of the celebrated James of Eſq.)
Qſſgin, great informed
veracity,
his lodge, No. 3, in London"(in 1"753) that eight pcrſons,
whoſe names were Deſaguliers, Goſion; King, Calvert,
Lumley, Madden, De Noyer, and Vraden', Were the ge
niufl'es to whom the world is indebted for the- memorable in
vention of modern maſonry.
v Mr. Grinſell often told the author that he (Grinſell) was
a free inaſon Before modern maſonry was known. Nor isthis
to be doubted, when we cOnſider that Mr. Grinſel was an
apptentite to a weaver in Dublin, when his mother was mar
ried to Mr,__Q1in's father, and that Mr. vQiin himſelf We'
ſevtnty three years old When he died in 1766. '
< C 'izrxvi ) *
the ſdtmc'paſs For maſohr'y amongﬅ thehfielves?
At-'this meeting- the queſtion was'affiedZWhethev
any-Per'ſhnin the A aſſeffictbly- knewi 'the-Maﬅer'sr'
part',- and being-'anſwered in the'nega'tiVe, iſſt Was?
reſolVed, Hem. con. that the deficiency ſhould
be' made up with a 'new compoſition," and what'
fragmems-of-the- dld'ordEr'foundvamon'gﬅ &hern-3,
ſhould-'be ' immedimlyf reſoflhcd ja-'n'zi made;
more plihble to the humoursFOſj'thep'eopleI
Hendekit-wg'e ordered, FTthaf every'perſon (during
the time'3oſ- hisinitiact'ſhn') ſhould ween books,"
ſpurs, a 'ſword >and "ſpectacleszsffl Thflt every'
apprentice (going iſſmd coming from work)
ſhould carry the plu'mbfifil'e upon hj's'right ſide,
contrary 't'o the ancient'su'i1Tihat'-=every- fellow:
craft-ſhould "carry theffl level upon the'Idft 'ſi'dc,_
and notiuPOnhig rightfide; as the ancient-s did.
(And that-every perſon dignified with=the=title \
'of a maﬅer' maw, ſhould- Weatjq ſqua'y'rel' p'endlantvv
to his 'right leg. It was alſo't-hohght eypedieht? ;
to a'boliſh the old cuﬅom of ﬅudying Geome
try in the lodgc,and ſome of the young brethren
made it Appear,v that a*' goOd knife-and fork in'_
the handsct 'of a dexterousfbrother' 'fþVgi'
' 'pro'pef
'_ ma-_.
This may ſeem a very l'udicrous deſcription'of making

-frec-ma(ons._ But Mr. Thomas Broughtongmaſi'cr oſ-the'
lodge, No. 11, London, declared (hat he was preſent in a
modern lodge, not one mile' from the Borough of Southwark, '
when two Or three perſons dreſs'd' in liver'tes with' ſhoulder"
tags, booted and ſpurr'dz &e.- &Crwer'e'initiated-'mto moderni
maſonryq "and upon enquiry who they were', he wis' told th'at
they were ſervants to Lord Cntysfort, thent Grand Maﬅer"
oſmodem maſons; .* ' " - ' '\ " "I
I
lxxx'vii v)
materials)7woþld give'grea-'ter' ſatisfactidn; and

'add 'more to the rotiindity Iof the lodge, " 'than
Fthe beſt ſcale and compaſs in Europe, 'and far
thermogezs added', '-_that= a line', a' ſquare; * "a ' Pa;
p rallelogram';arhonfibds;arhomboideezatriangle:
a trapezium,a.circle,' acſemicirle, aquadr'an't;
a parabola, a cubc, aparallelopipedonraſipriſnfi
a pyramid, a cylinder, a-conez a priſnioid, a cy
lindroid', a Tſphere, ia ſpha-'old; * s parabelicRP-ſruz
ﬅrum's, ſegmente, polygdnfi,='61ipſi's,and irregularI
figures; 'of all ibr ts ttnigl'Yt-l*5tg.'-'<'lra'vrmI and Fel'pr'eſl
fented upozrſiBr-ead;BeeflL-Mutton, Foy'vl's;" ies;
&Pa-as demon'ﬅrativelg dal-upon *-flates* oþ them?
off-paper 5 candc'that - th' u'lZ of the glob'ek inſight'
be. "taught and 'explained T'asi' Nearly and? briefly
uponztwo' bottles, tas upon" Mr. Senexfs- globes
of inchcszdiam'eter 3 tane weare-told, 'that
from 'this improvement proceeded the laudable
cuﬅom bf charging to -a*'pUblic*he'al't-h at (Every>
third ſentence that is ſpoke in the lodge.v There
was another old cuﬅom that gave umbrage to
the young arehitects. i..._c.; that is_._the wear
ſng oſaprons; Which 'made the gentlemen lookſv
1=il<erſhzmanymechanibks,therefore itzwaspro-A r ſi
poſetl; that '_i_io*br_ofthe'r£_'(zf£o_rſi the future)_ 'ſhould
weara'n'apſſron, [This propoſal was rejected by
the oldeﬅ members Awho declared; that the
ap'rons were all the ſigns of maſonry then re
maining amongﬅ them, andhforjthat teaſon
they' would-"keep and 'Wearzthern Ire-was.
then propoſed, that. (as. they were reſolved
to wear- aProns) * they 'ſhould be _ turned
upfidedown'; in order to aſii'oid appearing me- _*
i - ſi
( * XXXViii -)
ehanical; ' This propoſal took place and an.
ſwered the deſign, for; that which was former.
l_y the lower part, was now 'faﬅened round
the abdomen, and the, bi-b and ﬅrings hung
downwards, dangling in ſuch manner as might
convince the ſpectators, that there was not a
Working maſon amongﬅ them.
, Agreeable as this alteration might ſeem to
the gentlemen, nevertheleſs it was attended
-with an ugly circumﬅance : for, in traverſing
the lodge, the brethren were ſubject to tread
upon theﬅrings, which often cauſed them to
fall withzgreatzviolence,
neceſſary, ſo that
to invent ſeveral 4 is zwas of
imeth'ods i thought
walk-aſſ
* ing'*,z L in'order /to avoid treading upon the
ſtrings'; IIn brief, every ; meeting produced an'
addition or a palinody. Amongﬅ other things:
they ſeized on the ﬅone maſons Arms, 5 which
-. . * * . that
* After
thods many years
of walking up to aobſervations onconclude,
brother, &in-I tli'oſe ingenious
that the me-_
ſifirflt
was invented by a Man grievouſly afilicted with' the. Sciaticaſ'
'ſhe Second by a Sailor, much accuﬅomed to the rolling of:
a Ship. ' And the third by'a man, who 'for recreatiqn or'
through exceſs of ſtrong'liqu'ors, was 'vent to dance the'
drunken Peaſght, _ ' ' : . ,'
Till' - -
they The
have operativc
a Hall inmaſoris are 'the 3oththe
Bafinghalhﬅreet, company
numberinofLondonz.
livery-'ſi
, men about 70. Admiflion ſine 11.- 165. and livery fine, five-ſi
pounds. They were originally incorporated in the' year
'410. by the name and ﬅyle of the ſocicty of free-maſons_ * '
.. '
\
( xxaix ) .
that good natured company has permitted them,
to wear to this day, for which reaſon ſeveral of
the brethren have turned theira rons in the
, old faſhion, and affect to imitate t e operative
- maſonsi. And it is pleaſ-am enough to ſee
ſixty or ſeventy able men about a> little Lewis
and capﬅan, &Be. erected upon a mahogany
platform (purchaſed at. an, cXtravagant price)
all employed' in raiſing a little ſquare piece of '
marble, which the Weakeﬅ man in company
could take between his finger and thumb and
throw it over thelhouſe.
I have the greateﬅ veneration for- ſuc-h im-q

plemcnts as are truly emblematical or uſeful in
refining our moral notions, and I am well con
vinced that the cuﬅom and uſe of them in
lodges are both ancient and inſtructive 5 but at
the ſame time I abhor and deteﬅ the uncqnﬅie
tutional fopþeriesof cunning avaricious tradeſ
men, invented and introduced amongﬅ the mo
derns with no other deſign but 'to extract large
m , ſums
\
And William Hankflow or Hankflow, Clarencieux King at
Arms
ct the (in the
modern year have
maſons 1477,) granted
uſurped themastheir
as well thatarms,
of theirwhich
title.
For the ſaid Company is the only ſociety in the kingdom who
haVe a right to the name of free-maſons of Engl md." Nor
did the Accepted'Maſons of old ever claim ſuch a title ; all.
they aſſumed was that of Free and Accepted Maſons ; but the
preſent Moderns, have been hardy enough to aſſume the title
of free-maſons of England, and got their lodge room ſoiſied
,nt0 Harriſon's new hiﬅory of London, undcr the name of
'Free-Maſons Hall. But thoſe who admitted Tenducci and
Madan) D'Eon may do any thing.
_<'x1)
ſurns of money, which 'ought to be applied to
more ndble and charitable uſes. There is now
in VVap-ping a large piece ofliron ſcrole work,"
Ornamented with ſoilage, &a. painted and gilt,
(the whole at an incredible expence) and placed
before the maﬅer's chair, with a gigantic ſword
fixed therein, during the communication
- of the members, 'a thing contrary to all the'
ſi private and public rules of maſonry : all implo
ments of war and bloſſodſhed bein confined to
the lOdge door, "from the da'y that 'the flaming'
ſword was placed in the 'Eaﬅend of the garden'
of Eden, to the day that the ſagacious modern
placed his grand ſword of State in the midﬅ
'of his lodge: Nor is it uncommOn ſOr a tyler to
r receive 'ten or twelve ſhillings for drawing two >
ſign poﬅs 'with chalk, charc'oal, &Pa-and wri;
ting J'amaica (rum) Upon one, and Barbadoes
(rum) up0n'the other 5 and all this (I ſuppoſe)
for no other uſe, than' todiﬅinguiſh-where'
tlieſeliquours'are to be placedin the lodge.
, There are many other Unconﬅitutional and

(perhaps) unprecedented proceedings, which
(to aVOid giving more offence) l paſs over in
ſilence, and ſhall content'myſelf with ſhewing
the apparent ﬅate of ancient and modern ma;
ſonry in England at the time of this preſent
writing, i. in July 1778. v '
But let us firﬅ conſider, that although the'

laws do not exprefily protect free and accepted'
, , maſonry.
Xli )
maſonry yet neither are frecmaſons nor any,
other (ſuppoſed) innocent or chearſulxſociety
prohibited hereby. This le nityas given birth
to a great number of what may becal-led tip
ling clubs or ſocieties in London, ſuchas the
'Vertuoſþ'stluby . ' The Beggars Club,

.Knights ofthe
- ' Club, " Golden
* FlecCC ſ The
The Floriﬅs
Chatterwitts
Club,Club,' b
The No Noſe Club, ' . . The Smoak'ing Clulz 5
The Long Noſe Club, L The Muſical. Club,v .
The Farting Club, v _ _The Beefﬅake Club, x
The Mankill'ing Club, 'U ' The KitKat Club, * "
'The Surly Club, . - ' L The Bucks Club, *
The Atheiﬅiea]
The Ugly Facſied Club,
Club, >_ '_ The
The Gregorian Club,
Salamactnders Club,- , _
_The Split ſiFarthing Chib, The Codgers Cluſſb, ſi
1The Broken Shop'-Keepers ſi The Old Soals Club,
. Club, : *- A _' The Couſinsſ Club, ' v
The Man Hunſſters Club, The Albions. Club, . .
The 'Mock Heroes' Clubſi, ct 'The Free hnd Eaſy Club, -
The Wrangling Club, * TheAntigallic MaſonsCluſſhr,
The Qiacks Club, The Maccaroni Club,
'ſhe Weekly'Dancin Club, The Choice Spirits Club,
The Lymg
Bird Fanciers lub, The Kili
Nevercare
Frett Club, '
The' Club, vThe Club.
' And many othersnot worth'-notice,-whoſe

chief practice conſiﬅs in eating, drinking,
ſinging, ſmoaking, &e. -
Several of thoſe clubs, or ſocieties, have'iſſ

imitation of the free-maſons,zcalled their club'
by the name of lodge, and their prefidents by
the title ofugrandmaﬅer, or-moﬅ ndble grand:
\ ' * I
Hence the meaneﬅ club, think they have a *

tight to the freedom of communication
'\
amongſt
*,ſſ (xni')
amongﬅ themſelves equal to any unchartered
ſociety, though compoſed t of the moﬅ* re-z
ſpectable perſons. Nor is the cuﬅom or con
'fiitution of the country unfavourable to this
opinion.
And whereas a great number of thoſe clubs or

ſocicties (without ſcripture or law to recom
mend them) have exiﬅed and multiplied for
ſeveral years paﬅ, no wonder free maſonry
ſhou'd meet with encouragement 3 as being
the only ſociety in the univerſe which unites
men of all profeſſions (believing in the Al-ſi
mighty Creator of all things) in one ſacred
band.v And at the ſame time carutyiqg in itſelf,
evident mark-'sVof its being not only coeval with
the ſcripture, but in all' probabilityſi _ prior
thereto. '
'Yet after all this, ﬅrange as it may appear,p

we have no true hiﬅory of the ori in of free
maſonry in this or any other kingcfom in Euffl
rope, whatever people may pretend to.
I conceive this defect _i_s owing to the higotry

and ſuperſiition of former times when free
maſons were ſuppoſed to have a power of
raiſing the Devil, and withhim tflmpeﬅuous
florins, fice, &c. and conſequently-were forbid
by the clergyto uſe the, black art, as it was
Often Called. * _
Jn
j( xliii *) '
In ſuch for
incceſſary caſe the
it was natural,3prudent>
ſ brethren and
to conceal their
knowledge and meetings. iAnd that this 'wax
the Caſt: about 350 years ago will clearly appear
.þy reading the great philoſopher Locke's lette?
and copy Of an Old manuſcript (in the Bodleian
librarY) WhiCh letter and CO'PYZ are annexed.
' _ J From What has been ſaid, it'fflip evident that

all unchartered ſocieties e England, Aſ?
upon-equal fecting in reſpect to the legality
of aſſociation. .- _
_ In this light we are to view the fraternities of

ancient and modern free maſbnsz who are be
come two great commumties now in England.
-- The ancients,' under the 'name of free and

accepted maſons. The moderns, under the
name of' free maſons caſ-England. And
though a ſimiliarity of names, yet they differ
exceedingly in makings, ceremonies, knowe
ledge, maſonical language, and inﬅallatio'ns ; '
ſo 'mUCh that they always have been and ſtill
continue to be two dffli'zct Sacz'etie: totally
independant of each other.
Asſſ ſuch the moderns having an undoubted
right to chuſe a chief from amongﬅ themſelves :
Accordingly they 'have choſen his Grace the
Moﬅ Noble vDuke of Mancheﬅer, to be their
Grand Maſter, and have all the outward ap
pearance
_ lxliv
'pearance of--a3G_1:and Lodge. IWi-th equal right
ſthe' Ancients have unanimoufly choſen hisGrace
the Moſt Noble'Duke of' >Athol (an Ancient
ſ v ..gozv
.Maſon Grand
(and Maﬅer-Electforfscotland) to bet-heir
PaffMaﬅer of ral-regular lodge, and -
aGrand Maﬅer. _ And his-Grace was perſonally
inﬅalled in a general
ſſmoon tavern, Grand-Lodge,
Cheapfide, London, atinth.e_Half-_
the pre
ct ' ' of
ſence, and with-jthe'eoncurfrence
his Grace thefiMoﬅ- Noble Dukeand'
of affiﬅance
Leinﬅer,
Grand Maﬅer of, Ireland ; and the Honourable
Sir James Adolphuſis Oughton, Grand 'Maﬅer
of Scotland, with ſeveral others oſ the moﬅ
eminent brethren in the three kingdoms; an
honour never conferred on Modern Mafons*_.
' ' Theſe are ﬅerling truths, from Whence the
impartial reader will draw the natural _.in
ſerence. ' 1' 't _ _
-I ſhall conclude this as I did, inthe former,
editions, with' ſaying, 'thatctlphope *I_, ſhall liveſi
to ſee a general, conformity, 'and'univerſalþuniQ
ty between'the worthy ,Maſons of all denote
minadons_ ,.=';v_..1 s a - -- i' '
me; erd '-'L*:.- r "A ſiJſſF * ' '
Theſe are the moſt earneſt-Wiſhes, andz'akq"
r dent prayers of, Gentlemenſand Brethren, z .
Your ſincerefriendgffl'" ' ' "ſi .
_= Andmoﬅ-obedient'ſervant,ſ? 'ſin ct
.'.,- :-:;:. And'jfdithſulſi brother, .
- .z:r * "=THrE"'A'U_TI_jIOR..
, - zf'Tſ.'2 Sun-2 -- --'
'It fsd reſolution: of' the Grand Lo'dges of England,
Itcland; and Scotland, page 106.
V &tlſiv )
'i 0,A , '
,L . >,E v,yTil,rth,: Egg. R: , V

ſſſſ orcheſamoasrmioso'pm, >
Mr. JOHN LOCKE, relatingſſto Free Alqſhmyfi
A 'LOCKE
LETTERtoſſ from.
thg'RZ.the, learned Earqu
HMſſLſiSFM Mrr JOHN
****,_
'with an old 'Mamſſrz'pt on t/Je'ct
FREEeMASONRY. Subject' (aſ
MY Lonnſ'" ' May 6, 1696.

I Have at length by the help of Mr: C _m__
procured a\copy of that manuſcript in the
'Bodleian Library, which you were ſo curious
to ſee: and in obedience' to your Lordſhip's
commands, I here-with ſend it to you. Moﬅ
_ of thenotes annexed to it are what 'I made
yeﬅerday for the. reading of * my Lady
ſ MASHAM*,
ſonry, as to ſay,who
thatis ſhe
become
now,ſomore
ſondthan
of Ma
ever ,
wiſhes herſelf a man, that ſhe might be capable
of admiffion into the fraternify. '
The manuſcript, of which this is aeopy. .
appears to be about ,16o years old; yet (as
your Lordſhip will obſerve by the title) it is
itſelf a copy of one yet more ancient" by about
'one hundred years; for the original ise
ſaid to' have been 'the handwriting opring't
' ' - v Henry
* This letter, ſeems to have been written at Oates, (theJ
country 'ſeatOct.
Locke died of Sir
28,Francis
1704, Maſham)
in the 73d in
yearEſſex,
or hiswhere
age. Mr.ſi
(' i xl'vi
' Henry VI. where' that Prince had it is at pre

ſent anuncertainty z But it ſeems to me to be an
examin'ation' (taken perhaps before the King)
of ſome oneof the' brotherhood of- MAsONs ;
amOng whom he entered himſelf, as itis _ſaid,_
when he came out of his minority, and then-ce
forth. put a Stop to the perſecution that had
been raiſed againﬅ them: But I muſt not 'ded
t'ain your Lordſhip longer _ by my preface:
from the thing itſelf.
Certain WESTYONS with AWNSWERES

to the ſame, concernyngethe
MYSTERY of MACONRYE.
Wryttenne 5] tbe Hadde qf Ky'zge Henrye ſhe
Sixth: qf' t/ae Name, and ſayt/J/idlye capyed by
me (1) JOHAN LE'YLANDE, Antiquarius,
t/Je Command: aſ bis (2) Hzſiglmgffiu
They be tri-followeth : _ - __ A
Lzzeﬅ. i THATv mote ytt be? ' U
\' Aſſ * Ytt beeth the Skylle-ofNature,
ſ " the
(i-) John
eighth, at theLeylanda wasofappointed
diſſolution by toKing
Mamyimſiu, ſearchHenry the
for, and
ſave ſuch books and records as were valuable among them.
He was a man of great labour and induﬅr .
=(2) Iſis Higbncffi, meaning the ſaid King Hſimry- thee'ighth.v
Our kings had not then the title of majeﬅy. ' ' '
' ( 3) II/bat "10"th be? that is, what may this myﬅery 'if
-" mzſonry
.( klvii )
'the underﬅondynge of the nghte that ye

bereymze, and its ſondrye Were/zyngerr; ſonder
lyche, the Skylle of Rectmyngr, of Waightes,
'and Metyrzger, and the treu manere of Patm
ny'zge al th'yn ges for Mannes Uſe, beadlye, Dwel
lynges, and Buyldynges of alle Kindes, and al
odher thynges that make Gudde to Manne.
szcﬅ; Where dyd ytt begyne ? _
. Air/I Ytt de begynne with the (43 fyrﬅe
Menne yn the Eﬅe, which were before the ( 5)
ffyrﬅe Manne of theWcﬅe, and comynge Weﬅ'
lye, ytt hathe broughte herwyth alle Comfortes
to the wylde and Comfortleſſe.
Page/It Who dyd you brynge ytt Weﬅlye?
An/I The (6) Venetians, whoo beynge Grate
' Merchaundes,
maſonry Be ?-*-The anſwer imports, that it conſiﬅs in natun
ral, mathematical, and mechanical knowledge. Some part
'of which (as appears by what follows) the maſon's pretend
to have taught the reﬅ of mankind, and ſome part they ﬅill
tonoeal. ' X
(4., 5) Fyrj/Iz mmne yr' 'be Eﬅe, &e. It ſhould ſeem by
this that [l/Iaſam believe there were Men in the Eaﬅ before
Adam, who is called the firﬅe Manne of the IV/Ic; and that'
Arts and Sciences began in the Eq/Z. Some authors oſ great
note for learning have been of the ſame opinion; and it is
certain, that Euroþt and Africa, (which in reſpect to Jſia may
be called weﬅern countries) were wild and ſavage, long after'
arts and
Cbina' and politeneſs
the India-r.of manners
_ were in
ſi great perfection in
(6) The Ve'zetzſiahr, &c. In the times of Monkiſh igno
rance 'tis no wonder that the Pbcenirians ſhould be miﬅaken
for the Venetiam. _Or, perhaps, if the people were not taken'
One for the other,- ſimilitUde of ſound might deceive the clerk
Who firﬅ took 'down the Examination. The P/xzniriam werev
the greateﬅ voyagers among the ancients, and were in Europe
thought to be the inventors of letters, which perhaps they
brought from the Ezyi' with other arts.
'( Qui-11; .)
Merchaundes, c'omed ffyrﬅe ffromme the Effleſi
nn Venetia, ffor the comſimodytye of Man
Chaundyſynge beithe Eſte and Weﬅe, bey the'
redde and Mya'dle/onde Sees. " -
deﬅ. Howe comede ytt ynl Engelonde? ' '
deſ-'10. Peter Gower (7) a Grecian, jour
ney edde ffor kannyrzge yn Egypte, and yn Syria,
and ynplaſſuntedde
hadde 'everyche Maconrye,
Londe 'whereas the Venetians
UſynnyngeEntrance
ynal Lod ges of Maconnes, he lern'ed muche, and
retournedde, and woned yn Grecia Magna
warming', and - becommynge
' ſ a myghtye lo)
fly/Patre
(7) -Pcter Gower. This muſt he another miflake of the

writer, l was puzzlcd at firﬅ to gueſs who Peter Gower ſhould
be, the name being perfectly Englz' 5 or how aflſegk ſhould
come by ſuCh a, name -,. but as ſoon asI thought onytbagor-ar,
Icould ſcarce forbear ſmiling to find that PbiIaſbp/ur had
undergone aMnmp/jcbq/i: he never dreamt oſ. We need only *
conſider the French pronunciation oſ his Name Pyt/Jagorc,
that is, Pctagore, to conCeive how eaſy ſuch a miſtake might
be made byan unlearned clerk. _ That Pytbagara: travelled '
for knowledge into Egypt, &c. is known' to all the learned,
and that he was init'ated into ſeveral different orders of
Prieﬅ: who in thoſe days kept all their learning ſecret from
the vulgar, is as well known. Pytlzagara: alſo made every
Ganmn'rital theorcm a ſecret, and admitted only ſuch to the x
knowledge
He of them,
isſſſuppoſed to he as
thehad firﬅ undergone
inventor a five years
of the XLVII. 'filencek
of the firﬅ
book oſ Ear/ii, for which, in the joy of his heart, _'tis ſaid he
ſacrificed a Hecatomb. . Healſo knew the true ſyﬅem oſ the?
world lately revived by Copernirm ; and was certainly a moſt
wonderful manh See his life by Dian FIal. _
(8) Grecia Magzm. Ax part of Italy, formerly ſo called',
in which the Grasſ-Mind ſettled a large colony. ' \ A
(9) [fir/'man This Word at preſent ſignifies ſimpleton,
but ſormerly had a quite contrary meaning', Iſ/n'ſhgorin the
old Saxon, is Pþilofiſhcfi, wiſeman, or wizard, and having
' frequently
' ſi(-x1rx *)l
Mﬅbcre; andgrſately'che renewed, and herhe

framed a grate Lodge at Groton (io) and
maked many Maconnes, ſome Whereoffe dyd
jou'rneye yn 'Fraunce, and maked manye Ma
connes, wherefromme, yn Proceſeof Tyme;
- the Arte, paſſedfflyn Englonde. . ,
X ngcﬅn Dothe Maconnes deſcouer here Arte"
vnto Odhers? X t - > l_;. s.
k. Anſw. 'Peter __Gower whenne he journedde
to lernne, was ffyrſte (1 i) made, and anonne
lechedde; evenne ſOe ſhulde all odhers be yn
recht. Natheleſs (12) Maconnes hauethe alwey:
yn everyche Tyme from Tyme to Tyme com
munycatedde to Mannkynde ſoche- of ber 86
grettes as generallyche myghte be u'ſefulle ; they
haueth keped backe ſocho alle-i; as. ſhulde be
harmefulle yff they commed Yn eþuylle Haundes,
oder ſoche as ne myghte be bolpynge 'wythouten
the Techynges to be joynedde herwythe in the
Lodge, oder. ſoche as do bynde the Frere:
t d \ 'more
fro) Grown. _ Grown-is the'Tname-ofſi a place in 'Englaml
he place
- which in thehere
timemeant is Crarnna
oſ Pytbaga'ra: wasa Very
'city populſſous':
of Grg'c'fir Magna,
3
(lr) 'Fyr/Te made; The word'ma'del ſuppoſe has' a' par
ticular meaning among the ſiMaſanr, perhaps it_ſignifies,
initiatcd. - ' ' , i * * , ' "l
v(12) Maconmr haue-if; tommunycateddt, - &CL' This-far'd
grzpb hath ofſomething
ication remarkable
ſſthe'ſecrecy ſo much 'inboaflid
i't'; 'If contains a'
cſ b'ſiſſMaſhni,
ju
and ſo much blamed by others; aſſerting that £they hat/e 'm
all ages diſcovered ſuch things as might he nieſul,*',a'izd that:
they conceal ſuch only' as would be hurtFur either to, the
World or themſelves. What theſe ſecrets are, WC'iite after
'Wards *
' \ 03) 77;- Am.
( 1 i
. more firbngelyehe togedert bey the Pmflytte,
'and commodytye Comynge to the Ca'zjr'erie
herſromme.
szgﬅ. What'rcs Art-es herieth the Macennet
tcchedde Mankynde P
Aſſ The Arts (13) AGRiCUþTUan
A-RCHITECTURA, Asrnouoma, GnoMe
TRIA, NUMERES, Musrcn, Poesm, Ytt;
MLSTRYE, Govanumeurn; and Ran
arose. "
sayeﬅ. Howe cninrnethe' Maeennes more
Weather-s than odh'e'r Means?
dy: They bemfilfl haueth aileth 'the (14)\
Arte of fyndynge neue Artes, whyc-he Atte the'
\ffyrﬅe Maconnes riecEatled from Godde; by the
whyche Am they fyndethe Whatte Arm lum'
piſſ-Me, and the frett Way of techy'nge the i
ſame. What! (5th1- M-enne deed-'re ffynde
. -' out,
(13) 73: Am, Zgriqultura, &e. i It ſeems a bold pretence,
lhis, oſ the Ma any, that they have taught mankind all theſe
arte. They have their own authority for it; and I know
not how we ſhall diſprove them. But what appears moﬅ
odd is, that they reckon religion man the arte.
(r4) Im- oſ ffynding mue Arm. he art of inventing
arte, muﬅ certainly be a moﬅ uſcſul art. My Lord Bowſ:
Nor/um Organum, i's an attempt 'towards ſomewhat of the
- ſame kind. But l/much doubt, that iſ ever the Maffim had
it, they hive now loﬅ it; ſince ſo flaw new arts have been
'lately invented, and ſo many are wanted. The idea I hare
of ſuch an art is, that it muſt be ſomething proper to be
apply'd in all the ſciences generally, as Jlgebra is in numbers,
by t e help of which new rules of arithmetic 're and may
he found.
ſi ſi its) Pr'a'ſc
(1i),
out, ſſys one/jeer bey chance, and herſore but
Iytel I tro. . , _
Weﬅ. Whatt dothe the Maconnes concele,
- and hyde?
A'z/Z The concelethe the Arte oſ ffyndynge
neue Artes, and thatys for here owne Proffytte,
and (I 5) Preſſ: they co'ncelethe the Arte of
Lkepynge (16) Secrettes, that ſoe the Worlde
mayeth nothinge concele from them. Thay
concelcthe the Arte of Wunderwerckynge, and
ofſhreſhyi'zge tbynge: to comme, ,thatt ſo thay
ſame Artes may not be uſedde of the wyckedde
1 to' an euylle Ende 5 thay alſo concelethe the( 17)
Arte of chaunges, the Wey of Wynnynge the
Facultye (18) of Abrac, the Skylle of be
commynge gude and parfyghte wythoutcn the
Holypnges of Fere, and Hope 3 and the Uni
verſelle (19) Longage of Maconnes.
d2 sage.
( t 5) Prtiﬅ. It ſeems the Maſhm have a great regard to
the reputation as well as the profit of their order; ſince they
make it one reaſon for not divulging an art in common," that,
it'may do honour to the proſeſſors of it. I think in this
particular they (hew too much regard for their own tbciety,
and too little for the reﬅ of Mankind. -
( 16) Art: qf'hþynge Serum-r. What kind of art this is,
I can by no means imagine. But certainly ſuch an art the
Maſam muﬅ have; for tho' as ſome people ſuppoſe, they
ſhould have no ſecret at all 5 even that muﬅ be a ſecret which
being diſcovered would expoſe them to the higheﬅ ridicule ;
and therefore it requires the utmoﬅ caution to conceal it.
(17 ) Art: aſ Cbaungts. I know not what this means,
unleſs it be the tranſmutation of metals.
(18) Farultye a Abrat. Here I am utterly in the dark.
( 19) Univerﬅl Longage of Marronner. An uniVerſal lan
guagc has been much deſired by the learned of many ages.
' 'Tis
( 'lii )
ſiVVylle he teche me thay ſame Artcs'?
_.4n/I Ye ſhalle 'be techedde yff ye be
£ werthye, and able to lerne'.
T*'- ſit _ , . 2 Ages/I.
_-'Tis a' thing rather to be Wiſhed than hoped for. - But it
ſeems the A/J'aſhns pretend to have ſuch a thing among them.
_Iſ it b - true, ,l gueſs it muﬅ be ſomething like the language
ol' the
be Pantamines
able, by ct'ſigns among
only, totheexpreſs
ancient "Romans,
and deliver who are ſaidinto
any oration
telllgibly to men 'oſ all nations and langaages. _A man who
has all theſe_artsſ_and advantages, is certainly to be envied :
but weare told, that this is not the caſe with all Maſons ;
ſor tho"'theſe arts are among them, and all have a right and
in opportunity' to know them, yet ſome Want capacity,- and
others induﬅryjo
and.ſecr'ets, acquire
that which thenff.
I moﬅ deſire However of all
to know is, ct'IZetheir arts
Skyl/Mf
Zecbinmyng gudg'a'ndpdrjjght; and' I wiſh it Were communi-V
ented'to all-mankind', ſince there is nothing more true than
the 'beautiful ſentence contained in the laﬅ anſwer, U that
the
tue better
havingmeninſi gure,
itſelfthe' more theyſolove
ſomething one another."
amiable as to charmVir-_
the
'hearts oſall that behold it. * U
Iknow not what effect the ſight of this old paper may
hurte upon- your lord/big), but ſo:- my own partlcannot deny,
that it has ſomuch raiſed, my curioſity 3 as to induce me to
enter: myſelf into the fraternity 5, which I am determined to
do (iſI- may be admitted) the next timeI go to London, (and
FhatwlllÞe-ſhortlydfi . w . _
'.;>"I -I.'Z"l,'
ſſſiſ -';{i{j;Lard. ſi', -_-_,
in" Lordſhip't 'ny/I o-deienr, i
r ___'._'.i_ - and 'neﬅ barnble Servant,
' A; -.>,:-.:-.;..* .. i - _ \ J O, HN LOſi C KE.

. . a s mia . _ - -
ſ . In 'He szn'lt: &Hath/t iſia "Ancient and Modern Mnſomyhpag'
xxxi, lb: anſ/30' aſAhiman Rezon barſaid, t/mſ be could ran-w)
bit mind (a an Ancient Maſo'z in 'be fire/m: iſ a Modern Illuſon.
'without
liiii
szeﬅ. Dothe alle Maconnes barme more then

z'odher Menne .P ./
A'gfi Not ſo, Thay onlyche haneth recbt,
. and Occaſj/anne more than odher Menne to
kunne, butt many doeth fale yn Capacity, and
manye more doth yvant finduflrye, thatt .y'
Permcgffizrye for the gaynynge all Kunnynge.
&zeﬅ. Are Maconnes gudder Menne then
oders? - nott-ſo
' Air/2 Some Maeonnesſiare _ m Vertueu-s
as ſome odher 'Menn; but yn the moﬅe Parte,

thay be mOre gude then thay
war not Maconnes. * ſi' woulde be 'yfthay'
Qucﬅ. Doth
myghtyly Maconnes
as beeth ſayde P love
ſi eidther
. _ odher
Yea verylyche, and yt may not odher

wyſe be: For gude Menne,-and true, kennyngev
'eidher
the moreodher to be
as thay be ſoche, doeth always
more Gude, ſi love
Here ende-the jþe Weﬅyonnes, 'and Arm/"event,

L
without 'In Iqtter: &na-wing- lwſhtllnr cider oſtbm 'were Maſh'n. . He

'to-w po zti-vrly affirm that be i: dUc (with aſ'w Maſmim] rup/'mouth
i. e. waſhuarti anda common gavil or Hammer) 'a can-my any word
4' ſentence eſ his arw'z (or 'be immediate dictaliom' of a ﬅranger) to
ſhziifizll or intelligent Fret-maſhn qftbz ancient arm-r, without Spraking,
H'Trzting, ar Noi/l. And 'but-to any diﬅance "cur/un Jbt partie: (an
ſee cat/7 other and at 'be lame time be able to diﬅingu'ſh ſguareifla"
cirrlu. But a: Mr. Lot/i: obſerved 'big is not 'be eaſe' runrh all
Maſhm (Nun then were no Modern Maſa'u i'.þil timejſerw of them
are acquainted ewith 'bit Secret. -*Iſibt 'writer aſ tbir not: ba:
fine-um rt upward: of zojza': and 'man 'aught it to more them ſix
Parſon', qſ 'which numbn our RJV. and 'very swartbj [Je/bury Grand' ,
Maﬅer, 'Yf/Ham Did-ty, Eſg. i: an', and Broth-r Sbatrwell, tbj
ryþlz'ſher aſſhi; but, another, p '
pennon',
o XK (in
o
'A
L
G Los sA'n Y
ſl'o expiaiſin the Words in Italzk/L Cdracter: as'
< ' the foregoing. ' '
'til/air', only Occajjvomu, opportunity

Alweys, alway; Oder, or
Beitbe, both Ora-belle, only
Caminadyiye, conveniency " Pcmecgffarye, abſolutcly ne:
Confrerie, fraternity ' ' ce ary ' - " ' -
Facannynge,
Foretſhyi'ige,forming
prophechng Prei
Rec t,e, right
honour
*
Frere', 'brethren Rcckenyngn, number'
Head/37, chiefly Sandcr'lycbt, partichlzrly
I'Icm pleſetbe, they pleaſe Skylle, knowledge '
Hemﬅyc, themſelves Wadſynge, growing
Her, there, their
Hereynne, therein ſi
' W'erck,
My, way
operation '
&ruat/1, with it men-as, where

Halpyngl, beueficial Mned,*dwelt
Kunm, know
Kunnynge, knowledge Wanderwerdym,
miracſiles working
"
Make Guddt, are beneficial V/ylde, ſavagc
Metyngex, meaſures - Wynnynge, gaining
Mote, may Wyﬅacre, lealmcdkſi
Myddlzlonde, mediterranean Tm', into "
Mgbu, power 'xz AU
QNLTHI
' Seven Liberal Aft's and Sc'ienccs; 1
THE gramnzzr. rules inſtruct the tongue and pen,

Rhetorick teache; eloquence to men; ' '
By logick we are tkught to reaſon well,
Mufickſi has charms beyond our power to fell z
-The uſe of numbers numberleſs we find,

Geometry give meaſure to mankind,
The heav'nly ſyﬅem eievgtes' the mind.
All thoſe, and many ſecrets more, I
_. The Maſons taught iqldays of yore. ' r
(lvi)
EXTRACT of the RESOLUTtonsx

i
' o'F THE U -
Grand Lodges'orzng/and, Ire/and, and-Scotldng',
as UNÞEM
Grand Lodge-oft'he Moﬅ Ancient and Hou

nourable FraternityxofFree and Accepted
Maſons, held' at th'e Half-Moon Tave'rn;
Cheapſide, London, S_e_pt. 2, 1772. '
The Moﬅſi Noble Prince John Duke of Atholl,
ſ 'v Grand Maſter, - "ſi
Laurence Dcrrn'ott, Eſq. Deputy Grand Maﬅer,

in the Chair. 5
EAR D a Letter from SBrother" Thomas ,

_ Corker, Deputy Grand Secretary of
Ireland, to Lau. Dermott, l* ſq. D. (3. M. of
this Grand lodge, ſetting forth the State ofl
the Craſt, &c.ct in that kingdom, and having
taken the ſame into Confideration. ' '
ng/a'lwa'," It is the opinion of this Grand

" Lodge, that a Brotherly Connexic-n and
'ſi' Correſpondence'
-'- (-1viT-)
flſſ Correſpondence with - the Right War-ſhip,
," ful Grand Lodge of Ireland,'ha's been and
" will always be, found p'roductive of Hoz
." nour-'and Advantage 'to Vthe Ctaft in both,
ſ X 'i Kingdom's.-'-' * ' Vw ſi -
Orderea', ." That

A " tranſmit the Grand
the Names of the Secretary
Officcrs ofſhall
this
" Grand Lodge to the Secretary of the Grand
F' Lodge of lreland yearly, or as often as
F' any new Choice is made, together with
" ſuch informations as may tend to the 'Ho- '
" nour and intereﬅ of the Ancient Craft : '
" And that all ſuch Inſormations, or Cor
_'f reſpondence,
',*"'rſſnoﬅ reſpectfulſhall be ſuch
Terms; conveyed in ſuit
as may the
' " the Honour and 'Dignity of both Grand

Ff Lodges.n '
' Qrdered,
"ſi"_made" under
That the
no Maſon
Sanction(who hasGrand
of the been '
ſ' Lodge of lreland) ſhall be admitted a

f* Memher, nor partake of 1 the General
i'f' Charity,
Certſiificatewithout
(of, his having firſt produced
good Behaviour) froma.
f' land;
5' the Secretary of the Grand Lodge
but uctponproducing of Ire
ſuch Certifi
ff c'ate, he ſhali receive all the Honours due
i 3' to afaithfulBrother of the ſame Houſhould
If with us.'j _ y' ' - '
__ -, ' i The
( lvii >
The Deputy Grand Maﬅer propoſed, that a
Correſpondence ſhouldbc opened by this Grand
Lodge with the Grand Lodgc of dcotland,
when they unanimoufly came to the ſame Roſa
lutions as ſet forth for the Grand Lodgc of
lrcland. '
( lviii )
t Grand Lodge Fratcrnity

Honourable of the Moﬅ
of FreeAncient and
and Accepte
Maſons, Dublin, Nov. 5, 1772,
'Ihe Right. Hon. William Lord Viſcounz

* Dunluce, Grand Maﬅer.
ſ ilArch. Richardſon,
in the Chair. ſi Eſq.' Deputy
' Grand_Maﬅer,'
_ ECEIVED and read the' Reſolutions of

' the Grand Lodge of England, tranſmit
ted by their
Dickey, ſi andGrand
havingSecretary,
taken theBrother William
ſame into Con
fideration, came tothe following Reſolution :
Rqſalvea', 'F That this Lodge do entirely agree
ct " " with the Grand Lodge of England, that a
i' Brotherly Connexion'and Correſpondence,
f' between the Grand, Lodge of England
f' and the Grand Lodge of Ireland, have
f' been, and will alwaYs be, found produc.
fl
'9 tive of Honour
in both and Advantage
Kingdoms."=ſſſſ * ' to the Craſt
Qrderezl,
" tinueFftoThat the Grand
tranſmctit, from Secretary ſhall con
Time to Time, the
if particular Occurrences' Of - 'this Grand
4' Lodge to the Grand Secretary of England ;
f' and that hereafter no Engliſh' Maſon ſhall
" be conſidered worthy of their Charity,
If: Without producing a Certificate from the ,
'*"!:Gxand.
.(ff lix -)
'ſ Grand Lodge of England ; and that we
" ſhall always conſider ſuch Brethren as
'I may be recommended to us from the Grand
I' Lodge of England, equally objects of our
" Attention with thoſe of the Fraternity in
" Ireland z-Nor can the Grand Lodge of
4' lreland omit this Opportunity of teﬅiſy
X" ing their high Scnſe of the vHonour they
" have received in this Invitation of a mu
ſt
" tual
ſhall and friendly
ﬅudy Intercourſe,
to preſeve which they
and'ﬅreng'thcten by' '
, ." every Act of t good Offices and lirotherly
" Love." * i * -
Byv Order,
FlELDING OULD (ju_n,) Grand Secretary,

To the Moſtv Noble Prince John '
Duke of Atholl, Grand Matter
of England.
Bread
l
( be )
Grand Lodge of the Moﬅ Ancient and Hoa

nourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted
Maſons in Scotland, held in the City of
Edinburgh, Nov.-3o, 1772.
The Right Honourable and Moﬅ 'Worſhipful _

Patrick Earl of Dumfreys, Grand Maﬅer. '
The Right Honourable'and Moﬅ Worſhipful
_ George Earl of Dalhouſie, late Grand ſ
Maﬅer, in the Chair. .
IT was reported to the Brethren, that the

Grand Lodge of England, according to the
old Inſhtutions, had, on the ad of September
laﬅ, paﬅ a Reſolution and Order relative to a'
conﬅant Correſpondence betwixt them and the
Grand Lodge of Scotland, a Copy of which
had been lately tranſmitted by their Secretary,
along with a Letter, containing the Names of
their Officers, to the Secretary of this Grand
Lodge. \
The Reſolution and Letter being readſ the

Grand Lodge were of Opinion, that the Brother
ly lntercourſe and Correſpondence, which the
Right Worſhipful the Grand Lodge of England
'were deſirous to eﬅabliſh, would be ſerviceable
to both Grand'þodges, 'and productive of Ho
' . nour
( lxiv )
nour and Advantage to the Fraternity in gcnca
ral, and to promote this beneficial Purpoſe:
Ordere , " That the Grand Secretary do tranſ

" mit to. the Secretary of the Grand Lodge
*" of England, the Names of the Officers
'i of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, elected
" this Day; and ſhall henceforth tranſmitthe
" Names of the Grand Officers yearly, or
*' as often as any new Change is made, and
*' ſhall lay ſuch Letters, Orders, or Infor
" mations, as he may, from Time to Time,
*' receive from the Grand Lodge of England,
" before this Grand Lodge, their anrterly
" Communications, or Standing Committee: '
" And alſo ſhall tranſmit ſu'ch Informations
" as may tend to the Honour and Advantage
" of the Craft, according as he ſhall be by
*' them directed; and that he aſſures the
'" Right Worſhipful Grand Lodge of Eng
" land, in the moﬅ reſpectful Manner, the
" Deſire the Grand Lodge of-Scotland have
" to cultivate a Connexion with them by a
" regular Correſpondence for the Intereﬅ of
" the Ancient Craft, ſuitable to the Honour
" and Dignity of both Grand Lodges."
Ordertd, 't That no Maſon, (made under the \

'U Sanction of the Grand Lodge of England;
"according to the old Inﬅitution) ſhall be
" admitted aſMember of the Grand Lodge of
U Scotland, nor partake of the General Cha
. "tity, without having firſt produced a Cer
- 1' tificate
\
(_ lxiilf )
3' tifieate (of his good Behaviour)_ſr0m the

't Secretary of the Grand Lodge of England 3
*' 'but upon producing ſuch Certifieate, he
- " ſhall receive all the Honours and Bounty
" due to a faithful Brother of the ſame
" Houſehold with us."
By Order of the Grand Lodge of Scotland,
ALEX. M'DdUGALL, Grand Secretary.
To the Right. Worſhipful the
Grand Lodge of England.
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AHLMAN REZON.
W* EFORE we enter into the
Mxffizsfla cauſe or motive
B A? linﬅitution of the firſt
of Free-iMaſonry,
2 "WHEN" 3' it is' neceſſary in ſome mea
gM.M,. ſure to ſhew the Eircellency
'of Secrecy, 'and with what great care it is to
be kept. . r _
' ONE of the principal parts that makes _a_
man be deemed wiſe, is his intelligent
ﬅrength and ability to cover and conceal ſuch
honeﬅ Secrets as are committed to him, as
Well as his own ſerious affairs. And whoever
will peruſe ſacred and profane hiﬅory, ſhall
find'a great number of virtuous attempts (in _
peace and war) that never reached their de
ſigned ends, through defect of ſecret Con
cealment; and yet, vbeſides ſuch unhappy
prevention,infinite evils have thereby enſued. ſ
But before all other examples, let us conſider
_ that which excels all the reﬅ, derived ever ſ
i ſ B* from
l
2 ſ AHIMAN REZON.
from God himſelf. Who ſo eſpecially pre

ſerves his own ſecrets to himſelf, never letting
any man know What ſhould happen on the
morrow; nor could the wiſe men in ages paﬅ,
. divine what ſhould befal us in this Age :
Whereby' we mayreadily'difcern that God
himſelf is well pleaſed with Secrecy. And al
tho' (for man's good) the Lord has been pleaſ
ed to 'reveal ſome things, yet it is impoffible at
any time to change orſialter his Determination,"
11'1 regard 'whereof the reverend wiſe men of

ancient times, evermore affected to perform
their lintentions ſecretly.
i . WE read that Cato the Cenſor oſten'ſaid to'
his Friends, that of three things he had good
reaſon to repent, if ever he neglected the true
Performance of them: Thefirﬅ, if-hedivulga
ed any Secret; the ſecond, if he adventured on
the Water When he might ﬅay on dry land;
and thirdly, ifhe ſhould let any day neglected
ly eſcape him without doing ſome good Ac
tion. The latter two are 'well worthy of ob
ſervation; but the firﬅ concerns our preſent
under-taking; Alexander having received di
vers letters ofgreat importance from his mo
ther z after he had read them, in the preſence
of none but his dear friend prcﬅzſion and him
ſelf, he drew forth 'his figxiet which ſealed his
. . .. moſt
a
Man N- __A _ fl 7 7 .
AHIMA-N REZON. 3
moﬅ private letters, and WithOUt ſpeaking, ſet
it upon Eplzcﬅian's Lips, intimating thereby,
that he in whoſe boſom a' man buries his
ſecrets, ſhould have his lips locked up from
revealing them. _
AMONG the reﬅ it may not be diſagreeable
to the reader to peruſe the following' ﬅory, as
told by Aulur Gel/iu: in his Attz'c Nights, and
by Macrobius in his Saturnalr. -
THE ſenators of Rome, at their uſual fitting
in the ſenate-houſe, had conﬅituted aGuﬅ'om
among themſelves, that each brother ſenator
who had a ſon, ſhould be admitted with his
father to abide in the' ſenatevhouſe during
their fitting, or depart if occaſion required;
nor was this favour general, but extended on
ly'to noblemen's ſons, who were tutor'd in
ſuch a manner as enabled them to become wiſe
governors, capable of keeping their own ſee '
crets. About this time it happened that the
ſenators lat in conſultation of a very important'
cauſe, ſo that they ﬅayed much longer than
uſual, and the concluſion referred to the fol-ſſ'
lowing day,*with expreſs charge of ſecrecy in
the mean time. Among the other noblemen's.
ſons who had been at this weighty buſineſs,
was that faithful youth the ſon of the grave
Papirus, whoſe family was one' of the moﬅ
' noble and illuﬅrious in all Rome
B 2 THE,
74 AHIMAN REjz'ON.
THE ſiyoung lad 'being come home, his mo
ther (as moﬅ of the fairvſex are highly affect
ed with novelty) intreated him to tell her
what ﬅrange caſe had been that day debated
in the ſenate, that had poWer to detain them
"ſollong beyond their uſual hours : 'The vir
tuous and noble youth courteoufly told her
fflthat it was a buſineſs not in his power to re
'veal, he being in a ſolemn manner command
ed to ſilence : Upon hearing this anſwer, her
z'deſires became more earneﬅ in ﬅricter enqui
ries into the caſe, and nothing but intelli
gence thereof could any way content her : So
'that firﬅ by fair ſpeeches and intreaties, with
liberal promiſes, ſhe endeavoured to break
open this poor'li-ttle caſhet of ſecrecy : But
finding 'theſe efforts in vain, ſhe made uſe of
violent threats, and ﬅripes, thinking, that
force-might compel, where lenity could not._
THE admired noble ſpirit finding a mo
ſſrther'sthreats-to be'very harſh, bother ﬅripes
zmore bitter than any thing beſide; comparing
his love to her as his mother, with the duty
'he owed to his father 3 the-one mighty, but
'the otherimpulfive 5 he lays heraud her fond'
conceit in one ſcale ; 'his father, 'his 'own
honour, and the ſolemn injunctions to ſecre
ey, in the other' ſcale;
' ſ and ſi 'finding
' her in
trio-fie
A-HIMAN REZON. . 5
trinſic weight as being his mother, but light
er-than win-d being thus gone out oſherſelſ;
whetting his tenderwit upon the ſandy ﬅone
oſ her edging importunity, to appeaſe her,
'and preſerve his own honour by remaining
faithful, he thus reſolved'her :
MADAM, and dear mother, you may well
blame the ſenate- for their long ſitting, at
r leaﬅ for calling in (Deﬅion a caſe ſo im-pere
tinent .; for except the wives of the ſenators
be admitted to conſult thereon, there can be
. no hope oſ a concluſion: I ſpeak this but
out of my young apprehenſion, for I' know
their gravity may eaſily confound me; and
yet, whether nature or duty ſo inﬅruct me,
I cannot tell : But to them it ſeems neceſſa
ry, for the increaſe of people, and for the
public good, that every ſenator ſhould be al
lowed two wives ; or otherwiſe, their wives
two huſbands: I ſhall hardly under one roof
call two men by the name of father 5 I had
rather call two women by the name of mo
ther. This
morrow is thehave
itimuﬅ queﬅion, mother 5 -and to
determination.
THE Mother hearing this, and his ſeeming

unwilling to reveal it, toOk it for infallible
truth ; Her blood quickly fired, and rage en
ſued. I need not put the reader in mind that
B 3 ſuch
6 _AHIMAN REZON.
ſuch ſudden heats ſeldom admit of conſider
ation 5 but on the contrary, hurry the ſenſes
and faculties further to raſhneſs, and othe'r
follies ; by which they are rendered incapa
ble of doing themſelves ſuch good actions,
or ſervice, 'as their caſe often require: So
Without requiring any other counſel, ſhe im
mediately ſent to the other ladies and ma- i
trons of Rome, to acquaint them with this
weighty affair, wherein the peace and wel
fare of their whole lives was ſo nearly con'
CCſilCd. This melancholy news blew-up ſuch
a brain-ſick paffion, that the ladies imme
diately aſſembled 3 and though (ſome_ſay)
_ that a parliament of women are very ſeldom
governed by one ſpeaker, yet this affair being
ſo urgent, the haﬅe as pertinent, and the caſe
(on their behalf l merely indulgent, the re
vealing Woman muﬅ prolocute for herſelfſſ
and the reﬅ. And on the next morning ſuch
a din was at the ſenate door, for admiſſion to
ſit with their huſbands, in this wonderous
conſultation, as if all Rome had been in an
i uproar.v Their
before they haveminds muﬅ
audience 3 hot
whichbe(though
known
againﬅ all order) being granted, ſuch an ora

tion was made by the. woman ſpeaker, with
requeﬅ that women might have two huſ
bands
A_HIMAN REZON. 7_
bands rather
ſcarcely thanone,
content men&it.
two wives, whoriddle's
Upon the could _ ſiſ
ſolution, the noble Youth was highly com

mended for his fidelity,and the ladies great
ly confounded, and departed very likely with
bluſhing cheeks. Nevertheleſs, to avoid the
like inconveniency for the future, it was de
termined- that thence forward they ſhould
bring their ſons no more into the fenate;
only young Papirur, who was freely accept
ed, and his ſecrecy and diſcreet policy not
only applauded, 'ut himſelf with titles of
honour dignified and rewarded.
* NOR ſhould we forgetthe faithful Anax
arcþm (as related by Pliny, in his ſeventh
book and twenty-third chapter) who was
taken in order to force his ſecrets from him,
bit his tongue in the midﬅ between his teeth,
and afterwards threw it in the tyrant's face.
THE Atheniam had a ﬅatue of braſs, whichi
they bowed to 3 the figure was made Without
3 a tongue, to declare ſecrecy thereby. '
LI WISE the Egyptian: worſhipped Har- '
pocrater, the god of ſilence 3 for which rea-j
ſon his
on he mouth.
is always pictured
. holding his
i finger
ſi i
ſi THE Roman: had a goddeſs of ſilence
named Angeramz, which was pictured likeI
' ſi ſi ſi ' i ſi/ Harpocctratei,
8 AHIMAN REZON.
Harpocrater, holding her finger on her
mOuth, in token of ſecrecy. Hence the
Latin ſentence linguam digita camþg/Ze.
THE ſervants of Planctu are much com
mended, becauſe no torment could make
them confeſs the ſecret which their maﬅer
intruﬅed them with.
LIKEWISE the ſervant of Cato the orator
was cruelly tormented, but nothing could
make him reveal the ſecrets of his maﬅer.
Wintim Curtius tells us, that the Parſ/ſans
held it as an inviolable law to puniſh moﬅ
grievouſly (and much more than any other
treſpaſs) him that diſcovered any ſecret ; for
confirmation thereof, he ſays, that king Da
rius, being vanquiſhed by: Alexander, had
made his eſcape ſo far as to 'hide himſelf
where he thought he might reﬅ ſecure ; no
tortures whatſoever, or liberal promiſes of
rec0mpence, could prevail with the faithful
brethren that knew it, or compel them to
diſcloſe. it to any perſon: And furtherrſinorev
ſays, that no man Ought to commit any mat
ter of conſequence' to him that cannot truly
keep a ſecret. ' *
Lycurgm, among his continual laws,
would have every man keep ſecret whatſo
ever was 'done or ſaid: For this reaſon the
i ſi 'Athenians
AHIMAN REZON. i9
Jltlveniarzr were wont (when they met at any . *
ſ feaﬅ)
ſhould that
ſhew the moﬅ
every ancient
brother the among them
door whereat
they entered, ſaying, Take heed that not ſo
much as one word paſs out from hence, of
whatſoever ſhall here be acted or ſpoken.
THE firﬅ thing that Pytlmgorar taught his
ſcholars was to be ſilent, therefore (for a
'certain time) he kept them without ſpeak
ing, to the end that they might the better
learn to preſerve the valuable ſecrets he had
to communicate to them, and never to ſpeak
but when time required,- expreffing there
by that ſecrecy was the rareﬅ virtue : Would
to God that the maﬅer: of our preſſ-nt lodges
'wouldput tbeﬅzme in practice 1 ,
Argſi/Zotle was demanded what thing appearq p
ed moﬅ difficult to him 5 he anſwered, to
be ſecret and ſilent, '
To this' purpoſe St. Amdrſſ, in his
offices, placed among the principal found
ations of virtue, the patient gift of ſilence. \
ſ THE wiſe- king Solomon ſays in his
proverbs, that a king ought not to drink
Wine, becauſe drunkenneſs is an enemy
to ſecrecy; and in his opinion, he is not
worthy to reign that 'cannot keep his own
ſecrets
i 3 'he* farthermore ſays, that he which
diſcovers
10 AHIMANREZON.
diſcovers ſecrets is a traitor, and he that con- ſ
ceals them is a faithful brother; He like- k
wiſe ſays, that 'he that refraineth his tongue
is wiſe: And again, he that keeps his tongue, _
keeps his ſoul. To theſe I ſhall add the
words of another wiſe man, Eccleſiaﬅicus,
chap. xxvii, to the 22d verſe. " Whoſoever
4 diſcoveret-h ſecrets looſeth his credit, and
fliall never find a friend to his mind. Love
thy friend, and be faithful unto him : But if
thou bewrayeﬅ his ſecrets, follow no more
after him: For as a man hath deﬅroyed his
enemy, ſo haﬅ thou loﬅ the love of thy neigh
bour. As one that letteth a bird go out of'
his hand, ſo haﬅ thou let thy neighbour go,
and ſhalt not get him again. Follow after
him no more, for he is too far off : He is as '
a Roe eſcaped out of the ſnare.ſi As for a
,Wound it may be bound up, and. after re
viling there may be reconcilement, but he
ſi that bewrayeth ſecrets is without hope."--I
could mention many other _circumﬅances of
the excellency of ſecrecy; and I dare ven-l
.,ture to ſay that the greateﬅ honour, juﬅice,

truth, and fidelity, has been always found
amongﬅ thoſe who could keep their own and
others Secrets 5 and this is moﬅ _nobly ſet:
forth by_ Horace,
"
who ſays : ſi The'
Haﬅ', --J ,
AHIMANREZON. If
The man reſolv'd and ﬅeady to his truﬅ,
Inflexible tb ill, and obﬅinately juﬅ -,
May' the rude rabble's inſolence deſpiſe,
Their ſenſeleſs clamours and tumultuous cries;"
The tyrant's fi'erceneſs he beguiles,
And the ﬅern bſſrow and the harſh voice defieS,
And with ſuperior greatneſs ſmiles: '

Not the rough whirlwind, that deforms
Adria's black gulph, and-vexes it with ﬅorms;
The ﬅubborn virtue of his ſoul can move:
Not the red arm of angry Jove,
That flings the thunder from the ſky,
And gives it rage to roar and ﬅrength to flY
Should the whole frame of nature round him breAkp
r In ruin and confuſion ſſhurl'd ; _
ct He unconcern'd would hear themighty crack,
And ﬅand ſecure amidﬅ a falling world. .
THE'REFORE I am of opinion, that, if ſe

_crecy and ſilence be duly conſidered, they
will be found moﬅ neceſſary to qualify a man
for any buſineſs of importance: If this be
granted, I am confident that no man will dare
to diſpute that Free-Maſons are ſupeiior to'
all other men, in concealing their ſecrets,
from times immemorial: which the power of
gold, 'that often has betrayed kings and prin
ſ ces',1and ſometimes overturned whole empires,
nor the moﬅ cruel puniſhments could never
extort the ſeCret (even) frorri the weakeﬅ
member of the whole fraternity.
' * THEREFORE
12 AHIMAN REZON.
THEREFORE I humbly preſume it will of
conſequence be granted, that the welfare and
goodofmankind was the cauſe or motive of ſo
grand an inﬅitution as Free-Maſonry (no art
yet ever being ſo 'extenſively uſeful) which
not only tends to protect its members from
external injuries, but to poliſh the 'ruﬅy diſ.
poſitions of iniquitous minds, and alſo to
detain them within the pleaſant bounds of
_ true religion, morality and ſivirtue 5 for ſuch
are the precepts of this royal art, that if thoſe
who have the honour of being members
thereof would but live according to the true '
principles of the ancient craft, every man
that is endowed with the leaﬅſpark of hog
nour or honeﬅy, muﬅ of courſe approve their
actions, and conſequently endeavour to fol- ,
low their ﬅeps. And altho' very few or none
of the brethren arrive to the ſublimity and
beautiful contrivance of Hz'rczm Abz'ſ; yet the
very enemies of Free-Maſonry muﬅ own,
that it is the moﬅ renowned ſociety that ever
Was, is now, or (perhaps) ever will be upon
earth. The following true deſcription of
the royal art, will clearly ſhew its great uſe
to mankind. ' '
Hail
'AHIMAN REZON, 13
Hail mighty ART! gracious gift of heaven, .
'To aid mankind by our Creator given :
It was you alone that gave the ark its form,
Which ſav'd the faithful from impending ﬅorm;
When ſinful Cowans were grov'ling in the tide,
The Maſons ark triumphantly did ride
O'er mighty waves, nor car'd they where it ﬅeer'd,
'Till floods abated and dry land appear'd:
On Arraret's mount, after the dreadful ﬅorm,
There ﬅood their ark and open'd lodge in form;
(- There the good maſon of his own accord,
An altar built to ſerVe the heavenly lord;
Returned thanksJove:
i Which pleaſed with and
off'ring ſacrifice,
to himſelf he cries,
For ſake of man I'll curſe the ground no more,

Nor ſmite the living as I've done before:
While earth remain this bleſſing I'll beﬅow,
A proper time when you your ſeed may ſow;
The harveﬅ-time to bleſs the lab'ring ſwain,
With fruitful crops for all his care and pain:
Nights, days and ſeaſons ſhall ſurround this ball,
Nor ſhall they ceaſe until the end of all ſi
And to confirm my promiſe unto thee,
Amidﬅ the clouds my bow a witneſs be: .
An heav'nly arch (hews how God ſav'd the lives
Of maſons four, likewiſe their happy wives.
Such the bleſſings of each time. and ſeaſon,
God has promis'd to that maﬅer-maſon 5
By which we ſee that mighty things were done
By this great art, ſince firﬅ the world began.
What mortal living, whether far or near,
Around the globe within the heav'nly ſphere,
Can name one artſo much by God approv'd,
As maſonry in David whom he lov'd z
* VVitneſs
'14 AHIMAN REZON.
Witneſs Mrz'ab, where God appear'd to man, '
And gave the prince the holy temple's plan 5
Which charge Solomon after did fulfill,
By aid from 'ſym- and Hz'ram's mighty ſkill.
This is the art that did the world excel,
And pleas'd the Lord of Hoﬅ to come and dwell
Amongﬅ the men, who did the temple frame,
To Worſhip God and keep his ſacred name.
By Maſons [art aſpiring demes appear,
Where God is worſhip'd ſtill in truth and fear:
By Maſons art the greedy. miſer's breaﬅ, .
(Tho' iron-bound, much cloſer than his cheﬅ)
Compaſiion feels, values not his ﬅore, '
And freely gives what he ne'er thought before:
By Maſons art the buſy tongue doth fall
Before the throne, when awful ſilence call:
By Maſons art the wings of looſe deſire,
Are clipt ſhort, prevents their ſoaring higher;
The vicious mind the ancient cra'ft reﬅrain,
From immodeﬅ bents, unlawſul and profane:
By Maſons art the puny foppiſh aſs,
(Mankind's diſgrace, and ſport of ev'ry laſs)
Soon quits his folly, and more wiſer grown,
Looks on himſelf as one before unknown:
By Maſons art the proud enſigns of ﬅate,
(Ambition's nurs'ry, and her lofty ſeat)
Are deemed vain and luſeleſs toys,
' Free-Maſons prize more ſolid joys.
But-methinks I hear ſome of my readers

ſay, ſurely if Free-Maſonry be ſuch as it is
here repreſented, the vBrotherhood moﬅ cer
' ' ſ tainly
AH-IMAN REZON; 15
tainly are the happieﬅ men living; and yet,
on the contrary, we often meet ſome very
miſerable, others very great knaves, and a
number of ignorant, illiterate ﬅupid fools
of the ſociety ; or at leaﬅ'would ende ivour
to make the World believe ſo. 'Tl'is has
been duly conſidered, and anſwered', in' the.
inﬅructions for ſuch as would become Free
Maſons. In the mean, time I am well aſ-_ſi
ſured, that none but ﬅrangers to the craft,
. and ungenerous enemies to 'good ſociety,
willdoubt the veracity of what is here in
ſerted concerning Free-Maſonry. And'for
'further ſatisfaction to <my female readers,
and ſuch of the male ſex as have not the
honour of being initiated into the myﬅery,
I here beg leave to treat of the principles of
' the craft (ſo far as comes under the limita
tion of my pen) which I hope will meet
with a juﬅ admiration, becauſe they are
founded upon religion, morality, brotherly
love, and good fellowſhip.
A MAson is obliged by his tenure to be.
lieve firmly in the true worſhip of the eter- _
nal God, as well as-in' all 'thoſe ſacred re
cords which the dignitarie's and fathers of
"the church have compiled and publiſhed for
* ' -*' 'the
16 AHIMANREZON.
the uſe of all good men : So that no one who
rightly underﬅands the art, can poffibly tread
in the irreligious paths of the unhappy libCſ-e
tine, or be induced to follow the arrogant,
profeſſors of atheiſm or deiſm; 'neither is he
robe ﬅained with the groſs errors of blind
ſuperﬅition, but may have the liberty of emo
bracing what faith he ſhall thinkiproper,
provided at all times he pays a due reverenCe'
to his creator, and by the werld deals with
honour, and honeﬅy, ever making that gol
den precept, the ſtandard-rule of his actions,
which engages, To do Unto all men as he
would they ſhould do unto him: For the
craft, inﬅead of entering into idle and unne
ceſſary diſputes concerning the different opiz
nions and perſuafions of men, admits into the
'fraternity 'all that are good and true ;_ whereby
it hath brought about the means of reconcilia
tion amongﬅ perſons, who, without that affiﬅ
ance, would have remained at perpetual va, '
riance.
. A MASON is a lover ofquiet; is always .
ſubject to the civil powers,_provided they do'
not infringe upon the limittcd bounds of re
ligion and reaſon: and it was neveryetknown,* '
that a real craftſman was concerned in any
_ dark plot, defigns, or contrivances againﬅ the
ﬅate, _
_AHIMAN REZON.ſi 17
ﬅate, becauſe the welfare of the nation is his

peculiar care, ſo that from the higheﬅ to the
loweﬅ ﬅep of magiﬅracy due regard and de
ference is paid by him.
BUT as Maſonry hath at ſeveral times felt
the injurious effects of war, bloodſhed, and p
devaﬅation, it was a ﬅfonger engagement to._
the Craftſmen to act agreeable to the rules ofv
peace and loyalty, the many proofs of WhiCh
behaviour hath occaſioned the ancient kings
and powers to protect and defend them. But
if a'brother ſhould be ſo far unhappy as to
rebel againﬅ the ﬅate, he would meet with p,
no countenance from his fellows ; nor would ct
they keep any private converſe with him,

whereby the government might have cauſe
to'Al
be MASON,
jealous, or take the leaﬅ umbrage.
in regard to himſelf, is care
fully to avoid all manner of intemperance. or

_ exceſs, Which might obﬅruct him in the per
formance of the neceſſary duties of his lau
dable profeffion, or lead him into any crimes
which would reflect diſhonour upon the an
cient fraternity.
-HE is to treat his inferiors as he would A
have his fuperiors deal with'him, wiſely con

ſidering that the original vof mankind is the lſſ
- , aC p xſamc
p,
is. AHIMAN gaze-U.

ſame ; and. though maſonry diVeﬅs- no man?
of his honour, yet. does the craft adm-itthat
ﬅrictly to purſue the paths of virtue, where
by a clear conſcienceſi may be preſerved, is
the only method t_0 make any man noble.
ſi-AHMASON is'to be ſo far benevolent, asv,
never to ſhut his ear unkindly to the com
plaints of wretched poverty; but when a',
brother' is oppreſſed by want, he is in. a pe- .
criliar 'manner to liﬅen to his ſufferings with
attention; in conſequence of which, pity.
muﬅ floyv fromv his breaﬅ, and relieve with-s
out prejudice according to his capacity, .
- <A,'MAs0N is topay due obedience to; the,
authority of his maﬅer and prefidin'g.officers, ' ſ
and. to, behave. himſelf meekly amongﬅ . his
brethrenzneither neglecting his uſual-occug
patiou for the ſake of company, in running
from one lodge to another 3, nor quarrel with.
the. ignorant multitUdC, for their ridiculous
aſperſions concerning it; But,- at his leiſure
- ' hours. he is re_qui_r_ed__tp ſtudy. the arts and
ſciences with. a. diligent mind, that he may
not only perform his duty to his. great Cre
ator, but alſo to hisneighbour. andhimſejf:
For. towalkhumblym 'the ſight-qfi'God, to '
do jxuﬅice, andlqke; mercy, arethe certain
cha
AHIMAN REZO-N. ' 19
characteriﬅics of a real-free and accepted an
cient maſion : Whichqualifications I hum
bly.- hope they will' poſſeſs to the end of time -,
and I dare- venture' to, ſay, that every true
brother wil-ljoin with me in, Men.
THE benefits ariſing from a ﬅrict obſer

vance of the principles of the craft, are ſo
apparent, that I; muﬅ believev every good
would; be fond' to profeſs and p'ractiſethe
t ſamſſe 5; becauſe thoſe principles. tend to: pro
motethe happineſs of'life,. as' they arefound
ed onthe baſis of wiſdom. and-"virtue, X , .
Irrithe firﬅ' place_;_. our Privileges and in
ﬅructions, when lightly.our;made
notionly. productive'oſ uſe,-on,
welfare of, this
are
ſide of the grave, but evenzourzeternal, hap

pineſs hereafter. ' v
FOR: the craft is. founded on ſo ſolid a '
baſis that it will- never 'admits blaſphemy,
- lewdneſs, ſwearing, evil-plotting, or contro
verſy ; and though they are not' all: of the
ſame opinion in matters of faith, yet they
are ever'ina one mind in matters. of maſonry-;- _
that is, to labour: juﬅly, not to eat any manls
bread. for nought, but to the utmoﬅ of our
capacity to love and ſerve eaCh other, as bre
' C 2 thren -
20 AHIMANREZON.
thren of the ſame houſhold ought to do:
Wiſelyjudging, that it is as great an abſur
dity in one man to quarrel with another be
cauſe he will not believe as he does, as it
would be in him to be angry becauſe he was
not exactly of the ſame ſlze and counte
nance, &e. I
THEREFORE to afford ſuccour t0' the diſ
treſſed, to divide our bread with the induſ
trious poor, and to put the miſguided tra
veller into his way, are qualifications inhe
rent in the craft and ſuitable to its dignity,
and ſuch as the worthy members of that
'great body have at all times ﬅrove with in
defatigable pains to accompliſh.
THESE and ſuch like benefits, ariſmg from
*a ﬅrict obſervance of the principles of the
craft (as numbers of brethren have lately ex
perienced) if duly conſidered, will be found
not only to equal, but to exceed any ſociety
in being. r
IF ſo, the worthy members of this great
and uſeful ſociety, can never be too careful
in the election of members 5 I mean, a
thorough knowledge of the character and
circumﬅance of a candidate that begs to be
initiated into the myﬅery of free-maſonry.
' UPON
AHIMANREZON. zt
U'Po'N this depends the welſare or deﬅruc

tion of the craft; for as regularity, virtue,
'aſind concord, are the only ornaments of hu
man nature, (which is often too prone to act
in different capacities) ſo that the happineſs
of life depends, inct a grea-t meaſure, on our
own election, and a prudent choice of thoſe

ﬅeps.
FOR human ſociety cannot ſubſiﬅ without
concord, and the maintenance of mutual '
good offices; for, like the working of an
arch of ﬅone, it would fall to the ground
\ provided one piece did not properly ſupport
another.
IN former times every man (at his requeﬅ)
was not admitted into the craft, (tho' per
haps of a good and moral reputation) nor
allowed to ſhare the benefits of our ancient
and noble inﬅitution, unleſs he was endued
with ſuch ſkill in maſonry, as he might
thereby be able to improve the art, either in
plan or workmanſhip 5 or had ſuch an affiu
enCe of fortune as ſhould enable him to em
ploy, honour, and protect the craftſmen. ſ _
I WOULD not be underﬅood by this to

mean, that no reputable tradeſman ſhould re
ceive any of our benefits; but on the con
C 3 trary
22 'AHIMAN REZON.
trary, am of opinion that they'are-valuable
members of the commonwealth, and often
have proved themſelves real ornaments to
'lodges.
THOSE whom I aim at, are the miſerable
wretches of low-life, (often introduced by
excluded men *) ſome of whom can neither
read
i ſſ of nor write;
m-afoan] they and when [byinto
are admitted the the
aſſiﬅance
com
pany of their betters,'they too often act be

yond; their capacities 3 and under pretence of
ſearching for knowledge, they fall into
ſcenes of gluttony or drunkenneſs, and there
by neglect their neceſſary occupation and in
jure their poor families, who imagine they
I
have a juct cauſe to pour. out all their excla
* That is, men excluded from their lodges for miſde
meanors, &e. (who finding themſelves deemed ſiunWOrthy
of ſo noble a ſociety) ﬅill endeavour to make the reﬅ of
mankind believe, that 'they are good and true, and have
full POWer and authority to admit, enter, and make free
inaſons, when and whereſoever-they pleaſe, &e. ' Theſe
traders, (though but few in' number) aſſociate together,
and for any mean conſideration admit any perſon to what
little they know oftthe craft. Little I ſay, for I honeﬅly
aſſure my readers, that no man who rightly underﬅands
' the craft, can be ſo blind as to trample over its ancient
landmarks ; therefore all victuallers, &c. ought to be very
cautious of entertaining ſuch, from whom neither benefit
nor credit can be expected. See NeleguIation, VIII.
ſi mations
AHIMAN 023
'tnatidns and invectives againﬅ the Whole
' =b0dy of'free-maſons, without conſidering or
-knowing that our conﬅitutions and princi
'rples are quite oppoſite to ſuch baſe proceed
ingm 'r '
THE neXt thing to be conſidered is the
'choice- o'f officers to srule 'and govern the
lodge, according to the ancient and 'Whole
ſome lawls of'o'ur conﬅitdtion =; ahd this is a
-m'atter of-grea't concern, for the 'officers of a
llodge are not only_b0und 'to adVance and
v-promote thealſo
welfare of 'their oWn particular
lodge, but Whatever may tend ſito the
good of the fratemity in -gene'ral._
THEREFoRE' no Fman ought to be nomiſi
nated 'orput-in ſuch-election, but ſuch as by
his known ſkill and merit, is deemed wori
thy of performance, w'z. He muﬅ be well'
'acquainted with all 'the private and public
"rules and ordersv of the craft; 'he (ought to
be ﬅrictly'honeﬅ, humane of nature, patient
in injuries, modeﬅ inct converſation, grave in
counſel and advice, and (above all) conﬅant
in amity and faithful 'inv ſecrecy *. '
' '*- 'Aman may poſſeſs all theſe good qualific'ations, and
yet (if in low circumﬅances) be incapable of filling his
office with credit to the lodge o'r himſelf: and this I re.
commend as a matter Well worth the conſideration of all
the cſſoſſnﬅituents.
Sucn
24. AHIMANREZONI
SUCH candidates well deſerve to be choſen
the rulers and governoſſrs of their reſpectIVe
lodges, to whom the members are to be cour

teous and obedient, and from whom they
may learn to deſpiſe'the over-covetous, im-_
patient, contentious, preſumptuous, arro
gant, and conceited pratlers, the bane of
human ſociety. . _
HERE I cannot forbear ſaying, that I have
known men whoſe intentions were very ho
neﬅ, and without any evil deſign commit
great errors, and ſometimes been the de
ﬅruction of good lodges 5 and this occaſion
ed by their brethren hurrying them indiſ
creetly into offices, wherein their ſlender
knowledge of maſonry
paſible of executing the rendered
buſineſs them inca
committed
to their charge, to the great detriment of
the craft and their own diſhonour.
AMONGST the qualities and principles of
the craft, I have given a hint concerning the
behaviour of a maſon in-the lodge, to which
__I beg he may add the few following lines,
'0in he is to pay due reſpect, and be obedi.
ent (in all reaſonable matters) to the maﬅer
and preſiding officers: He muﬅ not curſe,
ſwear, nor offer to lay wagers 3 nor uſe any
lewd'
AHIMAN REZON. 25
lew'd or unbecomino
Þ
lan ua' e, in dero' ation
7 of GOD's NAME, and corruption of good
(manners ; nor behave himſelf ludicroufly,
nor jeﬅingly, While' the lodge is engaged in
what is ſerious and ſolemn: Neither is he
to introduce, ſupport, nor mention any diſ
pute or controverſy about religion or poli<
ticks; nor force any brother to eat, drink,
or ﬅay againﬅ his inclination 3 nor do or ſay
any thing that may be offenfive, or hinder a
free and innocent converſation ; leaﬅ he
ſhould break the good harmony, and defeat
the laudable deſigns and purpoſes Of the an
cient and honourable frat-ernity.
AND I honeﬅly recommend free-maſonry,
as the moﬅ ſovereign medicine to purge out
the above, or ſuch other vices; and regular
lodges, as the only ſeminaries Where men (in
the moﬅ pleaſant and cleareﬅ manner) may .
hear, underﬅand, and learn their duty to
God z and alſo to their neighbours. And
this Without the multiplicity of ſpiteful and
malicious words, long arguments or fierce
debates 5 which have been made uſe of,
among miﬅaken mortals, upwards of a thou -
ſand yearsſſpaﬅ: And inﬅead of uniting men
in one ſacred band (as the ſerVants of God,
and
2'6 -<AH'IMAN5REZON.
and b'rethrm 'of the 'ſame 'hOU'ſhdld) have
divided them ji'frte as many' different opia
niorrs, as 'there were (not only lahghages,
but even) men at the Icohſuh'Onſi-of-B'abctl.
As '-'t0 'the behaviour of 'the b're'threh when

omit of lodge, I hope thelſhort ſpace between
' each lodgeinight will' n'ot 'admit offforgetct
fulneſs of the decen'cy and 'good vdec-Zorurii _
'obſerved i'n the ilodge, Which 'may ſerve
themſiazs an uh'erting' rule'foi- their behaviom"
' and 'conduct in all "other compahies and
ſ placesz' and likerth'e'wdr-ſh'ipful were-smaller
of a ledge," "rule, govern, and inﬅruct-their
ſamilies at home in the fear ofGed and'love
of their neighbours," 'while they themſelves, '
imitate the member-'s- obedience, in
' 'paying due' reſpect 'to-theirj'ſuperiorsj '
THESE 'few hints may TerVej'tO'pm the,
brethren in 'mind'of thelduty incumbe'nt on
them as fi*ee=m'afons ,= and likewiſe," ho'w to
behave themſelves in "ſuch" 'a manner' 'as may
be acceptable to God, agreeable to 'the prin; ſ
i ci-p-les of the mark, and mrichpcttd their own
honour :. But for fiirtſſhertatisfactioh 'to my
readers-in general, I Zſhall here infirr'rhefi:
Veral old charges-of free and accepted'maſoh's.:*
THE
AHIMANREZQN. 127
i. sin __
THE
36 "Livbff am R ape is J
. p f bLF-,+nE-*._vz. _. .
v Free; gpd zACertcd A s o N s.

A .,; 1 u
C* H A R'G E I.
Concdmingj 'G ba) And R is L 'I G I o N.
' 21. - MASON is obliged by his_tenure to
' obſervq __t_he mprald law as a trucNOA
<-.CHIDxA*= 5 and ifrightly underﬅandsF the
_ craft, hewill never he, a ﬅupid atheiſiﬅ, nor
, an ifreligious libertjiinez nor act againﬅ' con
__ſcieng_e. v v ' ., ſ
IN i ancient tihiqfi'L'ZhG c'hriﬅiaſſn 'mctaſons
awete qbargedſ ſo, "cbniply with the Chriﬅian
, uſageſis, of- caph cduntry Where they tkavelled
'._ or worked 5 being fduhd in All nations, even
Aofidiversreli-gi-Qns- . In . 1 ,
ſ THEYrate generally zcharged togdherc to
that religipn in which, all men agſirec (leavihg
'each bpbfihdr tb Qwri. Pafticular Oleiniorn z)
A _* Sons of Noah, firﬅ name of Free-Maſo'ns. ſ
. . - ;.. A LA that
'28 AHIMANREZON.
that is, to be good men and true, -men oſ
honour and honeﬅy, by whatever? names,
religious, or perſuaſions they may be diﬅin
guiſhed 3 for they all agree in the three great
articles of Noah, enough to preſerve the ce
ment of the lodge. _
THUS maſonry is the center of their uni
on, and the happy means of conciliating per
ſons that otherwiſe muﬅ have remained at a
perpetual diﬅance.
CHARGE II.
Of the CIVIL MAGtSTRATE, ſupreme
and ſubordinate.
A MASON muﬅ be a peaceable ſubject,
never to be concerned in plots againﬅ
the ﬅate, nor diſreſpectful to inferiour ma
giﬅrates. Of old, kings, princes, and ﬅates,-
encouraged the fraternity for their loyalty,
whoever flouriſhed moﬅ in times of peace 3
but though a brother is not to be counte
' nanced in his rebellion againﬅ the ﬅate, yet,
if convicted of no other crime, his relation
to the lodge remains indefeaſible *.
' That is, he is ﬅill actMaſon, although the brethren
may refuſe to aſſociate with him : However,- in ſuch caſe,
he forfeits all benefits from the lodge.
'CHARGE
AHIMAN REZON.' 29'
AC H A AR E III.
Concerning a L O l) G E.
A LODGE is a place where maſons meet
to work in 5 hence the aſſembly, oror
ganized body of AFree-Maſons, is called a
lodge ; juﬅ as the word church isexpreffive
both of the congregation and the place of .
worſhip. _ ,v
EVERY brother ſhould belong to ſome
particular lodge, and cannot be abſent with
out incurring cenſure, if not neceſſarily de
tained. ' ct ' _ '
THE men made maſons muﬅ be'free-þorn
(or no bondmen,)'of' mature age, and of good _
report ; hale gnd ſound, not deformed or
diſmembered, at the 'time of their making ;
but no woman, no Eunſſuſich *.
WHEN men'of quality, eminence, wealth,

and learning apply to be made, they are to'
be reſpectfully accepted, after due examina
tion; for ſuch often prove good lords (or'
* This is ﬅill the law of ancient maſons, though diſre
garded by our brethren (I mean our ſiﬅers) the modern
maſons, who (ſome years ago) admitted Signiour Sing
ſong, the EunUch, T-n'd-ci, at one of their lodges, in the'
Strand, London. And upon a late try-al at Weﬅminﬅhr,
ct it appeared, that they admitted a woman called Madam
D'E-.
founders)
30, A'H IMA'LN *.-R;E*z ozN; '
founders), of work, and, will my; employ'
Cowansſiwhen' true maſons can ſibe had;
they alſo make the beﬅ officersof lodges,
, and the 'beﬅct defigners, to the 'henour add
ſtrength off fhe'_lodgc 3 nay, fifotn among

thex'nſi the fratemityvcan have a noblje GRANÞ-ſſ =
ct M'ASTER ; but thozſe 'brethren 'afeſiſſ'ec'Lually
ſubject'to the charges and reguratfons, ex.
cept in what _ more irntnediately cdneems'
opera-tive maſons. ' V'ſi ſ
C HA ,R.
Of þMASTERs, WAlſſtDENs, wi ,
FELqusz',
r _ and APPREN.T1.<:Es.,. _
ALL preſerments amongv is
_. _ 5 grounded upon-real; wex-th and. Ben.
ſonal; merit-Aonly, ſnptupmnffienipxityſ. ,( No.
maﬅer ſhould take an appnentiee that is, not; ,
the zſgn of jhoneﬅ, Patents,- a Perfect;
withopt. maim or. defcctffin hie body; and
&gate-of learning! the myﬅ'enieactQÞY the a__rt ;_
'hfi ſo. the lords (Qr_vf_,ounders)1may_ be well *
ſerved,vdofand
when agethe'craft not he.
and expert,_ deſpiſed; and that
mayſſbecome an
entered' apprentieex or a freerrnaſen of the

lawefi-degree 3, and upon his :improvements.,
a'f'ellow-craft and a maﬅer-maſon; capable
to undertake the lord's work. i
-- * ' - 'THE
A H'I'M'AN' RijZ Q '32
- THE. wardens are.- Qhoſkn. from-among, the
maﬅer maſops, a-n_dz no brother; canuÞQ a maſ
ter QQMJOdge an he has-acted award-m
ſomewhere; exceept in eXtrxazordin-gry caſes, or
When' 2510de is- th: deformed, a-ndz Imne- ſuch'
tQ be. had, fQFithan thrift; maﬅer maſdnszz the"
never maﬅers nor wardens of lodgggbcſmze,
may be conﬅituted, Wfiqrzand; Waxdens of
thaxpcw lodge. . . , , r . - _.
_ But' no-numbetz WLHWÞ. thricemaxfizer-mgq
ſonsgcan. form a. lodgezzzanyid nonm'cm- be
the 'Gtzand' MPﬅW OF; at Grand. 'War-den, t
Whfl? has untactech las; Shcxmaflequ 4 sz'z,
a 1
ficdlar-Lgdge. þ ,_ _. __ ,_ ,.
-C A GuEqu-j -'?-- _
Of the Managemertt RAFſi T itſ
' LL maſons
neﬅlcty on ſhouLTcLZM. haxdtapzlzkor -"
prkidg- daYSLJTzhaRJFhGYH
may' live ment-ably andappear ip QdQCCBtz
and, beeemihg meanen, on; hehdayflz and,
l'ikewſiſe the working hgurs. byx
law, or confirmed; cyſﬅom, ſhalLþe ob
ſerved, ._ _ 'ſi . ſſ
A mdﬅer-maſoh _in£z muﬅ be the (ux

> veyþr
derſitakeor maﬅer of the
the lord's work,
werk who ſhall;ſhall:
re'aſolnably, Wh
truly diſþend his goods as if theyſi were his
_ >' - own,
32 AHIMAN REZON.
own, and ſhall not give more wages than
juﬅ, to any fellow or apprentice.
THE wardens ſhall be true both to maﬅer
and fellows, taking care of all things both
within and without the lodge, eſpecially in
the maﬅer's abſence; and their brethren
ſhall obey them. ,
THE maﬅer and the maſons ſhall faithfully
finiſh the lord's work, whether taſk or jour
ney ; nor ſhall they take the work at 'tasz
. which hath been accuﬅomed to journey.
None ſhall ſhow envy at a brother's proſ-'
'perity 5 nor ſupplant him, nor put him out
of his work, if capable to finiſh it.
ALL maſons ſhall meekly receive their
wages without murmuring or mutiny, and -\
"not deſert the maﬅer till the'lord's work isi
finiſhed', they muﬅ avoid ill language, call-_

ing each other brother or fellow with much
courteſy, both within and without the
'lodges they ſhall inﬅruct a younger brother
to become bright and expert, that the lord's
i materials may not be ſpoiled.
BUT free and accepted maſons ſhall not
allow Cowans to work with them, nor_
'ſhall they be employed by Cowanswith
out an urgent neceflity'; 'and 'even in that
- ' -* caſe
'AHIMAN REZON. . 33
caſe they muﬅ' not teach Cowans, but muﬅ
have a ſeparate communication ; no labourer
ſhall be employed in the proper work of ,
Free-Maſons.
CHARGE VI.
'Concerning M A S O N S Behaviour.
I. Be bavz'our in' the lodge Lcfire clgſing.
YOU muﬅ not hold'private committees,
I or ſeparate converſation, without leave
from the maﬅer; nor talk of any thing im
' pertinent, nor interrupt the maﬅer or war
den, or any other brother ſpeaking to the
chair; nor act ludicroufly while the lodge
is engaged in what is ſerious and ſolemn 3
but you are to pay due reverence to the
maﬅer, wardens, and fellows, and put them
to worſhip. _
ſi EVERY brother found guilty of a fault,
ſhall ﬅand to the award of the lodge, un- '
leſs he appeals to, the grand lodge, or un
leſs a lord's work is retard'e'd 3 for then a
particular-reference may be made.
No private piques, no quarrels about na
tions,
ſi - families,i religious,
D or politics, 'muﬅ'
be
\
d 34 AHIMAN REZON.
be brought within the doors of the lodge;
for as maſons, we are of the oldeﬅ Catholic
Religion, before hinted; and of all nations
upon the ſquare, level, and plumb z and
like our predeceſſors in all ages, we are re
ſolved againﬅ political diſputes, as contrary
to the peace and welfare of the lodge.
2. Beba-vzſiour qfler tlze lodg! is clqſha', and
þ brethren m gem. ' '
You may enjoy yourſelves with'inno
cent mirth, treating one anotheraccording * ' '
to ability, but avoiding all exceſs 3 not
forcing
own a brother (according
inclination to eat or drink beyond
to the his
oldlre
gulation oſ King Aba/uerur), nor hinder

him from going home when he pleaſes;
for tho' after lodge-hours you are like other
ſ men, yet the blame of yonr exceſs may be
thrown upon the fraternity, though linjuﬅly,
3. Bebavz'our at meeting without ﬅmngery,

not in afarmea' lodge.
You are to ſalute one another as you have
been, or ſhall be, inﬅructed ; freely commu
nicating hints of knowledge, but without
diſcloſmg ſecrets, unleſs to thoſe that have
given
AHI'MAN 'R p-zo'N. 35
given long proof of their taciturnity and-
honour, and, without derogating froxnthe
reſpect due to any brother, were he not a;
maſon; for though all brothers and fellows,
ſ _ are upon the level, yet maſonry diveſts no
man of the honour that was due toihim bis
fore he was made a Maſon, or that ſhall be-*'
come his due afterwards; nay, it rather adds
to his reſpect, teaching us to give honour"v
to whom it is due, eſpecially to a noble or ,
eminent brother, whomwe ſhould diﬅinguiſh
from all of his rank and ﬅation, and ſerve z-L
A;
him readily, according to our ability. l
4.. Bebavz'our in 'the prglknce qfﬅrangerr,

not Mq/onr. .
You muſt be cautious in your words,
carriage, and motions; 'ſo that the moﬅ
penetrating ﬅranger may not be able to diſ
cover what is not proper to be'intimated :
And the impertincn't or enſnaring queﬅions,
or ignorant diſcourſe of ﬅrangers, muﬅ be
prudently "managed by free-maſons. -
5. Beþd'vz'aur at borne, and z'nyazzr heigh
'baurlzabzfl
MASONS ought to be moral rncn, as above '_
charged conſequently good huſbands; gOOd
Parents, good ſons, and good neighbours ſ
Dz ' _,þnot.
'36. AHIMAN REZQN;
'not ﬅaying too long from home, and' avoid
ing all exceſs : yet wiſe men too, for cer.
tain reaſons known to them.
6. Behaw'our toward: nfarcz'gn ſihrofhcr, or
ﬅranger.
.YOU are cautioufly to examine him, as
- ' prudence ſhall direct you, that you may not
be impoſed on by a pretender, whom you
are to reject with deriſion, and beware of >
giving him any hints; but if you'diſcover
him tobeff true and faithful, you are to re
ſpect him as-a brother, and if in want,- you
are to relieve him if you can, or elſe direct
him how he may be relieved; You muﬅ
employ him if you can, or elſe recommend
him to be emp10yed; but you are not
rcharged to do beyond
\ 7. Behaoiaur your
hehz'nd ability. hack, a:p
a brother's
well as hgfare hisface.
FREE and accepted __maſons have ever
been charged to avoid all manner of ſlan
dering and backbiting of true and faithful
' brethren, or talkingdiſreſpectfully of a'bro
ther's performance-or perſon, and all ma
lice or unjuﬅ reſentment 5 nay, you'muﬅ
not' ſuffer any others to reproach an honeﬅ
brother, but defend his character as far as
is conſiﬅent with honour, ſafety and pru
denCez tho' no further.
CHARGE
AHIMANRLzoN£ W
CHARG E VII.
wmmWLAWJUITEK
F abrother do you injury, apply firﬅ to your
own or his lodge, and if you are not ſatisfied,
you rnay appeal 'to th'e Grand Lodge ; but you
muﬅ never take a legal courſe, till the '
cauſe cannot be otherwiſe decided; for if
the affair is only between maſons, and about
maſonry, law-ſuits ought to be prevented
by the
who are good advice
the beﬅ of of
referees prudent brethren,
differences. i
But if that reference is either impracticable

or unſucceſsful, and the affair muﬅ. be
brought into the courts of law or equity;
yet ﬅill you muﬅ avoid all wrath, malice,
and rancour in carrying on the ſuit 54 inot
ſaying or doing any thing' that may hinder
the continuance or renewal of brotherly love
and friendſhip, which is the glory and ce
ment Of this ancient Fraternity; that we
may ſhew to all the world the benign inz- _
v fiuence of maſonary, as all-wiſe, true, and
faithful brethren have done from. the begin
ning of time, and will do till Architecture
ſhall be diſſolved in the general con-flagration.
Amen'! So mote it be! ' '
'UF All theſe charge: yzu are to alrﬅ'w, and elſe 'buſi- tþat ſhall
be gie/m 'eyen in cz way that cannot be' Written. '
ASHORT
7
38 AHIMAN REZON.
WWWWMVV
A
,SHoR-_T C'HARGE
To a new admitted
M A S O N.
B R o T H i: R,
_OU are now admitted (by the unani
mous conſent of our lodge) a fellow of
our moﬅ ancient and honourable ſociety;
anCient, as having ſubfiﬅed from time im
memorial; and honourable, as tending in
every particular, to render a man ſo who
Will be but conformable to its glorious Pre
Cepts : The greateﬅ monarchs in all ages, as
Well of Aſia and Africa as of Europe, have
been encouragers, of. the Royal Art; and
many of them have prefided as GRAND
'MASTERS over the maſons in their reſpec
"tive Territories, not thinking it 'any leſſening
to their 'imperial dignities, to level them'
'ſelves with their brethren in Maſonrygand
to act as they did. ſ i
THE world's great architect
i ct is our. Su
' _preme
.'
\
CLHIMAN REZON. 39
'preme Maﬅer;v and the UnerringþRule he
_ has given us, is, that by which we work; *
religious diſputes are never ſuffered within
the lodge, for as Maſons we only purſue
the univerſal religion, or the religion of na
-ture; this -is the center which unites the
moﬅ different principles in one ſacred band,
and' brings together thoſe who were the
moﬅ diﬅant from one another.
' THERE are three general heads of duty
'which Maſons ought always to inculcate,
w'zi to "GOD, our neighbour, and ou'r-.
ſelvcs; to GOD, in never mentioning his
NAMEbUt with that reverential awe which
a creature ought to bear to his CREATOR,
and tolook upon him alway-s 'as the Sum
mum Banum which we 'came into ſſthe world,
to enjoy, and according to that view to re
gulate all our purſuits: toour neighbours,
in acting upon the ſquare, or doing as we
would be done by; to ourſelves, inavoida
ing- all intemperance and exceſſe-s, 'whereby
' we may be rendered incapable of following
our work, or led into behaviour unbecom
ing' our 'laudable - profeſſion, and always
keeping
iall within due bounds, and *free from
pollutiOn.
IN the ﬅate, a Maſon is to behaveiasa
ſ peaceable
40 'AHIMAN REZON:
peaceable and -dutiful ſubject, conforming'
Chearfully to the government under which
he lives.
HE is to pay a due deference to his ſupe
riors z and from his inferiors he is rather to
receive honour, with ſome reluctance, than
to extort it: He is to be a man of bene
volence and charity, not ſitting down con-'
tented while his fellow creatures (but much
more "his brethren) are in want, When it is
in his power (without prejudicing himſelf
or family) torelieve them.
' IN the lodge he is to behave with all due
decorum, leaﬅ the beauty and harmony
thereof ſhould be diﬅurbed or broke: He
is to be obedient to the MAST'ER and the p
preſiding officers, and to apply himſelf cloſe
ly to the buſineſs of maſonry, that he may
the ſooner become a proficient therein, both
for his own credit, and for that of the
lodge.
ſſHE is not to neglect his own neceſſary
Avocations * for the ſake of maſonry, nor
toſi
* Here you are to underﬅand that a Maſon ought not
to belong to a number of lodges at one time, nor run.
from' lodge to lodge; or otherwiſe, after Maſons or Ma
ſpnry, whereby his buſineſs or family may be neglected;
but
AHIMAN REZON. 4:
to involve himſelf in quarrels with thoſe
who 'through ignorance may ſpeak evil of
or ridicule it.
He is to be a lover of the Arts and Sciences,
and is to take all Opportunities to improve
himſelf therein.
IF he recommends a friend to be made a
Maſon, he muﬅ voUCh him to be ſuch as
he really believes will conform to the afore
ſaid duties, leaﬅ by his miſconduct at any
time, the lodge ſhould paſs under ſome
_ evil imputations.
NOTHING can prove more ſhocking to
all faithful Maſons, then to ſee any of their
brethren profane or break through the ſa
cred Rules of their order ; 'and ſuch as can
do it, they wiſh had never been admitted.
but yet every Maſon is ſubject to all the dye-laws of his
lodge, which he is ﬅrictly and conﬅantly to obey z-fot
the attendance and dues of one lodge, can never preju
dice neither him nor his family. '
THE
42 AHIMAN REZONa
l
THE
ANCIENT MA'NN'E'R
OF ſi
Conﬅituting a L o D G E.
A N E W lodge, for avoiding many_ir-re
gularities, ſhould be ſolemnly conﬅi
tuted by the Grand-Maﬅer, with his deputy
'and wardens ; or, in the Grand-Maﬅer's ab
ſence, the deputy acts for his worſhip, the
ſenior grand-warden as deputy, the junio'r
grand-warden as the ſenior; and the preſent
maﬅer of a lodge as the junior: Or if vthe
deputy is alſo abſent, the grand-maﬅer may
depute either of his grand-wardens, who
can appoint others to act as grand-wardens,
pra temper-dale. \ ſi
THE
* When conﬅitutions are required, where the diﬅance
is ſo great as to render it impoflible for the Grand Offi
cers to attend. In ſuch caſe, the Grand Maﬅer, or his
Deputy, iſſues a written inﬅrument, under his hand and
private ſeal, to ſome worthy brother (who has been pro.
perly inﬅalled maﬅer oſ a lodge) with full power to con
gregate, inﬅall, and conﬅitute the petitioners,
If the GrandMaﬅer, or Deputy, be abſent, or (through
ſickneſs) rendered incapable of acting, the GrandWardens,
and Grand Secretary, jointly, may iſſue a like power under
their hands and ſeal oſ the Grand Lodge; providing the
Grand Maﬅer has firﬅ ſigned a warrant for holding ſuch
new lodge : But the Grand Wardens muﬅ never iſſue any
Maſonical Writings under their private ſeal or ſeals.
AFHIMAN REZON. '43
THE lodge being opened, and the candi
dates or new maﬅer; and wardens being yet
among the fellow-crafts, the grand-maﬅer
(hall all; his deputy if he examined them,
and whether he finds the maﬅer well ſkilled
in the noble ſcience and the royal art, and
duly inﬅructed in our myﬅeries, &it. the
deputy anſwering in the affirmative, ſhall (by
the grand-maﬅer's order) take the candidate
from amongﬅ his fellows, and preſent him.
to the grand-maﬅer, ſaying, Rzght Worſhzþ
ful Grand Mrffler, the hrethren here, deſire to
he formed z'atoa regular lodge; and Ipreſent,
my 'worthy hrother A. B. to he (juﬅe/led] their
' maﬅer, whom 'I know to he ofgood moral: and
great ſhzYl, true and tra/ly, and a lover of the
wholefiaterm'ty, 'whereſoever dgſheryed over the
jace of the earth. -
THEN the grand-maﬅer placing the canu
didate on his left hand, and having aſked
__ and obtained the unanimous conſent of the
brethren, ſhall ſay (aſterſome other ceremonies
and expreſſions that cannot be written) I
con/litate andflrm theſe good hrethren into a
'new regular lodge, 'and appoint you, hrother
A. B. the maﬅer of it, not dozzhtirzggſyoar ca
pacity and 'care to preſhroe the cemezzt aſ the
lodge, &c. '
UPQN
p'
44 AHIMAN REZON.
UPON this the deputy, or ſome other bro
ther for him, ſhall rehearſe the charge of a
maﬅer; and the grandeaﬅer ſhall aſk the'
candidate, ſaying, Do you ſhbmz't to tbeſh
charge: as maﬅer: have done in all age: ? And
the new maﬅer ſignifying his cordial ſub
miſſion thereto,*the grand-maﬅer ſhall by
certain ſignificant ceremonies and ancient
uſages, inﬅall him and preſent him with his
warrant, the book of conﬅitutions, the.
lodge-book, and the inﬅruments of his
office, one after another 3 and aftereach of'
them the grand-maﬅer, his deputy, or ſome
brother for him, ſhall rehearſe the ſhort and
pithy charge that is ſuitable to the thing
preſent. - v
NEXT, the members of this new lodgeſ
bowing altogether. to the grand-maﬅer, ſhall
return his worſhip their thanks (according
to the cuﬅom of maﬅers) and ſhall immez
diately do homage to their new maﬅer, andt
(as faithful craftsmen) ſignify their promiſe,
of ſubjection and obedience to him by uſual
congratulations.
> THE deputy and grand-wardens, and any
other brethren that are not members of this
new lodge, ſhall next congratulate the new.
' maﬅer,
AHIMAN REZON.' 45
maﬅer, and he ſhall return his becoming
acknowledgments (as maﬅer- maſons) firﬅ
to
to the grand-maﬅer
theireﬅ and grand officers, and
in their order.
- THEN the grand-maﬅer orders the new_

maﬅer to enter immediatelyſſ upon the exer
ciſe of his office, and calling forth his ſe
nior-warden, a fellow-craft* (maﬅer-maſon)
preſents him to the grand-maﬅer for his
worſhip's approbation, and to the new lodge
for their conſent 3 upon which the ſenior or
r_..,
junior grand-warden, or ſome brother for
him, ſhall rehearſe the charge of a warden,
&Ft. ofa private lodge; and he, ſignifying
his cordial ſubmiffion thereto, the new.
maﬅer ſhall preſent him fingly with the ſe
weral inﬅruments of his office, and, in an
cient manner and due form, inﬅall him in
his proper place +.
IN like Manner the new maﬅer ſhall call
forth his j'unior warden, who ſhall be a
maﬅer-maſon, and preſented (as above) to
the junior grand-warden, or ſome other
" They were called fellow-crafts, becauſe the Maſons
of old times, never gave any man the title of Maﬅer
maſon, until he had firﬅ paſſed the chair.
+ The Grand-wardens generally inﬅall the Wardens
at new conﬅitutions; as being beﬅ qualified for trimſ-
acting ſuch biiſineſs. .
brother
46 r AHIMAN REZON.
brother in his ﬅead, and ſhall in the above:
.manner be inﬅalled in his proper place;
and the brethren. of this new lodge ſhall
ſignify their obedience to theſe new wardens,_
by the uſual congratulations due to wardens. .
THE Grand-Maﬅer then gives all the
brethren joy of their maﬅer and wardens,,
&itſ. and recommends harmony, &a. hope-3
\ ing their only contention, will be a laudable
emulation in cultivating the royal art, and '
the ſocial virtues. _ ;
> THEN the granduſecretary, or ſome bra-
ther for him, (by the grand-maﬅer's _order)_
in the name of the grand-lodge, declares.
and proclaims this new lodge duly conﬅi-L
tuted No. , &Ye. z
UPON which all the new lodge together
(after the cuﬅom of maﬅers) return their
hearty and fincere thanks for the honor iof;
this conﬅitution. '
THE grand-maﬅer alſo orders the grand-T .
ſecretary to regiﬅer this new lodge in the-2
grand lodge-book, and to notify the ſame;
\to the 'other particular lodges; and, after
ſome other ancient cuﬅoms and demonﬅra
tions of joy and ſatisfaction, he orders the 7
ſenior grand-warden to cloſe the lodge.
' A P R A I'ER
\
A'H 1 M A N an z ozN," 47
'
A PRATER ſhz'd at the opening of the

Lodge, or making a new Brother, &e. aſhd
h] Jewiſh Free-Maſo'm.
'LORD', excellent art thou in thy truth,

and there ſſis 'nothing great in com
pariſon to thee; for thine is the praiſe; -
from all the works of thy hands, for
evermore.
-. EN-LIGHTEN us, we beſeech thee, in
the true knowledge of maſonry: By the
ſorrows ofAdam, thy firﬅ made man ; by
the blood of dhel, the holy one; by the
righteouſneſs of Seth, in whom thou art
well pleaſed; and by thy covenant with;
Noah, in whoſe architecture thou 'was't'
pleaſed to ſave the ſeed oſ thy beloved
. number u's not among thoſe that know not.
thy ﬅatutes, nor the divine myﬅeries of the
ſecret Cabala. . - '
BUT grant, we beſeech thee, that the
ruler of this lodge may be endued with
knowledge and witdom, to inﬅruct us and
explain his ſecret myﬅeries, as our holy _
brother
'48 AHIMAN REZON.
brother Mqſhr * did (in his lodge) to damn,
to Eleazar and Itbamar, (the ſons of Aurora)
and the ſeventy elders of Iſrael.
* IN. the preface to the Mſhna, we find this tradition

of the Jews, explained as follows :
GOD not only delivered the law to Ille/2: on Man:
Si'zai, but the explanation of it likewiſe: When Mqſh:
came down from the mount, and entered into his tent,
damn went to viſit him; and Moſi's acquainted damn
with the laws he had received from GOD, together with
the explanation of them : After this dam placed him
. ſelf at the right-hand of Ille/is, and Eleazar and Itbamar
(the ſons of Aaran) were admitted, to whom Mqſhs re
peated What he had juﬅ before told to daſiron: Theſe
being ſeated, the one on theright-hand, the other on the
left-hand of Moﬅ-r; the ſeventy elders of Iſrael, who
compoſed the Sanhedrim, came in; and Moﬅ: again de
clared the ſame laws to them, with the interpretation of
them, as he had done before to damn and his ſons.
Laﬅly, all who pleaſed of the common people were in
vited to enter, and Moﬅ! inﬅructcd them likewiſe in the
fame manner as the teﬅ: So that zfaron heard four times
what M'aﬅs had been taught by GOD upon Munt Sinaz',
Flee-'tear and Ithamar three times, the ſeventy elders
twice, and the people once. Moﬅ: afterwards reduced
the laws which he had received into writing, but not
the explanations of them; theſe'he thought it ſufficient
to truﬅ to the memories of the abovementioned perſons,
who, being perfectly inﬅructcd in them, delivered them.
to their children, and theſe again to theirs from age
to age. A
. AND
AHIMAN 'REZON.ſſ 49
AND grant that we ſſmay underﬅand,
learn, and keep all the Statutes and com
mandmentsof the Lord, and this holy_
myﬅery, pure and undefiled unto our\lives
end. Amen, Lord. i
- VXQYQ "til V VXQ TXGXQ 'CYP

A PRAI'E R uſhd anzong/I ta- Primitive
. Chriﬅian MAsons. '
' HE might of the Father of heaven,
and the wiſdom of _ his glorious Son,
through the grace and goodneſs of the. Holy '
Ghoﬅ, being three perſons in one Godhead, ſ
be with us at our beginning, and, give us! r
grace ſo to govern us here in 'our living,'tha.\;
we may come to his bliſs that never ſhall
have end. Amen. '
Another Prayer, and tbaf abdidit maﬅ ge- i
neral at Making ar Opening.

'O S T holy 'and glOrious Lord God,
' thou great architect of heaven and
earth, who art the giver of all good gifts
and graces, and haﬅ promiſed that when two
- - ſi ' E or
50 AHIMANREZON
or three are gathered together in thy Name,
thou wilt be in the midﬅ of them: In thy
Name we aſſemble and meet together, moﬅ
humbly beſeeching thee to bleſs us in all
our undertakings, that we may know and
ſerve thee aright, that all our doings may
tend to thy glory and the ſalvation' of out:
ſouls. - .
AND we beſeech thee, 0 Lord God, to ,
bleſs this our preſent undertaking, and grant
that this our new brother may dedicate
life to thy ſervice, and be a true and faithful
brother among us: Endue him with a corn-1
petency of thy divine wiſdom, that he may,
with the iEcrets of Free-'maſonry, beable to
unfold the mYﬅeries of godlineſs and Chriſ
tianity. This we moﬅ humbly beg, in the
Name, and for the ſake, of Jesus CHRXS'F
our Lord and Saviour. Amen. '
*AHABATH_OLAM.
A Prayer' repeated in tin- Royai-ArCh Lodge
at Jeruſalem:
t , HOUihaﬅ loved us, OLord out God,
_with eternal Love; thou haﬅ' ſpared
'6an 'if-m; on drew
us
AHIMAN REZON. --;\
us With gi-eat and excteding patience; our
Path-'fir and our King, for 'thy 'great NAME'S
ſike, land for 'our ſifkth'dr's ſake 'Who truﬅed
ib' dice, to Whom thou didſt tedch 'the ﬅa
tutes e? life, that they might do after' the
RatUteS of thy good pleaſure with a perfect
heart: So be thou merciful unto us,*O our
Father, merciful Esther, that ſheweth mer
cy, have mercy upon us-We beſeech thee,
and put,underﬅandingjþntoour hearts, that
we may underﬅand, be wiſe, hear, learn,
teach, keep, do, and perform all the words
of the doctrine of thy law in love, and en->
lighten our eyes) in 'thy commandments, and
cauſe our hearts 'to cleave to thy law, ſiand
unite them in the, love and fear of thy
NAME ; we will not he aſhamed; nor con; ,
founded, nor ﬅumble', forever and evm.v
ſſBECAUSE we have truﬅed in thy nour; _- l
GREA-T, MIGHTY,-.and TERRIBLE. NAME,
we will rejoice and be 'glad 'm 'by ſalvarien;
and in thy thereiesz Q Lord our God 3/ and
the mxfltitude oiPthy mercies ſhall not fore
\ ſake us; for ever: Selah. And nowſſmake/ ſi
haﬅe and bring upon us a bleflingz and' peace
from the four evr-ners of the, exit-th: for
thou art a God thatE woek'eﬅ
z , ſalVationz.
" and, ſi
vhaue
52 _AHIMAN-REZON.®
has choſen us out every people and lan- -
guage 5 and thou, our king, has cauſed us
to cleave to thy GREATzNAME, in love to
praiſe thee and to beunited to thee, t and to
love thy name: bleſſed art_ thou, O Lord '
God, who haﬅ choſen thy peoplein
love.
AVING inſerted this p'rayer,'and-m'en

tioned that part of Maſonry commonly
called the Royal Arch (which I xfirmly be
lieve to be the root, heart, and marrow of
maſonry) I cannot forbear giving a hint of a
certain evil deſignerct'f, v who has made ſſa trade
thereof for ſome time Paﬅ, and has drawn
in a number of worthy, honeﬅ men, and
made them believe that he and his
truly taught them all andctevery partaffiﬅants
of the
abovementioned branch of' maſonr'y, which
they ſoon communicated to the worthy bre
thren of their acquaintance, without being'
able to formv any ſort of jſidgment whereby
* I am ſorry to find he-has aſecond in iniquity, but as

they are both overwhelmed with years andvpoverty, e'en
let them die in ignominy and ſilent contempt- X 7
's
they
A-H 1"M"A'---N a R E z o N. . 53
they might diatzigizmi truth from falſehood,
and conſequently couldſſ not diſcern the im
pofitionile but," 'as Z'the wiſe Seneca uﬅly ohl
* ſerves, itſiſfaſſrdſſs'wſih in' human life as in' '
afrriuktſiediarmy,e one 'Pcumhles firﬅ 'and then'
anotheflffirlctls' uponſ him? and ſo they follow,
one upon .the necklxof the'othelr, till 'the
What---'raa-*'t_affle;*m heibhr Mishap of '
. miſcarriagEÞifſi This', thecaſe _ of _ all thoſe'
who thiſr'i'kſſhltectrfiſelveS' RoyaLAtch'Maſons; ſi
writteutjþafflng-"cha 'thar-run 'regular-John,"
&purging-lathe als-cheatjeuaqm ofthe craft:
Te'ahisi-T warsaaaneoþrnioh 'creek-wor
ſhipful-Þbrofhei-L better ' Fffie/d D'flſſgflq,
print-edszhrlehe-yea;;'i744;'x a same-oathe '
" fraternity (ſays he) have expreſſed -an 'un-- -
' 'Fehfindſs-At'this: matter being-kept- a ſecret *
i 'I
'f frOm them.
through the (ſince they hadofalready
uſual degrees paſſedI
probation)
".Cannot. being of opinion, "that! they' i
_ 'f have .no right to any ſuch benefit jun'til a '
'I they) make 'a proper application, and are
.*'_ receivedwith due formality : AndjasJit 'isffl *
" an organized body of men who 'have paſſed
"- the'chair, and giVett undþeniable proofs of, '
" their ſkill in .architectute, zitd dannot be
" treatedwith too much reverence; and more \
' ' " eſpecially
54 p AHIMAN. RELQITY
't Gſpccially ſince, the of the me;
" ſent. members Qf that particular Rode? are
"untaintedi and their. hchaviour judisiaus
"and'unexccptionablez So that there cannot >
'I be the leaﬅ hinge to hang adown on, he;
f'- that. their are mqﬅfmll-W MWYT':
Tin: vrt-zſjprct I hereforth: very name of\
tree-mation,
the. n'am? ofis,the
ſuffiqiqnt;
Perſhſiato.there:
makepoint-4
me. consent,
an, _
And. inſtead of erreſt-s him. . NNW-th '
' zing-law, sithe asse- ht juﬅlx deſerves-t I.
* earneſtly wiſh. that Gan 'Iluztfflfi him no.
out. 95 his preſentlaÞ-Yfiaxþ Of darkneſs; to:
the. true light of maſontrz. Wit-this, truth', '
chariryz, and juﬅice. ' v' -:.:ſi p. . 1
I make no maturer-of doubt, but that this
will reach the hands ofthe' derſhn aimed at ;
and as my! intention is rather to reſorm than
offend, I hope he will anſwer my expecta
tion, in laying aſide ſuch evils asimay- bring
* diſhonour to the craft and himſelf3, andI
affure'h'im (upon the honour of a maſm) I
have no evil deſign againﬅ him, no more
t than
whenHtſſoa' had againﬅ
he wrote-the his brother
following advice. Pnykrz'
ſi
\: O Perſes,
AHIMA'N REZQN. 5;
5
ſ) Perſes, fooliſh Perſes, bow thine ear,
'To the good counſels of a ſoul ſince-re ;
To wicſſkedneſs the iroad is quickly found, _
Short is the way and on an eaſy ground ; - _ M '
The paths of virtue muﬅ be reach'd by toil,'
Arduous and long and on a rugged ſoil ;
Thorny the gate, bet when the top you gain,
Fair is theffiuture and 'the proſpect plain :
Far does the man Another men cited, a .* ' . . -)
Whp from his wiſdom thinks in all things well 3'
Wife/ly conſidering to himſelf a Friend,
All for the preſent 'beﬅ 'and for the end :
Nor is the man without hisſhaxe of praiſe,"
Who well the dictates of the wiſe obeys z
, But he Lhzt is not yviſe himſelf, nor cgn r-D
. Hearken to wiſdom-r is a uſeleſs man.
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Old Regulatzſiam. i-ſi * - -'ſi-ct New Regulatiam.
LTHE grand-maﬅer I. THAT is only

or deputy has full when the grand-war
authority and right, dens are abſent, for
not 'inly to be pre the grand-maﬅercan
ſent, but alſo to pre not deprive them of
fide in eVery lodge their office without
with the maﬅerof the ſhewing cauſe, fairly
Jod'geffon his left appearing to the
hand 3 and to order grand-lodge, accord
his
ſi grand-wardens to ing t'o the old regu
attend
lation,
AHIMAN REZON. 57
Old Regulatz'onr. i New Regulatz'onr;
attend him, who are lation, XVIII : So
not to act as wardens that if they are pre
of particular lodges, ſent in a particular
but in his preſence, lodgewith the grand
andlat his comm_and;_ rnaﬅer; thpymuﬅ act
for the grand-anaﬅer, as-wardens there. i
while_i_n 3; particular,
lodge, may command hive: Somegrand-lOd
'v 'order'edfi tſi es
Athe'w'ardensi ofſi
lodge: per-any 'other ndnezbut thengahd-
maﬅeeraſohs, 'to maﬅ-er, This? de'put'y,
' as' his Wardehs,
import; 'ſi i p'rd and- wardens (who are:
ther only grand offi-:
a" ,_
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....h 'J' _1 cersdſhopldwear their; *
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Ll ſ
- dantz. t'o blue.- * 2rib-.
P v v
r i " '_ ' ;_ l bPZlds: xab0M<i5their

3- '
I
'. Xſ I_£ I 13.<,=cl<sz_zand White lear;
ſ ..i\...'1..,t-
.l .'t_ ".-
1
r" theraprons ,_bl__u_e_
' 217. ſilk, which ſort£of_
* I 'lux
aprons alſo'- 'be
t .4 _ Pipen;
* ' ning' -_ ſi . 'wi
* I ſhall at all times be confoflhable, and payd 'us-reads;"

to every right worſhipful grand lodge' of Lregular frets
maſons, and am well aſſured that grand offic'crszpnlyj
ſhould be diﬅinguiſhed by gold jewels, and them'accprdffl'
ing to their proper order; but at the ſame time-I aſimlcer.A
tain, that every member of the grand lodge has' an nn.ſſ=
doubted right to wear purple, blue, white, or crimſon.
ſ
53. . AH-IMAN REZON.
1 Old Rise-[acting New' &galeth/21. A
worn by former 'grand
officers.
'I .-,'
IIx The' 'maſter of' .< 1 II: If agreed,
a particular'- Lodg'e'I that if a maﬅer of a
has the right and au*--ſi particular lodgeictsde- '
' thority of QQÞZFPBV poſed, or demitsithe
Lips the members of sole: ward-Wax
his lodge into a chime Jorthwithfiuxhfiwu
ter, upon..any were. ' tor's chairtill nex:
gency or; occurrence, time chooſing, and
as. well-as toappoin-L ev'er ſince in the maſ
the time and place of: ter's 'abſence he fills
their uſual forming; thechair,eventhough
and in caſe of death a former, maﬅer. he
Or ſickneſs, or neceſ . preſent 5 excepthe has
ſary abſence of the a mind to honour a
maﬅer, the ſenior moreſkilful paﬅ-maſ
warden ſhall act as ter,- which is fre-z
maﬅer, pro temporr, quently the caſe.
if no brother is pre
ſent who has been '
maﬅer of that 'lodge
before; fer the ab
ſent maﬅer's autho
rity reyer-ts to the laﬅ
maﬅer Ill. No
AHIMANv REZOM ctw
Old Regulatz'am. New Regulatzbns.
maﬅerpreſent,th0iLgh
he cannot act till
the ſenior warden
congregates the lodge. ' en ': * r ' '.
III. The maﬅer 2. III- NQ lodg: ſhall
of each particular be attired-from. their
lodge, or one of the flame? Place of inner:
wardens, or ſome ingzfiorffllffibffhouſſi
_othe'r brother by'ap Withwegiving gree.
pointment Tof the Avious notice to the
Grand ſecretary (ton-ſi
haſten (bait _kch
4. zbeszk' contazning taining, reaſons for
- thfif Þye-lawe a; the; fflflmvah under
nameſ their the; forfciwe. of one
- bees-fand a liﬅpfl 311. guiden zto the; grand
hedges- izx, tPWPa eharityflzn 3 *_: -: -.*
with the uſLIal TFiMS r >
ship-1'acejs-
. of _. their
. . a 17' \
.
forming, and' of
tranſactions alſo the 'A
A their
own lodge, that are

proper to be written. z, - -z.;-,
U; No, lodge ſhall - Ilii-'This regulation
Wake more than five: Lamglectedfoxſevfflal '
am brethcrz at one Rceſonsz, and is now '
. r and ohſelete, > * '
_'* For method of removing, ſee the 9th Regulation.

60 AſſHIſiMAN Rp-ZO-N.
_
Old Renulatz'am. Qſj RZgulationr.
and the ſame time,
without an urgent
neceſſity; nor' any
man underrthe bage
of twenty-'five years,
"(whoimuﬅ jalſo be
his own maﬅer) una
leſs a diſpenfiition '
from the grand-maſ
ket. O ' ;
" Z*V.- Noſi'man can be 'i grafidffeſii
aCCePted 'at mſſctenibe'r
cretary can direct the?
"of a Particular lodge, petitioner'Sffjin ſithe
Withdut -pre'VZo"us no; for-rungſ a' Tdirpenr-j
tice one month be-' ſitidh,-- ' - if wanted ;
fdre given to the but it' theyknow the' -
lodge, in order to can'didate, they n'do
make due inquiry in not '3 require "a.- diſh,"
-'r-,- ,.- , --.:':Y::-\-!
to the reputation and penſation, - * .
capacity of the can
ſ I' &ſo.
didatc, unleſs by a
diſpenſationl v a - : *':*""-',;
i' VI." But-no man 1' Vi. Noj'viſſtor,
can 'be entered a" broa however ſkilled in"
ther in "any particuſi maroZi-ryfſhan Be acts
lar lodge, or admit mitted into a lodge,
' X,
-
ted unleſs,
o 'I I
I
e
AHIMAN REZON. w'

Old ergtzllatz'am.ſi New REgulatz'om.
ted a member there unleſs he is perſon;
of, without the u ally known too, or
nanimous conſent of well vouched and re.
all the members of commended by one
that lodge then pre of that lodge then *
ſent, when the can preſent 'Fl '
didate is propoſed, But it was found
and when their con inconvenient to infiſi:
ſent is formally aſked uponnnanimityinſe
by the maﬅer, they veral caſes, and there
are to give their Con fore the grand-maſ
ſent in their own ters have allowed the
prudent way ,; either lodges-'to admit a'
virtually, or in form; member 'if there are
but with unanim'ityi, not - above 'three bal- .
r Nor is this inherent lots againﬅ him:
privilege ſubject to a though --ſ0me_ lodges
diſpenſation, becauſe deſire nblſuchallowqh
the members of a' ance. ' . ' IX
e."
particular lodge are
the beﬅ judges of it ;
and becauſe, if a
turbulent
' I ſhall not mention the cauſe of the above vnew regula
tion being made, but certain it is that real Free Maſons
have no occaſion for any ſuch regulation, theyſibeing able
to diﬅinguiſh a true brother, let his country or language
be ever ſo remote or obſcure to us ; nor is ibin the powcr
of falſe pretenders to deceive us.
63' AHIMAN REZON.
Old Regd/atz'om. New Rag-wlatſem.
turbulent ſifne'mber .
ſhould beimpoſed on .
them; it might ſpoil
their harmony or hin
der the freedom of
theircommunication,
or even'l break or diſ
perſethelodge,which
ought to be avoided
by all that are true
and-faithful.
VIL Every new VII. See, this ex
brother, at his entry, plain'd in the ac
is decently to Cloath, count of the conﬅi- ,
the lodge, that is, all tution of the general
the brethren preſent, charity; only partie
and to depofi-te fome cular lodges are not
thing for the relief limited,but may take.
of the indigent and their own method for
decayed brethren, as charity.
the candidate ſhall
think fit to beﬅow,
over and
ſ ſmall above that
allowa'nce the
may be ﬅated in the

bye-laws of that' par
ticular lodge, which
charity' ſhall be kept ' ſ iVIll.E'vcryi
/
AHrMAN REZON. 63
Old-Regqlatz'om. New Regulatiom.
by the caſhier 3 alſo
the candidate ſhall
ſolemnly promiſe to
ſubmit to the conﬅi
tuti'ons, and other
good uſages, that
ſhall be intimated to
him, in time and
place convenient. ., ' * '
VIII. No ſet or VIH- ' Every w?"
number Of' brethren ther concerned _m
ſhall withdraw or making maſonschn
' ſeparate themſelves deﬅinely, ſhall not
the lodge in be to
which they were any lodge till he has

made or were at; madedue Submiffion,'
terwards, admitted eVffltho'the brother
members, unleſs the ſo admmcd' may bd
lodge become too nu- allowed
merods ; nor even None Who mAke a
then, without a diſ; ſtated lodge without
penſation- ſtern the the grand smaﬅerk
Grand maﬅer o'r\de_ warrant ſhall be ad
pUty; and when thus mitted into regular
ſeparate-dr- they muﬅ lodges,till they make
either immediately due ſubmiffion. and
join themſelves to obtain Stag /
' ſuch .. if
, l
\ l
A"HIMAN REZOſiN.
64. -
Old Regulatiom.. i
N'ere Regulatz'om'.
. ſuch other lodges that - If. any brethren
they ſhall like beﬅ form a lodge Without
(who are willing to leave, and ſhall irre
receive them) or elſe gularly make (that is
obtain the Grand vwithout the grand
maﬅer's warrant to maﬅer's warrant) new
join in forming a new brothers, they ſhall
lodge, to be regularly not be admitted into
conﬅituted in good any regular lodge, no
time. ' not as vifitors, till
If any Set or num they render' a good.
ber of maſons, ſhall reaſon, or make due
p tak'e upon themſelves ſubmiffion. 'i
to form a lodge with If anylodge Within
out the Grand Maſ the limits of the city
- teſſr's warrant, . the fre
of London, 'ceaſe to
gular lodges are not meet regularly during
to countenance them, twelve months ſuc
* nor.own them as fair -Ceſſ1ve, and notikeep
brethren duly form .up to the rules and
ed, nor approve of orders of the grand
their acts and deeds 3 lodge, its numberand
but muﬅ treat them place ſhall be eraſed
' as rebels, until they and diſcontinedin the
humble ' themſelves grand lodge-books z
as the grand maﬅer and
ſſto be if they petition
ſhall inhis prudence inſerted or own
- * ' . direct ed
AHIMAN REZON. 65
Old Regu/atiam. New Regulatiom. *
direct, and until he ed as a regular lodge '
approve'of them by it muſt loſe its for
his warrant ſignified mer place and rank
to the other lodges, of precedency, and
as the cuﬅomis when ſubmit to a new con
act new lodge _is to flitution. ;
be ,.regiﬅere_d in the .\ Seeing-that ſome
Grand lodge-book. extraneous brothers
have been lately made
in-a clandeﬅine man
ner; that is, 'in no
regular lodge, nor by
any authority or 'diſ
penſation from the
grand-maﬅerfflnd up
On ſmall and unwora
thy conſiderations, to
the diſhonour
craft. i r of the
The grand lodge

decreed, that no per
ſon ſo made, nor any
concerned in making
him, ſhallhe a grarrd
officer, nor an officer
of any 'v particularct
7 ſ i lodgez
66 A-H IM A'N . R Nete-
EZ Real-hewe
are ſ
014.! &games-re.
I" lodges; nor- ſhall any
flitch partake of . the
general charity, if
they ſhould come to'
Want it. ,- *
But' ifanYBroFa ' IX) Whereas ſeve
ther ſo far miſhchave ral diſputes have ari- .
himſelf, as to render ſen about the remo
i his lodg-e'unſſeſiaſy, he'
valof lodges from one
fhallrbſſe- thrice duly'
houſe to another, and
admdnifhed 'by the it has been queﬅioned
(maﬅer and "wardens in whom that power'
'in that lodge formed;ſſ is inveﬅed, it is here--v
and if'he will not re by declared, That no
frain hisimprddenCe, lodge le removed wiſly
nor obediently ſub_-' out tlae mzyler's bia-ava-v
mit to the advice of ledge, t/Jzzt no mation
his brethren,- he ſhall be made far ram-ving:
zſi'z the may/leſs abﬅ'zce,
be deal-t with ac'cord:
ing to the bye-laws and tlmt the mation'
of that particnlar þeﬅcanded, or thirde-al,
lodge ; or elſe in ſuch tlze 'my-ler ſhall order'
a manner as the grand ſhmmom': to every incli
lodge, ſhall "in their vidua-l member, ſheaf-
great prudence think fling tl>e bzgſimffir, and'
afpozſinting a day for
fit, for which 'a new
Regu 7 bearing
AHJMA N R E 2 o N. $67
Old Regulatzbms - New Regk/atz'onr.
Regulation may be' Hearing and determin-'
a'ſterve-wrote mile.
ing the Afflir, at leſſ
ten Day/s beg/bra, and
the determzctnatzſionſha/l
He made by the 'nag/'0
þrz'zfy; butg'ſ lzebe yf
tbe mzharity agairg/t' re
mwzrzg; z'be lodgeſ/pall
' not be removed, unleſſ
the majority canſi/Zr gf
fill] two third: gf t/Je
members pry/&nt.
But if the maﬅer
refuſe to direct ſuch
Summons's either of ,
'the Wardens may do
it 3 and iſ the maﬅer
neglect-s to attend on
"the, day fixed, the
warden 'may prefide
in determining the
affair in the manner
'preſcribed ; but they
ſhall not, in the maſ
ter's' abſence, * enter
upon any other cauſe
Fz * but
68 AHIMAN REZON:
Old Regulatz'om. New' chuldtſonr;
but what is particu
larly mentioned ' in
the ſame ſummons.
And if the lodge is
thus regularly order:
ed to be removed, the
maﬅer or warden
ſhall ſend notice to
the ſecretary of the
grand lodge, for the
publiſhing the ſame
at the next grand
lodge.
X. The majority _ X. Upon a ſudden
of" every particular emergency, the grand
lodge, when Congre lodge has alloWed a
gated (not elſe) ſhall private brother to be p
have privilege of giv preſent, and, with,
ing inﬅructions to leave aſked andgiven,
their maﬅer and war to ſignify his mind if'
dens before the meet it was about what
ing of the 'grand concerned maſonry,
chapter, becauſe the but not to vote.
ſaid officers are their
repctreſentatives, and
ſuppoſed to ſpeak the
' - ſen XI. The
-'*_--*_ v _>_.__,
AHIMAN REZON. 69ſi

' Old Reguſatiom. New Regularz'om.
ſentiments of their
brethren, at the ſaid
'grand lodge. '
XI. All particular Xſ. The ſame
lodges are to obſerve uſages for'ſubﬅance
the like uſages as are actually obſerved .
much as poffible in in every regularlodge
order to which, and (0f.\ real free and ac
[alſo for cultivating a cepted maſons) which
good underﬅanding is much o'wing to vi
among Free-Maſons, ſiting brethren, who
ſome members of e compare the dſages *.
very lodge ſhall be ( b
deputed- to viſit other

lodges, as often as *
ſhall be thought 'Con
venient.
XII. The grand . XII. There muﬅ
lodge conſiﬅs of, and be no leſs than the
is maﬅers
* It is a truth beyond contradiction, that the free and
accepted Maſons in Ireland, Scotland, and the ancient
Maſons in England, have one and the ſame cuﬅoms,
uſages, and ceremonies : But this is not the caſe with the
modern Maſons in England, who differ materially not ,
only from the abQVe, but from moﬅ Maſons under
Heavm.
70 . AHlMAN REZON.',
Old Regulatz'am. New Regulatiazs.
is formed by, the maﬅers and wardens
maﬅers and wardens offive regular lodges,
of all the particular together. with one or
lodges upon record, all oſ the grand offi
with the grand maſ-i cers at their head, to
ter at their head, vform a Grand Lodge.
the deputy on his left vNo new lodge is
hand, and the grand owned, nor their offi
' wardens in their cers admitted into
places. . the grand lodge, un
Theſe muﬅ have leſs it be regularly
their quarterly com conﬅituted' and re
giﬅeredſſ. ,
mumcations, or
monthly meetings All who have been
and adjournments, as or_*ſhallſhactll
be grand maſ
ters, be, mem
often as occaſion re
quires, in ſome con bers of and vote inZII
venient place, as the grand lodges."
grand maﬅerſhall ap_ ' All who have been
point, where none or ſhall be deputy
ſhall be preſent but its grand maﬅers, ſhall
'own propermembers, be members of and
* without leave aſked vote in' all. grand
and given 3 and while lodgcs*.
fi'ch All
' Pafi Maflers of warranted" lodges on record, are al.
lowed this privilege, whilfl they continue to be members
of any regular lodge.
A H I MAN REZON: V
Old Reguldfz'am. New Rflgrdlafzbhs.
-ſi All who have been
ſuch a ﬅkanger (tho'
a brother) ﬅays, he or ſhall grand Wif
is not allowed to dens, ſhall be mem'
vote, nor even to - Bers dram! vote in 'an
grind lbſſdgbsz ſ
ſpeak to' any queſ
tion,
xof the Without leave
grand lodge, Maﬅers &Well-flew
of Particular lodges,
or unleſs he is ,de-' ſhall ifieVelf attend the
fixed to give his opi grand lodge WithoUt
Ilion' their? jeWels, . accept
-AlI matters in Zhe
' gſirand lodge are de-. upon giving 'gobd ahd
ſufficient, r6aſonsſi: ' > . '
termined by a majo If any officer of a
' 1
.
\ rity of Pores; each
particulai' lodge can
member having-one not 'attendz he may
vote, a'm'dthe grahd
ſefid a Brother of his
maﬅer (Wo votes, lodgev (that has been
'unleſs the grand
in that or, a higher
lodge leave/any pz'ifn office before) with his ſi
ticfilar' thing \tc_> the. jeyti'el a'nd cloakhingſis
deþerminafion of the to 'ſopþliyl vhis room;
grandsm'aﬅer, fo'r
_ fluidzſuppOrt the ho-o _
ſa'k'e dſ eipeditj'dii. ,
A dom-of his lodge. -
XIII." Atthegra-nd
* r 'iodge ' mectingſi al-þ *--Xv-III.* Whac'b'wfia *
fleſ's cannot se fraine-v
Mter: that eofieer'fl 1 (acted at qxieþlodgfe,
4',
_.xl'16'..
1..3 __V_**
i w-**.'.
72 AHI'MAN REZONſi
Old Regzdatzſiam. New Regu/atiam.ſſ '
the fraternity in 'ge may be referred to

neral or particular the committee of
lodges, or ſingle bro charity, and by them
thers, are ſedatelyand reported to the next
maturely to be diſ grand lodge.
courſed of. The maﬅer oſ a
I . Apprentices muﬅ lodge with his war
be admitted fellow dens and a compe
craſts and maﬅers on tent number of the
ly here, unleſs by a lodge aſſembled in
diſpenſation from the due form, can make
grand-maﬅer *. a maﬅers and ſellov'vs
2. Here alſo all at diſcretion.
differences that can It was agreed in
not be made up, or the grand lodge; that
accommodated pri no petitions or aP
vately, * peals
* This is a. very ancient regulation, but ſeldom put in
practice 3 new Maſons being generally made at private
lodges; however the Right Worſhipful Grand Maﬅer
'has full 'power and authority to make (or cauſe to be made
in his Worſhip's preſence) free and accepted Maſons at
ſight, and ſuch making is good. But they cannot be
made out 'of his Worſhip's preſence, without a written
'diſpenſation for that purpoſe. Nor can his Worſhip _
oblige any warranted lodge to receive the ſiperſons ſo made
if the members ſhould declare againﬅ him or them; but,
in ſuch caſe, the Right Worſhipſul Grand Maﬅer may
grant them a Warrant and form them into a new lodge.
AHlMA'N REZON. 73 .
Old Regulatz'am. New Regulatiom.
vately, nor by a par ,Peals ſhall be heard
on the annual grand- ſ
ticular lodge, are to
. be ſeriouſly confider lodge or feaﬅ-day; .
ed and decided; and nor ſhall any buſineſs
if any brother thinks be tranſacted that
him-ſelf aggrieved by tends to interrupt the 4
the deciſion, he may harmony of the aſ
appeal to the grand ſembly, but all ſhall
Jodge next enſuing,' be referred to the.
'and leave his appeal next grand lodge, or
in writing" with the ﬅewards lodge. *
grand maﬅer, the de
puty or grand war
dens *.
Hither alſo all the Theſe liﬅs are
officers of particular brought to the grand '
lodges ſhall bring a lodge every quarter,
liﬅ of ſuch members viz. on the firﬅ Wed-'T
as have been made, neſday in 'March, '
or even admitted by June, September, and .
them ſince vthe laﬅ December.
grand lodge.
4.. There ſhall be
books ſſkept by the r'
grand Another
* This was the cuﬅom, in time of old; but ever ſince
the inﬅitution of the office of grand ſecretary, all writings
in the nature of appeals and petitions are left with him.
\
74 A'H I.M A'N 'R EZ O'N,_
Old Reguhtionrt New Regulat'bm. ,
grand maﬅer or de
_ puty, or rather by
- ſome other brother
appointedjſecretaryof
thev grand lodge,
wherein ſhall be re
' , corded'all the lodges,
_with the uſual times
and places of their /
forming, and the
names of all the
members of each
' lodge; alſo all the.
affairs of the grand
lodge that are prOþer
' to be written; '
5. Thegrand lodge'
ſhall Conſider of- the
moſt prudent and ef- .,
fectual means
d ' lecting of 'col
and diſpofing
of what money ſhall

beſilodged with them
on charity, towards
the relief 'only of a'ny
true brother fallen
r into
See
z"
\
AH'iſiM-'AN R"E Z'ON. 75
Old Regulatimm - ' New Regulaflhm.
into poVerty and de-_
cay, but none elſe.
6. But each parti \ Seekegdlationsfjorc
cular lodge may diſ Cheriſh 'Paſsesz- s
poſe of their own
charity for poor bro
thers, according to
their own bye-laws,
until it be agreed by
all the lodges (in a
new regulation *) to
carry in the charity
collected by them, to
the grand lodge at
their quarterly or an
nual communication,
in order to make a
common ﬅock for the '
more handſOme re;
lief of poor brethren,
7. They ſhall ap
point a treaſurer, (a
brother of wordly
ſubﬅance, who ſhall 'a
I be T -- ſ Another
.. 2 ſhis explained in the regulation for charity,

76 AHIMAN R'EZONh
- old Re'gulaliom. New Regulatiamſi
be a member of the
grand lodge by virtue'
v of his office, and ſhall
be always preſent and
have power to move
to the grand lodge
any thing that con
ſi Cerns hishim
8. To office.
ſhall be
committed all money

raiſed for the gene
ral charity, or for any
other uſe of the grand,
lodge, which he ſhall
write down in a book,
with the reſpective
ends and uſes for
which the ſeveral i
ſums are intended,

and ſhall expend or
diſburſe the ſame by
ſuch a certain order
figned, as the grand
lodge ſhall hereafter
agree to in a new re
gulation. '
But' ' Another
AHIMAN REZON. 77_
Old Regulatiomil New Regulatiom. .
,But by virtue of
his office, as treaſu
rer, without any o
ther qualification, he
ſhall not vote in
\chooſing a new grand
maﬅer and grand
Wardens, tho' in every
other tranſaction. _
9. In like manner
the ſecretary ſhall be
a member of the
grand lodge, by vir
tue of his office, and
ſhall vote in every
thing, except in
ctehooſing grand offi
cers.
10. The treaiurer
band ſecretary _mayſi
have each a clerk or
affiﬅant if they think
fit', who muﬅ be a
brother and a maſ
ter, maſon, but muﬅ
' ' never Another
73.; AHIMAN REZONQ
Old Repletion. t New Reguletmu'
never be a member
of the grand lodge,
nor ſpeak without
being allowed or
commanded.
11. The grand
maﬅer or deputy,
have authority al
ways to command
the treaſurer and ſe
cretary to attend him,
with their clerks and
books, in order to ſee
how matters go on,
and to know what is
expedient to be done
upon any emergency.
12. Anotherr'bro
Another brother; ,
ther and maﬅer ma and 'maﬅer maſon'is
ſon ſhould be ap appointedv purſuivant
pointed the'tyler, to and ﬅationed at. the _
look after the door 3 inWard. door of. thſ
but he muﬅ be no grand lodge 5 his bu-a.
member of the grand fineſs is to report, the '
lodge. 'names and titles _of _
13. But all
AHIMAN REZO'N£_' 79;_
I A New Regnhfibm.
OldRegulatiam.
® La, But theſe: offi all that-want 'admit-l
ces may - be fur-ther _ tanee, and to go upon. '
_ explained þy a' new meffuages, &e. but.
he the
' ſhgulation, When the vof is not-a
grandmemberz
neceſſity or expedi- -
eney- of them may. not allowed to ſpeak- .
more appear than at' Withoutorders. * a
i; v 3.I"ſſ 1 lI'J
ternity; 'ſi XIVr Ictn the firﬅ -

4 .\
. XIV. -If- at any"

grand'llodge, ﬅated edition the right of
oroccafional, month grand wardens was
13: Qr axmnal, the omitted in this regu
grand; maﬅer: andv de lation, and it has
Pllt'flf Wflkfld both he. been ſince found that
aþſffllt, thffil the pra" , the old lodges never
_ ſent maﬅer of 3210de put into the chair the
that has been'longcﬅr maſter of 'a particu
a free-mation, ſhall, lar lodge, but When
take. the chair and there was no grand
prefide as p Grand. warden in company,
Men. pro, trhzgare, preſent nor former;
mld, ſhall. bewail-ed and that in ſuch a
With- Qllzztbs- honour caſe, ' a grand officer
and power for the always took place of
time being, provided any maﬅer of a lodg? . ,
there that
"\
80 "AHIMANREZON.
Old Regulatiamſi New 'Regulatz'o'zrſi
the\re is- no brother that has not been a
preſent that has been grand officer.
grand-maﬅer or de Therefore, in caſe
puty formerly z for of thehabſence of all
the laﬅ. former grand grand maﬅers ſi and
maſter or deputy in deputies, the preſent
company, takes place ſenior grand wardens.
of right in the ab fills the chair. 3 and in'
ſence of the grand his abſence, the'ju
maﬅer or deputy. nior grand' war- '
den 3' and in his ab
ſence the dideﬅ for
'mer grand -'warden
in' company 3 and iſ
no former-grand offi- ,
' cer be found,v then
the oldeﬅ ſree-maſon
r who is now the-maſ-'
ter of a lodge*?. '
' BUt to avoid diſ-r
putes, the grand
maﬅer uſually'-- gives
a particular commiſ- ct
fion, under 'his hand

XV. In and
* The pre-eminence isſſgenerally given to the maﬅer of
the ſenior lodge, without regard to the age of the maﬅers.
AHIMAN
Old Reguldfzſiarm '
Mw Regularhm. _
I and ſealOfoffieexbun-s'
\ _ terfigne'd-bythe grand _
ſecretary, to the ſeni
er grand Wardeni, or.
in hisabſence to the -
j-unior, to act as de
puty grand i maﬅer,
when the deputy is
not in town.
XV. In the grand XV. Soon after the

lodge no'nfe can act'a's firﬅeditionofthe'book
Wardens but- the Pre of conﬅitutions, the
ſent grand wardens, grand lodge finding it
if in-comPany' 3 an'd'if Was always the an
abſent the grand maſ cient uſage that the
ter- ſhal'l- order' pri oldeﬅ former grand
Vate wardens to act wardens ſupplied the
as grand wardens pre places of thoſe of the
tempore, whoſe places year whenabſent, the
are to be' ſupplied by --grand-maﬅers. ever' \
two fellow-ſſcrafts,
a ſince has ordered-them
or maﬅer maſons of to take place; im
the ſame lodge, called mediately,_. and act as'
forth to/act, orſent grand Wardens, pro
thither by the maﬅer tempore, which they
[thereof 5 or, if by always do in the ab-u '
G ſence
3? See page 62'
82 AHIMAN REZON.
Old Regulatz'am. i
New Regu/atz'om.
him omitted, the ſence of the grand
'grand maﬅer, or he wardens for the year,
that preſides, ſhall except when they
call them forth to have waved their pri
'actz ſo that the vilege for that time,
g'rand lodge may be 'to honour ſome bro
always compleat. ther, whom they
thought more fit for
the preſent ſervice.
But if no former
grand-wardens are in
company, the grand
i maﬅer, or he that
preſides, calls forth
,__ whom he pleaſes, to
act grand-wardens,
pra temper-e *.
XVl. 1 .The grand ' XV I. I. This was
wardens, or any o intended for the eaſe
thers, are firﬅ to ad- 7 'of the' grand maﬅer,
viſe with the deputy and for the honour
about the affairs of of the deputy.
the/lodges of private
ſingle brothers, and 2. lN'o
t are
* Preſerence is given to the maﬅer or paﬅ-maﬅer of the
oldeﬅ lodge preſent.
.,__L-_.___.__
l
AHIMAN REZON. '83

Old Regulatzſiom. New Regulatzſiam.
are not to apply to
the _ grand maﬅer
without the know
ledge of the deputy, '
unleſs he refuſe his -
concurrence.
2. In which caſe, 2. No ſuch 'eath
'or in caſe of any dif has happened in out'
ference oftheſentiment
i between deputy time, and all grand
maﬅers govern more
and grand-wardens, by love than power.
or other brothers,
both parties are to go
to the grand-maﬅer
by conſent ; who, by
virtue of his great 1
authority and power
Can, eafily decide the -
controverſy,and make
up the difference.
3. The grand maſa _ 3. o irregular ap-i
ter ſhould not receive plic'ation's have been
any private intima made (in our time) to '
tions of buſineſs con the grand maﬅer.
cerning maſons and
maſonry, but from
his deputy firﬅ, ex-,
, G , cept
a), AHIMAN REZON. I
i * Old Rſictegulat'zſiom.
New Reguldriarrfl.
cept in ſuch caſesſi as
ſ his worſhip can ea
fily judge of: and iſ

the application to the '
grand maﬅer be irre
gular,. his worſhip
ean order the grand
izvardens, ſior any ſo
applying, towazit up
o_n the deputy, who
is ſpeedily to prepare
the buſineſs, and lay
it orderly before' his
Worſhip.
XVII. No grand UXVII. Old grand
maﬅer, deputygrand officers,are now ſome
maﬅer,grand warden, of them officers Of
treaſurer, or ſecreta Particular lodges, but
tary, or whoever acts are not deprived of
for them, or in their their privilege-in the'
ﬅead, pro temper-e, can grandlodge, to ſit and
at tlie 'ſame time act vote there as old
* as the maﬅer or ware grand officers; 'only
/ den. Of a particular he deput'es a paﬅ offi
lodge; but as ſoon cer oſ hisparticular
as any of them .* lodge to act, þ'ra temeſſ
has diſcharged his pore, as the officer of
' , pub that
AHIMANREZONL' 85
OldRegulqtiom. 7 New Regulatimr
public offise- heare? that lodge, at the
turns (to that poﬅ. pr 'grand lodge;
Nation.- ia his partie
pular lodge, from
Whieh he was. Falls-4
to officiate.
ſi XVIII. 1', The ſe'- -
XYIAII, I. If the
deputy be ſick, or ne 'Fnior grand Warden
ceſſarily abſent, the now,ever ſupplies the
deputy's place*ſi; the
grandrmaﬅer r Pan
chuſe any brother he j'unior acts as the ſe
pleaſes toract as his _ nior_z the oldeﬅ for-r r
merigrzand Warden, as
_-deputy, pro tempore. the junior 3 alſov i
oldeﬅ maſon,as above,

2. But he that-is '5. This was never
choſen deputy at the 'done in our time. Sea'
inﬅallation, and alſo new regulafiorz I.
the grand wardens, V'
" cannot bediſcharged,

unleſs the cauſe fair
ly appear to the grand.
lodge.
* This is done by courteſy, the grand maﬅer (only)
having power to appoint and diſcharge his d/eputy at
pleaſure.
G'3 -3. For
ſi86
AHIMANREZON.
' Old Regu/attſiam.
New Regu/atz'om.
3. For the grand 3. Should this caſe
maﬅer, iſ he is un ever happen, the
eaſy, may call a grand grand maﬅer appoints
lodge', on, purpoſe to his deputy, and the
lay the cauſe before grand lodge the other
them, for their ad grand officer-s.
vice and concurrence.
* And if the mem But if the grand
bers of the grand lodge want to get rid
lodge cannot recon of the deputy they
cile the grand-maﬅer muﬅ chooſe a new
with his deputy or grand maﬅer, by
wardens, they are to which means the de
'allow the grand maſ puty's chair becomes
ter to diſcharge his Vacant.
deputy or -wardens,
and to chooſe another
deputy immediately,
and the' ſame grand
lodge, in that caſe,
ſhall forthwith chooſe
other grand wardens
ſo that harmony and _
peace may beſſ pre
ſerved, ſi
l
XIX.Ifthe gratid- ' XIX. The Free

maﬅer ſhould abuſe Maſons firmly hope, ſi
his that
AHIM'AN REZON; 37
ſ Old Regulatz'om. -
New Regulatz'om.
his great power, and that there will never
render himſelf un be occaſion for ſuch
worthy of the obe a new regulation.
dience and ſubmiſ
. fion of the lodges, he
ſhall be treated in a
I way and manner to
'be agreed upon in a
new regulation: be
cauſe hitherto the an.
cient fraternity have
had no occaſion for
it.
\ , .
XX. The grand XX. Or elſe he
maﬅer, with his de (hall ſend his grand
puty, grand-wardens, officers to viſit the
and ſecretary, ſhall lodges: This old and
p at leaﬅ once go round laudable practice of
and viſit all the ten renders a deputy
lodgesabouttowndu neceſſary: When he
ring his maficrſhip. viſits them, the ſeq
nior grand-warden
' *. \
acts as deputy, the
junior as 'the ſenior, .
. as above; or if both
or any of them be
'xxL If ' \ t abf
88 AHIMANRYEZLONH
Old Regulariom, 'Mtwj Reguletiom.
1 , . abſent,th,e deputy,0'r
he that preſides forv
him, may appoint <
'whom he pleaſes in
their ſtead, pra ter/4:
WH
Forſi when-both the
grand maﬅers are abs
. _, ſpilt, the ſeniorprju-z
nior grand. warden,
may made" as deputy
in viii-ting the lodges
'or in the 'conﬅitution
oſſſ anew lodge; flCi-e,
ther oſ can be.
done without. at leaſt
one of the preſent
ſ ', grand officers; except
_ 8 in places at too great

, i agrand
diﬅance from
lodge, and the
in,
ſuch caſe ſome faith

fulſſbrother, who has
A \ A - - paſſed the chair; See,
' ſhall have a proper
\ deputation under the _
W The' brother appointed muﬅ' be a maﬅer maſon.

AHIMAN REZZON-ſi'
. 89
Old Regulqtiom. New Regulatiam. '
grand lodge ſeal,*for "
the conﬅituting of
ſuþh new lodge or
lodges, in diﬅant or ſ
remote countries, '
where the grand of-
fleets cannot poffibly -
attend.
XXI. If the grand * XXl. Upon ſuch a

maﬅer dies during vacancy, if no former
his maﬅerſhip 5 or by grand maﬅer, nor
ſickneſs, or by being former deputy\ be
beyond ſea, or any found, the preſent
other way t0' be ren ſenior grand warden
'dered incapable of fills the chair, or in ,
diſcharging his of hisabſencethejunior,
fice; the deputy, or till a new grand maſ- _
in his abſence the ter is choſen; and if .
ſenior grand warden, -n0* preſent nor for
or in his abſence the mer grand warden beſi
junior grand warden, found, then the oldeﬅ
or in his abſence any free maſon who is'
three maﬅers of now the maﬅer of a
* lodges lodge.
* The grand maﬅer or his deputy may uſe their private
ſeals; but if the order is made in their abſence, the grand'
lodgeſeal muﬅ be affixed thereto,
go AH_IMAN REZON.
1 Old Regulatz'am. New Regulatz'om. 4
lodges, ſhall aſſemble lodge. This privi
at the grand lodge lege is generally gi
immediately, in or ven up to the maﬅer
der to adviſe together of the oldeﬅ lodge,
upon the emergen without regard to the
cy, and to ſend two age of the man, or
of their number to thetime he was made.
invite the laﬅ grand
maﬅer to, reſume his
office, which now of
courſe reverts tohim 5
and if he refuſes to
act, then the next
laſh-andſo backward:
but- ifnzoſormer grand
maﬅer: be found, the
preſent deputy 'ſhall
act as principal till a
'new grand maﬅer is
choſen; or if there
'be no deputy, then
the oldeﬅ maſon the '
preſent maﬅer of a
lodge.
XXIL The bre XXII. Or any bre

thren of all' the re thren around the
gular lodges in and globe (who are true
near and
AHIMAN REZON. 91 .
New Regulatictom.
Old Regulatz'am.
near the city of Lan- a and faithful members
r don, ſhall meet in of the ancient craft)
ſome convenientplace at the place appoint
on every St. Jonu's ed, tilltheyhave built
day; and when bu a place of their own;
fineſs is over, they but none but the.
may repair to their members of the grand '
feﬅival_ dinners, as lodge are ' admitted
they ſhall think moﬅ within the doors dur
convenient; and When in'g the elections of
St. JOHN's day hap grand officers.
pen to be on a Sun NB. It is the general
day, then the public cuﬅom to chuſe the
meeting ſhall be on grand officers a con
the next Monday. fiderable time before
The grand lodge St, jalm's day; viz.
muſt meet in ſome on the firﬅ Wedneſ
convenient place on day in December or
StrJOHN the evan ſooner,
geliﬅ's day, in every
year, in order to pro
claim the new, or
recognize the old
grand maﬅer, deputy
and grand wardens.
XXIII. Ifthe pre XXIII. Applica.
ſent grand maﬅer ſhall tion ſhall be made to
conſent to continue the grand maſter, by
a ſbcond year, then the deputy (or ſuch
QRC '
92 A'HIM'AN REZ'QN;
Old Regulatzbm. New Regulcztiom.
one of the grand brother whom the
lodge (deputed for grand lodge ſhall ap
that purpoſe) ſhall point, in caſe of his
repreſent to ſiall the
failure) at leaﬅ" one
brethren, his wor month before erſhn
ſhip's good govern the eyangeliﬅis day, in
ment, &o. and turn order to enduire whe
ing to' him, ſhallin therhis Worſhip will
the name of the grand do fraternity
lodge, humbly re greathonoufiorkindz
' queﬅ him to'dQ th; 'neffl ofcpntinruing in
FRATEKNITY the (his office a ſech
great honour (if no-' year, or of nominatz,
bly born, iſ not, the ing his ſucceſſor; and
' great kindneſs) oſ if his worſhip ſhould
continuing to be their at that time happen to'
grand-maﬅer for the be out of.town,or the
year enſuing; and his Perſon whom he ſhall
worſhip declaring his think proper to ſuc
conſent. thereto (inceed him; then the
ſimanner he thinks
ſec'retary ſhall write
proper) the Grand a toeither,orboth,con
" SECRETARY ſhall cerning the ſame, the
thrice 'proclaim him copies 4 of which l'et
aloud, ters ſhall be tran
* ſcribed in the tranſ
' dawn action
AHIMAN LRLZON 93
New Regulatzſiam.
'Old Regulatiam..
*GRAND MASTER action-book of the
0 F grand lodge, as alſo
M A S O N S. ' the anſwers) received."
All the 'members of
the grand lodge ſhall
ſalute him in due
form, according to
the ancient and laud
able cuﬅom of free
,maſons.
XXIV. The pre XXIV. This is the

ſent grand maﬅer ſhallgeneral practice of
nominaſite his'ſucceſ
grandlodges, for they
ſor for the year en ſeldom or never diſ
ſuihg; who, if una approve the choice.
nimouily approved of The preſent grand
maﬅer mayiorder any
the grand lodge,
and there preſent, he brother (well ſkilled
ſhall be proclaimed, in the ceremony) to
ſaluted and cOngra- affiﬅ him in inſialling -
tulated, the new the new grand maﬅer.
grand There
* The maſons of old addreſſed their grand maſters by the
title-of Right Worſhipſul; but the modern maſons (by a
refined-rent pec'iJliar to themſelves) give the title oſ Right _
Worſhipſul to every maﬅer of a private lodge.- And that
Of Moﬅ
even Worſhipſul
to the deputies ofnot only to their grand maﬅer,
provincialp. i . but
'94 AHIMAN REZON.
Old Regu'latiom. New Regia/ctionſ."
grandx maﬅer, as be
ſore hinted 5 and
immediately inﬅal
led by the laﬅ'
grand maﬅer, accord
ing to an ancient
*uſage.
But if that nomi There has been no
nation is not unani occaſion for this old
moufiy approved, the regulation in ourtime,
new grand maﬅer the grand lodge (as .
ſhall be choſen im before) having con
mediately by ballot, , ﬅantly approved of
viz. every maﬅer the grand maﬅer's
and warden writing choice; andmy reqſhn
his man's name, and for z'nﬅrting it is, led/I
the laﬅ grand maﬅer any brother acquainted
writing his man's with t/Je old co'rffiitu
name too, and the tiam, ſhould think the
man whoſe name the omitting it a deflction.
laﬅ grand maﬅer
ſhall firﬅ take out
caſually or by chance,
ſhall * be GRAND
MAs XXV. 1. A
at This is a moﬅ noble and grand ceremony, but cannot
be deſcribed in writing, nor ever known to any but maﬅer
maſons.
AHlMAN REZON. 95
Old Regulatiom; New Regulations.
M A s 'r E R of MA
SONS for the year
enſuing: And ifpre
ſent, he ſhall bexpro
claimed, ſaluted, and
congratulated, as be
fore hinted,and forth
' with inﬅalled by the
laﬅ grand maﬅer, ac
cording to uſage.
XXV. I. The laﬅ XXV. I. A deputy

grand maﬅer thus was always needful
continued, or the'new when the grand maſ
grand ter was nobly born,"
ﬅalled,maﬅer
ſhall thus
next,inas i
and this old regulation
his inherent right,has been always prac
nominate and appoint tiſed in our time.
his deputy grand
maﬅer, (either the
laﬅor a newone) who
ſhall alſo be proclaim
ed, ſaluted and con
gratulatedindueform.
i 2. The new grand
2. This old regu
maﬅer ſhall alſo no lation has ſometimes
been found inconveſiſſ- ſi
minate his new grand
war nient,
96 AHIMAN REZONA
Old Regulafz'onz'. New Reguſeatiomfl p
dens; and, if una ' Venient, therefore' the
nimoufly approved grand lodge referve to
by the grand lodge, 'themſelves the elec
tion of i grand war
they ſhall alſo be
forthwith proclaim dens; 'where any
ed, ſaluted, and con member has a right
gratulated in due to nominate one, and
form. * the two pelrſons
have the majority of
votes (ﬅill preſerVing'
due harmony) arede
i clared duly elected.
' XXVI. That if tho_ XXVI. The' pieſ-ry

brother whom the muſt be either the laſt
preſent grand maﬅer or former- grand maſ- -
-. ſhall nominate forhister, or elſe a very ces-'o
ſucceſſor,- or whom putable brother.
the grand lodge ſhall _ Nor' is the new
chooſe by ballot, (as deputy, nor the grand
above) be out of wardens, allowed *
*town, and has return proxies when - ap-z
ed his anſwer, that pointed.
he will accept of the
office of grand maﬅer,
he ſhall be proclaimz
ed, ase before
i in old
regu ' XXVIIiNhIl
A H M A N R E Z O N. 97
ſſOIa' Regulatiom. New Regulatz'am. ſi ſ
regulation Xxiii, and

may be _ inﬅalled by
proxy, which proxy_
muﬅ be the preſent or
former grand maﬅer,
who ſhall act in his
name, and receive the
uſual honours, ho
mage, and congra
tulations.
XX'VIlſſ. All the al'a 7
_-XXVIſ.'
grand Every
lodge vhas an
terations, or new 're-5
gulations above writ/-v ,
inherent power and
authority 'to make ten, are only for: af
new regulations, or mending or explaind
ſii'ng the old 'regula
to alter theſe for the
real benefit of the tions for the good
of maſonry, Withoſſut
ancient' FRATERNI
TY, provided always breaking in upon the
that the old land ancient rules of the
marks be vcarefully fraternity, ﬅill pre
"preſerved, and that ſerving the old land
ſuch new regulations marks, and were made
and alterations be at ſeveral timesq(as
'propoſed andagreed occaſion offered) by
ſi to bythe grandlodge;
the grand lodge, who
. H have.
98 AHIMAN 'REZON.
ld Regulatiom. _ New Regulatiorz'.
and that they be of have an inherent
fered to the peruſal power of amending
of all the brethren what may be thought'
in writing, whoſe ap inconvenient, and'
ſ probation and con
ample authority of
ſent (or the majority making new regula
thereof) is abſolutely tions for the good of
neceſſary to make the \
ſree-maſonry, which
ſame binding and ob has not been diſputed;
ligatory; which muﬅ for the members of
therefore, after the the grand lodge are
new grand maﬅer is truly the repreſenta
inﬅalled, be ſolemnly tives of all the ſrater
defired and obtained nity, according to old
from thegrand lodge, * regulation- X..
as it was for theſe old
regulations by a great
number of brethren.
End qf the old Regulatiam.
RE GUL A TIO NS for the Govern

ment of the Grand Lodge, during the Time
of Puhlic Buſimj/i.
XVIII. 1. That no brothersbe admitted
into the grand lodge, but the immediate
members thereof, viz. the four preſent and
all
-AHI'MA'N.
A New Regfllationr,
a,\
'All former grand officers, the treaſUre'r and
ſecretary, the maﬅers, Watdens, and paﬅ;
maſter-s, of all regular lodges, except a bra-3
ther who is a petitioner, or a witneſs in ſome'
"caſe, or one called in by motion;v _ '
a. That at the third ﬅrokeof the grand
maﬅer's gavel, there ſhall be ageneral fi- * /
lence ; and that he who breaks ſifilence 3
Without leave from the chair, ſhall be puba
liclyſſ reprimanded. a i .
3..That under the ſame penalty every bro

ther ſhall keep his ſeat, and keep ﬅrictyſi
lence, whenever the grand, maﬅer or de
pputy ſhall think fit to riſe from the chair,
and 'call To order. ,
4.. That in the grand lodge every mem
ber ſhall keep in his ſeat (according to the' _
number-of his lodge) 'and not move about
from place to place during the communica
tion, except the grand wardens, as haVing
more immediately the care of the grand
lodge. * -
5. That no Brother is to ſpeak but once i
to the ſame affair, unleſs to explain himſelf, .
or when called upon by the chair to ſpeak. ' .
_H 2 ' * 6. Every X
too' AHIMAN REZON.
New Regulag'z'am. .
6. Every one that ſpeaks ſhall riſe, and
keep ﬅanding, addreſiing vhimſelf in a pro
per manner. to the chair; nor ſhall any pre
ſume to interrupt him, under the aforeſaid
penalty; unleſs the grand maﬅer find him
Wandering from the point in hand, ſhall
think fit to reduce him to order; for then
the ſaid ſpeaker ſhall fit down: But after
he has been ſet right, he may again proceed
if he pleaſes.
_ 7. Iſ in the grand lodge any member is
twice called to order at any one aſſembly,
for tranſgreffing theſe rules, and is guilty of
a third offence of the ſame nature, the chair
ſhall peremptorily order him to quit the
lodge-room for that night.
8. That Whoever ſhall be ſo rude as to hiſs
at any brother, or at What another ſays or has
t ſaid, he ſhall be forthwith
the communication, and ſolemnly excluded
declared incapable
of ever being a member of any grand lodge

for the future, till another time he publicly p
owns his fault, and his grace be granted.
9. No motion for a new regulation,v or
for the continuance or alteratIOn of an old
one, ſhall be made 'till it be firﬅ handed up
in writing to the chair; and, after it has
' \ I
\
l r
AHIMAN REZON. 10.:

New Regulatz'om.
been peruſed by the grand maﬅer, at leaﬅ
about ten minutes, the thing may be moved
publickly, and then it ſhall be audibly read
i by the ſecretary; and if he be ſeconded and
thirded, it muﬅ immediately be' committed

to the confideration of the' whole aſſembly,
that their ſenſe may be fully heard about it ;
after which the queﬅion ſhall be put, pra
and con. 4 p .
10. The opinion, orvotes of the members
are to be ſignified by holding up of hands ;
that is, one hand each member; which up
lifted hands the grand wardens are to count,
unleſs the number of hands be ſo unequal as
to render
r Nor the counting
ſhould any other them uſeleſs.
kind ofctdivifion ever
be admitted among free-maſons. \
In order' to preſerve harmony, it was
thought neceſſary to me counters and a bal-a
loting box when occaſion requires,
End of the New Regulatiam,
lily Son, forget not,m_y law ; but let thine

bear: keep my Qummandmentr z and remove not
the ancient Land 'Mark 'which father:
bawdeſ, - . r SOLOMON.
END ofthe REovLA'rtopxs.
H 3
m, AHIMAN REZON.'
THE
REGULATIONS me CHARITY,
I
I S Committee ſhall be and conſiﬅ of'
all preſent and former grand officers, ſecre
tary, and treaſurer, with the maﬅers oſ ten
regular lodges, who ſhall be ſummoned, and,
obliged to attend in their turns: That is to,
ſay, five from the oldeﬅ lodges, and five from,
the youngeﬅ, ſhall be ſummoned to meet *
upon the third Wedneſday in every Kalendar
month, to hear all petitions, &e. and to or
der ſuch relief to he given to diﬅreſſed pe- -
titioners, as their neceſſity may appear, and
prudence may direct. ſi r
II. That all collections, contributions, and
other charitable ſum or ſums oſ money, of
what nature or kind ſoever, that ſhall at any 4
time be brought into the grand lodge, ſhall
be depofited in the hands of the treaſurer (or
ſuch other perſons as the grand lodge ſhall
appoint) who is not to diſhurſe or expend the
ſame, or anypart thereof,.,on any account
whatſoever, without an order from the ſaid
Committee, Which order ſhall be flgn'd by
/
'* The ﬅewards for diﬅributing the charity, meet at the
Half-Moon TaVem, Chcapfide, London, h
t O
AHIMANREZON. 103
the preſiding officerſ and counterſrgn'd by
the ſecretary.
III. That neither the grand officers, ſe
cretary, 'or any other perſon whatever, ſhall
give or ſign any order on the treaſurer, for
any ſum or ſums of money, until the ſame be
firﬅ approved of by the majority of the com
mittee (or ﬅewards) then preſent, and en- _
tered in their tranſaction-book, together ,
' with the name or names of the perſon or
perſons to whom the ſame is given.
IV. That no anonvmous letter, petition
or recommendation by or from any perſon,
or on any account or pretence whatſoever,
be introduced or read in this committee,
V. That regiﬅered maſons (only)r who
have contributed (not leſs than) twelve

months, and a member of a warrantedlodge
during that time, ſhall be conſidered and re
lieved, &c. And ſojourners, or travelling
maſons, ſhall be relieved (if certified) by '
private contribution, or out of the fund, asV
the majorit)lr ſhall think proper.
VI. That all petitions or recommenda
' , tions ſhall be figned by the maﬅer and war-_
dens of the petitioner's lodge; who ſhall (if
in town) attend the ﬅeward's lodge (or c'omq
mittee) and aſſert the truth of the petition.
The
104 -AHIMAN REZON.
The ctpetitioners ſhall alſo attend (if in or
adjacent to London, except in caſes of fick
neſs, lameneſs, or impriſonment) and prove
to the ſatisfaction of the ﬅewards, that he
'or they have been formerly in reputable, or
at leaﬅ in tolerable circumﬅances.
VII. That any brother may ſend in a pe
tition or recommendation, but none' ſhall be
admitted -to fit or hear the debates, but the
'grand officers, ſecretary and treaſurer, with
the ten maﬅers ſummoned for that purpoſe.
VIII. That it ſhall be the inherent power
of this
poſe ofcommittee (or in
the ſund laid ﬅeward's lodge)toto cha-r
for charity, diſ
ritable uſes, and no other (and that only to

ſi ſuch perſons who ſhall appear by their peti
L tions aſoreſaid to' be deſerving and in real
want of charitable and brotherly affiﬅance)
and that either by weekly ſupport, or as
they ſhall judge moﬅ prudent and neceſſary,
IX. That no extraneous brother that. is
not made in a regular lodge, but made in a
clandeﬅine ,manner, (withoUt the grand
maﬅer's warrant) or only with a view to
partake.of this charity, nor any affiﬅing at
ſuch irregular makings, .ſhall be qualified to
' receive any affiﬅance therefrotn, according to
'the fixth regulation for. charity. ,
/ ._ ' X.Tha
AHIMAN REZON.
X. That this committeect ſhall have full
10;
\
power and authority to hear and adjuﬅ all

matters (concerning free maſons or free ma
ſonry) that ſhall be laid before them (ex
cept making new regulations, which power
is wholly inveﬅedin the grand lodge) and
their determinations ſhall be. final-'4. except"
.when an appeal ſhall _be made to the quar
terly grand lodge.
XI. That for the ſpeedy relief of diﬅreſſed
petitioners, any three of the maﬅers, ſum
moned for that purpoſe (with or without
_.the grand officers, the ſecretary and books
always preſent)'ſhall be a quorum, and may
proceed to buſineſs as prudence and brothern
ly love ſhall direct them,
XII. That all the tranſactions of this
ﬅeward's lodge or committee of charity,
ſhall be read audibly (by the grand ſecretary)
before all the members of the grand lodge,
upon the firﬅ Wedneſdays in March, June,
September, and' December, yearly.
XIII, This committee being inveﬅed
with full power tohear complaints of a ma
ſonical nature (as appears by regulation i
and to Puniſh delinquents according to the

laws of the craft; for that reaſon they
ſhall moﬅ religioufly adhere to the old He
ſ i brew
l
106 AHIMAN REZON.
brew regulation, viz. If a complaint be made
againﬅ a brother byanother brother, and he -
be ſound guilty, he ſhall ﬅand to the deter
mination" of (this or) the grand lodge: But
'A
iſ a complaint be made againﬅ a brother,

wherein the accuſer cannot ſupport his com
plaint .to conviction, ſuch accuſer ſhall for
feit ſuch penalty as the perſon ſo accuſed
might have ſorfeited had he been really
convicted on ſuch complaint. i
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COLLECTION
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PROLOGUE'S and EPILOGUES.
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MiASONS SONGS, &Fef '*
WWWWW
In the old book of conﬅitutions, the Maſ

ter's ſong was of too great .a length toct
be ſung at one time, therefore the bre
thren never ſing more than the following
verſe and chorus. i
ſiI.' The Grand Maﬅer's Song.
THUS mighty Eaﬅern kings, and ſome

Of Ahram's race, and monarchs good
Of Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome,
True ARCHITECTURE underﬅood 5
No
no A Choice Cortecrron yf
No wonder then if maſons join, \
To celebrate thoſe maſon kings;
With ſolemn note and flowing wine,
Whilﬅ e'ery brother jointly ſings.
CHORUS.
Who can unfold the Royal Art,
Or ſhew its ſecrets in a ſong;
They're ſafely kept in maſon'sheart;
And to the ancient lodge belong.
/
_II. The Deputy Grand- iMq/fer's Song.

N. B. The two laﬅ lines of each verſe is the chorus.
I.
On, on, my dear brethren,purſue your great Lecture;
And refine on the Rules of old Architecture;
High honour to Maſons the Craft daily brings,
'To thoſe Brothers of Princes and Fellows of Kings."
II.
We've drove the rude Vandalr and Goth: off the Stage,
Reviving the Arts of Auguﬅur' fam'd Age;
Yefiuffian deﬅroy'd the vaﬅ Temple in vain,
Since ſo many now riſe in Great George's mild Reign,
III. A
Of Wren and of Angelo, mark the great Names,
Immortal they live as the Tiher and Thames;
To Heav'n and themſelves, they've ſuch Monuments
rais'd, - .
Recordcd like Saints and like Saints vthey are prais'd.
The
MASONS SONGS. Ilz'ct
IV.
The five noble Orders compos'd with ſuch Art,
Will ama'ze the fix'd Eye and engage the whole Heart a
Proportion's dumb Harmony gracing the whole,
Gives our work, like the glorious creation, a Soul.
V.
Then Maﬅer and Brethren preſerve your great Name."
This Lodge ſo majeſtic will purchaſe you Fame;
Rever'd it ſhall ﬅand till all Nature expire,
And its Glories ne'er ſade, till the world is on Fire.'
VI.
See, ſee, behold here what rewards all our Toil,
Enlivens our Genius and bids Labour ſmile;
To our noble Grand-Maﬅer let a Bumper be crown'd,"
_To all Maſons a Bumper, ſo let it go round.
' VII. t
Again, my lov'd Brethren, again let it paſs,
Our ancient firm Union cements with the Glaſs;
And all the Contentions 'mongﬅ Maſons ſhall be,
Who better can work or who beﬅ can agree.
To the Right Wwffhzþful the Grand Ma er.
III. Grand-Wara'en'r Song.

I.
Let Maſonry be now my Theme,
Throughout the Globe to ſpread its Fame,
'And eternize each worthy Brother's Name;
' In
112 A Choice COLLECTION of
Your praiſe ſhall to the Skies reſound,
In laﬅing Happineſs abound,
And with ſweet Union all your\n0blc Deeds be'
crown'd. ' t [Repeat this laﬅ line]
C H O R U S.
Sing then my Muſe to Maſon's Glory,"
Your Names are ſo rever'd in Story' 4
That all th' admiring World do now adore ye,
* * II.
Leſit Flat-mony divine inſpire
Your Souls with love and gen'rous Fire,"
To copy well wiſe Solomon your Sire';
Knowledge ſublime ſhall fill each heart,
The Rules of G'ornetry t'o impart,
_While Wiſdom, Strength, ſſand Beauty, crown
_ royal Art. _
, Clmrur. Sing then my Muſe, He. .
' III.
Let ancient Maſons Healths go round,
- In ſwelling Cups allCares be drown'd,
And Mayeverlaﬅing
Hearts united 'mongﬅ
ScenestheofiCraft
Joy, be found; '
Our peaceſul Hours of Bliſs employ,
\Which Time's all-conqu'ring hand ſhall ne'er deﬅroy.
Cbarm. Sing then my Muſe, &Ft.
' a IV.
My lBrethren thus all Cares reſign,
YourHearts let glow with Thoughts divine,
And Veneration ſhow to Solomon's Shrine; A
Our
4.
MasoNs s 0_N GS', tra
'Our annual Tribute thus iwe'll pay, e
That latePoﬅerity'ſhall ſay, * _ *
We've crown'd with Joy this happy, haþpy' Day. .
Chorus. Sing then my Muſe, fir."
To all the Nohle Lordr, and 'Right Warſhflbful

Brethren, that have heen- Grand-Maﬅert.
VIII. The Secretary? Song.
'Ye Brerhrcn of the ancientI braſt,
Ye fav'rite Sons of Fame, , ct
Let.Bumpers cheerfully be quaffſſ'd, l .I
To each good Maſon's Name; \ _

Happy, long happy may'he be; "
Who loves and honours Maſonry. l_ ' '
W'itb afa; la,\1a,'-*za,' are; *'
, ' _ -, -..H--z.>.71r ,..
in vain would D'Anvm with his wit',
Our ſlow Reſentmcnt raiſe; . _
,What he and all Mankind have writ, '_
But celebrates our Praiſe? '* i Lſi
-_ His wit this-0qu truth: imparrs, I. ..,_ . 'I rid 31.'5 -
- . That Maſonz have firm faithful Ham, my:
. A'
.' , , (ſſ .. .. I l-Ab) olri -- 'fflri gring'c
o That/thoſe who' hanged Captain fottebuysſthd-inhbſirg'lf,
were all Free-maſons, becauſe' they' kept' their dwn'ſecrettſſ,
See the 'Craftſrnan of the "16th ar April, NumB. gazx his
Affair was thus, Captain 'Part-ous having committed Murder,
was tried, convicted, and ordered for Execution'i't adinbur'gir; *
\
&145- 24'62132'5? Conrchldfc 'Tſſeſ ſſ
Ye Britiſh.- Fairffor!
. _II-I.,
Boahty fanfd,. v > St r \
__ YourSlavcs we wiſhm be? '
Let none for Charms like ſiypurs þe-pgm'd,
That l'ovcs not Mhſonry;
' v "This Maxim D'xdwers,ProYes full weld,
Ji'hat Maſons-heverk'rfs addidll. _ -
. -1-xIY-z£3. "
Free-Mixſons ! ho bffences give;
\ Let fame___y9q{ worfhdcclaſe ;_
_Within Wilt-'compaſs
And 36: jwzfflyflfz'q,
upbxjþtheſiSELſſlik'rectg 35' '* ' _
May Pe'ace'mjid 'Friendfſhip' &Erſſgbdundſ
And ever'y 'Maſiſpr'gs Healcfigo 'founde-"T'- _
V.,' The Z'rteaſzzrerjp ſ1 _ -
) m vTun_e.] Nearſhe cool Shade. _

a
-" " "I;" 1 TT." [i .

Grant me kitid Heav'n_wha,tct__l_ requeﬅ, _,
In Maſom'y let ſhe zſi ſi i
. ., 4
3.,"
but his Friegdp aſ COurt Wedded vkid v'ſhe Qleehſſſto reprieve

him 3 tus; give Ufirbrflge to chewebffle,=mho aſſenſſnbled in the
fight, broke into (and 'bolt him out' oſ) the Priſon, from
gþegoe to the Place of Ekecudon, prdexedhim lo kneel down,
Lvljichzwasl zlſp dqne by the whole Cpmphany, who joined him
grayqrz ſex, a Mfiſidprahlc Time, agajþffl all of them laid
_l_\q}d_qp the rope, and bFſilwled _up,_ es they do on' hoard A
aſ 'Wed ugquable that they all were white
1hither apronp, which (by'tbe'bfi is a certain Probfſi that they
' >
were not Free-maſons. " ' '
\
Direct . .
'MASQNS soNGs. its
LUM me 'to thar-happy Place, ,_
TWhere- Friendſhip ſmiles in every Face ; _
_'Where Freedom-and ſweet Innoccnce,' xk
Enlarge the and cheeks the Scnſe. _ i
( . . . \.,II'- ct- A . 'l 5
Where ſcepter'd Reaſon from her Throne,

Surve'ys the 'Lodge andmakeslua
And Harmony'is delightſul swry, - ſi- 'ſi
For ever ſhedis embroſiaI'DaYTz -*' '* li'
Where' W'bltflfdhffl pleaſhfes taﬅe; <"
While balmy Joys ard ent-'Ropafiii
_ IH;'
OurLbdgc-ſſihelſhcial Virtua'gha'ee'; w;
And'Wiſdorrſii's R'ules'r'w'e' fondlvſſ trace;"
7Vll'lioleſi nature'lop'eln'toeui' Wiewz-t ' fe'.
Points out th faithszwe kſhsuld purſue z
Let us ſubliiftzinlltaﬅking Peace, P p, __'
And may ouſhappineſsinclrreaſez'
i
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(1519.
Ournglz &one."cilitatbjaati'flhrcti
'well-Xrm*ct'd Laws free; .
And give Relief'toſſ: Miſter-yf -
The: Boars QPRXFHZYd;WiFh,.YV8Fi-Pffl Gritfl '
Gan, &992th ÞPÞWHFHSPSP 'htlicf
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I a la
F 116 'A Choice CZDIZLRTctIdN
In the old hook this Song wi: thought too long," there;
fore the following laſt? 'verſe and thorn: is thought
ſufficient. * J ſi'
ſ VI. The Wdrſſden's Song. i
Frquhenceforthsevei-ſmg, -
'ThezCraftſman-and. theking, 3 ſi I ' \
' Witthoetryand muſic- ſweet, p. A

Reſound their harmony compleat; . 1;
And with geometry-in 'ſkilful _-hand_,,__;
Bile-homage Pan A, .-., .: .
, Without delay,i ' _
To the;kingandxoeounmaficr grand 'n
, - Hg;..r-ulcs;z=..hc.- frecuþprn ſLPPS-Pf;=lj\,- in.
By lovexsnrl friendſhip, 111an and hem
,\ _d
'Who'eanſiiehtaiſeithe£p'raiſe, ' ſ' I

In ſoft poeticlays'; i i' 'm 'a -bſi
Or ſolid proſe oſ'ſir'naſon'rs truc,_ * 7

Whoſe'jarftranſcends the edmmon view;
Tlilzictr ſecretsl'iie'er to ﬅrange'rs &Pus-3,
** i' 'Rarew-d'ſhfflibe," ' V)
\ p "w A - tils-'1 2"
F£_'_And only 'to-ſithe ancient '16ng dlſtloſis'd zf '
* * ſi Becauſe thby'r'e 'kept in' 'ſhirdffit hearty
_.\.H,By7brethren\ royal X ._fix va:
A
\- But
_fiTo all the kz'ngr, primer, and potentates, that ever

propagated the royal excellent Art. _
In.
' 3 ſi' Yll To
'V '
l
/
MASONS SONGS. u7
VII. The Fellow-Crtffi': Song.
Hail maſonry! thou craft divine!

Glory of earth, from, heav'n reveal'd! ,
Which doth with jewels precious ſhine,
From all, but maſons eyes conceal'd.
Chari Thy praiſes due who can rehearſe,
In netvous proſe or flawing verſe', U_ A
i .. ....H.
As men from brutes diﬅinguiſh'd are,
A maſon other men excels; -
, lZ'or what'sin knowledge choice and rare,
-Within his breaﬅ ſecurely dwells.
Char. His ſilent breaﬅ and faithful heart,
Preſerve the ſecrets of the art,
Ill. andct
From ſcorching heat * ,
piercing cold,
From beaﬅs whoſe roar the, foreﬅ tends; _
. From the aſſaults of warriors boldI
The maſon's art mankind defend',
Be to'this Art due honour paid," _.,_
From which mankind 'recech ſuch aid,
IV. ,
Enſigns of ﬅate that feed our pride,
Diﬅinctions troubleſome and vain -,
By maſons 'true 'are laid aſide,
Art's free-born ſons ſuch toys diſdain;
l \ - ' 1 , Cbflrg
'TſfS I Choice CdILrCTioN' aſ
L'bar. Inno'blk'liby ſithe hhhzeſithey' bear, ' '
Diﬅinguſh'd by the badge they' wear;
.z '1 r, v; 5.,, *
\ Sweet Fellow/ſhip from envy free, . -

Friendly converſe
The lodge's laﬅingofcer-hent
brotherhOOd
be, -, ſ -
Which has for Ages firmly ﬅood"

Cbor. A lodge thus built, for: ages pall:
Has laﬅed,
r ' ' andſhall
V VI. ' ever lal'c.. A '
\ Then _in Our ſongs Be Ilifflce done; -
j a To thoſe who have ſhrichn'fflerare;
* From Adam dOWn until'thi's'time, w'
And let each brother bear n Part.
Cbor. Let noble maſons health'sſſg'o round',
Their Praiſe in\-10ftY lodge reſound.
1' .---'1*',,--'
To the Right 'Warſhzjojuz GZMJWLNL Axholl,
Dulce, Dumfreys, and. Daitlhcmfle.v V ' \
VIII. be Enter'J Treſſncheiſi Sang. ſ
Come let ue prepare, _ 3

: We brothers
Aſſembled that'are,
on merryſictotcafio'n', , ' x
Let's drink, laughiahdl'ſing, 1"
ſſOur wine has at ſprlctng.
\ Here's a health to an accepted maſon.
And
- \
MA so N-S_, Leo N ds. 119
A
II. r
The World isſſin pſi'affi," ſi ' 7 *' - '
. Our ſecretsto gain, ' ' ſ ' '
And ﬅill let them wonder' and gaze' an;
Till they're brought to-the light, '
They'll ne'er know the right
Word or ſign*of an accepted inaſona'
' In. . : - -1.
'T is this and 'tis thank' r
I
They cannot telsthat, .- t .
Why ſo many great men-of the-nation, ' X
Shouldaprons put on', - -.

To make. themſelves one,
With (a free and an acceptedmaſpn,
3' IV.
Great kings, dukes, and lords,
Haveslaid
Our myﬅ'ryi to by-theinſwordfi,
put'afgood. grace 1on' z 4
Andhear
To thoughtthemſelves fam'd',
themſelves namfd, ſ " x: fi
With a free and an acceptedmaſon. '_ 'ſi
> V;£ ſi I -1
.
Antiquity's. pride, -. lſi
"fi
iſ
_ Wemaketh
Which have on
menour fide:their
juﬅkin _ 'ﬅatctignſi
U if
There's nought Hblit what's ſigndd,"
To be underſtood, " 'Ft
k
By a free and an accepted 'maſo'm ,
. ' VI. T,
We're true and vlincef're, ' f
Andjuﬅ no the'fair, ""* ' JM
120 A Choice 'Count-ton of'
They-'11 truſt us on any occaſion 3
No mortal ſican more,
.; -The ladies adore,

Than a free and an accepted maſon.
a . *VII.
Then join hand in hand,
By each brother firm ﬅand,
Let's be merry and put a bright face on:
What mortal can boaﬅ,
_ So noblea toaﬅ,
As a free and an accepted maſ'on.
[Thricc repeated in due form]
To all the Fraternit] round the Glohe.
IX. Song. Theſhme Turn a: the I-V,

I.
On you who Maſonry deſpiſe, '
This Counſel I beﬅow -,
Don't ridicule, if you arectwiſe,
- A Secret you don't know :_
Yourſelves you ban'ter, but not 'it t
You ſhew your'Splee'n, but no; Your Wig.
Mtb a fa, la, la, &c,' v - '
* 11.' _, _
lnſpiring Virtue by our Rules, ' > -
And in ourſelves ſecure: ſi ſ þ ſi 7 ' ſſ
We have Compaffion for thoſe Focils
Who think Our impure ;_ ct ct '
MA_SONS SON'GS. 12:
We know from Ignoran-cc proceeds,
Slich mean Opinion of our Deeds ;
W'itb a fa, la, la, &e.
III.
If Have
Uniona and Sincerity,
Pretence to pleaſe zſſ
M'e Brothers oſ Free-mal'onry,

Lay juﬅly claim to theſe':
To State-Diſputes we ne'er give birth,
Qur Motto_Friendſhip is, and Mirth';
W'itb 4 fa, la, la, &e. '
IV.
Some of our Rules I will impart,
But muﬅ conceal the reﬅ;
. They're ſafely lodged in Maſons Hearts,
i Within each honeﬅ Breaﬅ:
'We love our country and our king ;
e We toaﬅ the ladies, laugh and ſing;
7th a flz, la, la, &c.
ſo the Warſhz'jgſul Grand War-dent.
x. _s oN G.
I.
By maſonls art th' aſpiring domes,
ſ Xn ﬅately columns ſhall ariſe;
All climates are their native hornes,
Their well-judg'd actions reach the ſkies ;'
ſi Heroes
'122 [A Cbake COLLECthzN yf '
Heroes and kings revere their name, .
lWh'ile poets ſing their laﬅing fame,
, II.
Great, noble, gen'rous, good and brave,
Are titles they maﬅ jnffly claimſi; ſ
Their deeds ſhall live beyond the grave,
Which thoſe unborn ſhall loud proclaimz'
Time ſhall their glorious acts enro'll, V i
While love and friendſhip charm the ſoul:
To the perpetual honour ffFfee-Mgſhnfl
XI. S 0 N' G. ſi
. I; i ' ' '* , '- e
'AsKept
l at Bete/ous
Wheeler'scompany;
lodge one night,
ct A
For Bacchus-is a maſon bright,

And of all lodges free;
. KII. '
Said I, great Baccþm is a-dry,
Pray give the god ſome wine;
Yon: in a fury did reply,
October's as divine.
III.
It makes us mal'on's more compleat,
Adds to our fancy wings';
Makes us as happy and aſs great,
As mighty lords and kings.
To Me, maﬅers and wardens aſa/l regular' lodges.
. _' xu. SONG,
MAS'ONS SONG-S. 1'23
* *""'ctXI'I. SONG.
. I.
Some folks have with curious impertinence ﬅrove,
From free-maſons boſoms their ſecrets to move,
I'll tell them in vain their endeavours muﬅ-prove,
Which nobody can deny, &it.
.. . II.
Of thaſ happyſecret, when we are poſſeſs'd,
Our tongues can't explain what is lodged in our
breaﬅs, * i -
For the bleſiings ſo great, lt can ne'er be expreſs'd.'

Which nobody can deny, Eft. 7
III.
'By ſriendſhip's ﬅrict ties We brothers are join'd,
With mirth in Each heart and content in each mind,"
And this is a diffimlt ſecret to find.
Which nobody can deny. &Po.
- * IV.
But you, who would fain our grand ſecret expoſe,
One thing beﬅ conceal'd to the world you diſcloſe,
Much folly in blaming what none of youknows.
Which nobody can deny, &it.
. 1 v_
Truth; charity, juﬅice, our principles are,
What one deth poſſeſs the other may ſhare, e- .
All theſe in the world are ſecrets moﬅra'r'e, t
-_VV-hich nobody can deny, (its .'. 'Je
To
\ 124 at! Choice CoL-LECTIOCN of'
; 'VL
While then we are met the world'sþ wonder and boaﬅ,
And all do enjoy what pleaſes each moﬅ,
I'll give you the beﬅ and moﬅ glorious toaﬅ.
Which nobody can deny, Eft;
VlI.
' Here's a health to the gen'rous, brave and' the good,
To all thoſe who think and who act as they ſhould,
In all this the free-maſon's health's underﬅood
Which nobodyſſ can deny, &it.
To 'all true andflzz'thful hrethlien,

X XIII, S N G, ſ ,ctſi
Tune. .O Folly you might have toy'd and kiſs'd.

. -I. -
You people who laugh at maſons draw near,
-Give ear to my ſong without any ſneer -, v a, \
And if you'll have'patience yqu ſoon ſhall ſee,
What a noble'art' is maſonry.
II.
There's none but an Athieﬅ can ever deny,
But that this great art came firﬅ from on high z
'The almighty GOD here l'll prove for to be.
The firﬅ great maﬅer of maſonry. ,
. \ 111. -
He took up his compaſs with maﬅerly hand,
He ﬅretch'd out his rule and he meaſur'd the land z
He laid the foundations 0' th' earth and theſea,
l
By his known rules of maſonry.
Our
'MASONS SONGS, (125
IV.
Our firﬅ father Adam, deriy it who can,
A maſon was made as ſoon as a man;
And a fig-leaſe apron at firﬅ wore he,
In token of his love to maſonry. , l
. V. , _
The principal law our lodge does approve',
Is that we ſhould live in brotherly-love;
Thus Cain was baniſh'd by heav'ns decree,
For breaking the rules of maſonry.
vr. r
The temple' that wiſe king Solanum rais'd,
For beauty, for order, for elegance prais'd;
To what did it owe its elegancy ?
_T0 the juﬅ form'd rules of maſonry.
VII.
But ſhou'd l pretend in this humble verſe,
The merits of free-maſons arts to rehearſe;
Years yet to come too little would be,
- To ſing all the praiſes of maſonry.
VIII. _
Then hoping I've not detain'd you too long,
I here ſhall take leave to finiſh my ſong;
Health to the maﬅer and thoſe that are free,
That live to the rules of maſonry.
To all ibefi'ee-born ſon: qf the ancient' and ba

nourable CR A F T.
XIV. S ONG.
i126ſſ 44 Claw'ch CdLTLECTio'NgT
XIV.ct s 0 N 0.: < - ®

, <
i i a . . r *
Weſihave'no idle prating, i ' r
Of either Whig or Tory

_ But each'agrees,
* To liveateafe, _
And ling or tell a ﬅory. . __ 7.:
_ Fill to him.
To the brim, , ;.,,. .. '
A [Let itThddivine,
round'the table rowl;* v ſ I' '
',Tells you wine, A _ *

Cheerſſs the body and the-ſoul; i
' II," .,r_.'- e,"
'We're always men of pleaſttrz:
Deſpiſing pride and party -, _
XVh-i-lelznaves and 'fools,_j, _ . ſi' A;"
Preſcribens- rules, ct '
NVe are fincere and hearty,
am. 'antohsmzsccj ' J.-;-.
- m. _i .:_
If an accepted maſon, - .
Should talk' of high or low church;
A We'llſet him down,v .
A ſhallow leW-n,
And underﬅand him no church,"
Clear. Fill to him, &c._
- The
MAS 0.N s s ON'G's. 127
IV.
The world is all in darkneſs,
About usthey conjecture, .
But little think, '
A ſong 'and drink.
Succeeds the maſon's lecture) , '
Lhor. Fill to him, &e. * = '-
V. v '
Then landlord bring ahogſhead,
And'in a corner place it;
Till- it rcbound,
'With hollow ſound,
Each' ma'ſon here'will fſſace it,
Chor. Fill to. him, &c.' '

To the memory of him 'whaſirﬅ plantedra Ilii-726.
Xv. s o N o."
Ttime. Young Damon once the happy ſwain,
. I, \
A maſon's"
The daughter
pride of all the fair andthrong,
Virgin young, - ct. . >
Thus to' her lover ſaid '-,' ' i ſiſ
Tho' Damon I your flame approve,
Your actions praiſe your perſon love, .
\ Yet ﬅill I'll live a maid.
None
328 A Choice COLLECTION qf
Il.
None ſhall untie my Virgin zonc,"
But one to whom the ſecret's known;
Of fam'd free-maſonry;
In which the great and good combine,
To raiſe with generous deſign,
Man to felicity.
III. ,
The lodge excludes the ſop and fool ;
The plodding knave and party-cool,
That liberty wou'd ſell -,
The noble, faithful, and the brave,
No golden Charms can e'er deceive,
In ſlavery to dwell.
ſi This ſaid, he bow'dIV.
and went away,
Apply'd was made without delay,
Return'd to her again;
The fair-one granted his requeﬅ,
Connubial joys their days have bleﬅ,
And may they e'er remain. "
T0 mqſhm and to mzybm &air-m,

And women with botb wit and charm',
That love to lie in may/am arms.
XVl. SONG,
MASONS SſſONGS.'. 1ng
XVI. s o N on
r i . . I
A heaith te our ſiﬅers ice us drink;
For why ſhould not they, . '
l
Be' remember'd, l pray,
\ ' When o'f us they ſo often do think,
When of us they ſo often do think,
It." "
_*Tis' they give thechiefeſi: delights;
Tho' wine cheers the mind,
And maſonry's kind, A '
Theſe keep us in tranſport all night," '
Theſe keep us in tranſport all night.
To all tbeflmalefiieniit qf Free-Mqſhmz
XctVI-Iſſ. so N" o.- --- 1"
r Tune The merry toh'd horn; -
_ * L -
Sing to the honour Of thoſe; ,
A Who baſeneſs anderror oppoſe ;"
Who from ſages and 'nagi'of old,
Have got ſecrets which none 'can unfold 3' '
'Whiiﬅ thro' life's ſwift dar'eer,
With mirth and good (cheerz' ſi
Wc're revellin ,
And tlevelling
-K. T * Thi?
13, A. Choice COLLECTION gf
The monarch, till he
Says ourjoys-far tranſcend
What on thrones do atte-nd,
And thinks it a glory, like us, to' be free;
' The wiſeﬅ-of' "IX. '
kiſſ'nos pav'd the Way,
And his precept; wel7<66p 'to this day; _
The moﬅ glorious oſ tempLES-ga've'name I
To ſree-maſons, who ﬅill keep'th'e ſame 5 .
Tho' no prince did ariſe, '
So great andjſo. wiſe 5 -
Yex in falling,
rOur calling. * - *
Still bore high applauſe, -
And tho' darkneſs 'o'er-run,
The-Face of the ſun,
. We, &amend-like, blaze as illmnine thecauſe. V
T0 him Matter 'work [ly-egg, &e.

\' _ > _
XYIILfi S OſſN G.
'f'
-- I; .
Hail ſecret art l bybeav'n defign'd,
To cultivateand cheer the mind;
Thy ſecrets are to all unknown, . i
But maſons juﬅ: andtruealmnc;
But maſons juﬅ andtrue alone.
CHQRUS
na is e N 'a s; is;
-. '
xzfflpHoRUs
Then let u'svall their praiſes ſing,
Fellows to peaſant,fiprinte, or king; v
Reflmvs'to penant,- Prince, or king:
. . II. > r 7' 7
From weﬅ ſſtb eaﬅ He take-our &ſit-ay,
To meet the bright approaching day; \.
That we to Work muſſyſſgo in time,
And up the,
And up the ſacred
&ſic. ladder,
3 clime.
A -- ct) *
Chor. - Thenlet'uslali, &m- * - 37. ' '
* .i 3; Irn ' . ;_1. 4 -
Bright rays of glory-did intþire',_* _
Our maﬅer-'great wſſhdct came' frdſh'flr2g_ _
Still ſacred hiﬅory keeps his ndmefi'ſſ '
Who did the glorious temple frame,
Who did, See;
Chor. Then let us, &e.
' ' art'divinectly
1v'. rear'd'
,
The noble '
, Uprightly built upon' theſquare; A
Encompa'ſs'd by" the powers'divine;
- Shall ﬅand until the eird oftim'e) 1 _
Shall ﬅand," &cfl - ' i " *
Chor. Then 'let-tis all; -&e: *
No human eye thy heatitieſſeieg,

Mr: maſons truly inﬅantl'free';" , .
- - '*_inrpix*a
l
1_32 ' _ A Choice Conne-ries of

Inſpir'd by each heaanlyſpark,
\ ' Whilﬅ Cowans labour inthc dark)
Chor. Then let us all, &a. Z 'U
To tlzect Memory 0/ the Tyrian arfffi, &9.
XIX. 'S O N G.
To' the tune of' n-thc Enter'dJPrcntiee.
Comeſſare you prepar'd, .

Your ſcaffolds well rear'd,
Bring mortar and temper it purely;
'Tis all ſaſeIhope, _ * , * v_ * 1'
Well brac'd with each rope, ' a
Your ledgers and' putlocks ſecurely.
, _ II.
Then next your brieks bring,
It is time to begin,
For the ſun with its rays is adorning;
The day's fair andtclear,
1 No rain you need fear, A
'Tisa charming, lovely, fine morning. *
, \ 111. . - _
Pray where are your cools,
Your line and plumb-rules,
Each man to hlS work let 'him ﬅand, boys.
Work ſol-id and-ſure,
Upright and ſecure,
And your building be ſurewill be ﬅrong, boys.
ſi ' " v * ' Pray
MASONS SONGS. 133
IV.
Pray make no miﬅake,
But true your joints break,
And take care that you follow your leaders;
Work, rake, back, and tueth,
And make your work ſmooth,
And be ſure that you fill up your headers.
To t/Je memory oſVitruvius, Angelo, Wren, and
other noble artfflJ, &to. I v
XX. SONG.
Turn. On, on my dear Brethren.
I.
The curious vulgar could never deviſe,
What ſocial free-maſons ſo highly do prize;
No human conjecture, no ﬅudy in ſchools,
Such fruitleſs attempts are the actions of' fools. -,.
II.
Sublime are our maxims, our plan from above,
Old as the creation cemented with love; I
To promote all the virtues adorning man's life,
Subduing our paffions, preventing all ﬅrife.
l 111., _ '
Purſue, my dear brethren, embrace with great care,
A ſyﬅem adapted out actions to ſquare; ſ
Whoſe Origin clearly appeareth divine,
Oþſerve how its precepts to virtue incline, The i
'
X 31: X '31 Choice)COL£ECT,LOH _
. IV.
The ſecrets of nature king Solomonknew, .
The names of all trees in the foreﬅ that grew z
þArchitecture his ﬅudy, freer-maſoiis ſole guide,
' _-'_Ihus finiſh'd his temple, antiqnity's pride.
True ancient freezmaſons ourrarts did conceal, .

. Their hearts were ſincerc and not prone to reveal;
,- Here's the widow ſome-mem'ry, that mighty great ſage,
[Who ſkilfully handled plumb, level, and gage.
VI. .
Toaﬅ next onr
No brother grandztnaſter
preſuming his lawsgftonoble repute,
diſpute 5) l
No diſcord, "no faction, our lodge ſhall divide; ſi
Here trgth, love,,and friendſhip, mqﬅ always abide,"
VII. ' '
Ceaſe, ceaſe, ye vain rebels, your country's diſgrace;
To ravage like Vandals, our arts to deface;
' Learn how to grow loyal, ourxking to defend,
Andlive like free-maſons, your lives to amend,
" To the ancienrſom eſpeace, p i
XXI, S O N.
To the foregoing tune. ſ
\ v I
ſi We brethren free-maſons,
let's mark the great name 5 .
Moﬅ ancient and loyal recorded by fame:
In unity met, let us\mer*rily ling 3' - /
The life of a maſon's like that of a king, i NO.
-MASON,S SONGS. ' 135
- '11. ſi
No diſcord, notenvy, amongﬅ, usſhall-be,

No confuſion of tongues, btlE, let's all-'agreez
Nor like building of and confound one another;
But fill up your glaſſes, and drink 'to each brother.
Ill; , '
A tower they wanted to lead them to bliſs,
t I hope there's 'no brother but' knows what it is -,
Three principal ﬅeps in our ladder there be,
A myﬅ'ry to all but thoſe that are ſteel:
IV., ' ' 7 __
Let the ﬅrength of our reaſon' keep th'ſquaie of our
heart,
And virtue adorn ev'ry man in his part, s ct
The name of a Cowan we'll'_ not ridic'ule,
- But pity his folly and count him a fool.
Let's' lead-a good life'whilﬅ power we have,

And whe'n that our bodies' are laid in the grave, lb
We hope with good conſcience to heav'n to climb,
ſAnd give Peter: the paſs-word, the token andſign.
VI.
Saint Peter he opens, and ſo we paſs in, 1
To a place that'sprepar'd for all thoſe ſteeefrom ſin '5
' To that heav'nly lodge which is ryed moſt-ſecure, '
ſi A place that'sprepar'd for allimaſons that's pure.
' To allpure dfldſſuPrlgþ-t "la-ſhun'
XX11.'s ONG. .
l
136 '* A Choice COALLECTION qf
_'.'
XXII. SONG; *
Tung. What tho'they'call me country laſs,
. I.
What tho' they call us maſon-fools,
r We prove, by g'o'metry, our rules,
Surpaſs\the artsusthey
They charge teach
falſely thenin_: ſchools,
i
We make it plainly to appear.

By our behaviour every where,
That when you meet with maſons there,
You meet with gentlemen.
II. ' .
'Tis true we once have charged been,
With diſobedience to our queen *,
But after monarchs plain have ſeen,
The ſecrets ſhe had ſought :
We hatch no Plots againﬅ the ﬅate,
Nor Jgainﬅ great men in pow'r prate,
i But_Isall that's
daily by noble, good, and great,
us taught.
. ' * ' Theſe

* Been Elizabeth hearing the maſons had certain ſe
crets that could not be revealed to her (for that ſhe could
not _b_e grandmaﬅer) and being jealous of all ſecret aſ
ſemblies, &o. ſhe ſent an armed force to break up their
annual grarid lodge at York, on St. John's day, the 27th
pf December, 1561. Sir Thornas Sackville (then grand
maﬅer) inﬅead of being diſmayed at ſuch an unexpected
viſit, gallantly told the officers, that nothing could give
\ him
ffi a e __*___ . _ __ T
MASONS SONGS. 137 3

Ill. -
Theſe noble ﬅructures which we ſee,
Rais'd by our fam'd ſociety,_
Surpriſe the world;
Give praiſe then :ſhall
to maſonry ſi not we,
Let thoſe who do deſpiſe the art,

Live in a cave or ſome deſart,
To herd with beaﬅs from men apart,
For their ﬅupidity.
- IV. .
But view thoſe ſavage nations, where
Free-maſonry did ne'ler appear,
What ﬅrange unpoliſh'd brutes they are ;
Then think on maſonry.
It makes us courteous men alway,
Gen'rous, hoſpitable, and gay,
What other art the like can ſay ;
Then a health to maſons free.
Proſherity to flye may/i ancient and mq/Z honour'
pþ/e _C RAF T.
him greater pleaſure than ſeeing them in the grand lodge,

. as it would give'him an opportunity of convincing them,
that free maſonry was the moﬅ uſeſul ſyﬅem that ever was
founded on divine and moral laws-, &e. The conſe
quence of his arguments were that he made the chief men
free maſons, who (on their return) made an honourable
report to the queen, ſo that ſhe never more attempted to
diflodge or diﬅurb them, but eﬅeemed them as a peculiar
ſort of men, that cultivated peaceand friendſhip, arts ani
ſciences, without meddling in the affairs of (church or
'xer SONq y' '

138_ A 'Choice COLLLCTioN- (aſ i
XXIII/ s 0 N G. ,.
t
.I.
. Glorious craft, which-'fires the mind, _
With ſweet harmony and leve; ſi
Surely thou Wer't ſirfl: deſign'd, *
A fore-taﬅe of the Joys above.
J r . . v II.
Pleaſures always on thee wait,
Thou reformeﬅ Adam's race;
Strength and beauty in thee meet,
Wiſdom's radiant in thy face.
i. > 111. '
Arts and virtues now combine,
Friendſhip raiſcs chearrul mirth;
All united to refine,
Man from's groſſer partbf earth.
IV.
Stately temples now ariſe,"
And on lofty- columns ﬅand ;
Mighty' domes attemptithe ſkies -,
To adorn thishappy land. '
"T0 tbeſhcret andſilent, &e.
_ XXlV.ſſ. s 0' N G;
* 1. *
[jet malicious people cenſure,"
They're not worth a maſon's anſwer;
While we drink and ſing,
With no conſcience ﬅing -,
Let,
MASO N_S-*'SONGS. _,\3_9 '
Let their evil genius plague v'em, \
And for Mollies, devil take 'em z _
We'll be free and merry,
_ Drinkport and ſherry z
Till the ﬅarſſs at thidnight ſhine,"
And our eyes with them combine ; , ſi
The dark night to baniſh,
Thus we will repleniſh
Nature, whilﬅ the glaſſes
With the bottle paſſes z
*' \ Brother maſon free,
4 Here's to thee, to thee ;
And let it run the table round,"
While envy does the maſons foes confounde \
iſ? all mq/bm w/Ja zeal/e the line, &0..
XXV. 3 ..O N G
. I'
Come,we're
Now come, my brethren
aſſembled here, idear,
£xalt younyoices Aclearz

With harmony z_
Herffshenone ſhalla be admitted in, t
Were a lord, duke, ct or kir'zg,
, He's counted but an empty thing,
Ezcept he's free. ſ
pHORUs
14: A Choice COLLECTION iſ
C H O R U S.
Let ev'ry man take glaſs in hand,
Drink bumpers to our maﬅer grand,
As long as he can ſit or'ﬅand,
With decency.
.Il.
By our arts we prove,
'Emblems of truth and love,
Types given from above,
. To thoſe that are free 5
There's ne'er a king that fills a throne,
Will ever be aſhamed to own,
' Thoſe ſecrets to the world unknown,
But ſuch as we,
Cbor. Let ev'ry man, &e.
. III.
Now, ladies, try your arts,
To gain us men of parts, _
-'Who beﬅ can charm your hearts,
Becauſe we're free; ſi
Take us, try us, and you'll find,
we're true, loving, juﬅ, and kind,
And taught to pleaſe a "lady's mind,
p By maſonry. '
ſi.
1 Cbor. Let ev'ry man, &e.

GYRANDX CHORUS.
God bleſs king GEORGE, long-may he'reign,
To curb the pride of foes that's vain,
And with his conqu'ring ſword maintain,
" *' Free-maſonry.
MASONS SONGS.' 1'42
To the King's good health;
The nation'r wealth ;
The Prince God hleſr;
Theﬅeetſhceeſr 5
The lodge no leﬅ.
XXVI. s to N G.
. Tune. The Fairy Elves.
\ ' 1. *
Come-follow, follow me,
' Y-ejovial maſons free;
Come follow all the rules,
That _e'er was taught in ſchools,
By Sofomon, that maſon king,
Who honours toII.
the craft d'id bring.
ſi
He's juﬅly call'd 'the wiſe,
His fame doth reach the ſkies 5
He ﬅood upon the ſquare,
And did the temple rear -,
With true level, plumb, and gage,
_ He prov'd the wonder of the age."
' X 111. \
The mighty maſon lords, _
Stood firmly to their words z p
They had it in eﬅeem,
4 For which they're juﬅly deem'd;
w
- Why ſhould not their example prove,
Our preſent craft to live in love.
, The
waſ, A Moſt? 'CGLLMHW iſ"
. *1v._ .- - > v
The royal art and word, i
Is kept upon' record 'e

In upright hearts and pure,
While ſun and moon endure 'g- _- -
N0t written 'but indented on, '
The heart oſ e'ery arch-maſon._
, _ ame; X. .
And as for- Hizm'sart, _. . -
We need not ſſto impart:
, The ſcripture plainlyſhcws, -w
From whenceihis knowledge flows;
His genius. was ſo much. refin'd,
His peer he has not left behind.>
- VI- ..
Thenlet not any one, 0.
Forget the widow's ſon -,
But toaﬅ his' memory, _ - * ._
In glaſſes charg'd full high z
vAnd when our proper time is come_,'_
Like brethren part, and ſo go home.
To-Zzz'm- that 'did the temple riar, &e.I
\,
_ XXVII, s o N g_ _
With plumb,£l%vel,and ſquare, tdctWork' they Prepare;
Andj.oin 'in a-ſweet harmony; - _
ſi * * ' Lees,
(I
MA-s-ONs SON'GS. 143'
Let's fillſſbp each glaſs, and around let it paſs, '
To all honeﬅ 'menthat are free,
To all honeﬅ men that are free.
Cl-I'ORUS. ſſ
Then a fig fore-il thoſe,-who are free maſon's foes,

Our ſecrets we-'ll never impart;
Butin u'nity we'll always agree, ' ' ' 1. r
And chorus it, proſper our art, proſper out are,

Andſſchorus it, proſper our art.
II? . - L \'
When we're properly cloathſi'd, the maﬅer diſcloſes
The Ducts that's lodg'd inhis breaﬅ;
Thus we ﬅand by rthe Cauſe, thin-deſerves great
r 'spplauſq - - - _ '
In which l'we are happil Fbidfl'a
In which, are; - H
Chor. - Then-is fig 'for all thoſe',- &cg. '
' IiI'.
The bible's out. guide, and bytthat we'll abide, -
Which ſhews that our actions are pure;
The compaſs and ſquare, are emblems moﬅ rare,
ijuﬅiceour cauſe to inſure,
ijuﬅice, &e.
Chor. Then a fig for all- thoſe, &e.
: IV'.v ſi
The Cowan may ﬅrive, nay plat and contrive,
_To find out our great myﬅery. ;*
- . . The
I'u: a,
144. 'ad Choice Councrron of
The inquiſitive wife, may in vain ſpend her life)
For ﬅill we'll be honeﬅ and free.
For ﬅill, &e.
Chor. Then a fig, &e.
V.
True brotherly love, we always approve,
p Which makes us all mortals excel z
Ifa knave ſhould by chance, to this grandeur advance;
i- That villain 'We'll ﬅraightv'vay expel.
That villain, &c; ſſ
Chor. Then a fig, &e.

: ' ' ' VI. - , _
Our lodge that's ſo pure, to the end will endure," z
ln virtue and true ſecreey; \ i, A
Then let's toaﬅ a good health,with honour and wealth,"
To attend the bleﬅ hands made us free,
To attend, &e. a ' , ' *.
Chor. Then a fig for all thoſe, &e. .z _- _
To each true and faithful heart,

Thatﬅill Pſſſ'f'llct' the ſecret art.
XXVlII. ' s 0 N G.
1- .' . .\-'
King Solomon, that wiſe projector, _
1 ln maſonry took great delight;
And Hiraſim, that great architector,
Whoſe actions ſhall ſhine ever bright: ,
' . From"
Mhs'O'N'S S'ONG'sz 14;
From the heart of a true honeﬅ maſon,
There's none can the ſecret remove;
Our maxims arejuﬅice, morality,
Friendſhip, and brotherly love.
Then who would not be a Free-maſon,
So happy and jovial are we; _
To kings, dukes, and lords, we are brothers,
And in every lodge we are free.
II.
We meet like true friends On the-ſquare,
And part on a level that's fair ;
Alike we reſpect king and beggar,
Provided the'y're juﬅ and fincere':
We ſcorn an ungen'erous action,
None can with free-maſons c'ompare z
We love for to live within compaſs,
By rules that are hOneﬅ and fair.
Then, &a.
III.ſſ
Succeſs to all accepted maſons,

There's none can their honour pull down;
For e'er ſince the glorious creation,
Theſe brave men were held in renown:
When Adam was king of all nations, '
He form'd a plan with all ſpeed,
And ſoon made a ſweet habitatiOn,
Forſſhim and his companion Eve.
Then, &p.
L ' We
7146 , A Choice ſiCOLLECTIONſi qf \
i , Iv; '
We exclude all talkative fellows,
That babble and pr'ate paﬅ their wit; , '- )
They ne'er ſhall come into our ſecret, '
For they're neither worthy nor fit:
But the
And we perſons that's
find them welland
honeﬅ recommended,
true; i I
When our lodge is well tyl'd we'll prepare 'em, 4

' Like maſons our work we'll purſue. *
Then, &C.
V. > .
There's ſome fooliſh people reject us, .
For
Theywhich they're
cannot ſhew highly to'blame;
any objection, i __
' Or reaſon for doing the ſame tf

The art's a divine inſpiration,
As all honeﬅ men'will declare; _
So here's to all true-hearted brothers, zx. '_ -_
'That live within compaſs and ſquare. _ i
Then, &e. ſ i '
VI.
Like an arch well cemented together,
So firmly cemented we ﬅand -,
And lovingly drink to each Other,
With plumb, line and level in hand:
Till the world is conſumed by fire,
Andjudgment is paſs'd on us all,
' There's none ſhall come into our ſecrets,
Nor we from Free-rriaſonry fall.
Then, &C.
To' all thaſh who live within compaſſ: and/Quart.
Note. The laﬅ verſe and chorus were compoſed by another hand.
_MASONS XS'ONGS. 147
XXIX. s o' N G;
By brother R-- P-, Eſq;
Tune.-By Jove Pn be free.

I'. '
Of all inﬅitutions to form well the mind,
And make us to every virule inclin'd;
None can with the craft of free-maſo'ns compare,"
Nor teach us ſo truly Our actions to ſquare;
For it was ordain'd by our founder's decree,
That we ſhould be loyal, be loving, and free;
be loving, and free, &tfl
Il.
We in harmony, friendſhip, and unity meet,
And every brother moſt lovingly greet;
And, when we ſee one in diﬅreſs, ﬅill impart
.SOme comfort to cheer and enliven his heart;
Thus we always live and for ever agree,
Reſolved to be'loyal, moﬅ loving, and free,
moﬅ loving and free,ſſ&c.<
Ill.
By points of good fellowſhip we ﬅill accord,
Obſerving each brother's true ſign, grip, and word z .
Which from our Great Architect was handed down,
And ne'er will to any but m'aſons- be known ; r
Then here's to our brethren of every degree,
Who always are
\_ſi loyal,
t areare
loving, andffn
loving, e, &c.
and free,
ſi L 2 Thus
1437 21 Choice COLtECTton
IV.
Thus we interchangeably hold one another,
To let mankind ſee how we are link'd to each brother 3
No monarch that ſecret knot-can untie,
Nor can prying mortals the reaſon know why;
rFOr our hearts, like our hands, united ſhall be;
Still ſecret, ﬅill loyal, ﬅill loving, and free,
ﬅill loving and free, &e.
To allfiee, ſhcial 'na/am, &e.
Song Io thefiregozſing time.
By brother B--d Cl---he.

Magna eﬅ, I/erz'tar et pra-calmſ!
I. \
To
Let the
the ſcience
muſe paythather
virtue andinart
tribute 'doglidingiﬅraing'
ſoft maintain,"
Thoſe myﬅic perfections ſo fond 'to'diſp'lay,

As far as allowed 'to poetical lay ;
Each profeſſion and claſs of mankind muﬅ agree,
That maſons alone are the men who are free,
\ the men who are free, &e.
- * II.
Their origin they with great honour can trace,
From 'the ſons of religion and ſingular 'grace 5
Great Hiram and Solomon, virtue to prove,
Made this the grand ſecret of friendſhip and love;
Each profeffion and claſs of mankind muﬅ agree,
That maſons,of all men, are certainly free,
* ' p are certainly free, &e.
MASOvNS SONGS. 149
Ill.
The ſmart and the beau, the coquet and the prude,
The dull and the comic, the heavy and rude;
In vain may enquire, then fret and deſpiſe
An art that's ﬅill ſecret 'gainﬅ all they deviſe;
Each profeſſion and claſs of mankind mufl agree,
That maſons, tho' ſecret, are loyal and free,
are loyal and free, &e.
IV.
Commit it to thouſands of different mind,
And this golden precept you'l] certainly find;
Nor intereﬅ nor terror can make themſireveal, '
Withoutjuﬅ admittance, what they ſhould c0nceal;

Each profeſiion and claſs of mankind muﬅ agree,
That maſons alone are both ſecret and free, r
both ſecret and free, &cJ
Fair virtue and friendſhip, religion and love,

The morive of this noble ſcience ﬅill prove;
'Tis the lock and key of the moﬅ godly rules,
And not to be truﬅed to knaves. or to fools;
Each proſeffion and claſs of mankind muﬅ agree,
' That ancient free-maſons are ﬅeady and and
are ﬅeady free,free, &e. i
VI.
Th'lſr'lites diﬅinguiſh'd their friends from their foes,
By ſigns and characters; then fay why ſhould thoſe
Oſ vice and'unbelieſ be permitted to pry,
Into ſecretsthat maſons alone ſhouſd deſcry;
That maſons, of all men, are ſecret and free,
are ſecret and free, &e.
150 A Choice COLLECTION of\
VII.
The dunce he images, that ſcience and art
'Dependtmtſome compact or magical part;
Thus men are ſo ﬅupid, to think that the cauſe
Of our conﬅitution's againﬅ divine laws z
Each profeſſion and claſs of mankind muſt agree;
That maſons are jovial,v religious, and free,
ſſ religious, and free, &e.
a VlII,
Puſh about the brilk bowl, let it circling paſs;
Let each choſen brother lay hold on his glaſs,
And drink to the heart that will always conceal,"
And the tongue that our ſecrets will never reveal;
That the ſons of old Himm are certainly free;
' ' *' . are certainly free, &c,'
vTo the innocent andfaz'tþſu] craft, &c,
\,XXXI. s 0 N G;
\
By Brother 7' . C----,*
Tunee-Rule Britannia, &t.
ſi I. _
When earth's foundation firﬅ was laid,

By the Almighty artiﬅ's hand -, i
It was then our perfect, our perfect laws were made,
Eﬅabliſh'd by his firict command.
Haileyﬅerious hail! glorious maſonry,
_ That makes us ever great and free.
As
MASONS SONGS. 15!
II.
.As manfrom
In vain throughout
place tofor ſhelter
bplace didſought,
roam;
Until from heaven, from heaven-he was taught,
To plan, to build, and fix his home.
Hail! myﬅerious, &e.
III.
Hence illuﬅrious roſe our art,
And now in beauteous piles appear;
Which ſhall to endleſs, to endleſs time impart,
How l worthy
Hail and how
myﬅerious, &c.great we
i are. '
IV.
Nor we leſs fam'd for ev'ry tie,
By which the human thought is bound *,.
Love, truth, and friendſhip, and friendſhip ſocially,
Doth join our hearts and hands around.
* Hail l myﬅerious, &c. '
r ſi V.
Our actions ſtill by virtue bleﬅ,
And to our precepts ever true z
The world admiring, admiring ſhall requeſt
To learn, 'and our bright paths purſue.
Hail! myﬅerious, &c, - *
- To all true maſom and upright,
Whaſhw the Eaﬅ where rq/Z- the 1ngth
XXXII. SONG. ſ *
jsz A' Cholce- Coucerron
xXXII,-S-o N G, *
t I.
Come, boys, let us more liquor get,
Sincejovially we are all met,
Since jovially, &a. _
Here nonewill diſagree ;
Letls drink and ſing, and all combine,v
In ſongs,
In ſongs to&e.
praiſe that
ſ art divine,
.. 5 That's call'd free-malbnry;

, 11,
True knowledge ſeated in the head, '
Doth teach us maſons how to tread,
Doth teach, &e.
The paths we ought to go;
By which we ever friends create,
' -. vſſDrown
Drown care
care,and
&e.ﬅrife,
ſi and
' all debate,
Count none but fools our foe;

III,
Here ſorrow knows not how to weep, '
And watchful grief is lull'd aſleep,
And watchful, &c. r
In our lodge we know' no'care 5,
Join hand in hand before we part,
7 Each brorher take his glaſs with heart,
Each 'brother,-&c.
And
- toaﬅ ſome charmingſi fair, . Heat
MASONS SONGS,
IV.
Heat me, ye gods, and while I live,
Good maſons and good liquor give,
Good maſons, &a.
-Then always happy me;
Likewiſe
Until a gentle ſhe toI grave,
l'miſummon'd my grave,
' But when I'm, &e.

Adieu my lodge and ſhe.
To each charming/Ya andſhitlffulſhea'

That low: the craﬅ aſ Mqſhnm
XXXIII. S O N__G.
I .
Guardian genius of our art divine,
Unto thy faithful ſons appear;
Ceaſe now o'er ruins of the Eaﬅ to pine,
And ſmile in blooming beauties here.
II.
Egypt, SyriaJand proud Babylon,
No more thy bliſsful preſence claim;
In England fix thy ever-during throne,
Where myriads do confeſs thy name;
IlI.
The ſciences from eaﬅem regions brought,
Which, after ſhewn in Greece and Rome,
Are herein ſeveral ﬅately lodges taught;
_To which remOteﬅ brethren come.
Behold
\
154 A Choice COLLECTION yf *

IV.
Behold what ﬅrength our riſing domes uprears;
Till mixing with the azure ſkies; i
Behold what beauty thro' the whole appears,

So wiſely built they muſt ſurpriſe.
. r V!
Nor are we only to theſe arts confin'd,
For we the paths of virtue trace;
By us man's rugged nature is refin'd,
And poliſh'd into love and peace.
To the int-ragſ? aſ perpetualﬅiemz'ſhz'jz, mid peace

amongﬅ ſhe ancient crzzfl,
XXXIV. '
An ODE on .MASONRY.
r ' By brother Y. Bzmks.
Geniusloſ maſonry deſcend,
In myﬅic numbers while we ling;
Enlarge our ſonls, the craft defend,
And hither all thy influence bring;
NVith ſocial thoughts our boſoms fill,
And give thy turn to every will,
While yet Bqtavia*s wealthy powers
Neglect thy beauties to explore ;
And winding Seine adorn'd with towers,
Laments thee wandering from 'his ſhore;
Here ſpread thy wings and glad theſe iſies,
Where arts refide and freedom ſmiles,
Behold
,__,_ __.._____
MASONS SONctGs. 15;

Behold the lodge riſe into view,
The work of induﬅry and art;
'Tis grand, and regular, and true,
For ſo is each good maſon's heart ;
Friendſhip cements it from the ground,
And ſecrecy ſhall fence it round;
A ﬅately dome o'er-looks Our Eaﬅ,

Like orient Phoebus in the morn ;
And two tall pillars in the VVeﬅ,
=At once ſu'ppOrt us and adorn -,
Upholden thus the ﬅructure ﬅands,
Untouch'd by ſacrilegious hands,
For concord form'd Our ſouls agree,

Nor fate this union ſhall deﬅroy; .
Our toils and ſports alike are free,"
And all is harmony and joy ;' . >
So Salem's temple roſe by rule,
Without the uſe of noxious tool.
As when Amphion tun'd his ſong,
Ev'n rugged rocks the muſic knew;
Smooth into form they glide along,
And to a Thebes the deſart grew 5
So at the ſound of Hiranz's voice,
EWC riſe, we join, and we rejoice.
Then may our vows to virtue move,

To virtue own'd in all her parts;
' Come candour, innocence, and love,
Cpme and poſſeſs our faithful hearts; '
146 A Choice .COLLECTION of
Mercy, who feeds the' hungry poor,
And Silence, guardian of the door.
As thou Aﬅnea, tho' from earth,

When men on men began to prey 5
Thou fied'ﬅ to claim celeﬅial birth,
Down from Olympus wing'd thy way z '
And mindful of thy ancient ſeat, i
Be preſent ﬅill where maſons meet.
Immortal
_We Science
own thy empiretoo,
o'erbethe
near;
mind -, - - i
Dreſs'd in thy radiant robes appear, _ o

With all thy beauteous train behind;
Invention young and blooming there, A
Here's Geometry with rule and ſquare; ct
In Egypt's Fabric learningſidwelt,
And Roman breaﬅs could virtue hide;
But Vulcan's rage the building felt,
And Brutus laﬅKOf Romans died; -
Since when, diſpers'd the ſiﬅers rove,

Or ſill paternal thrones above.
But loﬅ to half of human race, \

With us the virtues ſhall revive:
And driven no more from place to place,
Here Science ſhall be kept alive;
And manly taﬅe, the child'of ſenſe,
Shall baniſh vice and dulneſs hence.
United
MASONS SONGS. 157
United thus, and for theſe ends,
Let ſcorn deride and envy rail;
From age to age the craft deſcends,
And What we build ſhall never fail;
Nor ſhall the world our works ſurvey, \
But every brother keeps the key.
To eacbſaitbful brother, bath ancient andyoungctz
That govern: Ziir paſſion, and bride: his tongue.
, ..:xxxv.
'The PROGRESS of MASONRY,
, I. r
Pray lend me your ears my dear brethren awhilc,"
Full ſober my ſenſe thoijoaking my ſtyle;
I fing of ſuch' wonders unknown to all thoſe, 1 '
Who fiucter in verſe or who hobble-in proſe.
Derry down, down, down derry down; . I '
II. * ' '
As all in confuſion the chaos yet lay,
E're evening and morning had made the firﬅ day ;
The unform'd materials lay tumbiing together, A.
Like Derry'
ſo manydown,
Dutchmen
&ci- in thick foggy weather. -''
. i
III.
When to this confuſion'no end there appear'd,
The ſovereign' maſon's word ſudden was heard;
Then
158 A Choice' Conne-non of
Then teem'd mother Chaos with maternal throes;

By which this great lodge of the world then aroſe.
Dcrry down, &c
IV.
Then earth and the' heavens withjubilee rung; ſ'
And all the creation of'maſonry ſung; "
When lo! to compleat and adorn the gay. ball;
Old Adam, was made the grand maﬅer of all;
a' Derry down, &c- * ** . '
l v V' '
But Satan met Eve. When ſhe Was a gadding;

_ And ſet her (as ſince, all her daughters) a maddingþ;
To find out the ſecrets of free-maſonry,
She eat of the fruit of the forbidden tree.- * v
Derry down, &c. i
* , Vl. 1
Then as ſhe was filled with high-flowing ſancies;
As e'er was fond girl who deals in romances -,
She thought her with knowledge ſufficiently cramm'd,
And ſaid to her ſpouſe, My-deor, ear and he d---d.
Derry down, &c. ' '
VII.
But Adam aﬅoniſh'd like one ﬅruck with thunder,
Beheld her from head to foot over with wonder z
Now you have done this thing, Madam, ſaid he,
For your ſake no women free-maſom ſhall he.
Derry down, &c.
Now
MASONS SONGS. 15,
VIII.
Now as ſhe bewail'd her in ſorrowful ditty,
The good man beheld her, and on her took pity z
Free-maſons are tender, ſo for thexſad dame, i
He made her an apron to cover her ſhame.

Derry down, &c.
IX.
Then did 'they ſolace in mutual joys, '
Till in proceſs of time they had 'two chopping boys ;
The prieﬅs of the pariſh, as goſſips devis'd,
'By names Cain and Ahel the youths circumcis'd.
Derry down, &c. '
X. ,
. Old father Seth next mounts on the ﬅage,
In manners ſevere, but in maſonry ſage,
He built. up two pillars that were tall and thick;
One was made
Derry of ﬅone, the other of brick.
down,\&c. i
XI.
On them he engrav'd with wonderful ſkill,
Each lib'ral ſcience with adamant qſiuill -,
'Proportion and rule he form'd by the ſquare,
And directed the uſe of all maſonry there.
Derry down, &c. -
XII. .
But ſoon did mankind behavepaﬅ enduring,
ln drinking, in ſwearing, in fighting and whoring;
1 Then Jaw aroſe, and fierce in his anger,
' Said, That he wau'dſuffer ſuch mf/Zrmnt: no longer. .
Derry down, &c. *
Then
- _____._ ___ ,,
" tſſ6o' A 'A Choice Confection
Xlll.
Then from their highwindows the heavens did pour;
/\.
'Forty days and nights one continual ſhower 3-
Till nought could be ſeen but the waters' around, '
And in this great deluge moﬅ mortals were'drown'd."
Derry down, &e.
' XIV.
' Sure ne'er was beheld ſo dreadful a ſight,"
' ſ As the old world in ſuch a very odd plight: "
For there were to be ſeen all animals ſwimming,"
Men, monkeys, prieﬅs, lawyers, eats, lapdogs, and
women.
Derry down, &e.
. XV.
There floated a debtor away from his duns,"
And next father grey-beard ﬅark naked 'midﬅ nunsi
Likewiſe a poor-huſband not minding his life,
- \ COntented in drowning to ſhake off his wifee
. Derry down, &e.
* ' XVL '
ſiA king and a cobler _nexr mingled to view,
And ſpendthrift young, heirs thereHWere not a few :
A whale and a Dutchman came down with the tide,
And a reverend old biſhop by a young wench's ſide.
Derry down, &e. '
XVII. , and upright,
But Noah being wiſeﬅ, faithful, _, ſi
He built him an ark ſo ﬅout and ſo tight 5,

Tho' heaven and earth ſeem'd to come together,
He was ſafe down,
in his lodge
Derry. &e. and
i fear'd not the weather;ſ
MASONS SONGS. 16!
XVllT.
Then after the flood, like a brorher ſo true,
Who ﬅill had the good of the craft in his view,
He delved the ground and he planted the vine,
He form'd a lodge, aye, and gave his lodge wine.
Derry down, &e.
XIX.
Let ﬅateſmen toſs, tumble, and jumble the ball;
We 'ſit ſafe in our lodge, and we laugh at them all ;
Let biſhops wear lawn ſleeves, and kings have their
' ointment,
Frceemaſonry ſure is by heaVen's appointment.
Derry down, &c.
1 XX.
Now charge, my dear brethren, and chorus with me, _
A health to all maſons both honeﬅ and free 5
Nor leſs be our duty unto our good king,
So God bleſs Great George let each brother ſing.
Derry down, &e.
To the King and t/Je truﬅ (as the MaﬅerfingJ
XXXV I. S O N G.
By brother Lau. Dermott;
Tune. Mutual Love.
I.
AsiMaſans once on Sln'nar's plain,
Met to revive their arts again,
Did mutually agree,
Did motually, &c. r p
'ſ M ' p Sq
162 . ' 'Choice Cotec'T-I'O'N ye
50'an we' met in Britain's Iſle,

And make the royal craft to ſmile,
' 'eſſv In ancient maſonry, '
r'*-'-".I=n ancient, &e.
- ' H, .
The maſons in this happy land, .
Have reviv'd the ancient grand, .
And the ﬅrong Tzzſcon laid,
. Andthe, &c. ſ.
Each faithful brother, by a ſign,
Like Solem's ſons each otherjoin,
And ſoon each order made,
And ſoon, &e.
Thrice happy, bleﬅ_ m.
ifraternity,, .
Whoſe bafis is ſweet unity,

And makes us all agree,
- And makes, &e.
Kings, dukes, and lords to ns'are kind,
ſ ' to beggars,
Them ſkill'd'inwhen we find ; i e_ '
maſonry,
Them ſhill'd&c.
' ' ' IV. - .
How happy 'are the ancient hrave,
Whom no C'oWan can deceive, .
And may they
Andſimay, &e. ſo ſremain,
i ' p
No modern crhſtſmarictd'er did know,"
IVhat ſigns our maﬅers to ſhew,
_ Tho' long theyr-ﬅrow in vain,
' The' long, See, >
MASONS-SONGS. 15,
V.
The horn'd Buck and Gallican *,'
As the monkey iniiiates the man, ' ct
Their clubs do lodges call,
Their clubs, &a. * ' s'?
'While ancient maſons knowſull well,
No fools like thoſe amongﬅ them dwell,
No, no, nor never ſhall,
No, no, nor never ſhall;
r ſſVI. ' X * ";.*:*.
My brethren all take glaſs in hand,' "' 'i ' ffl V i
* And toaﬅ our noble maﬅer grand, "ſiſi'ſi I ' '
And in full ehorus ſing,
And in,&c: _' , _ '\-:
.A health to ancient malbns freegx 'i ,, ,. . .. -
Throughout the globe where'er they. 3,
And ſo God ſave the King, * 5: m _* .
And ſo God ſave the King. .
" To all ancieizt Mqſhm, whertjbeoer dfflþet'd or

oþþrgſh'd, round the glohe, Seed) _. 1 _
a > 'a
'* Here is meant a certain club who call themſelves
Antigallz'c Maſons, and not the laudable' aſſociation of
Antigallimns, whom I eﬅeem asan honourable and uſe
ful Society and worthy of imitation. .Jn' l
LÞ
M2 ' i ſiXXXVL
_16"4.= 1 Achoicc Cause-non , of 1.
XXXVII. s o N G. '
By the foregoing Hand,
Tum- Greedy5Mdar.
I.
With harmony and flowing wine,
My brethren all come with me join, / '
To celebrate this happy day,
And to our maﬅer homage pay:
II.
Hail! happy, happy, ſacred place,
Where friendſhip ſmiles in ev'ry face;
And royal arſit doth ſill the chair,
Adorned with his noble ſquare.
Ill.
Next ſing, my muſe, our warden's praiſe, 3
With chorus loud in tuneful lays;
Oh! may theſe columns ne'er decay,
Until the world diſſolvesaway.
IV.
My brethren all come join with me,
To ſing. the praiſe of maſonry z
'ſhe noble, faithful, and the brave,
Whoſe arts ſhall live beyond the grave.
4
M-ASON'S SONGS. '61

, v_ /
Let envy hide her ſhameful face,
Before us ancient ſons ſſof peace a
Whoſe golden precept: ﬅill remain,
Free from envy, pride, or ﬅain.
To Salem'e Som, &e.
XXXVIIL S O N G.
By the foregoing Hand.
Tune. Ye mortal: that love drinking.
I.
Ye ancient ſons of Tyre,
ln chorus join with me:
- And imitate your fire,
> Who was fam'd for maſonry:
'His ancient dictates follow,
And from them never part 5
Let each ſing like Apollo,
And praiſe the royal art.
Il.
Like Salem's ſecond ﬅory,
We raiſe the craft again z
Which ﬅill retains its glory,
*. The ſecret here remain :
Amongﬅ true ancient maſons,
Who always did diſdain
Theſe new invented faſhions;
Which we know are vain. , _ . .
M 3 . 'Our
7165 I! Choice' 1(7501.nati-Thine ſ.
III.' *
Our Temple nowrebuilding,
You ſee grand Columns*'* riſe;
The MAGI they reſembling, ,
They are both good and wiſe, ' ' 'ct '
Each ſeems as firm as Atlas," i i
Who onhis ſhoulders bore,
The ﬅarry frame of heaven ;
- _'What mortal's- canſi do more?
IV.- -.
Come now, my loving brethren,
In chOrus join all "round,
With flowing wine full bumpers,
Let maſons healths be crown'd -,= '
And let each envious Cowan,
By our good actionsſee;
i
That we are made free and loving, '
By art of Maſon'ry, * ctſ ' * 'a
To (he memory! ofP, H, Z, L, 'andctJt'Aſſſi
XXXIX, O N G,
fane. The Enter'd 'Prentice,
ſi v11"
From the depths let us? raiſe,

Our voices, and praiſe
The works oſ the glorious creation;
And extol the great fame,
Of o'ur Maker's great name,
And his love to an accepted maſong ' - i, _ ' *
--_ ſi ii Grand officers, ſi ' '
1 .,
MASONS soNcs, 1673
II.
In primitive times,
When men by high crimes,"
Had cauſed a great devaﬅation ;
When the floods did abound,
And all mankind were drown'd,
Save the free and the accepted maſons.
III.
There were architects four,
Where billows did roar,
Were ſaved from that great inundation;
Who's father on high,
Taught Geometry, \
That honour'd ſcience of a maſon-.
IV.
In an ark that was good,
. Made of good Gopher wood,
'And was built by divine ordination
And the firﬅ in his time',
That planted a vine,
Was a free and an accepted maſon,
. V'
Then Nz'mrod the great _

Did next undertake A 3
_To build him to heav'n
But tongues a ﬅation 3
of all kind, ' ſi
Prevented his mind, . i.

For he was no excellent
168 A Choice COLLECTLON 'of
VI.
* When Pharaoh theſikſſing
Of Egypt, did bring
To bondage our whole generation;
That king got a fall,
And his magician: all,
By a princely and learned wiſe maſon. A
VII.
Then thro' the Red Sea,
Heav'n guided their way,
By two pillars of divine ordination ;
And Pharaob's great train,
Were loſt in the main, _
For purſuing an army of mſiaſons. -
VIII. - *} '
When Amelcck's king ' -
Great forces did bring,
Likewiſe the great Midianitc nation 3
Thoſe kings got a fall,
And their great armies all,
And their wealth fell/a ſpoil to thoſe maſons.
IX.
On a hill they did rear
A pavillion fair,
The beauty of all the creation z ®
Each part in its ſquare, '
Which none could prepare,
Save a free and accepted maſon.
They
MASONS SONGS. 169
' X.
They to Ywdan did go, '
And met their proud foe,
And fought the great Cannon-ire nation ;
Whoſe gigantic ﬅrain
Could never ſuﬅain
The force of an army of maſons.
' Xſ.
King Solomon, he
K
Was known to be free,
Buiit a holy grand lodge in his nation,
Each beautiful part
Was due to the art
Of Hiram, the great learned maſon.
XlI.
Let each maſOn free,
Toaﬅ his memory,
Join hands without diſiimulation z
Let Cowans think on,
We know they are wrong,
Drink a health to an accepted maſon.
XlII.
But if any ſo mean, ſi
Thro' avarice or ﬅain,
Should debaſe himſelf in this high ﬅation ;
That perſon ſo mean, \
For ſuch curſed-gain,
$hould be ſlain by the hand of a maſon.
To all true andfaitþful Mqſhm.
XL. so N o.
170. dChoice Couzezrrorigfi 1.'
XL. s 0__N
I.
'Tis maſonry unites mankind,
To gen'rous actions forms the ſoul;
In friendly converſe all conjoin'd,
One ſpirit animates the whole.
II.
VVhere-e'er aſpiring domes ariſe,
Where-ever ſacred altarsv fiand z
Thoſe altars 'blaze unto the ſkies,
Thoſe domcs proclaim the maſon's hand,
lll. '
As paffions rough the ſoul diſguiſe,
Till ſcience cultivates the mind;
So the rude ﬅone unſhapen lies,
Till by the maſon's art refin'd.
IV.
i Tho' ﬅill our chief concern and care,
Be to deſerve a brother's name;

Yet ever mindful of the fair, ,] ,
Their kindeﬅ influence we claim:
V'
Let wretches at our manhood rail ;

But they who once our order prove,
Will own that we who build ſo well,
With equal' energy can love,
vM'AsONS SONGS, 17:
Vl.
Sing brethren then the craft divine,
(Beﬅ band of ſocial joy. and mirth -,)
With choral ſound and cheerful wine',
Proclaim its virtues p'er the earth. . .
XLI.SONG, '
By Brorher Yohn Yarhſon, S. G. W.
I.
See in the Eaﬅ the maﬅer plac'd,
How graceful unto us the ſight;
His noble
His wardens juﬅ to
orders he ſet
doth intruﬅ,i
right.
Where-e'er he liﬅ, his deacons ﬅraightway run,

To ſee the lodge well tyl'd and work begun.
ll
LikeYIſyre's ſons we then purſue
The noble ſcience we profeſs,
Each maſon to his calling true
Down to the loweﬅ from the beﬅ.
Square, plum, and level we do all maintain,
Emblems ofjuﬅice are and ſhall remain.
'King 1
172. A Choice Couzcnon gf '
III.
King Solomon, the great maſon,
Honour unto the eraft did raiſe; _
The I'y'ian prince and widow's ſon, '
Let ev'ry brother jointly praiſe: v L
Drink to the memory of all the three, *
And toaﬅ their names in glaſſes charg'd full__high.
lXLII. S O N G.
By brother Yolm Cartwrigbt of Cheadle in Lamaſhtctr'.

Turn. Smileſſ Britannia.
\ ,
I.
Attend, attend the ﬅrains
To maſons
Ye celebrateFree,
yourwhilﬅ
fame,I i 1 .
' Your virtues ſound on high;

Accepted maſons, free and bold,
- Will never live the dupes to gold.
ſſ II.
Great Solomon the king,
Great architect 'of fame; ' ' ,
Of whom all coaﬅs did ring, -
Rever'd a maſon's namei
Like him, accepted, free, and bold,
True wiſdom we prefer to gold.
Since
F-W " "_'*"""'-1*"
MASONS SONGS. '173

Ill.
Since him the great and wiſe
Of every age and clime,
With ſame that never dies,
Purſued the art ſublime;
lnſpir'd by heav'n, juﬅ and free,
Have honour'd much our myﬅery.
lV. -
The glorious paths of thoſe,
With heav'n-born wiſdom crown'd; -
We every day diſcloſe,
And tread on ſacred ground ;
A maſon, righteous,juﬅ and free,
Or elſe not worthy maſonry.
XLIlI. si 0 N 6.
B] 'be foe-going Hand.
Turn. The Bonny' Broom.
I.
To maſonry your voices raiſe,
Ye brethren of the craft; z
To that, and our great maﬅer's praiſe,
Let bumpers now be quaff'd :
True friendſhip, love and concord join'd,
Pofldſs a maſon's heart;
Thoſe virtues beautify the mind,
And ﬅill adorn the art.
' C H OR U S.
Rd'Choi'ce Cdttce-rron
C H Oſſ R U S.
Hail, ſſall hail, my brethren dear, , . a '

- All hail tor ye alway; ,
Regard the art, while ye' have life,
Revere it every day. '
II,
Whilﬅ thus in unity Wejo'in',
Our hearts ﬅill good 'an'dtrue i'
Inſpired by the grace divine,
And no baſe end-s in vie'v-z" -
We friendly meet, ourſelves employ,"
To improve the fruitful mind;
With bleſſings which-can never cloy,
' But digmfy mankind.
Chor. Hail, 'all hail, &c. þ
III. '
No flinty hearts amOngﬅ us' are, ſi
VVe're generous and kind -, 1
The needy man our fortune ſhares,
If him we worthy find:
Our charity from Eaitto VVeﬅ,
' To each worthy object we. i ,
-' Diffuſe, as is the great beheﬅ, ,
To every man that'slfree,
Chor.'Hail, all'hail, e'
ſ -' Thee
MASONS SONGS. 175
vIV.
ThUS bleſs'd and bleſſing well we know,

Ourjoys can never end ;,
For long as vital ſpirits flow 5
A maibn finds afriend.
Then join your hearts and tonguesr withv mine,"v _
Our glorious art to praiſe;" ' ſi
Diſcreetly take the generous? wine; *
Let reaſon rule your ways. *.. in
Chor. Hai},all\haſſil, &e. s- -> r -*
.,, .
_', . ".",.'. .. n_
I
' I."
XLIV.
An O D E hy the ſame Hand.'ſſ
RECITATIVE.
Bleſs'd be the day that gave to me

The ſecrets of free-maſonry z a
In that alone m' ambition's plac'd,
In that alone let me. be grac'd; U
No greater titles let me bear, , L
Than what's pertaining to the ſquare.
A i I' R' U'- ſi
Tho' envious mortalsþvainly try,

XOn us to caﬅ abſurdity, '
'76v BA Cþoz'ce Conne-non of
We laugh at all their ſpleen ;

. The levell'd man, 'the upright heart,
Shall ﬅill adorn our glorious art,
Nor ſimind their vile chagrin :
The ermin'd robe, the rev'rend crozier too,
' Have prov'd us noble, honeﬅ,jufi, and true.
C H O R U S.
In vain then let prejudic'd mortals declare
Their hate of us maſons, we're truly ſincere;
If for that they deſpiſe us, their folly they prove,
For a maſon's grand maxim is brotherly love ;'
But yet, after all, if they'd fain be thought wiſe,
Let them enter the lodge, and we'li open their eyes.
XLV. SONG. 4
I. ,
How bleſs'd are we from ignorance freed,
And the baſe notions of mankind,
Here every virtuous moral deed,
Inﬅructs and fortifies the mind z
Hail! antient, hallow'd, ſolemn ground,
Where light and maſonry I found.
II.
Hence vile detractors from us fly,
Far to the gloomy ſhades of night,
Like owls that hate the mid-day ſky,
vAnd ſink with envy from its' light z
With
"MAsoNs soNGs. 177'
With them o'er graves and ruins rot,
For hating knowledge you know not.
Ill.
When we aſſemble on a hill,
Or in due form upon the plain;
Our maﬅer doth with learned ſkill > '
The ſecret plan and work explain:
No buſy eye, 'nor Cowan's ear,
Can our grand myﬅery ſee or hear.
IV, v
Our table deck'd with ſhining trudI,
Sweet emblems that elate the heart;
While each attentive liﬅ'ning youth
Burns to perform hisxworthy part.
Reſolving with religious care,
To live by compaſs, rule, and ſquare.
ſi V. '
Our maﬅer watching in the Eaﬅ .
The golden ﬅreaks of riſing ſun z
To ſee his men at labour plac'd,
Who all like willing crafts doth runz'
Oh l may his wiſdom ever be
Honour to us and maſonry.
.- ' VI.
Not far from him as Gnonom true,
Beauty ﬅands with watchful eye,
VVhoſe chearful voice our ſpirits renew,
And each his labour doth lay by;
N _ His
178 A Choice COLLECTrON of
\
His kind refreſhing office' ﬅill,

Inſpires each craft in maſon's ſkill.
Vll.
See in the VVeﬅ our oblong's length, /
The brave Corinthian pillar ﬅands
The lodge's friend and greateﬅ ﬅrength,
-Rewarding crafts with liberal hands;
Sure this our lodge muﬅ laﬅing be,
Supportcd by theſe Columns three.
VIII.
As bees from flowers honey brings,
Sweet treaſure to their maﬅer's ﬅore;
So maſons do all' ſacred things,
And wonders from the diﬅant ſhores;
To enrich the lodge with wiſdom's light,
_Where babbling folly's loﬅ in night.
IX. ,
Each Roman chief did proudly view
'I heir temples riſing to the ſky,
And as they nations did ſubdue,
They rais'd triumphal arches high ;
Which got us maſons ſuch a name,
As vies with mighty Czeſzzr's fame.
X.
*' The kings who rais'd Diana's columns,
With royal art, by ſkilful hands;
As prieﬅs recorded in their volumes,
And poets ſung to diﬅant lands:
Th'adorj
* The Temple of Diana, at Ephe us.
MASONS SONGſis. 179
Th'adoring world that did them ſee, i
Forgot the enſhrin'd deity.

XI.
Such is o'ur b'Oaﬅ, my brethren dear,
Fellows to kings and princes too,
The maﬅer's gift ---was proud to wear,
As now the great and noble do;
The great, the noble, and the ſage,
MASONS rever'd from age to age.
CHORUS.
Then to each brother in diﬅreſs,
Throughout the nations, parts, or climesg
Charge, brethren, to his quick redreſs,
As maſons did in ancient times z
From want and hardſhips ſet them free,
Bleſs'd with health and maſonry.
Nor once forget the lovely fair,"

Divinely made of Adam's bone;
Whoſe heav'nly looks can baniſh' care,
And eaſe the fighing lover's moan;
To them whoſe ſoft enjoyment brings
Us heroes, architects and kings.
N2 XLVl. SONG,
180 A Choice COLLEc'rroN. of.
XLVL s 0 N G.
By brother E-- P---.
I. - /
Come fill up a bumper, and let it go round,
Let mirth and good fellowſhip always abound;
And let the world ſee,
That free-maſonry,
Doth teach honeﬅ hearts to be jovial and free.
Il.
Our lodge, now compos'dſi'of honeﬅ free hearts,
Our maﬅer moﬅ freely his ſecretsimparts;
_'And ſo we improve,
_ ln knowledge and love,
By help from our mighty' grand maﬅer above.
Let honour and friendſhipIII.eternally -reign, i
Let each 'brother maſon the truth ſomaintain -,

r That all may agree,
That free maſonry, ,
Doth teach honeﬅ hearts to be honeſt- and free.
IV.
ln mirth and good fellowſhip we will agree,
For- none are more bleﬅ Or more happy than we; _
And thus we'll endure,
While our actions are pure,
Kind heaven thoſe bleſſings to us doth inſure.
An _£,
MASONS_SONGS-. "18!
XLVII;
An O D E.
I.
Wake the lute and quivering ﬅrings,
Myﬅic
Friendlytruths Umm'a
viſitanti brings z
to thee,
We owe the depths of maſonry : i ſi
Faireﬅ of the virgin choir,

Warbling to the golden lyre;
Hail, divine Umm'a hail.
. II.
Here in friendſhip's ſacred bower,
Thy downy wing'd and ſmiling hour;
Mirth invites, and ſocial ſong,
Nameleſs myﬅeries among :
Crown the bowl and fill the glaſs,
To ev'ry virtue, ev'ry grace;
To the brotherhood reſound
Health, and let it thrice go round.
III.
We reﬅore 'the times of old,
The blooming glorious age of gold;
As the new creation free,
Bleﬅ with gay Euplvroſyne :
We with god-like ſcience talk,
And with fair Aﬅrm walk ;
Innocence adorns the day,
Brighter than the ſmiles of May.
N 3 Pour
2182 A Choice COLLECTlON gf
A IV.
Pour the roſy wine again,"

Wake a louder, louder ﬅrain 5
Rapid Zephyrs, as ye fly,
Waft our voices to the ſky ;
While we celebrate the nine,
And the wonders of the trine.
1 While the angels ſing above,
As we below, of 'peace and love,
XLVIII. S O N G.
By brother P-q '
I.
Hail, ſacred art, by heav'n deſign'd
A gracious bleſſing for-all mankind;
Peace, joy, and love, thou doﬅ beﬅow,
On us thy votaries below.
II.
Bright wiſdom's footﬅeps here we trace,
From Solomon that prince of peace z
Whoſe glorious maximsWe ﬅill hold,
More precious than rich Ophyr's gold.
ſi , III. ' "
His heavenly proverbs to us tell,
How we on earth ſhould ever dwell -,
In harmony and ſocial love,
To emulate the bleﬅ above.
Now
MASONS SONGS. 183
IV.
Now having wiſdom for our guide,
'By its ſweet preceprs we'll abide',
Envy and hatred we'll diſpel,
No wrathful fool with us ſhall dwell',
V.
Vain, empty grandeur ſhall not find
Its dwelling in a maſon's mind;
A maſon who is true and wiſe,
Its glitt'ring pomp always deſpiſe.
VI.
Humility, love, joy, and peace,
Within his mind ſhall fill their place;v
Virtue and Wiſdom thus combin'd,
Shall decorate the maſsn's mind.
XLIX. S O N G,
Tung-GOd ſave the King,
. I.
Hail! Maſonry divine,
Glory of ages ſhine,
Long may'ﬅ thou hold;
Where-e'er thy lodges ﬅand,
May they have great command,
And always' grace the land,
_ ' Thou art divine.
N 4, Great ſi
184. A Choice COLLECTION of
' . II.
Great fabrics ﬅill ariſe,
And touch
Great arethe
thyazure ſkies,
ſchemes ; i
Thy noble orders are

Matchleſs beyond compare,
NoThou
art with
art thee can ſhare,i
divine.
III.
Hiram, the architect,
Did all the craft direct,
How they ſhould build ;
Solomon, great Iſrael's king,
Did mighty bleſſings bring,
And left us room to ſing, ſſ
Hail t. royal Anr! *
L. O N G.
r ' I.ſſ
Let maſons
And always be merry
each othereach night
moﬅ' when greet,
lovingly they meet,i
Let envy and diſcord be ſunk in the deep

r By ſuch as are able great ſecrets to keep,
Let all the world gaze on our art with ſurpriſe,
. They're all in theldark till we Open their eyes.
11. '
Whoever is known to act on the ſquare,
And llkewila: Well ſkill'din our ſecrets rare,
Are
MASONS SONGS. 185
Are always reſpected, whether wealthy or poor,
And ne'er yet was careleſs of matters that's pure.
Their actions are bright, and their lives ſpent i'n love,
At length will be happy in the grand lodge above.
\
III.
We are brothers to princes, and fellows to kings,
Our fame thro' the world continually rings;
As We lovingly meet, ſo we lovingly part,
No maſon did ever bear malice ſat heart:
The fool that's conceited we'll never deſpiſe,
Let him come to the lodge, and we'll make him
_ more wiſe. '
IV.
he ſanctum ſanctorum by maſons was fram'd,
And all the fine works which the temple contain'd),
' By Hiram's contrivance, the pride of my ſong, ſi.
The noiſe of a tool was not heard along;
And the number of maſons that round it move,
þy him were directed, inſpir'dfrom above.
_LI, s o N.G.,
I.
lſ unity be good in every degree, _
What can be compar'd with that of maſonry?
In unity we meet, and in unity we part;
Let every maſon chorus, hail, mighty art!
Let every," &a.
- \ The
186 Choice COLLECTION eſ
ſ! - II.
The vulgar often murmurs at our noble art,
Becauſe the great arcanum we don't to them impart;"
In ignorance let them live and in ignorace let them die,
Be ſilent and ſecret let every maſon cry.
'Be ſilent, &e. _ >
Ill. '
Let 'a bumper be crown'd unto the art of maſonry,
And to each jovial brother that is a maſon free;
We act upon the ſquare, on the level we'll depart,
LetLet
every maſon
every, &e.ſing, hail, glorious
i art.
LII. S O N G.
, . fane-The Miller of Mansfield.
I.
How happy a maſon whoſe boſom ﬅill flows
With friendſhip, and ever moﬅ chearfully goes 5
The effects of the myﬅeries lodg'd in his breaﬅ,
Myﬅeries rever'd and by princes poſſeﬅ. .
Our friends and olir bottle we beﬅ' can enjoy,
No rancour or envy our quiet annoy,
Our plumb,line, and compaſs,0ur ſquare and our tools
Direct all our actions in virtue's fair rules.
II.
To Mars and-to Venus we're equally true,
Our hearts can enliven, our charms can ſubdue;
Let
MASONS SONGS. is;
Let the enemy tell, and the ladies declare
No claſs or profeffion with maſons compare;
rTo give a fond luﬅre we ne'er need a creﬅ,
Since honour and virtue remain in our breaﬅ;
e'll charm the rude world when we clap, laugh and
ſing, r
If ſo happy a maſon, ſay who'd be a king.
LIII. S O N G.
Time-Hail Maſonry, &r.
I.
Let worthy brethren all combine
For to adorn our myﬅic art,
So as the craft may ever ſhine,
And cheer each faithful brother's heart;
Then, brethren, all in chorus ſing,
Proſper the craft and bleſs the king.
II.
Welevel'd, plumm'd and ſquar'd, a right,
The five noble orders upright ﬅands,
Wiſdom and ﬅrength, with beauty's height,
The wonder of the world commands.
Then-brethren all, &c.
III,
Ye fools and Cowans all, who plot
For to obtain our myﬅery, '
Ye ﬅrive in vain, attempt it not,
Such creatures never ſhall be free;
Then brethren all, &c- The
188 A Choice COLLECTION of
IV.
The wiſe, the noble, good, and great,
Can only be accepted here;
The knave or fool, tho'deck'd in ﬅate,
Shall ne'er approach the maﬅer's chair,
Then brethren all, &a.
V. '
Now fill your glaſſes, charge them high,
Let our grand maﬅer's health 'go round ;
And let each here o'er-flow with joy,
And love and unity abound.
Then brethren all, &c.
LIV. s 0 No;
I.
Let maſons ever live in love,
Let harmony their bleſſings prove,
And ſacred lodge on earth the place,
1 Where freedom ſmiles in every faceſi - * _
C H O R U S.
Live free-maſons, free-maſons live and love,
And ſhew that your types are from above.
II.
Behold the world all in amaze,

Each curious eye with tranſport gaze,
They look, they like, they ſiwiſh to be,
- What none can gain, except he's free.

Chor. Live free-maſons, &a. Then
MASONS/ SONGS. 189
Ill.
Then let each brother charge full high,
And let us drink the memory,
Of Hiram and king Solomon,
Whoſe fame has thro' 'all ages run.
Cbor. Live free-maſons, &e. 2
LV. SONG.
By brother Robert Hall.
Tum-Rule Britannia.
I.
When Maſonry, by heav'n's decree,
Aroſe from father Adam's brain,
This, this was the charter of the fraternity,"
And ſecrecy ſhall guard the ſame.
CHORUS.
iHail maſonry, for ever, ever may thou be,
To all but us a myﬅery.
' II.
The brethren all upright and juﬅ,
Shall ever act'upon the ſquare;
Until that the world diſſolves to duſt,
The needy ſhall their bounty ſhare.
Cbor. Hail maſonry, _&c.
X _ True
'lgb , A Choice CotLacTton g'
_ IIIſi.
True moral men, ſincere and free,
Shall wiſdom's dictates'ﬅill impart,
And mirth andjoy, and true 'ſocial unity,"
Shall bleſs thoſe peaceful ſons of art.
Cho. Hail maſonry, &e.
\ IV.
The Cowan and the crafty knave,
Shall never tread the ſacred ground,
The griping miſer, traitor, nor the abject ſlave;
In maſons lodge ſhall ne'er be found. -
Cho. Hail maſonry, &e.
V.
But if he's honeﬅ,juﬅ and true,
His life and actions clear and bright;
'Report him, and prepare him, and inveﬅ him me;
For he's the man ſhall ſee the light.
ct Cho. Hail maſonry, &c.
Lvr.
A N E W S O N G
By the foregoing Hand.
I'
When Sol, aſcending from the Eaﬅ,

Projects his rays into the Weﬅ,
And
MAS-ONS'SON'GS. 191
And darkneſs turns to light:

With upright emblem wiſdom ﬅands,
And quickly he does give commands,
'To ſee the lodge til'd right.
\
II.
In ſolemn form he then declares,
The lodge is open, work prepares,
No greater joys we aſk;
Attentive then to work we fall,
Obedient to our maﬅer all,
Each to perform his taſki
III.
We ſquare-our deeds by virtue's plan,
And dignifv each honeﬅ man,
With ſecrets ﬅill unknown;
The monarch, ﬅateſman, and divine,
Unite in maſons grand deſign,
And in the lodge have ſhone."
IV.
But when the bright meridian ſun,
One half his daily courſe has run,
' And makes the ſhorteﬅ ſhade;
We then erect fair beauty's pile,
Which makes each maſon ſing and ſmile,
For virtue's joys ne'er-ſade. ſi
v. -' I'
Our glaſſes charg'd in ſolemn ﬅate, '
We drink to all the good and great,
T hat
192 _ A Choice CoiLEcTrofi
That love free-maſonry ;
We coaﬅ our brethren', friends, and wives;
And thus we maſons always ﬅrive,
In friendſhip to agree.
- VI."
In mirth we ſpend the time of Eaﬅ,
'Till Sol declines into the Weﬅ,
Then ﬅrength performs his part 3
And to compleat the maſon's life,
EachToipropagate
haﬅes unto histhegirlart.or wife, _ 'l
_ 'LVI.
A NEW 'MASONS 's_0Nor
' I.
As long as our' coaﬅ does with whiteneſs appear',
Still maſons ﬅand foremoﬅ in verſe; ,
Whilﬅ harmony, friendſhip, andjoys are held dear',
New bands ſhall our praiſes rehearſe.
CHORUS.
Though lodges leſs favoured, leſs happy, decay,
Deﬅroyed by old time as it runs 5 e
Tho' Albions, Gregorians and Bucks fade away,
Still maſons ſhall live in their ſons;
\ MASON-S S-ONGS. 193
II.
If envy attempts our ſucceſs to impede,
United we will trample her down :
If faction ſhould threaten, we'll ſhew we're agreed,
And diſcord ſhall own we are one. '
Cbor, Tho'- lodges, &c.
N A IIL
Whilﬅ with ardour We glow, this our order to raiſe,
P'romoting its welfare and peace:
Old maſons return, our endeavours to praiſe,
And new ones confirm the increaſe,
floor, Tho' lodges, &e.
. " . IV.
Go on, cries our parents, for time is your friend,
Its flight ſhall increaſe your renown;
And mirth ſhall your guefl be, and Bacchus attend,
And joy all your meetings ſhall crown.
Cþor. Tho' lodges, God. ' '
LVIII, S O N G,
- I.
Ariſe gentle muſe, who with wiſdom inſpires,
Each. boſom that's ardent in virtuous deſires;
r For from glorious actions, the bliſs that accrues," ,
Is the worth all admire, and each maſon purſuits.
C H -O>.R U S. .
Hence harmony ſprings, 'tis the cement of love,
Fair freedom on earth, and bright union above.
O India."
194. A C/aaz'ce COLLECTION gf
II.
Indignant around us, tho' diſcord is ſeen,
And malice full loaded, venemous ſpleen;
To the one well] be deaf, to the other be blind,
_For virtue will always give ﬅrength to the mind.
Hence harmony ſprings, &e.
III.
Thus beauty-'s gay charms, with luﬅre divine,
Our art ſhall adorn, which for ever will ſhine,
'Till time circling round ſhall unfold the great truth
hich thus has united the ſage and the youth.
Hence harmony ſprings, &e.
LIX. S O N G,
I.
Begin, O ye muſes, a free-maſon's ﬅrain ;
Let the numbers be gentle, and eaſy, and plain, _
While thus in cohcert wejoyſully ſing,
Each brother's happy and bleﬅ as a king,
For princes diſdain not companions to be,
With a man that's own'd for a maſon and "free."
II.
Why ſeek the beﬅ nobles our myﬅery to know,
And rather ſing here than ſip tea with a beau;
The notes of knowledge more powerfully gall, '
Than fav'rite at court, or toaﬅ at a ball -,
For truth's ſake a lord is of equal degree *,
With a man that is own'd for a maſon and ſrce.
* The higheﬅ perſon in the lodge is upon a level with the
' loweﬅ (the officers excepted) but when out of'the lodge, all due
diſtinction is ﬅrictly obſerved: and free maſons are ſo ſar from
taking any liberty with noble brothers on account ofmaſonical
fainiliarity, that they pay them mere homage than the reſt of
mankind. ' '
MASONS SONGS. 195
llI.
ſiGreat Yave firﬅ lighted the glorious flame
Of ſcience, that ſages free-maſonry name,
From Adam it paﬅ to the patriarchs old,
And wiſeﬅ bf kings did prefer it to gold;
Himm of Iſiyre join'd with him to be, \
Of the number of thoſe that were malons and tree,
IV.
The Gregs and the (ſallies *, and others they ſay,
Have ſet up their lodges, and mimic our way;
But frogs claim a curſe when they croak from the fen,
And monkies a kick when they imitate men z
In vain ſhallow mortals the rivals would be,
To the man that is own'd for a maſon and free;"
V.
Thetwiſdom of- Greece and old Rome we explore,
Nay paſs to the learn'd of the Memphian ſhore,
i What ſecrets gather'd,
Euphrater are
andhere
Tygrer have
And Pale/fine made ourknown,
own;
Well may the world wonder what ﬅrange things we ſee,

With the man that isct knowna free maſon to. be,
Thoi women from lodgesVl.

are always debarr*d_, i
'Dear fair ones repent not, 'nor cenſure too hard;I '
No rivals are here, no not even in glaſs,
Where fribbles ſo doat on the ſhade of. an aſs;
Q 2 Your.
it- 'See thy: note. to the, 36th Song.

\
196 Achoz'cc COLLECTION of

Your own dcareﬅ pictures, our hearts could youſiſee,
Would be found in the boſom of him that is free.
Vll. \
The graces and virtue here mutually join,
And ſcience and knowledge the ſoul to refine:
Bleſs'd concord and eaglezhigh truth hover round,
And face to face friendſhip cries, ſee the bow] crown'd
, Here's-a health, let it paſs with the number of three,
'_To him that is known a good maſon and free.
LIX. s o N 0.,
I.
[When a lodge of free maſons are cloath'd in their
aprons, 4
In order to make a new brother,
With firm hearts and clean hands they repair tq
their ﬅands, * '
[And juﬅly ſupport one another.
II. -
Truﬅy
'Tis abrother
juﬅ andtake care, ofE-vc's
a ſolemn occaſiondroppers
z beware,
_ i
Give the word and the blow, that workmen may know
You are going to make a free maſon2
, Ill.
The maﬅer ﬅands due, and his officers too,
While craftsmen are plying their ﬅationz
X ſ, he
Qfdeacons doth
a free and anﬅand 'rightmaſon,
accepted for the command
i
MASONS sowe's; 197

IV. -
Now traverſe your ground, a's in duty you're bound,
_ And revere the moﬅ ſacred oration,
That leads to the way, and proves the firﬅ' fay,
Of the light of an accepted maſon.
V.
Here's tokens and figns, with problems' and lines', ſ
And roam too for deep ſpeculation;
Here virtue and truth are taught to the youth,
When firﬅ he' is bound to a maſon;
VI.
Hieroglyph'i'cks bright, andi light reverse; light,
On the rules and cools of vocation; -
We work and We ſing, the-craft and the King,
ZTis bath 'dury and choice in a maſon'.
VII;
Whafs ſaid or is done, is here' truly laid down,
In form of our- high inﬅallation, ' t
Yet I challenge all menv to' know Wliat' P'mcan,
Unleſs he's an accepted maſofi.
i VIIi. . i
The ladies claim right to come into our light,
Since the apron they ſay is their bearing;
Can they ſubject their will, andkeep their'tongues'ct ﬅill,
And let talking be' chang'd into hearing.
o3 ' This
193 A Choice COLLECTQION yf v
IX.
This difficult talk is the leaﬅ we can aſk
To ſecure us on ſundry occaſions,
When, with this they comply, our utmoﬅ we'll try
To raiſe lodges for lady free maſons, ' ſi
X. i
'Till this can be done, muﬅeach brother be mutn,

Tho' the fair one ſnould wheedle and teaze on',
Bejuﬅ, true, and kind, bUt ﬅill bearin mind, i
' At all times, that you are a free tnaſon.
An "O D E.
By brother Edward i Fc'illic'i'.
With grateful-hearts your voices raiſe, r

To ſound the great Creator's praiſe,
Who by hisword diſpell'd the night,
And form'd the radiant beams of light -,
Who fram'd the heav'ns, the earth, the ſkies,
And bid the wondrous fabric riſe, A
Who view'd his work and found it juﬅ,
And then created man from-duﬅ._ .
Happy. inEden was he laid,

Nor did he go aﬅray, .
Till, by the ſerpent, Eve betray'd,
Firﬅ fell and led the way. "
\
But
kMASONSSONGS my
'but falling from this happy plain,
Subject to various wants and pain,
Labour and art muﬅ now provide,
What Eden freely once ſupplyfd;
Some learn'd to till th'unwilling ground: >
Some bid the wel-l-ﬅrung harp to ſound 5
Each different arts purſu'd and taught,
_Till to perfection each Was brought.
'Maſons Purſue the truth divine,
ch cannot go aﬅray, _
Since three great lights cctonjointly ſhine,
To point us out the way.- *
Zion appears, rejoice, rejoice,

Exult, and hear, obey the voice,
ſ Of merCy and enlightenin'g grace,
Recalling us to Eden's place; c
_With faith believe, and hope purſue,=
And mercy ﬅill for mercy ſhew; p
Proclaim' aloud, with grateful theme,
The great Redeemer's bleſſed name.
The Eaﬅern ﬅar now ſheivs us light,
Let us not go aﬅray; '
Let faith, hope, charity unite,
To chear the gladſome Way.
LXLSONG;
'290 A Choice COLLECTXW
I'ſi
Ye thriee happy few,

' i Whoſe hearts have been true;"
In concord and unity found ;
Let's ſing and'rejoice,
And unite ev'ry voice,
To ſend the gay chorus around, to ſend. the gay choms
around. * i
t _ C H O R U Sz
x For like pillars we ﬅand,
An immovable band; *
Cemented by powers from above z' '
Thengenerous
The freely let's paſs
glaſs,l '
To maſonry, friendſhip and love, to maſonry, friends'

ſhip and love. . '
II.-_
The grand architect,
Whoſe word did erect:
Eternity, meaſure, and ſpace;
Firﬅ laid theſſſair plan,
On which we began,
i Cement
andof harmony and peace, cement of harmony
peace.
Cþor. For like pillars we ﬅand, &cJ .

Whoſe'
MAS'ONS SONGS. ab:
III.
Whoſe firmneſs of hearts,"
Fair treaſure of arts,
_To the eyes of the vulgar unknownzſi'
Whoſe luﬅre can beam,
New dignity and fame,
_On the pulpit, the bar, or the throne." EMEPE;
Cbor. For like pillars we ﬅand, &c,
IV.
Indiſſoluble bands,
Our hearts and our hands,v
_In ſocial benevolence bind z
For true to his cauſe,
By immutable laws, '
ZA maſon's a friend to mankind. Enroni i
Claor. For like pillars we ﬅand, &cz' '
V.
Let joy flow around,
And peace olive-bound;
Prefide at our myﬅICal rites,
Whoſe candour maintainsſi
Our auſpibious domains,

jAnd freedom with order unites." - Emorei
Cbor. For like pillars we ﬅand', &cf
VI.
Nor let the dear maid'
Our myﬅeries dread, r
- Nor
202 AſiCho'z'be CbLLE'CTIbN' q'ſ i
Nor thinkct them repugnant to love;

To beauty we bend, ſ
And her empire defend, - - -

Her empire 'deriv'd from above; Emor'i;
Cbor. For like pillars we ﬅand, &e.
' _ VII.
Then let's all unite,
Sincere and upright,
On the level of Virtue to ﬅand 3
No mortals can be,
More happy than we', _ ; .. . *
With a brether and friend in' 'each hands' ,. *' i
C/aor. For like pillars we ﬅand, '&c.4 i
ſ LXII. s o'N o.
I.
Whoever wants wiſdom, muﬅ with ſome delight,
Read, ponder, and pore, noon, morning, and nightj
Muﬅ turn over Vol-umes of gigantic ſize,
Enlighten his mind, tho' he puts-out his eyes.v
Derry down, &e.
If a general wouſi'd know II.

how to muﬅer his men,
By thouſands, by hundreds, by fiſties, by ten z
'Or level his ſiege on high caﬅle or town,
He muﬅ borrow his precepts from men oſ renown;
Derry down, &c.
Wou'd *
\
MASONS SON-GS. 2233
III.
Wou'd a wry-fac'd phyſician or parſon excel, _
In preaching or giving a ſanctified ſpell z
He firﬅ muﬅ read Galen and Tillorſon' thro"
E'er he gets credentials or buſineſs to do.
Derry down, &c. '
IV. .
But theſe are all follies, free-maſons can prove,
In the lodge they find knowledge, fair virtue and love a
_'Without deaf'ning their ears, without blinding their
eyes,
ſſhey find- the 'comFendious way to be wiſe:
Derry down, &c.
\
LXIII. S O N G.
I.
Come, ye elves that be,
Come follow, follc'zw me;
All you that guards have been
Without, and ſerv'd within:
Sing, let joy thr'o' us reſound,
For all this lodge is ſacred ground.
" II.
Guides too, that fairies are,
Come five by five prepare:
Come bring freſh oil with ſpeed,
Your dying lamps to feed 3
'All trimm'ſid in new and glitt'ring light,
To welcome garments that are white,
- Come
an; gy! Cphaice" CbiLacTron gaf
v Ill;
Come feta'phs too; that be
Bright rulcr's, three by three;"
. Attend on me your queen,
Two handmaids led between :
Whilﬅ all ardund this health I name, '
Shall make the hollow ſounds proclaim',
IV.
Whilﬅ ſylvans and ſylvan loves;
/
O'er mountains and in groves; t
With brighter gems and ſprightl-y dam'e'flj
Of fountains and of flames: -
With joyful noiſe our hands and feet,
'Shall echo, and the ſound repent.
V.
Wliilﬅ We who ſing and love;
And live. in ſprings above;
Deſcend, deſeendz do we,
With maſons to' be free: \
Where ſprings of wine revive each face,"
And fireams of milk flow round the place;
' VI. '

Whilﬅ cherubs guard the door,
>With flaming ſword before z.
We thro' the key-hole creep;
And there unſeen we peep :
O'er all their jewels ſkip and leap',
And trip it, trip it,.ﬅep by ﬅep.
Of
MASO'NS SONGs; 205
VII,
Or as upon the green,
We fairies turn unſeen,
So here We make a ring,
While merry maſons ſing:
'Around their crowns we whirl apace,
And not one ſingle hair miſplace.
VIII.
And-down from thence wejump,
All with a ſilent thump;
None hear our feet rebound,
Round, round the table, round':
Nor ſees us whilﬅ.wc nimbly paſs, ſi
ſſhrice round the rim of ev'ry glaſs.
IX.
But if any crumbs withal,
Down from their table fall;
With greedy mirth we eat,
No honey is ſo ſweet :
And when they drop it from their thumb,
We catch it ſzzpermculum.
X.
Now as for maſonry,
Altho' we are no: free,
In lodges we have been,
And all their ſigns have ſeen :_
Yet ſuch love to the craft we bear,
Their ſecrets we will ne'er declare.
206 A come COLLECTION of i
LXIV. s ,0 N o. '
'Time-The Mulberry Tree.
Ye ſons of great ſcience, impatient to learn '
W'hat's meant by a maſon, you here may diſcern :_
He ﬅrengthens the weak, is' a guide to the blind,
And the naked he cloaths, and beſriends human kind."
Clao. All ſhall yield to Maſonry, all ſhall yield to i
Maſonry, ſi [Maſonry -,
Bend to thee, bleﬅ Maſonry z bend to thee, bleﬅ
Matchleſs was he, who founded thee, '
And thou like him immortal ſhall be,
And thou like him immortal ſhall be..
He walks on the level of honour and truth,
And ſhuns the vile paſſions of folly and youth;
The compaſs and ſquare all his actions improve,
And his ultimate object is brotherly love,
fl/ſſlſhaltyield, &c.
By feeling inſpir'd, he doth bounty impart,

For charity reigneth at large in his heart;
The indigent brOther reliev'd from his woes,_.v .
' Feels a pleaſure inferior to him who beﬅows,
Allſhallyield, &c. ' .
In the temple of Truth he nobly ſhall riſe,
Supported by that which Solomon did prize,
Thus rear'd and adorn'd, ﬅrength and beauty unite,
And he views the fair ﬅructure with inward delight.
Allſhallyield, &c.
With fortitude bleﬅ, he's a ﬅranger to fears,
And govern'd by prudence, he cautiouſly ﬅeers -,
PROLOGUES. 297
Till temperance ſhews him the part of content,

And juﬅice unveil'd gives a ſign of conſent.
Aſ]ſhallyield, &c.
Thus a maſon I've drawn and ſet forth to your view,
And envy muﬅſſown that the picture is true,
Then members become, let's be brethren and friends,

Therds a ſecret remaining will make you amends.
Allſhazlyie/d, &c.
MSMW©W>©O©O©NZN©G©<W
Prologues andEpilogues,
v A P R 0 L 0 G U E.ſſ
Spoken by Mr. Grzffit/a, at the The-atte Royal, 6575.
IF to delight and humanize the mind,

The ſavage world in ſocial ties to bind;
To make the moral virtues all appear
lmprov'd and uſeful, ſoften'd from'ſevere:
If theſe demand the tribute of your praiſe,
. The teacher's honour, or the 'poet's lays 5
How do we view them all compris'd in Thee,
Thrice honour'd and myﬅerious MASONR'Y!
By Thee erected, ſpacious domes ariſe,
And ſpires aſcending glittering-in the ſkies ;
The wond'rous whole by heav'nly art is crown'd,
And order in diverſity is found;
Thro' ſuch a length of ages, ﬅill how fair,
How bright, how 'blooming do thy looks appear;
t And
ws PROLOGUES.
And ﬅill ſhall bloomt-Time, as it glides away,"
Fears for its own, before thine ſhall decay ;
The uſe of accents from thy aid is thrown,
Thou form'ﬅ a ſilent language of thy own :
Diſdain'ﬅ that records ſhould contain thy art,
And only liv'ﬅ within the faithful heart.--
i Behold where kings and a long ſhining train v
Of garter'd heroes wait upon thy reign, *
And boaﬅ no honour but a maſon's name. g
Still in the dark let the unknowing ﬅray ;
No matter what they judge, or what they ſay; i
Still may thy myﬅic ſecrets be conceal'd,
And only to a brother be reveal'd.
PROLOGUE.
As a wild Rake that courts a Virgin fair,
And tries in vain her virtue to enſnare:
Tho' what he calls his heav'n he may obtain,
By putting on the matrimonial chain :
At length enrag'd to find ſhe ﬅill is chaﬅe,
Her modeﬅ fame malicioufly would blaﬅ 5
So ſome at o'ur fraternity do rail,
Becauſe our ſecrets we ſo well conceal, r
And curſe the ſentry with the flaming ſword,
That keeps eve-droppers from the maſon word 35
Tho' rightly introduc'd all true men may
Obtain the ſecret in a lawful way,
They'd have us'counter to our honour run;
' Do what they muﬅ blame us for when done;
' ' And
-Þ'R0-Loevns.- 37269
And when they find' their teazin'g will not do; ' -*
Blinded with anger, heighth of folly ſhow',
By railing at the thing they do n'ot know; *
Not ſo the aſſembly of the Scottiſh kirk,
Their wiſdoms went a wiſer way to 'work :' ,
When they were told that maſons practis'd Charms;
Invok'd the de'il, and rais'ſſd tempeﬅuous ﬅorms,
Two of their body prudently they ſent,
p _To learn what could bymaſonry be meant.
Admitted to the lodge and treated well,
At their return the aſſembly hop'd they'd tell.
We ſay nea
Do what mere
we've thanand
done thisye'll
(they
be both reply'd) i ſi '
ſatisfy'd,
'As ſome crack'd Chymiﬅ of projecting brain,

MUCh for diſcovering, but more for gain;
With toil,_inceſſant'labou_rs, puffs and blows
In ſearch of ſomething nature won't diſcloſe.
At length his crucibles and meaſures broke,
His fancy'd gain' evaporate in ſmoke.
So ſome preſumptuous ﬅill attempt to trace
The guarded ſymbolof our ancient race;
Enwrapp'd in venerable gloom it lies,
And mocks all ſight but of amaſon's eyes; _
Like the fam'd ﬅream enriching Egypt's ſhore,
All feel its uſe-but few its ſource explore. , .
If \ All4.
me PROLOGUES.
ſ All ages ﬅill muﬅ owe, and every land
Their pride and ſafety to the maſon's hand."
Whether ſor gorgeous domes renown'd afar,
Or rampa'rts ﬅrong to ﬅem the rage of war;
All we behold in earth or circling air,
Proclaims the power ofcompaſſes and ſquare.
The heaven-taught ſcience queen of arts appears,"
Eludes the ruﬅ of time, and waﬅe of years.
Thro' form and matter are her laws diſplay'd,
Her rule's the ſame by which the_w0rld was made.
'Whatever virtue grace the ſocial name,
Thoſe we profeſs, on thoſe we found our fame;
Wiſely the lodge looks down on tinſel ﬅate,
Where only to be good, is to be great.
Such ſouls by inﬅinct to each other turn,
Demand alliance, and in friendſhip burn;
i No
Can ſhallow ſchemes,
break the cementnothat'unites
ﬅratagemstheir
nor arts,
hearts._
Then let pale envy, rage, and every name

Of fools miﬅaking infamy for fame;
Such have all countries and all ages borne,
And ſuch all countries and all ages ſcorn 5
Glorious the temple of the ſylvan queen,
Pride of the world at prqſu: was ſeen,
A witleſs wretch, the Pricbard of thoſe days,
Stranger to virtue and unknown to praiſe,
Crooked of ſoul and fond of any name,
Conſign'd the noble monument to flame:
Vainſimadman! if ſothinking to deﬅroy,
The Art which cannot but with nature die. .
r Still
PROLOGUES. an
Still with the craft, ﬅill ſhall his name ſurvive,
And in our glory his diſgrace ſhall live;
While his Cowans no more admittance gain
Then preraimites at Yardan's paſſage ſlain.
A P R O L O G U E.
You've ſeen me oft in gold and ermin' dr'eﬅ,
And wearing ſhort liv'd honours on my breaﬅ;
But now the honourable badge 1 wear,
Gives-an indelible high character:
And thus by o'ur grand maﬅer am I ſent," -
To tell you what by maſonry is meaht- '_ i,
If all the ſocial virtues of the mind;
If an extenſive love to all mankind;
If hoſpitable welcome to a gueﬅ,
And ſpeedy charity to the diﬅreſs'd:
If due regard to liberty and laws,
Zeal for our' king and for our country's Cauſe ;
- If theſe are principles deſerv'ing fame,
Let MASONS then enjoy the praiſe they claim :
Nay more, though war deﬅroys what maſons build,
E'er to a peace inglorious w'e would yield,
Our ſquares and trbwels" into ſWOrds we'll turn,
And make our foes the Wars they menace mourn 5
,. For their contempt we'll no vain boaﬅer ſpare,
Unleſs by chance we meet a MASON there.
P 2 l Spoken i
.212 _- þ-P-R'OL S.
Spoken by a 'BROTH-E-Rſi'
While others ling of wars and martial feats,
Of bloody battles and of fam'd retrcats ;
A more noble ſubject ſhall my fancy raiſe,
And MASONRY alone ſhall claim my praiſe:
Hail l Maſonry, thou royal art divine,
Blameleſh may I approach thy ſacred ſhrine;
Thy radiant beauties let-me there admire,
Andwarm my heart with thy celeﬅial fire:
- Ye wilful blind, ſeek not ypur own diſgrace,
. Be ſure you come not nearlthe hallowed place,
For fear too late your raſhneſs you deplore,
And terrors feel by you unthought before.
With joy my faithful brethren here 1 ſhe,
Joining their hearts in love and unity;
Still ﬅriving each other to exccl
In ſocial virtues and in doing well:
No partyjars, no politic debate,
Which often wrath excites, and feuds create; ,
No impious talk, no fleeringsjeﬅs nor brſiawls,
Was ever heard within our peaceful walls,
< Here in harmonious conccrt friendly join,
The prince, the ſoldier, tradeſman, and divine,
And to each other mutual help afford z _
The hbneﬅ farmer, and the noble lord. _
Freedom and mirth attend the cheerful bowl,
Refreſh the ſpirits, and enlarge the ſoul;
The cordial we with moderation uſe, _
For temperance admits of no abuſe,
- - r. P_ru-'
P.ROLOGUES.' 213:
Prudence we praiſe and fortitude commend,
Tojuﬅice always and her friends a friend :
The ſcoffing tribe the ſhame of Adam's race,
Deride thoſe myﬅeries which they cannot trace;
Profane ſqlemnities they never ſaw, '
And lying libels to them are a law z
The book of maſonry they may in vain eXplore,
And turn myﬅerious pages o'er and o'er;
Hoping the great arcanum to attain,
But endleſs their toil, and fruitleſs all their pain:
They may as well for heat to Greenland go,
Or in the torrid regions ſeek for ſnow;
The royal 'craft the ſmiling-tribe deſpiſe,
And veils their ſecrets fromunlawful eyes'.£
An E PI-L-OGUJEQA'
Spoken by Mrs. That-mond, a maſon's wife,

With what malicious joy, e'er I knew better,
Have I been wont the maſons to be-ſpatter 5
How greedily have I believ'd each lie
Contriv'd againﬅ that fam'd ſociety -,
With many more complain'd-'twas very hard',
t Women ſhould from their ſecrets be debar'd, ,
._ - . P 3 When
214 EPILOGUES.
When kings and ﬅateſmen to our ſex reveal
Important ſecrets which they ſhould conceal,
That beauteous ladies by their ſparks ador'd
Never cou'd wheedle out the maſon's word ;
And oft their favours have beﬅow'd in vain,
Nor could one ſecret for 'another gain :
I thought, unable to explain the matter,
Each maſon ſure muﬅ be a woman hater -2
With ſudden fear and diſmal horror ﬅruck, _. ' - -
I heard my ſpouſe was to ſubſcribe the book.- * 'ſſ
By all our loves I begg'd he would forbear;
Upon my knees I wept, and tore my'hair;
But whenl found him fix'd, how I behav'd,
I thought him "loﬅ, and like a fury rav'd 5
Believ'd he would for ever be undone,
By ſome ﬅrange operation undergone, r
* When he came back, I found a change 'tis true, -
But ſuch a change as did his youth renew :
' With roſy cheeks and ſmiling grace he came,
And ſparkling eyes that ſpoke a bridegroom's flame.
Ye married ladies 'tis a happy life,
Believe me, that ofa free-maſon's wife,
Tho' they conceal the :ſecrets_of their friends,
In love and truth they make us full amends,
Spoken
l
EPILOGUES. 7 21;"
Spoke'n by Mrs. B E L L A M Y.*
Well, here Ifm come to let you know my thoughts;

Nay, ben't alarm'd, I'll not attack your faults;
Alike be ſafe, the cuckoldand the wit,
The cuckold-maker and the ſolemn cit.
I'm in good humour, and am come to prattle; 7
Han't l a head well turn'd, diye-think, to rattle?
But to clear up the point, and to bſie free,"
What think you is my ſubject? Mnsomiv t'
Tho' l'm afraid, as lawyers caſes clear,
My learn'ddebate will leave' you as yOu were.
But l'm a woman-and when I ſayrthat,
You know we'll talk-altho' we know not what r, ' .,
What think you, ladies,-e'nt it very hard, > '
/
That we ſhould from this ſecret be debarr'dr _ ='
How comes it that the ſofter hours of'love,
I
_ To wheedle out this ſecret fruitleſs prove? i
For we can wheedle when we hope to mdvg
What can it mean, why all this mighty ctpother,
Theſe myﬅic ſigns, and ſolemn calling,'brother-,
That we are qualify'd in ſigns are known, i ._
We Cah keep ſecrets too, but thecty're ourown._
When my good man firﬅ went toſſb'e a maſon',
Tho' I reſolv'd to put the ſmoother facedn
Yet to ſpeak truly, [beganvto fear- ;t ._ i' t
He muﬅ ſome dreadful operation bear'zz _*,,ſi_ ", , * ,
Buthe return'd, to ſat_isſify_,each doubt," ' i' m "ſi" ſi I'
' And brought home ev'ry thing'he'carrieſid out'ſſi m i '
Nay
are, EPILOGUEsa
Nay, came improy'd, for on his face appear'd
A pleaſing ſmile that ev'ry ſcruple clear'd.
Such added complaiſance, ſo much good nature,
_So much, ſo ﬅrangely alterid for the better;
That to increaſe the mutual dear delight! '
QWQU'd he'were made a maſon ev'ry night.
ſiE P I L O U E,
Spoken by Mrs. HoRTON;
Where are theſe hydras ? let me vent my ſpleen;"

Are theſe free-maſons P Bleſs me! theſe are men!
And young and briſk too: Iexpected monﬅers,
Brutes more prodigious than Italian ſongﬅers.
Lord, how report will lie, how vain's this pother ;' '
Theſe look like ſparks who only love each other!
. . _ [ſtrain/ly;
Let eaſy falths on ſuch graſs tales rely, '
'Ti's falſeby rules of phyfiognomy, '
I'll ne'er believe it, pſſoz, unleſs I try.
In proper' timeſiandſiplace, there's little doubt
But One flndthei'r, wond'rous ſecrets out; ſi
I ſhrewdly gueſs, cgad, for all their ſhyneſs; v
They'd render ſigns and 'tOkſiensztoo of kindneſs z
trahy truth 'in What r hen; obſerve, is, -
They'll quit ten brothersforone'fiﬅerffs ſervice:
But hold,
LWhere wildgoncern*d,jalais:,
man's Fat-'cy, Whetherhow
'haﬅfrailfs'
thou aﬅray'd?
maid l
, g i .._, her. .I,m a
' . ,,
'
ſiE,P. IIILYQÞQZIY Sin: 217;
I'm come to ﬅorm, toſſcpldhtovrail, 'to/rate,

And ſee, the acculſerjs, turn'd, the advocate,
Say to what merits mightilnqt pretend, þ i
Who, tho' no ſiﬅer, daye: proveyour, friend : _. ſi.
Wou'd beauty thus but in your, cauſe appear,
'Twere ſomething, Sirs, to be acceptcd. there: _
_ * ' _ [ ointing to the barres.v U
Ladies,-.be gracious. to themyﬅicarts,
And kindly take the gerſ-rous mrztlhnsv parts; i t - - A'
Let no loquacious. fop your-joys partake, '
He ſues for telling, not for killing ſake: A - '* -* "I
Firm to their truﬅ, the faithful craft conceal ; '7 *' -
, They cry no maﬅ-meat, fare they ne'er ſo well;
No tell-tale ſneer ſhall raiſe-the'conſcious bluſh,
The loyal brother's wordis alway's--huſh.
_ *"What tho' thcynquote old Solomon's decree,
And vainly boaﬅ that thro' the world they'refree;
With eaſe you'll humble the preſumptuous-braves; -\l
One kind regard makes alltheſe freemen ſlaves,
An" E P I.L__,o _G_pU_ .

Well, heavens be prais'd, the mighty ſecret's out;
The ſecret that has made ſo ﬅrange a rout:
This momentI was taught behind the ſcenes, , ' '
What
A every word,
charming ſecret, and ſign,
butiI muﬅandconceal
token means
iF, ;
If time, at nine months end, does not reveal it: ' ' * ' i
What monﬅrous horrid-lies do ſome folks tenus,
Why maſons, ladies, are 'quite clever fellows :
' iſ: ,_ _ ,- I. _' TillCYWC
218 EPILOGUES."
They're lovers of our ſex, as I can witneſs,
And ne'er act contrary to * Moral Fitneſs:
Ifany of ye doubt it, try the maſons,
They'll nOt deceive your largeﬅ expectations z
Let no miſgrounded apprehenfions ſeize ye,
They won't do any thing that can diſpleaſe ye;
They're able workmen, and compleatly ikill'd in
The trueﬅ arts and myﬅeries of building:
They'll build up families, and as moﬅ fit is,
Not only will erect, but people cities;
They'll fill as well as ſabricate your houſes,
i And propagate
If ſuch a race
their gifts; of ﬅrong-built
ſuch, ſpouſes.
ladies, is their merit, .
So great their ſkill, and ﬅrength, and life, and ſpirit;

What female hear-t can be ſo very hard, '
'As to refuſe them their deſerv'd reward.
Once on a time (as heathen ﬅory ſay)
Two maſon-gods to Troy town took their way:
Arriv'd, and hir'd to work, to work they fell 5
Hard was their tafiqbut execured well :
With morethan human ﬅrength, theſe heav'nly powers,
Rais'd the impregnable Dardam'an towers;
Thoſe towers which lonfig ſecur'd the Trojan dames,
From Grecian raviſhers, and Grecian flames:
Gratis they did it, whatſoe'er was done, v ..
Wrong'd of their pay by king Laomedon; ſ
Baſe ſordid ſoul, of princes the diſgrace;
But heav'n his guilt aveng'd upon his race;
UA A _ Mofl:
* Alluding to CHunn's Eſſay-ſolntitled.
p
NEW PROLOGUES. 219
.Moﬅ rudely did his Troy at length expire,
Reduc'd to aſhes by vindictive fire.
Ladies, this ﬅory's written for your learning;
Let Tray's example fright you all from burning;
Let it this truth in every breaﬅ inſpire,
That every workman's Worthy of his hire;
Butſure ſuch virtue in the preſent age is,
None will defraud the brethren of their wages;
None will tranſgreſs the laws of common ſenſe,
Which gives both ſexes due benevolence:
A maſon's full reward then ſſdo not grudge,
As every maſon is your humble drudge:

Then treat the craft, ye fair, with kind regard;
And give 'em, in your ſmiles, their beﬅ reward:
Give 'em to boaﬅ, where'er their art excends,
That they and beauty from this hour are friends.
A New PROLOGUE,
Spoken in the character of an Iriſh Freemaſon, at

the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-market.
Written by Lau. Dermott, D. G. M.
I Darby Mulroomy, from Moat of Grenoge,

Beg leave to be ſpaking by way of proloag:
And firﬅ to begin, this night is the day,
Appointed for L'Eﬅrange's benefit play:
I heard him, juﬅ now, telling an actor,
He'd ſoon be as rich as Jew or contractor;
- His
229 _ N E P'R O*L E S.
His lodge congregated, and ready'for Certain,

To open in form, behind this big curtain. . ' .
But he admits women, becauſe they ate-ſkill'd in _
(As well as free maſons') the new art oſ building:
O the ſweet creatures ! they're cunning projectOts,
' They build without rule, ſq-uare,-compaſs, orſectors,"
Their ﬅones are, all curls, their bricks are all wool,
Their mortar's pomatum, foundation a ikull ;
On which they can build (l'm ſure 'tis no lie)
As broad as a turf-ﬅack, but three times as high.
The men toogcan build as fancy beﬅ ſuits,
With curls on each ſide like a pair of volutes z
High tupees in front,juﬅ like a key-ﬅone,
To Wedge up the_brains in ſkulls that have none, .
For freize and feﬅoons, they uſe Bruſſels lacesſi;
vAnd like the fine ladies, can'_-w_hi_te-waſh their faces -, ,
With long tails behind, and nothing before,
Except down this way a little tom bore.
\ _ . ' Meaninglambur.
Thus ſome have deſcnb'd our actors at large 5
You viſitOrs are not ſubject to this charge. >
_ [Bowing to the audience.
In our anClent craft true friendlhips abound,
I wiſh, amongﬅbreth-ren, the like could befound.
Were Yankees free-maſons, and the Britons too,
They'd hearken to reaſon, old friendſhip renew;
They'd drink, andſhake hands, becomemighty civil,
And throw all their guns and their ſwords tothe devil-i
But I'll ſay no=more---(paufl) the time's veryquatgk
They never ſhall catch poor Dar-by in the ſnare: '
. . . .. _ . t
ſi NEW PROLOGUE'S. 42!
-My political bundnon Hhall not appear, ' '

My buſineſs 'to night is to welcome you here.
Welcome, brethren of the ſquare and compaſs,
Welcome, bucks, who love to make a rompus;
Welcome, cits, who lOVC'tO ſit in quiet; " '
Welcome, above, who never love to riot:
.'_.
Welcome, crities, dread of every poet,
You ſpare the craft, becauſe you do not know it.
Ten thouſand welcomes Darby does decree
To all the ladies; Welcome gra ma chree. 1
- * Poﬅeriors or nonſenſe. 1- My heart's love.
ctA New PROLOGUE, ſ>

Spoken in the character oſ a Teague, for the benefit
ofan Engliſh Free-maſon in diﬅreſs. '
Written by Lau. Dermott, D. G. M.
God ſave you, gentle fol-ks, both greatand ſmall, *
l'm come to tell amuſe) phuh, I forgot it all.
You, miﬅer Prompter, there behind the ſcreen,
Why don't you ſpake, and tell me what I mean P
I have it now, I'm ſorry I confeſs,
A brother maſon is in great diﬅreſs; i
Nothing to ate, and what you all will think
Ten times worſe, the devil a ſup of drink.
To-day I ax'd him, how did matters go;
He ſhook his head, and cry'd, but ſo and ſo--,
What want you, ſaid I, come tell me, honey 3
Nething ſaid he-_-but a bag ofmoney :
For
-222 NE'W PROLOGUES.
For want oſ which, all my guts are aching;
Why do you laugh,-is it game you're making?
[To the galleries.
The devil burn me, but
ſi
he'll be running creazy,
[In a heat.
Except, this night, you make his ﬅomach eaſy.
He is London born, a true patriot really,
And I'm his brother, born in Shileally.
Arra, yes, why moths-Pray where's the blunder?
It is but three hundred miles aſunder:
What though our parents never ſeen each other, .
Faith that's no reaſon that he's not my brother Et
For we are maſons, and our union hence
Hath made us brothers in the ﬅricteﬅ ſenſe:
Our union ſuch, that 'all alike partakes,
Whether England, lreland, or the land of cakes;
Nay round the globe,yvhere*er a maſon roam,
He finds a brother, and a kindly home.
Therefore, my jewels, let pus all befriend him,
And when in danger, Hannuman Doul defend him;
3 ans-si _
SOLOMONS TEM PLEZ
W'AN
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As it was perform'd for the Benefit of
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AnORATORIO.
Dramatz's Per/ame.
sea-mon, the Grand-Maſter. Urie'l, Angel of the Sun.
High Prieﬅ. _ Sbrba, Qxeen of the South.
Hiram, the Workman. Chorus of Priefis and Nobles."
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Reritatz'w.
Conven5d We*re met-chief oracle of heav'n,
To whom the ſacred myﬅeries are given -,
We're met to bid a ſplendid-fabric riſe,
Worthy the mighty Ruler of the fkies;
High-Prieſt.
And lo ! where Uriel, angel of the ſun
Arrives to ſee the mighty buſineſs done.v
Air." _
Behold he comes upon the wings of light,
And with his ſunny veﬅmentsch'eers the ſight. _ '
URIEL
226 SOLOMON's TEMPLE
ry LIR IE L.ffl \' I
* * ' ' Recitatitze. ſ
The Lord ſupreme, grand-maﬅer of the ſkics,

Who bidccreation from a chaos riſe;
The rules of architecture firﬅ bugrav'd, '
On Adam's heart.
Cloorur of Prieﬅ: and Nobles.

To heav'n's high architect, all praiſe,
_ _ All gratitude be given -,
Who
By deign'd the human
ſecrets ſprung from ſoul to raiſe,_ i
heav'n.
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SOLOMOM
. Rerimtiw. T.
Adam, well vers'd in arts,
Gave to his ſons the plumb- and line; t
By maſonry ſage Tubal' Cain, ' /
To the depp organ tun*d_ the ﬅrain. *
. Air.
And while he ſwell'd the melting note,
On high the ſilver concord float.
High Prieﬅ. "
Rccitatitze accompanied.
Upon the ſurface of the waves,
(When God a mighty deluge pours)
Noah, achoſen remnant ſaves,
And laid the ark's ﬅtipendous Hours.
URIEL
.*An£_ORATORIO._ 227
U R I E L'.
Air.
Hark from on high, the maſon-word!
7'
David, my ſervant, ſhall not build
* A lodge for heav'nYS all-ſov'reign Lord,
I
I Since blood and war have ﬅain'd his ſhield 5)
That for our deputy his ſon .
We have reſerv'dv-Prince Solomon. Da capo.
Chorus of Prieﬅ: and Nobles;
Sound great JEHOVAH's praiſe!
Who Bid young Solomon the temple raiſe.
S O L O M O N.
Reritati've.
So grand a ﬅructure ſhall we raiſe,
That men ſhall wonder ! Angels gaze! *
By art divine it ſhall be rear'd,
Nor ſhall the hammer's noiſe be heard;
Chorus.
Sound great JEHOVAH'S praiſe,
Who bid king Solomon the temple raiſe, '
U R I E L.
Rocitatiw.
To plan the mighty dome,
Hiram, the maﬅer-maſon's come.
Air by Uricl.
We know thee by thy apron white,
We know thee by thy trowel bright,
_Well ſkill'd in maſonry. '
Q 21 , _We
228 SOLOMON's TEMPLE.
We know thee by thy jewel's blaze,
Thy manly walk and air -,
Inﬅructed thou the lodge ſhall: raiſe,
Let all for work prepare.
HIR A
Air.
Not like Bſhel's haughty building,
Shall our greater lodge be fram'dz
That to hideousjargon yielding,
Juﬅly was a Babel nam'd :_
There Confuſlon all o'er-bearing,
Neither ſign nor word they knew;
We pur work with order ſquaring,
Each proportion ſhall be true. ſi
S O L O M O N:
Recitali've.
Cedars, which fince creation grew,
Fall of themſelvesto grace the dome 3
All Lebanon, as if ſhe knew
The great occaſion, lo is come.
U R I E L.v
Air.
Behold, my brethren of the ſky,
The Work begins worthy an angel's eye:
Cbarur of Prieﬅ: and Nobles; _

Be preſent all ye heavenly hoﬅs;
The work begins, the Lord defrays the cofl'.
ACT
'
An 0R*ATORIO.' 229
ACT II.
MESSENGER.
Recitati-ue.
Behold, attended by a numerous train,
Aleen of the South, fair Slaeba, greets thy reign l
In admiration of thy wiſdom, ſhe '
Comes to preſent the bended knee.
SOLOMON to HIRAM.
Receive her with a fair ſalute,
Such as with Majeﬅy may ſuit.
H IR A M
Air.
When allegiance bids obey,
We with pleaſure own its ſway."
Obedient to Enler
ſuperiorS greatneſs,
H E B A ſeeattended.
, i
Our ſceptre hails thy mightier Majeﬅy.

* SHEBA
' Air.
Thus Plate-be, queen of ſhadeand. night,
Owning the ſun's ſuperior rays;
With fecbler glory, leſſer light,
Attends the triumph of his blaze:
Oh, all excelling Prince, receive,
The tribute due to ſuch a king;
Not the gift, but will, believe, ,
Take the heart, not what we bring. r Da dapu.
S O L O-'
.723'o 'S OL MO'NIS TTE P'LE.
' SOLOMOM
þ ' Retitativc.
Let meaſures ſoftly ſweet,
Illuﬅriom Sbeba's preſence greet. '
S O L O M O N.
Air. '
Tune the lure and ﬅring the lyre,
Equal to the fair we ſing:
Who can ſee and not admire, A
Sbeba, conſort for a king! Þ \
Enliv'ning wit and beauty join', ' - '
Melting ſenſe and gracefulv air;
Here unitedpowers combine,
To make her brighteﬅ of the fair, Da eapſio.
S O L O M O N.
. Rccitati-ve;
Hz'ram, our brother and our friend,
Do thou the Queen with me attend.
SCENEiL
A View of the TEMPLL'
High Prieﬅ.
, Recitatiw.
Sacred to heav'n, behold the domeappears -, _
Lo, what auguﬅ ſolemnity it wears; . .
Angels themſelves have deign'd to deck the frame,
And beauteous Sbeba ſhall report its fame. .
Air.
A" o R A T o R I 0. 4315.
ſ Air; i "
When the QUeen of the South ſhall return

To the climes which acknowledge her ſway -,
Where the ſun's warmer beams fiercely burn,
The Princeſs with tranſport ſhall ſay :
Well worthy my journey, I've ſeen
A monarch both graceful and wiſe, '
Deſerving the love of aQJeen,
And a temple well worthy the ſkies. Da capo._.
Chorus.
Open ye gates, receive the Alcen who ſhares,
With equal ſenſe, your happineſs and cares.
\
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H I R A M._
'
Rcritatiw.
Of riches much, but more of wiſdom ſee;
Proportion'd workmanſhip, and maſonrya
H I R A .M.
_'- Air.
Oh, charming Sbeba, there behold
What maſſy ﬅores of burniſh'd gold,
Yet richer is our art;
Not all the orient gems that ſhine,
Nor treaſures of rich Opbir's mine,
Excel the maſon's heart:
True to the fair, he honours more,
Than glittering gems or brighteﬅ ore,
The plighted pledge of love: U
To ev'ry tie of honour bound,
In love and friendſhip conﬅant found,
And favour'd from above. i SOLo
232 SOLOMON's TEMPLE &e.
SOLOMON and SHEBA.
Duct.
Sbeþa. One gem beyond the reﬅ Iſ ſee,
' And charming Solomon is he.
Salam. One gem beyond the reﬅ I ſee,
Fairefi of fair ones, thou art ſhe:
Sbehz. Oh, thou ſurpaſſing all men wiſe.
Saldm. And thine excelling women's eyesi
HIR A M
Recifati-ve. i
Wiſdom and beauty dorh combine;
Our art to raiſe, our hearts to join.
Cborur.
Give to Maſonry the prize,
Where the faireﬅ chuſe the wiſe -,
Beauty ﬅill ſhou'd wiſdom love;
Beauty and-order reign above;
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T H E deſign is a proﬅyle temple of the

IT has been the cuﬅom of all my worthy

that ſubject; now extant 'in vthie Engliſh- tongue;

'M'y next ſtep was toſurniſh myſelf with a

erjarſm Galli/23, in Paris) and another copy

Havmg med my pen, and wrote a linenot

. By this time I imagined myſelf ſuperior to '

i Petha s ſome of my readers (I mean thoſe

Whether ſuch an opinion be true or falſe, it

** Next aſterthetitle at the head of every chapter (except

I have heard of' many others of later date that

A hiﬅory of' maſonry! (ſays Ahiman') from

Thoſe were the only men that have 'wrote

U on his entrance, the ſhur ſojourners did

- Sþeakthou that art the elder, for it becometh

While he was ſpeaking theſe laﬅ words,I

I have not Wot-dsv to expreſs the ſorrow,

_ What man (converſant with real ſree-maſon

VVhoſoever doubts the truth hereof, let him

'V Atſi the Apple-tree in Charles-ﬅreet, Co

Nor was a ſelf-creation the only defect:

_ This is ſo well known 'to every man conver-ſi

Nor can be urged, that ſuch defection, or

Under ſuch defections as aboye-mentioned;

The Moderns' (I mean their writers) vtain-3'

'This will be done, by conſidering, that had

Indeed this is acknowledged by the Moderns

To put this matter out of the reach of con-i

" Our ſociety is neither Arch, Royal

Such was the character given of them by

The compiler ſeems to be unacquainted with'

then held at the Devil Tavern, near Temple

preface to' their pamphlet: '

" Whereas the genuine ſpirit' of Maſonry

The brethren cenſu-red had their conﬅituſii

Thisbyanthem was not.

The wiſdom of parliament treated the peti

It is remarkable, that the ſaid petition was'

In the following ſheets, Under the title of

poliſhed nature, in giving them an opportunity

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