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THE

CONSTITUTIONS THE
OF

FREE-MASONS.
CONTAINING THE
Hiftory^

of

Charges, Regulations^ &c. that moft Ancient and Right

Worfhipful

FRATERNITT
LODGES.

For the Ufe of the

LONDON:
Printed

and

by William Hunter, for John Senex at John HooKEat the Flower-de-luce over-againft
in Fleet-street.

the

Globe,

St. Dunstan's

Church,

In the Year of Mafonry

Anno

Domini

57^3 1723

NEW YORK;
REFUBLISHED, FAC-SIMILE, by JNO. W. LEONARD AND CO., MASONIC PUBLISHERS, 383 BROADWAY.

1855.

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T O

MONTAGU.
My
Lord,

His

Grace

the

DUKE

of

Order of

his

Grace

the

DUKE
the
ful

of

WHARTON,
Worfhipof the
I

prelent Right

Grand Master
and, as his

Free-Masons

Deputy,

humbly

DEDICATION.
humbly dedicate
this

Book of

the

Con-

stitutions of our ancient Fraternity

to

your Grace,

in

Teftimony of your

honourable, prudent, and vigilant difcharge

of the Office of our

laft

Grand-Master

year.

need not

tell

your

Grace
r

what

Pains our learned

in

AutHo

has taken

compiling and digefting this

Book from

the old

Records, and how

accurately he

has compared and

able to
as to

made every

thing agreefo

History and Chronology,

render thefe

New

Constitutions

a juft

and exact Account of

Masonry
Grace's

from the beginning of the World to your

DEDICATION.
Grace's Mastership,
preferving
all

ftill

that

was

truly ancient

and

authentick in the old

ones

For every
the
Per-

Brother

will

be pleas'd with
it

formance, that knows

had your

Grace's
and that
it

Perufal
is

and Approbation,
printed
for the
it

now

Ufe of the
approv'd

by

Lodges, after was the Grand-Lodge,

when

your

Grace

was

Grand

Master. All the Brotherhood will ever remember the Honour

your
your

Grace
Care
for

has
their

done
Peace,

them,

and

Harmony,
and

DEDICATION.
and
lafting

Friendfhip
lenfible

Which none

is

more duly

of than,

My LORD,
Your Grace's
Moft
oblig'd,

and
Servant,

Moll obedient

And

Faithful Brother,

J.

T. Desaguliers

Deputy Grand-Mafter.

TO THE

M. W.

WINSLOW LEWIS,
the

M. D.,

Grand Matter of Mafons of

Grand Lodge of

Mafsaohufetts,

THIS

FAC-SIMILE

OF

THE ANCIENT

CONSTITUTIONS^

DOCUMENT

Which

he has carefully read and diligently obferved,

IS
AS

DEDICATED,
OF
RESPECT

SLIGHT

TRIBXTTE

FOR

HIS

CHARACTER

AS

MAN AND MASON,

AND

AS A SINCERE

TOKEN OF THE

PRIVATE ESTEEM AND PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP OP

THE PUBLISHERS.

THE

CONSTITUTION,
Hifiory^

Lams^,

Charges,
and
TH E

Orders,

Regulations,
O
F

Ufages,

Right

Worfhipful

FRATERNITY

of

Accepted Free
From
their

MASONS

COLLECTED
their

general

RECORDS,

faithful

TRADITIONS
fhall

and of

many Ages,
At
the

Admiffion
or

TO BE READ of a New Brother, when

begin,
or

the

Master

Warden
our

order

fome

other Brother to read as follows

DAM,

firft

Parent, created after

the

Image of God, the great Architect of the Universe, muft have had the Liberal Sciences, particularly Geometry, written on
1

Year of
the

his

Heart
it

for

even fince the Fall

11

r we nd
I

World
i.

4003.

the Principles of

in the Hearts of his Offspring,

and

before

which, in procefs of time, have been drawn forth into

a con-

a convenient

Method of

Propositions, by obferving the

:

Laws of Proportion taken from Mechanism

reduce the Elements of Geometry
noble
all

So that

as

the Mechanical Arts gave Occafion to the Learned to

into

Method,

this

Science,

thus

reduc'd,

is

the

Foundation

of

thofe Arts, (particularly of

Masonry and Architecare conducted

ture)

and the Rule by which they

doubt
it,

and

perform'd.

No
ufe of
at

Adam

taught his Sons Geometry, and the

in the

feveral

leaft,

for thofe

early

Arts and Crafts convenient, Times ; for Cain, we find,

call'd

built

a City,

which he
after

Consecrated,
of
his

or

Dedicated,

the

Name

eldeft

Son

and becoming the Prince of the one Half of Mankind, his Pofterity would imitate his royal Example in improving both the noble Science and the
ufeful Art.*

Enoch;

Nor can we

fuppofe that Seth was

lefs

inftrudted,

who
and

being the Prince of the other Half of Mankind,

alfo

the

prime

Cultivator

of Astronomy,

would
to his

take equal Care to teach Geometry and

Masonry

Offspring,

As other Arts were

Mufic

alfo

improv'd
,

by them,

viz.

working

in

Metal
,

by

Tubal
laft
is

Cain,

by

u b a L

Paftorage

and Tent-Making

by

J a B a L

which

good Architefture.

( Offspring,

who had

alfo

the

mighty Advantage

of

Adam's living among them.f

But without regarding uncertain Accounts, we may

lafely

conclude the old World, that lafted 1656 Years,

;

could not be ignorant of Masonry

Families of Seth and Cain eredied
until at length

and that both the

curious Works,

many

Noah,

the ninth from Seth, was

to build the great

comArk,
by

manded and direded of God, which, tho' of Wood, was

certainly

fabricated

Geometry, and according to the Rules of Masonry.

Noah,

and

his

three

Sons,

Japhet, Shem, and

Masons true, brought with them over the Flood, the Traditions and Arts of the Ante-deluvians, and amply communicated them to their growing Offall

Ham,

fpring
vaft

for

about 10 1 Years after the Flood,

of 'em,
if
. .

we

find a

j^^^^

Number
Tower,

not the whole Race of Noah, '

.

^""^^
^

757^^^'^

in the

Vale of Shinar, employ'd in building a City and

in order to

Antt'^'

large

make

to themfelves

Name,
and

^^"^""^

A
t

For by fome Vcftigcs of Antiquity we

but was
tranflatcd
(as
alive
St.
:

find

one of 'em, godly

the
final

Enoch,

(who dy'd at the

for

not,

to

Heaven)
tells

prophecying of
us)

Conflagration

Day
cribc

of Judgment
the

u d e

and hkcwife of the General Deluge

his

the
af-

Punifhment of

World
the

Upon which

he eredled

two

large

Pillars,

(tho'

fome

them
Liberal

to

Scth)

one of Stone,

and the other of Brick,

Stone Pillar
remain'd
in

whereon
Syria

were
the

engraven

the

Sciences,

&c.

And

that

the

until

Days of

Vespasian

the

Emperor.

(4)
and to prevent
their Difperfion.

And

tho' they carry'd

on the

Work

to

a monftrous Height, and by their

to

Va-

nity provok'd

God

confound

their Devices,

by conDifperto be

founding their Speech, which occafion'd their

A. M.
2

fion

yet their Skill in

Masonry
their

is

not the

lefs

194-

celebrated,

having fpent above 53

Years in that procarry'd

digious

Work, and upon

Difperfion

the

mighty Knov^ledge with them into

they found the good ufe of
their
it

diftant Parts,

where

in

the

Settlement of

Kingdoms, Commonwealths, and Dynasties.

it

And

tho' afterwards
it

was

loft in

moft Parts of the Earth,

was
I

efpecially preferv'd in Shinar

,'^

and Assyria, where

the

MRoD

the Founder of that Monarchy, after

Difperfion, built

many

fplendid Cities, as Ereck, Accad,

and Calneh,

in

Shinar;
Assyria,

from whence afterwards he

went

forth into

and

built

Niniveh, Reho-

BOTH, Caleh, and Rhesin.

In thefe Parts, upon the Tygris and Euphrates, after-

wards flourifh'd
ticians,

many

learned Priests

and Mathemaand

known by

the

Names of Chaldees

Magi,
*

R o D, which
;

fignifies

a Rebel,
in

was the

Name
his
as

given

him by

the holy Family,

and

by Moses
fignifies

but

among
or Baal,

his

Friends

Chaldea,

proper

Name was B e l u s ,
Nations,
or

which

Lord;
of Bel,

and afterwards was worfhipped

God by many
the

under the

Name
Son of

and became the Bacchus of

Ancients,

Bar

Chus,

the

Chus.

5
the

Magi, who
as

preferv'd

good Science,

Geometry,

the

Kings
But
it
is

and great

Men

encourag'd the Royal

Art.

not expedienc to fpeak more plain of

the premifes, except in a formed Lodge.

From

hence,

therefore,
latter

the Science and

Art were
not-

both tranfmitted to
withftanding the

Ages and

diftant Climes,

confufion of Languages or Dialedls,

which, tho'

it

might help to give Rife to the Mafons

univerfal

Faculty and ancient

Practice

of converling

without

and of knowing each other at a Diftance, yet hinder'd not the Improvement of MasoNTiY in each Colony, and their Communication in their
fpeaking,

diftind National Dialed.

And, no doubt, the Royal Art was brought down the fecond Son of Ham, i t z r a i m to Egypt by about fix Years after the Confufion at Babel, and after the Flood i6o Years, when he led thither his Colony; (for Egypt is Mitzraim in Hebrew) becaufe we find

a. m.

21
Ante Ch.

the River Nile's overflowing

its

Banks, foon caus'd an

Geometry, which confequently brought Masonry much in requeft For the ancient noble Ci-

Improvement
ties,

in

with the other magnificent Edifices of that Coun-

try,

and particularly the

the
early

famous

Pyramids,
that

deancient

monftrate

Tafle

and Genius of

(6)
cient

Kingdom.
is

Nay, one of thofe Egyptian

the

PyraWonders

mids*
of the

reckon'd

First of the Seven

World, the Account of which, by Hiftorians

is

and

Travellers,

almoft incredible.

The

Sacred Records inform us well that the eleven

GREAT Sons of

Canaan
when

(the

youngeft Son of Ham)

foon fortified themfelves in ftrong

Holds, and ftately

walled Cities, and eredted moft beautiful Temples and

Manfions

for

the

Israelites,

under the great

it

Joshua, invaded their Country, they found

larly

fo regu-

fenc'd,

that

without the immediate

peculiar

Intervention

of

God

in behalf of his

People, the

CanaaCrush,

NiTEs

were impregnable and

lefs

invincible.

Nor can we
viz.

fuppofe

of the other Sons of Ham,

his eldeft, in

South Arabia, and Phut, or Phuts, (now

called Fez) in

West

Africa.

And
(the

furely the fair

and gallant

Pofterity of
as

Japhet,
into
skill'd

eldeft
Ifles

Son of Noah) even fuch

travell'd

the
in

of the Gentiles, muft have been equally

Geometry and Masonry ; tho' we know little of their Tranfadions and mighty Works, until their original

KnowStones, brought a vaft way from the Quarries of Arabia, were mofl ot 30 Foot long; and its Foundation cover'd the Ground of 700 Foot on each Side, or 2800 Foot in Compafs, and 481 in perpendicular Height. And in perfefting it were employ'd every Day, for 20 whole Years, 360,000 Men, by fome ancient Egyptian King,
*

The Marble

'em

long

before
his

the

Israelites

were a People, for the Honour of

his

Empire, and

at

laft

to

become

Tomb.

Knowledge was

almofi:

loft

by the Havock

of War,

and by not maintaining a due Correfpondence with the polite and learned Nations ; for when that Correfpondence was open'd in After-Ages,
to be moft curious Architects.

we

find they

began

The
ties

Pofterity of S

m had

alfo equal

Opportuni-

of

cultivating the

that

planted their
;

Art, even thofe of 'em Colonies in the South and Eaft of

ufeful

Asia

much more
Empire,

thofe
liv'd

of 'em,

that

in

the great
or

Assyrian

in
:

a feparate

State,

were

blended with other Families

SHE

Nay, that holy Branch of

(of

whom,

as

concerning the Flefh,

Christ
Babel
a.

came) could not be unskilful in the learned Arts of

Assyria
;

for

A b r a m,

after

the

Confufion at

m.

about 268 Years, was called out of

Ur

of the Chaldees,

1926.

where he learned Geometry, and the Arts that are perform'd by it, which he would carefully tranfmit to
Ishmael, to Isaac, and to his Sons, by
Isaac, to Esau,

Keturah
alfo

and by
:

and Jacob, and the twelve Patriarchs

Jews believe that A b r a m the Egyptians in the Assyrian Learning.

Nay,

the

inftrudted

Indeed, the feled: Family long ufed Military Archi-

tecture only,

as

they were Sojourners

among

Strangers

but before the 430 Years of their Peregrination were expired, even about 86 Years before their Exodus, the
.

a.-^l

Kings of Egypt forc'd moft of them to lay down their 157^ ^ AntcCl\ Shepherds

1.24 2^k

111

(8)
Shepherds
Inftruments,

and

Warlike
fort

Accoutrements,
in

and

train'd

them

to
as

another

of Architecture

Stone and Brick,

acquaint us
;

holy Writ,

and other

Hiftories,

which God did wifely over-rule, in order to make them good Masons before they poflefs'd the promis'd Lind, then famous for moft curious Masonry.

And
der

while marching to Canaan, thro' Arabia,

un-

Moses,

God was
Wifdom

pleafed to infpire

Bezaleel,
,

of the Tribe of Judah, and

A. M.

Ahol

of the Tribe

of Dan, with
glorious

of Heart for ereding that moft

the Shechinah

1490!
Ante Ch.

Tent, or Tabernacle, wherein

refided; which, tho' not of Stone or Brick, was framed

by Geometry, a moft beautiful Piece of Architedure,

(and prov'd afterwards the

Model of Solomon's Temple)

according to the Pattern that

in the

God had

ftiewn to

Moses

became the General Master-Mason, as well as King of Jessurun, being well skill'd in all the Egyptian Learning, and divinely infpir'd with more fublime Knowledge in Masonry.

Mount

who

therefore

So that the Israelites, at their leaving Egypt, were a

whole Kingdom of Masons, well inftruAed, under the

Conduct

of

their

Grand Master Moses,

into a regular

who

often marfhall'd

them

and general Lodge,

Orders,

while in the Wildernefs, and gave them wife Charges,

)
!

Orders,

&c.

had they been well obferv'd

were

But no

more of the Premifes muft be mention'd.

And
LiTEs

after they

poffefs'd

of Canaan, the Israe-

a.

m.

came not

fhort of the old Inhabitants in

it,

Masonry,

2554I4501450
Ante Ch

but rather vaftly improved

of Heaven

-,

they fortify'd

by the fpecial Direction better, and improved their

City-Houfes and the Palaces of their Chiefs, and only

fell

fhort in sacred Architecture while the Tabernacle

ftood,

but no longer

for the fineft facred Building of

the Canaanites was the vIemple of

Dagon

in

Gaza of

the Philistines, very magnificent, and capacious enough

to receive
ly

5000 People under its Roof, that was artfulfupported by two main Columns ;* and was a won-

derful Difcovery of their

as

mighty

Skill in true

Mafonry,

muft be own'd.

But Dagon's Temple, and the

fineft

Strudlures

of

Tyre and Sidon, could not be compared with the Eternal God's Temple at Jerusalem, begun and finifh'd, to
the

Amazement of

all

the World, in the fhort fpace of

seven Years and six Months, by that wifeft

Man and
Archi-

moft glorious King of Israel, the Prince of Peace and

B
Sampson

By which
alfo

the

glorious

pull'd

it

down upon

the Lords of the

his

Philistines,
putting out
2 g

and was
his

intangled in the fame

Death which he drew upon

Enemies

for

5
.

Eyes, after he had reveal'd his Secrets to his Wife, that betray'd

for

which Wcaknefs he never had the Honour

to

him into their Hands; i i i i But it is Ante Ch be number'd among Mafons

:

not convenient to write

more of

this.

(lo)
Architecture,

Solomon

(the

Son of David,

who

was refufed that Honour

Tools,

for

being a

Man

of Blood)

by divine Diredion, without the Noife of Work-mens

though there were employ'd about

it

no

lefs

than 3,600 Princes,* or Master-Masons, to conduct the

Work
men,
befides

according to Solomon's Directions, with 80,000

in the

Hewers of Stone
and
the
in

Mountain, or Fellow Craftsin

all
/

70,000

Labourers,

153,600
30,000

work

Levy under Adoniram to the Mountains of Lebanon by

Sidonians, viz.

turns with the

being in
for

all

183,600

which great Number of ingenious Mafons, Solomon was much oblig'd to Hiram, or Huram, King of Tyre, who fent his Mafons and Carpenters to Jerusalem,

In

Kings

v.

i6.
fet

they are

call'd

ta'^nirt
their

Harodim, Rulers or Provofts

affifting

King

Solomon, who were

ii.

over the

Work, and

Number

there

is

only 3,300

But 2 Chron.
the People
Artifts,

18.

they

are
in

called

ta'Tias^a

Menatzchim, Overfecrs and Comforters of

bccaufe
or
either

in

Working, and
the Overseers
to

Number 3,600;
faid

300 might be more

fo

curious

and

of the
Places

3,300,
cafe

rather,

not

excellent,
fo

and only Deputy-Masters,

might be
of the
always 3,300

fupply their

in

of Death or Abfence, that

elfe

there

ACTING Masters complcatj

IsH
a:jn

or

they

might be the Overseers

70,000 bno C^X

the

Sabbal,
liJ'^X

Men

of Burden, or Labourers,

who were
called
alfo

not

Mafons, but fcrved

80,000
and

IsH

Chotzeb,
alfo

Men

of
'>3a

Hewing,
Builders
i

i3i^25 of

Ghiblim,

Stone-Cutters
to

Sculpturersj and

Bonai,

in

Stone,
v.

part

which

belong'd

Solomon,

and part to Hiram, King of Tyre,

Kings

18.

II

sALEMj

and the

Firs

and Cedars of Lebanon to Joppa,

the next Sea-port.

Namefake Hiram, HuRAM, the moft accomplifh'd Mafon upon Earth.*

But above
all,

he fent

his

or

And

We

read

(z

Chron.

ii.

13.)
fays, I

Hiram,
the vulgar

King of Tyre,

(called

there

Huram)
le

in

his

Letter to

King

Solomon,

have sent a cunning Man, ^ax

tn'Tinls

Huram Abhi,
as

not to be tranflated according to

this

Greek and Latin, Huram my Father,

14.
refutes
it,

if

Architeft was King

plainly

Hiram's
Huram
s
;

Father; for his Defcription, ver.

and the

Original

imports,
i

of

my

Father's,

viz.

the

Chief Master-Mason of
City

my
tho'

Father,
Hiftorics

King

Ab

ba L u

(who

enlarg'd

and
at
this

beautify'd

the

of Tyre,

as

ancient

inform

us,

whereby the Tyrians

the King might
call

time were moft expert in

Masonry)

fome think

Hiram
fame

Hiram
as

the Architeft Father, as learned and

call'd

skillful

Men
and

were wont
as the

to be call'd of old

Times, or

Joseph was
(2

the

Father of
iv.

Pharaoh;
'tis

Hiram

is

call'd

Solomon's

Father,

Chron.

16.)

where

faid

Shelomoh

lammelech
his

Abhif Churam

ghnasah.

Did Huram,

Father, make to King Solomon.

But the

Difficulty

is

over
alfo
ii.

at

once,

by allowing the
i".

Word Abif

to

be

the

Surname of
for being

Hiram
fo

the

Mafon,

called

(Chap.

13.)

Hiram

Abi, as here

Hiram Abif;

amply
this

defcrib'd,

(Chap.

14.)

we may

eafily

fuppofe his Surname would not be conceal'd

viz.

And
SENT

Reading makes the Senfe plain and compleat,

that

Hiram,
Prince

King of Tyre,
of

TO

King
(i

Solomon
vii.

his
to

Namesake

Hiram Abif,

the

Architects,
;

defcrib'd
(2

Kings
ii.

14.)

be a Widow's
calls

Son of the Tribe of Naphthali

and in

Chron.

14.) the faid

in

King of Tyre
that

him the Son of a

Woman
;

of the Daughters

of

Dan

and

both Places,

his

Father was a

Man

of Tyre

which

Difficulty

is

remov'd.

12

Expence of it alfo enhaunceth for befides King David's vaft Preparaits Excellency; tions, his richer Son Solomon, and all the wealthy
the prodigious
Israelites,

And

and the
largely

Nobles

of

all

the

neighbouring
it

Kingdoms, Silver, and

incredible.

contributed

towards

in

Gold,
almoft

rich Jewels, that

amounted

to a

Sum
fo

Nor do we

read of any thing in

it

Canaan

large,

the Wall that inclos'd

being 7700 Foot in Compafs;

far

rcmov'd, by fuppofing his Mother was

either

of the Tribe of Dan,

his

or

of

the

Daughters
a

of the City called

Dan
his

in

the

Tribe of Naphthali, and

call'd

deceafed Father had been

;

Naphthalite, whence
call'd

Mother was

a
of

Widow

of NaphthaU

for
;

his

Father

is

not
the

a
is

Tyrian
call'd

by Defcent, but a
a

Man
in

Tyre by

Habitation

as

Obed Edom

Levite

Gittite by hving among the Gittites, and the Apoftle Paul a

fuppofing
his

Man
a

of Tarsus.

But

Miftake

Tranfcribers,
the

and that
either
;

his

Father was
or
his

really

Tyrian by Blood, and

that

Mother only of
allowing

Tribe

of

Dan
as

of Naphthali,
Father was
a

can
in

be

no

Bar
fo

againft

of

his

vaft

Capacity

for

Worker
to

Brafs,

he himfelf was
Brafs
:

fiU'd as

with

Wifdom and
fcnt

Underftanding,
for

and Cunning

work
his

all

Works
to

in

And
fays.

King

Solomon
I

him,

fo

King

Hiram,

in

Letter

Solomon,
to

And now
Gold,
grave

have
Brafs,

fent

cunning
Stone,

Man,

endued with

Underftanding,
fine

skilful

work
;

in
to

Silver,

Iron,

Timber, Purple, Blue,

to

Linnen and Crimfon

fhall

alfo

any manner of Graving, and

thy

find

out

every

Device which

be put to him, with

cunning

Men, and with

the

cunning

Men

of
in

my

Lord David thy Father.

Temple, and
in

This divinely infpired

Workman
far
all

maintain'd this Charaler

erefting the

working the Utenfils thereof,

alfo

beyond the Performances

forts

of Aholiab and Bezaleei.,

being

univerfally

capable

of

of Mafonry.

(
far lefs

13
fit

any holy Structure

to be

nam'd with
Dimenfions,

it,

for

exadly proportion'd

and

beautiful

from

the magnificent Porch on the East, to the glorious and

reverend Sanctum Sanctorum on the West, with moft

lovely

and convenient Apartments

for

the

Kings and

Princes, Priests and

alfo;
it

Levites, Israelites, and Gentiles

all

being an Houfe of Prayer for

Nations, and

capable of receiving in the Temple

its

proper,

and
lefs

in all

Courts

and Apartments

together,

no

than

300,000 People, by a modefl: Calculation, allowing a

fquare Cubit to each Perfon.

And
glorious

if

we

confider the
as

1453

Columns of Parian
both having

Marble, with twice

Capitals

many

Pillasters,

of feveral

Windows,

befides thofe in

and about 224.6 the Pavement, with the unOrders,

fpeakable and coftly Decorations

of

it

within

(and
its
it

much
was

more
to

might

be

said)

we

muft
;

conclude

ProfpecSt

tranfcend

our
far

Imagination

and that

juftly efteem'd

by

the fineft Piece of

Masonry

upon Earth before or fince, and the chief Wonder of the World; and was dedicated, or confecrated, in the moft folemn manner, by King Solomon. But leaving what muft not, and indeed cannot, be communicated by Writing, we may warrantably afiirm, that however ambitious the Heathen were in cultivating of the Royal Art, it was never perfecSled, until God
conde-

A.

M.

3000
Ante
cii.

14

condefcended to inftrudt
the

his peculiar

People in rearing

above-mention'd
this

ftately

Tent,
fit

and
for

in

building

at length

gorgeous House,

the fpecial

Re-

fulgence

of

his

Glory, where he dwelt between the

Cherubims on the Mercy-Seat, and from thence gave

them frequent oraculous Refponfes.

This moft fumptuous, fplendid, beautiful, and glorious
all

Edifice,

attraded foon the inquifitive Artifts of

Nations to fpend fome time at Jerusalem, and furits

vey

peculiar Excellencies,
;

as

much
came

as

was allow'd
of the

to the Gentiles

whereby they foon

difcover'd, that all

far fhort

the World, with their joint Skill,

Israelites, in

the

Wifdom and

Dexterity of Architec-

ture,

when

the wise

Master

of the

King Solomon was Grand Lodge at Jerusalem, and the learned

King Hiram was Grand Master of the Lodge at Tyre, and the inspired Hiram Abif was Master of Work, and Masonry was under the immediate Care and Direction of Heaven, when the Noble and the Wise thought it their Honour to be affifting to the ingenious Masters and Craftsmen, and when the Temple of the True God became the Wonder of
all Travellers,

by which,

as

by the moft perfect Pattern,

they corredted the Architecture of their

own Country
Ma-

upon

their return.
after the Eredlion

So that

of Solomon's Temple,

sonry

15
all

soNRY was improv'd in

for

the neighbouring Nations;

it,

the

many
it

Artifts

employ'd about
difpers'd

under Hiram
into

Abif,

after

was

finifh'd,

themfelves

Syria, Mesopotamia, As.syria, Chaldea, Babylonia,

dia,

Meand

Persia, Arabia,

Africa, Lesser

Asia, Greece,

other Parts of Europe, where they taught this liberal

Art to the free born Sons of eminent Perfons, by whofe

Dexterity
the

Kings,

Princes,

and

Potentates,

built

many glorious Piles, and became the Grand Masters, each in his own Territory, and were emulous of excelling in this Royal Art ; nay, even in India, where the Correfpondence was open, we may conclude
the fame
:

But none of the Nations, nor

the Israelites, far
their
lefs

all

together,

could

rival
;

excel them, in

MaNay,

sonry

and

Temple remain'd the conftant

Pattern."^

*For

tho'

the

Temple of Diana
Pofterity, that

at a

Ephesus

is

suppof'd
in

to

have

been

firft

built

by
;

feme of Japhet's
yet
it

made

settlement

Jonia about the Time of Moses

fake

was often demolifh'd, and then

Period

rebuilt
its

for the

of Improvements
(that

in

Masonry;

and we cannot compute the

the
that

of
to

laft

glorious
to

Ereftion
that
for

became another of

Seven Wonders
long
afterwards

of
the

the

World)
of

be

prior

of

Solomon's
Years,

Temple
in

but
it,

Kings

Lesser

Asia

join'd,

220

finifhing

with
(each

107 Columns of
at
)

the fineft
a

Marble, and

many of 'em with moft

exquifite

Sculpture

the
to

Expence of
fupport
the
:

King, by the Master-Masons

planked
Cicling
it

Dresiphon
as

and
the

Arch
in

p H R o N
Linings

and Roof of pure Cedar,

the

Doors and
Length

were of

Cypress

Whereby

became

Mistrefs

of Lesser

Asia,

425 Foot,

Nay, the
z A R
tages,

(i6) Grand Monarch Nebuchadnenever,

could
carry

with

all

his

unfpeakable

Advan-

A.M.
5S8.
Ante Ch.

Masonry to the beautiful Strength and Magnificence of the Temple Work, v^hich he had, in warlike Rap;e, burnt down, after it had remain'd in For after Splendor 416 Years from its Consecration. his Wars were over, and general Peace proclaim'd, he fet his Heart on Architecture, and became the Grand Master-Mason; and having before led captive
up
his

the

ingenious

Artifts
rais'd

of Judea, and
indeed
the

other

conquer'd

Countries,
Earth,

he

largeft

Work upon
Palaces

even

the

Walls'''

and

City,

the

and

Hanging

425
l 1 e 6.
it i'

Foot,

and in Breadth 220 Foot:

Nay,

fo

admirable
in
his

Fabrick,
to

that

Xerxes
;

left
laft

ftanding

when
'^^

he

burnt
^^'^

all

the

other Temples
a

Way
only

Greece
the

tho'

at

^^^

^^^

^^^^

burnt
that
in

down by

vile

Fellow,
the

for

Luft

of

being

Ante Ch.

talk'd

of,

on the very Day

Alexander
of 15
Miles
a

Great was
in

born".

*In Thicknefs 87 Foot,

British
Miles
in

Height

350 Foot, and

Compafs
built

480
large

Furlongs,
Bricks,

or

60

an cxaft

Square
that

Side,

of

cemented

with the hard Bitumen of

a-fide,

old

Vale of Shinar,

with

100

Gates of Brass, or 25

and 250 Towers ten Foot higher than the Walls.

the
faid

From
Streets,
broad,
cut

25

Gates

in

each Side went 25

Streets

in

flrait

Lines,

or

in

all

50

each
the

15

Miles

long,

with

four

half Streets next the Walls, each 200

Foot
thus

as

entire

Streets

were
each

150 Foot broad:

being
2

And

fo

the

whole City was

;

out into

676

Squares,
three

Miles

and \ in Compafs

round which were

the Houses

built

or four Stories

high,

well adorn'd,

and accommodated with Yards,

the
a

Gardens, &c.
to

Branch of the

Euphrates
the

run

thro'

Middle
ftately

of

it,

from North
a

South, over

which, in

the Heart of

City, was built

Bridge, in Length

Furlong,

17

Hanging-Gardens, the Bridge and Temple of Babylon,

the
tho'

Third
vaftly

of

the

Seven
in

Wonders

of

the

World,

inferior,

the fublime

Perfection of

Mato
fo

sonry, to the holy, charming, lovely Temple of

God.
ufe

But

as

the

Jewish

Captives
in

were

of

fpecial

Nebuchadnezzar

his

glorious

Buildings,

being

Furlong,

and
in

thirty

Foot
River.
the

in

Breadth,

by wonderful Art,
this

for

supplying

the

Want of

Foundation
aces,

the

At
Seat

the

two Ends of

Bridge
the

were

two magnificent Pal-

the

Old Palace,
Squares
;

of ancient Kings,

at

Eaft

End, upon the Ground

of

four
the

and

the

New

Palace

at

the

Weft

End,

built

by Nebuchadnezzar,
celebrated
in
vaft

upon

Ground of
where the
on
each
until
to

nine

Squares,

with Hanging-Gardens

{fo

much
ercfted

by the
of

Greeks)

loftieft

Trees could
carried

grow

as

in

the

Fields,

Square

400 Foot

Side,

up

by Terraces, and
equal'd

fuftain'd

by

Arches

built

upon Arches,
curious

the

higheft

Terrace

the

Height of the City-Walls, with a

improv'd, flood

Aqueduct
the
in

water

the whole

Gardens.

Old Babel
Side,

on the Eaft
the
fo

Side

of
built

River,

and the
to

New Town
this

on the Weft

much

larger
it

than

Old,

and

order

make

Capital

exceed old Nineveh, tho'

begirt
fifteen

never had
as

many
as

Inhabitants

by one Half
in

The

River was
Miles,
to
viz.

with Banks
Miles
within
its

of

Brick,

thick

the

City Walls,

Length

twenty
it,

the

City,
;

and two Miles

and each Street

and
that

half above
the

and below

keep

the

Water within

Channel

crofs'd

River had a brazen

the

Gate

leading

down

to

the

Water on both Banks;

and
from

Weft
the

of

City was a
it,

prodigious

Lake,
in

in

Compafs

160 Miles, with a Canal

River into

to

prevent

Inundations

the

Summer.
at

In
half a
Stairs

the

Old Town, was

in

the

Old Tower
of
eight

of

Bab

el

the Foundation
built

Square of

Mile

Compafs,

confifting
it,

fquare
the

Towers

over each other,

the

with

on the out-fidc
(which
is

round

going

up

to

Observatory on

Top, 600

Foot
firft

high

19

Foot higher than the

in

higheft

Pyramid) whereby they became the

with
arched
Roofs,

Aftronomers.

And

the

Rooms of

the

Grand Tower,

fupported

by

(i8)
being thus kept at work, they retain'd their great Skill
in

Masonry, and continu'd very capable of rebuilding

the holy Temple

A.

and City of

Salem upon
Edid
or

its

old

M.

Foundations, which was order'd by the

Decree

^536*. Ante Ch.

of the
that

Grand Cyrus,
his

according to God's Word,

:

had foretold
having

Exaltation and this Decree

And
the

Cyrus

conftituted

Zerubbabel,

Son of Salathiel

(of the Seed of David,

by Nathan,

the Brother of Solomon, whofe Royal Family was

now

extind:)

by
till

Pillars

75
that

Foot
this

high,

the

idolatrous

Worfhip of
crefted

their

God Bel us
this

was
Pile

perform'd,
a

now,
two

mighty

Mafon and Monarch

Side,

round

ancient

Temple
facred

of

Furlongs

on

every

or

Mile
the

in

Compafs;

where

he

lodg'd
high,
lodg'd

the
that

Trophies of
confecrated

Solomon's
in

Temple, and

golden Image
formerly
in

90 Foot

he

had
other

the

Plains

of

Dura,

as

were
that

the

Tower
all

many

golden Images,

and many precious

to

things,
_

were afterwards

feiz'd

by

Xerxes,

and amounted

above

Millions

Sterling.

And when
of

all

was

finilh'd.

King

Nebuchadnezzar
taking

walking

in

State

in

his

Hanging-Gardens, and from thence

this
his

a
this

Review of

the

whole City,
that
I

proudly
built

boafted
for

mighty
the

Work

faying.

Is

not

Great Babylon,

have

the
?

Houfe of
but had

Kingdom, by the Might of

Pride
feven

my

Power, and for the Honour of

my

Majefty

his

immediately rebuk'd by a
Years,
until

Voice from Heaven, and punifh'd by brutal

to

Madnefs

for

he gave Glory

the
a

God

of Heaven,
all

the

Omnipotent

Architect of the Universe, which he pubhlh'd by

next

Decree thro'

his

Empire, and dy'd

(tho'
;

Year,

before

his

Great Babylon
for

was
;

little

more than
it

half inhabited
fully

he
in

had led many Nations captive

25
to

that

purpofe)

nor was
conquer'd

ever

peopled

for

Years

after

his

Death, the
s I

Grand Cyrus

it,

and remov'd the Throne

Shushan

in

e r

19

extindt) the

Head, or Prince of the Captivity, and the

Leader of the Jews and Israelites returning to Jerusalem,

they

began

to

lay

the

Foundation

of

the

Second Temple,
it,

and would have foon

;

finifh'd

if

Y r u

had

liv'd

but at length they put on

the

Cape-Stone, in the

6th Year of
it

Darius,
'

the

a.

m. 34895
^

Persian Monarch, '

when

Toy, was dedicated with J / and

5-

Ante Ch.

many

great

Sacrifices,

by

Zerubbabel

the

Prince

and General

Master-Mason of the Jews, about 20

Years after the Decree of the Grand Cyrus.

this

And

tho'

Temple of

Zerubbabel
and
all

came

far fhort

of So-

lomon's Temple, was not fo richly adorn'd with Gold

and Diamonds,

manner of precious

Stones,

nor had the Shechinah and the holy Relicks of Moses

in
it,

&c.

yet

being

rais'd

exactly

upon
it

Solomon's

Foundation, and according to his Model,

was

ftill

the moft regular, fymmetrical, and glorious Edifice in the whole World, as
the

Enemies of the Jews have

often teftify'd and acknowledg'd.

At
fuch

length

the

Royal Art
left

was
us
prior

carry'd

into

Greece, whofe Inhabitants have

no Evidence of
to

Improvements

in

Mafonry,

Solomon's

Temple

*
;

(20)
Temple
*
;

for their

moft ancient Buildings,

as the Cit-

tadel of Athens, with the Parthenion, or

Temple of
of Jupiter
their

Minerva,
Olympius,

the

Temples

alfo

of

Theseus,

&c. their Porticos

alfo,

and Forums,

Theatres and Gymnasiums,

their public Halls,

curious

Bridges, regular Fortifications, ftout Ships of

ftately Palaces,

War, and

were

all

ered:ed

after

the

Temple of

Solomon, and moft of them even after the Temple of

Zerubbabel.

Nor do we
fiderable

find the

Grecians
in

arriv'd to

any conGreat

Knowledge

Geometry, before

the

Thales Milesius, the Philofopher,

a. m. 3457.

who

dy'd in the Reign

of Bellshazzar, and the

.

Antt

ch

^^^y*

^^^

^^^

1.111 Time
Scholar,

of the

Jewish

Capti-

the Greater

Pythagoras,
firft

prov'd the Author of the 47th Proposition of Euclid's

The Grecians
Skill

having

been
their

long

degenerated

into

Barbarity,

forgetting

their

original

in

Mafonry,

(which

Fore-fathers

brought

from

Assyria)

by

their

frequent

Mixtures with other barbarous Nations, their mutual Invafions, and wafting
until

bloody

Wars

by

travelling

and correfponding with the Asiaticks and Egyptians, they reviv'd their

Knowledge

in

Geometry
it.

and

Masonry

both,

though

few

of

the

Grecians

had

the

Honour

to

own

(
firft

21

)
is

Book, wliich,

if

duly obferv'd,
civil,

the Foundation
*

of

all

Mafonry, facred,

and

military.
this

The People of
large

Lesser

Asia about

Time gave

Encouragement to Mafons for erecting all forts of fumptuous Buildings, one of which must not be
forgot, being ufually reckon'd the

Fourth of the Seven

the

Wonders

of

the

World,

viz.

Mausoleum,

or

Tomb

of

Mausolus

King of Caria, between Lycia

and JoNiA, at Halicarnassus, on the Side of Mount Taurus in that Kingdom, at the Command of ArT
E

his

mournful
Circuit

Widow,

as

the

fplendid
the

Teftimony of
curious

her

Love to him,

built

of

moft

411 Foot, in Height 25 Cubits, furrounded with 26 Columns of the moft famous Sculpture, and the whole open on all Sides,
Marble, in

^^

with Arches 73 Foot wide, perform'd by the four principal Master-Masons and Engravers of thofe Times,
VIZ.

3652.
352Ante Ch.

*Pythagoras
among
the
Priefts
27.

travell'd

into

Egypt

the

Year
in

that

Thales

dy'd,
in
all

and
the

living

there

Years,

became

expert

Geometry, and

Egyptian
Babylon,

Learning,

until

he was captivated by

Cambyses King of Persia, and

fent

to

A. M.

where he was much converfant with the Chaldean

Magi,
that

and the learned Babylonish

Jews,
Greece
prime

from

whom

he

borrow'd

great

Knowledge,
flourifh'd

render'd
;

him very

famous

in

4 7 9* 525. Ante Ch.

3

and Italy,, where afterwards

Minifter

he

and dy'd

when Mordecai
ten

was

the

A.^

M.

of State

to

Ahashuerus King of Persia, and

Years

after

Zerub- 349506.
Ante

babel's Temple

was

finifh'd.

Ch

(
VIZ. the

22

Eaft Side by Scopas, the

Weft by Leochares,

the

North by Briax, and the South by Timotheus. But after Pythagoras, Geometry became the darling Study of Greece, where many learned Philofophers arofe, fome of whom invented fundry Propoiitions, or Elements of Geometry, and reduc'd them
to the ufe of the mechanical Arts."^

Nor need we doubt

or
rather,

that
A. M.

Mafonry kept pace with Geometry;

follow'd
until
at
it

always
ments,
rifh'd

in

proportion'd

gradual

Improveflou-

304.
Ante Ch.

the

wonderful

Euclid
gathering

of Tyre

up the fcatter'd Elements of Geometry, digefted them into a Method that was never yet mended, (and for which his
Alexandria;

who

Name
one

will be ever celebrated) under the Patronage of

Ptolomeus,
of
the

the

Son of Lagus
Succeffors

immediate

King of Egypt, of Alexander the

Great.

And

Or

borrow'd
Briso,
divine

from

other

Nations

their

pretended Inventions,

as

Anaxagoras, Oeno-

piDES,

Antipho, Democritus, Hippocrates, and Theodorus Cyren^us, the Matter

of

the

Plato, who
as

amplify'd
a
vaft

Geometry, and

publifh'd

the

Art Analytic
Knowledge

from whofe Academy came forth

diftant

Number,

that

foon

difpers'd

their

to

Parts,

Leodamus,
Mafter of

The^tetus, Archytas,
Aristotle, from

Leon, Eudoxus,
alfo

Menaichmus,
forth

and

Xenocrates,

the

whofe Academy

came

Eudemus,

Theophrastus, Arist^us, Isidorus, Hypsicles, and many

others.

^3

And
efteem'd

as

the noble Science

dically taught,

more methothe Royal Art was the more generally

to be
at
it

came

and improv'd among the Grecians, who

length arriv'd to the fame Skill and Magnificence in

with their Teachers the Asiatics and Egyptians.

The next King of Egypt,

D E L
p

Ptolomeus Philaliberal

H u
all

that

great

Improver of the

Arts,

and of

Knowledge, who gather'd the greateft Library upon Earth, and had the Old Testament (at
ufeful

leaft

the

Pentateuch)

firft

tranflated

into

Greek, be-

came an

excellent Architect, and

General Masother great

Buil3

ter-Mason,
dings, eredled the

having,

among

his

4.

s.

famous

Tower

of

Pharos,*

the aII

ch.

Fifth of the Seven

Wonders of

the World,

We

On

an Ifland

near

Alexandria,

at

one
and

of the Mouths
all

of

the

Nile, of
;

wonderful
coft

Height
Talents,

and moft
or
a

cunning Workmanfliip,

of the

fineft

Marble

and
the

it

800
was

about

480,000
ingenious
a

Crowns.

The
and
it

Matter

of Work,

under

King,

SisTRATXJS,

moft

Mafon

was

afterwards

much

admir'd
in

by

Julius

C^SAR, who was

Politicks.
It

good

Judge
as

of moft Things,
a

though chiefly converfant

the

War

and

was

intended
in
as

Light-House

for

Harbour

of Alexandria,

from
fomc,

which the Light-Houses

inftead

the

Mediterranean were
Fifth
at

often call'd
great

Pharos.

Though

of
high,

this,

mention,

the
fquarc

Wonder,
or

the

Obelisk
in

of Semiramis,
at

150
all

Foot
one

and
Stone,

24 Foot
riling

Bottom,

90 Foot

Circuit

the

Ground,

intire

pyramidically,
if

brought from Armenia to Babylon

believe

about the

Time

of the Siege of Troy,

we may

the

Hiftory

of

Semiramis.

m)
the African Nations,
fails,

We
in fuch

may

readily believe, that

even to the Atlantick Shore, did foon imitate Egypt

Improvements, though Hiftory

and there

are

no Travellers encourag'd to difcover the valuable Remains in Mafonry of thofe once renowned Nations.

Nor fhould wg
w^here
a. m.
2
1

forget the learned Island of

Sicily,

the

prodigious

Geometrician

Archimedes
when Syracuse
:

did

flourifli,'^

and was unhappily

flain

2.

was taken by Marcellus, the

from
Sicily, as well as

Roman General

For

from Greece, Egypt, and Asia, the

Romans learnt both the Science and the Art, what they knew before being either mean or irregular ; but as they fubdu'd the Nations, they made mighty Difcoveries in both; and, like wife Men, led captive, not the Body of the People, but the Arts and Sciences,,
ancient

with the
to

moft

eminent

Profeflbrs

and

Practitioners,

which thus became the Center of Learning, as well as of imperial Power, until they advanc'd to A. M. their Zenith of Glory, under Augustus C^sar, 4004.^ (in whofe Reign was born God's Messiah, the
;
"^
.

Rome

great

While

by the

excellent

Eratosthenes and C o n o n flourifli'd in Greece, who were fucceeded Apollonius of Perga, and many more before the Birth of Christ,
not

who,

though

working
is

Mafons,
Bafis

yet

were

good

Surveyors;
its

or,

at

leaft,

cultivated

Geometry, which

the

folid

of true

Mafonry, and

Rule.

(25)
great

Archited: of the Church

quiet,

who

having laid the

Peace, highly

World
in

by

proclaiming

univerfal

encourag'd thofe dexterous Artifts that had been bred

the

Roman
all

Liberty,

and

their learned Scholars

and
,

Pupils ;

but particularly the great

true Architedts to this
it
is

t r uv

the

Father of

Day.
that

Therefore

rationally believ'd,

the

glorious

Augustus
Craftsmen,

became the Grand-Master of the Lodge at Rome, having, belides his patronizing ViTRUVius, much promoted the Welfare of the Fellowas

appears

by the

many

magnificent Buil-

dings of his Reign, the Remains of which are the Pattern

as

and Standard of true Masonry in all future Times, they are indeed an Epitome of the Asiatic, Egyptian,

Grecian, and Sicilian Architedure, which

prefs

we

often ex-

by the

Name
are

of the

Augustan
Perfection.
afford large

Stile,

and which we

now

only endeavouring to imitate,

its

and have not yet

arriv'd to

The OLD Records of Mafons

their Lodges,

Hints of

from the Beginning of the World, in the

polite Nations, efpecially in

Times of Peace, and when the Civil Powers, abhorring Tyranny and Slavery, gave due Scope to the bright and free Genius of their happy Subjects; for then always Mafons, above all other Artifls, were the Favourites of the Eminent, and be-

came

(26)
came
fort

neceflary

for

their

grand

Undertakings in
Stone,
Brick,

any

of Materials, not only in

Timber,

Plaifterj

but even in Cloth or Skins, or whatever was

Tents,

us'd

for

and

for

the various

forts

of Archi-

tecture.

Nor

fhould
*

it

be

forgot,

that

Painters

alfo,

and

Statuaries,

much
ters,

as

good Mafons, as Builders, Stone-cutters, Bricklayers, Carpenwere

always
reckon'd

Joiners,

Upholders

or

Tent-Makers, and a

vaft

many

other Craftfmen that could be nam'd,

who

per-

form according to Geometry, and the Rules of Building ;

though

* For
beautiful

it

was

not

without
in

good

Reafon,

the

Ancients
taken

thought that the Rules of

the

Proportions

Building
is

were copied,
reckon'd in
at

or
the

from the Proportions of the Body

of ancient Mafons, for ereding

natural

Hence
of

Phidias
Cubits
high
;

Number

the
at

Statue

the

Goddefs Nemesis

Rhamnus,
of of

io Cubits high;

and that of Minerva

fitting

Athens,
in

26

and
the

that
Cities

Jupiter Olympius,
Elis

in

his

Temple
Pieces the
eft

Achaia, between

and Pisa,

made of innumerable
it

fmall

of

Porphyry,

fo
as

exceeding
the

grand and proportion'd,

that

was reckon'd one

of

Seven Wonders,
Statue
like

famous

Colossus
at

at

Rhodes was another, and

to

the great-

that

ever

was erefted, made of Metal, and dedicated

the

Sun,
a

70 Cubits
wide

high,

great

Tower
Ships

at

diftance,
fail,

the
in
1

Entry
2

of

an

Harbour,

ftriding

enough

for

the

largeft

under

built

Years

by

Cares,

famous Mafon

and Statuary of Sicyon, and Scholar

mighty
the
off

to

the

great
fell

Lysippus

of the fame Fraternity.

lay in

This
Ruines,
carry'd

Colossus,
the

after

ftanding
till

56 Years,

by an Earthquake, and
the

Wonder of
its

World,

Anno Dom. 600, when

Soldan

of

Egypt

Relicb,

which loaded 900 Camels.

^7

)
i

though none fince

for

Hiram A b
parts

has been renown'd

Cunning

in

all

of Mafonry:

And

of

this

enough.

But among the Heathen, while the noble Science was duly cultivated, both before and after Geometry
"^

the Reign of Augustus, even the

Chriftian JEra,
:

till

the Fifth

Century of
Efteem

Mafonry was had

while the

in great

and Veneration
tinu'd in
its

And
the

Roman Empire conand

;

Glory, the Royal Art was carefully propato

gated,

even

Ultima

l)ulc,

eredled in almoft every

Roman

Garrifon

Lodge whereby they

a

generouily communicated their

Cunning

to the northern

and weftern Parts of Europe, which had grown barbarous before the

Roman CoNgUEST, though we know

long;
becaufe fome think there are

not certainly
a
in

how

few Remains of good Mafonry before that Period

fome Parts of Europe,

firft

raifed

by the original

Skill

that the
Edifices,

Colonies brought with them, as the Celtic

ereded by the ancient Gauls, and by the ancient

Britains

By

Menelaus,

Claudius,

Ptolomeus,
the

(who was

alfo

the

Prince

of

Astronomers)
Sphorus,

Plutarch, Eutocius (who

recites

Inventions

of Philo, Diocles, Nicomedes,

the

and Heron the learned Mechanick) Ktesibius

ViTRUvius,
Proclus,

alfo,

Inventcr

of

Pumps
e<juaird

(celebrated

by
to

Pliny,

and

Athen^us)

and

Geminus,

alfo

by
all

fome

Euclid
tricians,

fo

Diophantus, Nicomachus, Serenus, Proclus,

illuftrious

Pappus,

Theon, &c.

Geome-

and the

Cultivaters

of the

mechanical Arts.

^8

Britains too,
before the

who were

a Colony of the Celtes, long

''''

Romans invaded

this Ifland.

But when the

never

Goths

and

Vandals,
Empire,

that

had

been

conquered by the Romans, like a general

Deluge, over-ran the

Roman

with warlike

Rage and
of the
fcaping;
as

grofs Ignorance they utterly deftroy'd

Edifices,

many

fineft

and defac'd others, very few ethe Asiatic and African Nations fell unCalamity

der

the

fame

by

the

Conquefts

of
to

the

Mahometans,

whofe grand Defign is only vert the World by Fire and Sword, inftead of
ting the Arts and Sciences.
An.Dom.

con-

cultiva-

Thus, upou the Declenfion of the

Roman

Empire,

when
to

the British Garrisons were drain'd, the

Angles

and

other lower

Saxons,

invited by the ancient

Britons
and

come

over and help

them

againft the

Scots
P
I

C T S,

The

Natives within

the

Roman

Colonies

might
ncceffary

be
;

firll

inftrufted

in

building
their

of
Set-

Citadels and Bridges,

tlement
learned
raife

and other and

Fortifications

and afterwards, when

produc'd

Peace,

Liberty,
in

and Plenty,

the

Aborigines did foon imitate

then
Leifure

their

and

polite

Conquerors
Struftures.

Mafonry,
even

having
the

and

Difppfition

to

magnificent

Nay,
from

Ingenious

of
in

the

neighbouring

Nations

not

conquered,

learnt

much
they

the

Roman
of

Garrifons
the

Times of Peace and Glory,

and
thankful

open
that

Correfpondencc,
their
dices,

when

became

emulous

Roman

being conqucr'd was the

means of recovering them from ancient Ignorance and Prejuin

when they began

to

delight

the

Royal Art.

(^9)
P
I

at

length

fubdu'd

the

South

Part

of

this

Island,

which they calPd England, or Land of the

Angles j
ignorant

who

being a-kin to the Goths, or rather a fort

of the

of Vandals,

fame warlike Difpofition, and

encourag'd

as
till

Heathens,

nothing

but War,
late

they became
the

Chriftians;

and then too

not

lamented
Lofs

Ignorance of their Fathers in the great

but

of

Roman Masonry,

knew

how

to repair

it.

Yet becoming a free People (as the old Saxon Laws and having a Difpofition for Masonry, they teftify) foon began * to imitate the Asiatics, Grecians, and
Romans,
in

creeling

of Lodges

and encouraging

of

Ma-

*
try,

No
and

doubt fcveral Saxon and Scotish Kings, with

eminent
Clergy,

many of

the

Nobility, great

Gen-

became

the

Grand

Masters

of thofe early Lodges,

;

from a
alfo

mighty Zeal then prevalent for building magnificent Chriftian Temples

which would
and

prompt
of
the

them
ancient

to

enquire

after

the Laws, Charges, Regulations,

Customs,

Usages,
all

Lodges,
in

many of which might

Parts

be

prefcrv'd
that

by Tradition, and
were
not
fubdu'd

of

them very
Saxons,
fond
of,

likely

thofe

of

the

British

Islands

by the

from whence in time they might be brought,

than
careful

and which the Saxons were more

;

to

revive

Geometry and Roman Masonry

as

many

in

all

Ages
rcfpec-

have been more curious and careful about the Laws, Forms,
tive

and Usages of

their

Societies,

than

about

the

Arts

and

Sciences
without
the

thereof.

But
ing;
as

neither

what was
can

convcy'd,

nor the Manner how,

it

can

be

communicated by writ-

no

Man

indeed

underftand

Key_y

of a Fellow Craft.

(30)
Mafons; being taught, not only from the faithful Traditions and valuable Remains of the Britons, but
even

by foreign by

Princes,

in

Royal Art had been

An. Dom.

preferv'd

particularly

Charles Martell

Dominions the much from Gothic Ruins, King of

whofe

HeDy'd.

France, who, accordiug to the old Records of Mafons,

fent over feveral expert

Crafts-men and learned ArchiKings:

tects into England, at the Defire of the Saxon

So that during the Heptarchy, the Gothic Architecture

was

as

much

encourag'd here, as

in

other

Chriftian

Lands.
An. Dom.

many Invalions of the Danes occalion'd the Lofs of many Records, yet in Times of Truce or Peace they did not hinder much the good Work,

And though

the

though not perform'd according to the Augustan Stile

nay, the vaft
rious
Skill,

Expence
the
beft for

laid

out upon

it,

with the cu-

Inventions of the Artifts to fupply the

Roman
their

doing

they
the

could,

demonftrate

Efteem and Love

der'd

Royal Art, and have renvenerable,

tho'
relifli

the

Gothic Buildings
by thofe that

not

imitable

the ancient

Archi-

tecture.
An. Dom.

And
the

after

the Saxons and Danes were conquer'd by

as

Normans,

foon
the

as

the

Wars ended and

courag'd.

Peace was

proclaim'd,

Gothic Mafonry was en-

31

courag'd, even

of his

Reign of the CoNgUEROR,* and Son King William Rufus, who built Westin

the

minster-Hall,
Earth.

the

largeft

one

Room

perhaps in the

Nor did the Barons Wars, nor the many bloody Wars of the fubfequent Norman Kings, and their contending
Branches,

much

hinder

the

moft fumptuous

and
bear
for

lofty Buildings

of thofe Times,
large

rais'd

by the great
could
well
too
j

Clergy,
the

(who

enjoying

Revenues,

Expence)

and even by the

III.

Crown

we

read King

Edward
was

had an Officer calPd

employ'd
Stephen's
About
1362.

the King's Free-Mason, or General-Surveyor of his Buildings,

whofe

Name
at

Henry Yevele,
St.

by that King to build feveral Abbies, and

Chappel
mons now
But
younger
for
fit

Westminster, where the Houfe of

Comand

in Parliament.

the further
a

Inftrudion of Candidates

Brethren,

certain

Record of Free-Mafons,

written in the Reign of

King

Edward

IV. of the

About
1475.

Norman

Line, gives the following Account, viz.

That

William
the

the

Conqueror
feveral

built

the

Tower

of

London,
Earl

and many ftrong Caftles

in

Country, with

religious

Edifices,

whofe Example was follow'd by the No-

bility

and
of

Clergy,

particularly

by Roger
of

de

Montgomery
and

of Arundel,
Bifhop

the

Archa

bifhop

York,

the

Bifliop

Durham,

Gundulph

of Rochester,

mighty ArchitcL

(30
That though the ancient Records of the Brotherhood in England were many of them deftroy'd or loft in the Wars of the Saxons and Danes, yet King Athelstan, (the Grandfon of King A l f r e d e the Great, a mighty Archited:) the firft anointed King of England, and
About
930.

who tranflated the Holy Bible into the Saxon Tongue, when he had brought the Land into Reft and Peace, built many great Works, and encourag'd many Mafons from France, who were appointed Overseers thereof, and
brought with them the Charges and Regulations of the

Lodges
prevail'd

preferv'd

fince

the

Roman Times, who

alfo

with the King to improve the Constitution

of the English Lodges according to the foreign Model,

and

to increafe the
faid

Wages of working Masons.

That the
of a

King's youngeft Son, Prince

Edwin,

being taught Mafonry, and taking upon him the Charges

Love he had to the faid Craft, and the honourable Principles whereon it is grounded, purchafed a free Charter of King Athelstan
for the
his

Master-Mason,

Father, for the Mafons having a Correction

(as
it

among

themfelves,

was anciently
regulate

exprefs'd) or a to

and

Power

to

themfelves,

Freedom amend what

might happen amifs, and to hold a yearly Communication and General Aflembly.

That accordingly Prince Edwin furnmoned all the Mafons in the Realm to meet him in a Congregation
at

33

at

York,

who came and compofed

all

a General Lodge, of

which he was

Grand Master;

and

having

brought with them

the Writings and Records extant,

fome
bly

in

Greek, fome in Latin, fome in French, and

other Languages, from the Contents thereof that Assem-

did

frame the

Constitution
Law
all

and Charges
and ob-

of an English Lodge, made a

ferve

to preferve

the fame in

time coming, and ordain'd good

Pay for working Masons, &c. That in procefs of time, when Lodges were more
with Confent of the
great
future,

fre-

quent, the Right Worfhipful the Master and Fellows,

Lords
or

of the Realm,
ordain'd,

(for

mofl
the

Men
at

were then Mafons)

the

that

for

Making

Admiffion
fhould

of

Brother,

the

Constitution

be

read,

and the

Charges hereunto annex'd, by the Master or Warden; and that fuch as were to be admitted Master-Masons,
or Mafters

of Work, fhould be examin'd whether they

be able of
well

Cunning

to ferve their refpediive Lords, as

the Loweft as the

aforefaid

Higheft, to

the

Honour and
theii

Worfhip of the
Lords ;
for their Service

Art, and to the Profit of

for they be their

Lords that employ and pay them

and Travel.
other things, the said Record adds.

And

besides

many

That thofe Charges and Laws of Free-Masons have been feen and perufed by our late Sovereign King

Henry

(34)
Henry VI. and by
cil,

the Lords

of

his

honourable Coun-

who

have allow'd them, and faid that they be right

good and reafonable to be holden, as they have been drawn * out and collected from the Records of ancient Times.

Now

though in the third Year of the

faid

King
old,

Henry VI. while an Infant of about four Years the Parliament made an Adt, that affeded only
WORKING Masons, who had, contrary to the Statutes

the
for

Labourers,

* In

another
meet
or

Manuscript
in

more ancient, we read

if

" That when

of
the

the

Master and

"Wardens

Lodge,

need be,
the

the
in

Sheriff

County, or the
is

Mayor
Ihould

"of

the

City,

Alderman of
Sociate

Town,

which the Congregation

in

held,

"be made Fellow and

to

the

Master,

help

of

him

againft

Rebels,

and for

"upbearing the Rights of the Reahn.

**That enter'd Prentices

**

at

their

making were charg'd not

honcftly
for
their

to

be

Thieves, or Thievestheir to

Maintainers

that

they

ftiould

travel

Pay,
the

and love

Fellows

as

"

themfelves, and
**

be true to

the

King of England, and

it

to

Realm, and

the Lodge.

That

at

fuch
the

Congregations
Articles

fhall

be enquir'd, whether any Mailer

if the

or

Fellow has
to

" broke any of

**

agreed to.

And

Offender, being duly cited

fhall

appear,
that

prove Rebel, and will not attend,

forfwear
(or

then

the

Lodge
fhall

determine

againft

him

he

*' fhall

renounce)
to

his

Masonry, and
Sheriff of
till

no more
fhall

ufe this

Craft;

the

which
all

"if he

prefume
into

for

do,

the

the

County

prifon

him,

and take
:

"

his

Goods

the

King's

Hands,

his

Grace be granted him and

been
in

ifTued

For
lowefl
all

this

' Caufe

principally

have
be

thefe

Congregations

ordain'd,
this

that

as

well

the

as

" the

highcft

fhould

well

and

truly

ferved

Art

forefaid

throughout

the

" Kingdom of

Engla^jd.

"Ame:', so mote it

fc^

35

)
work but
at their

Labourers, confederated not to

Price and

own

Wages ; and becaufe fuch Agreements were fuppos'd to be made at the General Lodges, call'd in
the

Ad:

Cha pters
it

and

Congregations
:

of

Masons,
faid
faid

was then thought expedient

faid

to level the

A6t againfl the

Congregations
to
his

Yet when the

King Henry
laid

VL

arriv'd

Man's

Eftate, the

Ma-

fons

before

him and

Lords the
'tis

above-men-

tion'd

Records and Charges, who,

be holden

plain, review'd
as

them,

and folemnly approv'd of them

:

good and
his

reafonable to

Nay, the

faid

King and

Lords

Tertio Henrici Sexti, Cap.

fhall

I.

An. Dom.
in

425.

Title.

Mafons

not

confederate

themfelves

Chapters

and Congregations.

"Whereas
"in
*'ers
*'

by

yearly

Congregations
the

and

Confederacies,

made

by

the
for

Mafor*
Laboi

their

General Assemblies,
violated

good Courfe and EfFeft

in

of the

Statutes to

be openly

and

broken,
faid

Subverfion of the Law, and

the
in

great
this

Dan.
te

age

of

all

the

Commons, our
the

Sovereign Lord the King,

aforefaid,

willing
at

Cafe

'provide a
*' **

Remedy, by
hath

Advice and AfTent

and

the

fpecial

Requeft

of

the
fhall

Commons,
not

ordained
;

and
and

eftablifhed,
if

that

fuch

Chapters and Congregations

they
that

be hereafter holden
Congregations
for
to

any fuch be made,

caufe

fuch

ChapihaL

"ters

and
judged

be

aflembled
that

and holden,

if

they

thereof
to

be convift,
Chapters

" be

Felons, and
punifh'd
Will.

the

other Masons
their

that

come

fuch

and

"Congregations

be

by Imprifonment of

Bodies,

and make Fine and Ran-

" fomc

at

the

King's

Co.

Inft.

p.

99

(36)
Lords
cords

muft have been

incorporated

with

the

Free-

Masons, before they could make fuch Review of the Re;

and

in this Reign, before

King Henry's Troubles,

Mafons were much encourag'd.

fince,
it,

Nor

is

there any Inftance

of executing that Ad: in that, or in any other Reign

and the Mafons never negleded

ever

their

Lodges

for

nor

thought

it

worth while to employ

it

their

NOBLE and EMINENT BRETHREN to havc

rcpcal'd ; becaufe

the working Mafons, that are free of the Lodge, fcorn

to

be guilty of fuch Combinations

and the other

free

Mafons have no Concern

tutes for Labourers.
'^'

in Trefpafles againft the Sta-

The

That

Aft

was

made
for

in

ignorant
;

Times,
but
it

when

true

Learning was

Crime, and

Geometry condemn'd
ANCIENT
their

Conjuration
to

cannot derogate

from the Honour of the

Confederacy
of

Fraternity,

who

be

fure

would never encourage any fuch

it
is

working

Brethren.

But

by

Tradition

believ'd,

that

the

Parliament-Men

were then too much influenc'd by the illiterate Clergy^ who were not accepted Mafons,
nor
underftood
Architedlure
(as

the

Clergy of fome former Ages) and

thinking

generally

thought
all

unworthy
Secrets,

of

this

Brotherhood;
of

yet

they had

an

indefeafible

Right to know
confeffing

by vertue
the
faid

auricular

Confession,

and

the
at

Mafons never
firft

any thing

thereof,

Clergy were
as

highly offended, and

to

fufpefting

them of Wickedncfs,

reprefented

them

dangerous
lay

the

State

during

that

Minority,

and foon influenc'd the

the

Parliament-Men
making
an

to

hold

of

fuch
to

fuppofed Agreements
refleft

of

working Mafons,

for

Aft

that

might

feem

Difhonour upon even the whole worshipful

Fraternity, in whofe
made.

Favour

feveral

Afts

had

been

both before and

after

that

Period

(37)
The Kings of
the

Scotland

very

Royal Art, from the earlieft Union of the Crowns, as appears by the Remains of glorious Buildings in that ancient Kingdom, and by the Lodges there kept up without Interruption many
hundred Years, the Records and Traditions of which teftify the great Refped: of thofe Kings to this honourable Fraternity,
their

much encourag'd Times down to the

who

gave always pregnant Evidence of

Love and Loyalty, from whence fprung the old

Toaft

among

Scots Mafons,

viz.

God bless the

the

King and the Craft!

Nor was
bility,

the royal

Example negledted by

No-

Gentry, and Clergy of

the

Scotland, who join'd

the

in

every thing for the good of the Craft and Brother-

hood,
until,

Kings

being

often

Grand

Masters,

among

other things, the Masons of

Scotland

were impower'd to have a certain and fix'd Grand Master and Grand Warden, who had a Salary from
the

Crown, and alfo an Acknowledgment from every New Brother in the Kingdom at Entrance, whofe Bufinefs was not only to regulate what might happen amifs
in

the Brotherhood, but alfo

all

to hear

and

finally deter-

mine

Controverfies
if

between Mason
it,

and Lord, to
if the

punifh the Mason,

to equitable

he deferv'd

and to oblige both

Terms:

At which Hearings,

Grand

Master was abfent (who was always nobly born) the

Grand

38

)
till

Grand Warden
1640.

prefided.
is

This Privilege remain'd

obfolete;

the Civil Wars, but

now
at

nor can

it

well
it

be reviv'd until the King becomes a Mason, becaufe

1707.

was not adualljr exerted

doms.

the

Union of the King-

Yet the great Care that the

for

Scots

took of true

Mafonry, prov'd afterwards very ufeful to

the

England;
becaufe,

learned

and magnanimous
fhe

Queen Elizabeth,
a Mason, tho',

who
as

encourag'd other Arts, difcourag'd this;

being a

Woman,

could not be

made
*

other great

Women,

fhe might have

much employ 'd

of Scotbeing
as

Mafons, like Semiramis and Artemisia.

But upon her Demife,

land
a

King James VI.

fucceeding

to

the

Crown

of

England,
;

Mason King,
the

reviv'd the English

Lodges

and

he

was the First King of

alfo

Great-Britain,
World

he was

First Prince in the

that recover'd the

Roman

Architecture from the Ruins of Gothick Igno-

rance

Elizabeth
dangerous
the
to

being
of,

jealous

of any AfTemblies of her Subjc<5b,

the

whofe Bulinefs fhe

was not duly appriz'd

as

attempted to break up
:

annual Communication of Masons,

it

her

Government
her
St.

But,

as

old

Mafons have tranfmitted

and
brought into

by Tradition,
fufficient

when
with

noble
at

Perfons

Majefty had
John's

commiffioned,

Poflc

them
ufe

York on

Day, were

once

admitted

the

Lodge,

they

made no

of Arms, and return'd the Queen a moft honourable

political

Account of the ancient

and fhe
the
let

Fraternity,
as

whereby her

Fears

and Doubts were

the

difpell'd,

them

alone,

People
the

much
Art

refpedled
all

by the Noble and

Wife

of

all

polite

Nations,

but

negleftcd

her Reign.

39

ranee:
as
its

For

after

many dark
polite

or

illiterate

Ages,

as

foon

all

Parts of Learning reviv'd,

Ground, the

and Geometry recover'd Nations began to difcover the and Sixteenth

Centuries
its

Confuiion and Impropriety of the Gothick Buildings;

and
Italy,

in

the

Fifteenth

the

Augustan Stile
by

was

rais'd

from

Rubbifh in

Bramante, Barbaro, Sansovino, Sangallo, Michael Angelo, Raphael Urbin, Julio Romano, Serglio, Labaco, ScAMozi, ViGNOLA, and many other bright
Architects
;

but above

all,

by the Great

a l l a d

o,

who

has

not yet been duly imitated in Italy, though

in

juftly rival'd

England by our great Master-Mason

true

InigoJones.
But though
all

Mafons honour the Memories

it

of thofe Italian Architeds,

muft be own'd, that the

Augustan Stile was not reviv'd by any crown'd Head, before King James the Sixth of Scotland, and
Firft

of

England,

patroniz'd the faid glorious Inigo

his

Jones,

whom

he employ'd to build

Royal Palace of

White-Hall; and in his Reign over all GreatBritain, the BANguETiNG-HousE, as the firft
piece

of

it,

was only
Earth
as
;

rais'd,

which

is

the

fineft

one

Room upon
[ones.

Stone perform'd

and the ingenious Mr. Nicholas Master-Mason under the Archited:

Upon

(4o)
Upon
being
his

Demife,
a

his

Son

King
on
his

Charles
Jones
too,

I.

alfo

Mason, patroniz'd Mr.

carried

and

firmly intended to have

Royal Father's

Defign of
Stile;
^656.'

White-Hall,

according to Mr. Jones's

but was unhappily diverted by the Civil Wars.*

Wars were over, and the Royal Family reefpecially ftor'd, true Masonry was likewife reftor'd; upon the unhappy Occafion of the Burning of London,
After the

Anno 1666;
more
after

for

then

the
Stile,

City-Houfes were

rebuilt
II.

the

Roman

when King Charles

founded

The
skillful

Plan

and

Profpcdl
to

of

that

glorious

Defign

being
in

ftiU

preferv'd,

it

is

eftccm'd
for

by

Architefts

excel

that

of

any other
of

Palace

the
;

known
as

Earth,
all

the

Symmetry,

Firmnefs,

Beauty,

and

Conveniency
arc

Architedlure

indeed
difcover

Master
to

Jones's
the

Defigns

and
his

Ereftions

Originals,

and

at

firft

View

him

be
all

Architeft:
(for

Nay,
he

mighty Genius prevail'd with the Nobilitv

as

and

Gentry of
to
afFefl

Britain,
revive

was

much

honour'd

in

Scotland
long

as

in
;

England)
as

and

the

ancient Stile of
of
the
thofe
fineft,

Masonry,
Times,
the

too

neglefled

appears

by
the
at

the
leaft,

many
and

curious

Fabricks

one of which

fhall

be

now

mention'd,

perhaps
rais'd

one

of

famous

Gate
of
a

of

the

Physic Garden

Oxford,
Lordship

by

HenryD anvers Earl

is

Danby,
piece

which

coft
as
it,

his

many hundred Pounds, and

there

as

curious

little

of

Mafonry

ever
viz.

was

built

before

or

fince,

with

the

following

Infcription

on the Front of

GLORIA

DEI

OPTIMI

MAXIMI,

HONORI
1632.

CAROLI REGIS, IN USUM

ACADEMIC ET REIPUBLIC^, ANNO

HENRICUS COMES DANBY.

(41)
founded the prefent
(the old
St.

Paul's

Cathedral in London,

GoTHicK Fabrick being burnt down) much after the Style of St. Peter's at Rome, conduced by the
ingenious
Archited:,
Sir

Christopher Wren.
his

That King founded

alfo

royal Palace at

Green-

wich,
Mr.

according to Mr. Inigo Jones's Defign (which

his

he drew before he dy'd) conduced by

Son-in-Law

Web:
He
Soldiers
;

It

is

now
at

turn'd into an Hofpital for Sea-

men.
for

founded

alfo

Chelsea-College, an Hofpital

and
his

Edinburgh
Palace

he both founded

Haly-Rood-House, by the Defign and Condudt of Sir William Bruce * Bart, the Mafter of the Royal Works in Scotland So that befides the Tradition of old Mafons now alive, which may be rely'd on, we have much reafon to believe that King Charles II. was an Accepted Free-Mason, as every one allows he was a great Encoufinifli'd

and

royal

of

rager of the Craftsmen.

But

in

the Reign of his Brother

King

James
on,

II.

though fome

Roman

Buildings were

carried

the
into

Lodges of Free-Masons in London

much dwindled

Ignorance, by not being duly frequented and cultivated.

* It
that,

was

an

ancient

Royal-Palace, and
it

rebuilt

after
iineft

the

Augustan Style,
to

fo

neat,

by competent Judges,
though
with
it
is

has been efteem'd

it is

the

Houfe belonging

the

Crown:

And

not very large, Gardens,' and

both magnificent and convenient,

large

both Infide and

Outfide,
dations.

good

very

Park;

and

all

other

adjacent

Accommo-

(
ted.

40
Anno
1688,

But*

after

the Revolution,

King

William,
Tafte

though a warlike Prince, having a good

of Architecture, carried on the aforefaid two faHofpitals of Greenwich and Chelsea, built the fine
part

mous

* But
erefted
foot

by the royal Example of

the

his

Brother King Charles

the

II.

the
all

City of
of
folid

London
Stone,

famous

Monument, where
Ground,
the
a
Pillar

Great
the

Fire

began,
15

202
a

high

from

the
in

of

Dorick Order,

Foot diameter, with

curious
unlike

Stair-Cafe
thofe

Middle of black Marble, and an iron Balcony on the

and Antoninus
at

Top

(not

of Trajan

Rome)

from whence the City and Suburbs

may be
is

view'dj

and

it

is

the

highell

Column we

know upon
is

Earth.

Its

Pedestal

21

Foot fquare, and 40 Foot high, the Front of which

adorn 'd with moft ingeni-

ous

Emblems

in

Basso

Relievo,

wrought by that famous Sculptor, Mr, Gabriel Cibber,

it;

with large Latin Infcriptions on the Sides of

1677.

founded

Anno

671, and

finilh'd

Anno

In

his

Time

alfo

the

Society
of

of

Merchant Adventurers
(the

rebuilt
all

the

Royal Exchange
Stone, after the
Statue
to

London
the
fineft

old

one being deftroy'd by

the Fire)

of

Roman
Life,

Style,

Strufture
in

of that ufe in

Europe, with the King's

Square

the

of

white

Marble,

the

Middle

of

the

(wrought by

the

famous
admir'd
Mafters)

Master-Carver and Statuary, Mr.

all

Grinlin Gibbons,
if

who was

juftly

over

Europe,

for

his
is

rivalling,

not

furpaffmg,

the

moft

fam'd Italian

on the Pedeftal of which

II.

the

following Infcription,

viz.

Carolo

C^sari Britannico Patri^ Patri

Regum Optimo Clementissimo Augustissimo Generis Humani Delicijs Utriusque Fortune Victori Pacis Europe Arbitro Marium Domino ac Vindici SociETAS Mercatorum Adventur. Angli^e
per CCCC jam prope annos Regia Benignitate floret Fidei Intemerat^, et Gratitudinis ^tern^ Hoc Testimonium

Qu^

Venerabunda Posuit

Anno

Salutis

Human^e

MDCLXXXIV.

Charles II. Emperor of Britain Father of his Country Best most merciful and August of Kings Delight of Mankind In Adversity and Prosperity unmov'd Umpire of Europe's Peace Commander and Sovereign of the Seas The Society of Merchant Adventurers of England Which for near CCCC Years By Royal Favour Flourisheth Of unshaken Loyalty and eternal Gratitude This Testimony Has in Veneration erected In the Year of Salvation MDCLXXXIV.

To

Nor

43

part of his royal Palace of

Hampton Court,
at

and
in

founded and

finifli'd his

incomparable Palace

Loo

Holland, &c.

And

the bright
is

Example of

that glorious

Prince, (who by moft

reckon'd a Free-Mason) did in-

fluence the Nobility, the Gentry, the

Wealthy and

the

Learned of

Great-Britain,
;

Augustan Style
For when

as appears

curious Edifices erected fince

in the

much the by a vaft Number of moft throughout the Kingdom

to affed:
:

Ninth Year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Queen Anne, her Majesty and the Parliament concurr'd in an Ad: for ereding 50 new ParishChurches
in

London, Westminster, and Suburbs

and the

Queen
Nor
fhould

we
at

forget
his fole

the

famous
in

Theatre
King's
Sir

of

Oxford,
Wren
the

built
his

by Archbishop

Sheldon,
was defign'd
is

Coft,
alfo

that

Time, which, among

other fine Works,

and conduced

by
:

Christopher
the

King's
to

Architeft;
it,

for

it

juftly
rais'd

admir'd
at

by the

Curious

And

Museum
as

adjoining

fine

Build-

ing
lince

the

Charge of thaj

illustrious
Buildings,
in

University,

where there have been

eredled
in

feveral

more

Roman

Trinity-College Chappel, Allhallows

Church

High-street,

Peckwater-Square

Christ-Church College, the new Printrebuilt,

ing-House,

and the whole of Queen's-College

&c.

by the

liberal

Donations

of

fome eminent Benctadlors, and by the publick

of Colleges,

Spirit,

Vigilancy, and Fidelity of the

Heads

who

generally

have had a true Tafte of

of

Roman Architecture.
not
;

The learned
of fuch
liberal

University
Donations,

Cambridge
many
fine

having had but

they

the

Management
of the

have not fo

Strufturcs
kind,

have two

moft curious and excellent in

Great-Britain of
(unlcfs

their

the

one a Gothick Building,

in

King's- College Chappel

Westminster-Abbey)
;

you except King Henry VII. 's Chappel

Building,

and

the

other

Roman
F

Trinity-College

Library.
2

(44)
Q^u
E E

N had granted a Commiffion to

feveral

of the

Minifters of State, the principal Nobility, great Gentry,

and eminent Citizens, the two Archbishops, with feveral other Bishops and dignify'd Clergymen, to put the A6t
to
as

in execution;

they order'd the faid

the ancient

New
;

Churches
Style,

be

rais'd

according to

Roman
the

appears

by thofe that are already

Commissioners

rais'd

and the
fame

prefent

honourable

having

good Judgment of Architecture, are carrying on the fame laudable grand Design, and are reviving the
ANCIENT Style, by the Order, Countenance, and Encou-

ragement of

his

prefent

Majesty

King George,
lay the first

who was
in.

alfo gracioufly pleas'd to

Stone
St.

the

Foundation
in

of

his

Parifh

Church

of

Martin's
his

Campis, on the South-Eaft Corner (by

for the time, the prefent
is

Majefty's

Proxy

Bishop of
large,

Salisbury)

which
it

now

rebuilding,

ftrong,

and

beautiful, at the Coft of the Parishioners.'^

In fhort,
contain
the

would require many

fplendid

large

Volumes
the

to

many

Inftances

of

mighty

Influence of Mafonrv from the Creation, in every Age,

and

The Bishop
levell'd

of

Salisbury went in an orderly Proceffion,

gave
vaft
it

duly
a

attended,

and having

the

first

Stone,

two or

three

Knocks with
loud

Mallet,

upon which the

Joy from
;

Trumpets
Lordship

founded,
laid

and
the

Multitude
a

made

Acclamations
as

of

when
his

his

upon

Stone

Purfe

of

loo Guineas,

Prefent

Majefty
for

(45)
and
the
in

every Nation, as could

be colledled from Hif-

torians

and Travellers

But

efpecially in thofe Parts of

World where the Europeans correfpond and trade, fuch Remains of ancient, large, curious, and magnificent

CoLONADiNG, havc been difcover'd by the Inqulithey can't enough lament the general Deval;

tive, that

tations

of the Goths and Mahometans

that

and muft conencourag'd as

this

clude,

no Art was ever

fo

much

for

the

ufc

of

the

Craftsmen.

The

following Inscription
it,

was cut in the Foundation

Stone,

and a iheet of Lead put upon

viz.

D.
Serenissimus

S.

Sacred to

God

Rix Georgius

His most Excellent

Majesty King George

Per Deputatum suum

By
Patrem

his

Proxy
in

Reverendum

admodum

in

Christo

The Right Reverend Father

Christ

Richardum Episcopum Sariseuriensem

Richard Lord Bishop of Salisbury

His Majesty's Chief Almoner
Assisted

SUMMUM SUUM ElEEMOSYNARIUM

Adsistente
(Regis Jussu)

(At His Majesty's Command)

Sir

Domino Tho. Hewet Equ. Aur.

-^DIFICIORUM

By

Thomas Hewet Knight

Majesty's

ReGIORUM CuRATORE
Principali

Of His

Royal Buildings

Principal Surveyor

Primum hujus Ecclesi^ Lapidem

POSUIT

The

First Stone

of this

Church

Laid
1721.

Martij

19

Anno Dom.
sui

This

ig***

of

March Anno Domini 1721

of his

Annoque Regni

octavo.

And the Eighth Year

Reign.

(46)
this
;

as

indeed none other

*
it

is

(o extenfively ufeful to

Mankind.

Nay, if that from

ders of the
too,

were expedient,

it

could be

made

appear,

this

ancient Fraternity, the Societies or Or-

Warlike
of

Knights,
time,

and of the Religious

borrow

in
;

procefs
for

did

many folemn
inftituted,

Ufages

none of them were better

or

more

more facredly obferve their Laws and Charges than the Accepted Masons have done, who in all Ages, and in every Nation, have maindecently
inftall'd,

did

tained.

* It

were endlefs
alone,

to

recount
lince

and dcfcribe the many curious

Revival

Roman
;

Buildings in
a

Great-

Britain

ercfted
befides

the

of

Roman Mafonry
of,

of

which

few

may

be

here mentioned,

thole

already

fpoken

viz.

The Q_u E The great

E n's Houfe at Greenwich, Gallery in Somerset-Gardens,

T)

Belonging
^

to

the

Crown.
of

The Crown.
by the Duke r-, Queensbury. Duke of Ancaster.
PofTefs'd
\
(

^ tr Gunnersbury-House near

Brentford,

T\/r

Middlesex,

Lindsay-House, in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, York-Stairs at the Thames in York-Buildings, St. Paul's-Church in Co vent- Garden, with its
glorious

Portico.

The

and Piazza of Covent-Garden, Wilton-Castle in Wiltshire, Castle-Ashby in Northamptonshire,

Building

Duke of Bedford.
Earl

of Pembroke.

Stoke-Park

in

Wing-House

in

ditto, Bedfordshire,

Earl of Strafford. Arundel Efq;

Hon.
Earl

Wm.

Stanhope Efq;

Chevening-House in Kent, Ambrose-Bury in Wiltshire,

All
defign'd

Stanhope. Lord Carleton.

by

the

incomparable

Inigo Jones,
to

and moft of them condufted by

Jones's

him,

or

by

his

Son-in-Law

Mr. Web, according

other

Mr.

Dcfignes.

Befides

many more condufted by

Architcfts, influcnc'd

by the fame happy Genius

fuch

as,

Bow-Church Steeple in Cheapside, HoTHAM-HousE in Beverley, Yorkshire,

4.

Built
Sir

by Sir Chri. Wren. Charles Hotham Bart. Melvik-

(47
tain'd

and propagated

their

Concernments

in

way

peculiar to themfelves,

which the moft Cunning and the moft Learned cannot penetrate into, though it has
;

been often attempted

another,

while They

know and

love one

even without the Help of Speech, or

when

of different Languages.

And now

the

Freeborn

British Nations,
civil

diiintangled from foreign

and

Wars, and enjoying

the good Fruits

of Peace and Liberty, having of late

their

much
this

indulg'd

happy Genius
as

for

Mafonry of

every fort, and reviv'd the drooping Lodges of London,

fair

Metropolis flourifheth,

well as other Parts,

with

feveral

worthy particular

Lodges,

that

have

quarterly Communication, and an annual grand Assembly,

wherein the Forms and Usages of the moft ancient and

worfhipful
Melvin-House in LoNGLEATE-HousE
Fife,
in

WILTSHIRE, Chesterlee-street-House in Durham County, Montague-House in Bloomsbury, London,

Drumlanrig-Castle in Nithisdaleshire, Castle-Howard in Yorkshire, Stainborough-House in ditto, HoPTON- Castle in Linlithgowshire, Blenheim-Castle at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Chatsworth-Castle in Derbyshire,
of Hammilton in Clydsdaleshire, Wanstead-House in Epping-Forest, Essex, Duncomb-Park in Yorkshire, Mereworth-Castle in Kent,
Palace

Sterling-House near Sterling-Castle, Kinross-House in Kinrossshire, Stourton-Castle in Wiltshire,

Earl of Levin. Viscount Weymouth'. John Hedworth Efq; Duke of Montagu. Duke of Queensbury. Earl of Carlisle. Earl of Strafford. Earl of Hopton. Duke of Marlborough. Duke of Devonshire. Duke of Hammilton. Lord Castlemain. Thomas Duncomb Efq; Hon. John Fane Efq; Duke of Argyle.
Sir

William Bruce

Bart.

Henry Hoar Efq

WiLLIAM BeNSON Efq;
Earl

WiLLBURY-HoUSE
BuTE Castle in

in
Ifle

DITTO,

of Bute,

of Bute.

Walpole

(48)
worfliipful

Fraternity

are

wifely

propagated,

and the

Cement of the Brotherhood preferv'd ; fo that the whole Body refembles a well built Arch ; feveral Noblemen and Gentlemen of the befl: Rank, with Clergymen and learned
cultivated,

Royal Art duly

and the

Scholars of moft

Profeffions

and Denominations, ha-

ving frankly join'd and fubmitted to take the Charges,

and to wear the Badges of a Free and Accepted Mason, under our prefent worthy Grand-Master, the most noble

Prince

John Duke
Lm

of

Montague.
}

Walpole-House near
Burlington-House ,xr Westminster,
in

Regis, Norfolk, Pickadilly, St. James's,

}
^ > S

Hon. Rob. Walpole Efq . Earl or Burlington.

,

Dormitory of King's-School, Westminster, Tottenham-Park in Wiltshire,

Thefc
fair

The Crown. Lord Bruce.

Earl
fo

three

laft

are

defign'd

and
of

condufted
(if

by the
he
is

of Burlington,
already)

who
hear

bids
his

to

be

the

befl

Architeft
publifh

Britain,

not

and we
for

Lordfhip intends to

the

valuable

Remains of Mr. Inigo Jones,

the

Improve-

ment of other
Befides

Architefts.

more of

the

fame

Roman

Style,

and yet many more in Imitation of

{lately,

it,

which

though they cannot be reduc'd to any certain Style, are

Struftures,

beautiful,
:

and convenient
befides

notwithftanding

the

Mistakes

of

their

feveral
as

Architefts

And

the

fumptuous and venerable Gothick Buildings, pafl reckoning,

Chappels, Bridges,
the

Cathedrals, Parish-Churches,
of
the

old
well

Palaces of
to

the

Kings,

of
fuch

the
as as

Nobility,
perufe
the

Bishops,

and

Gentry, known
the

Travellers,

and

to

Hiftories

of Counties,
the

and
Style

ancient

Monuments

of great

Families,

&c.

many

Ereflions

of

Roman

may be

review'd in

Mr. Campbell

the Architect's
for

ingenious
ancient
(as
it

Book,

call'd

Vitrufor
this

vius Britannicus:
fome
time,

And
the
to

if

the

Difpofition

true

Mafonry
is

prevails,
it

with Noblemen,
will

Gentlemen,

and
of

learned
the

Men,

likely

will)

Island

become

Mistress
inllrufl
all

Earth,

for

Defigning,
things

Drawing,
relating
to

and
the

Condudling,

and

capable

other

Nations

in

all

Royal Art.
4

THE

49

CHARGES
FREEMASON,
EXTRACTED FROM

THE

The

ancient
Sea,

H^CCDEDB
TOBEREAD

qf

LoDGes
or

beyond

Ireland, for

and of thofe in England, Scotland, and the Ufe of the Lodges in London:

At

the

making of

MASTER
and
the

New Brethren,
fliall

when

the

order

it.

The
F

General ^tabs,
R eligion,
Civil Magistrate

viz.

GoD
II.

Of

fupreme and fubordinate.

III.

Of Lodges.
Of

IV.

Masters,
the

Wardens,

Fellows,

and

Apprentices.

V. Of
VI.

the

Management of

Craft

in working.

Of

Behaviour,
1

viz.

In the Lodge while constituted.

After the Lodge
is

2.

over and the Brethren not gone.

3.

When

Brethren meet without Strangers, but not in a Lodge.

4.
5.

In Prefence of Stranger^ not Masons.

At Home and
Towards

in the

Neighbourhood.
Brother.

6.

a strange

I.

Con-

(50)
God
Tenure,
to

I.

Concerning
is

and
obey
the

Religion.
moral

A
But

Mason

oblig'd,

by

his

Law

and

if

he

rightly

underftands

the
in
that
to

Art,

he will never be a

ftupid

^tljClSt,
in

nor an
every
'tis

irreligious

Cibcrt'inC.

though
of

ancient

Times

Mafons

were

charg'd
it

Country

to

be

of

the

Religion
dient
cular

Country or Nation, whatever

was,

yet
all

now
ag'ree,

thought
leaving

more expetheir

only

oblige

them

to
;

that that

Religion
is,

in

which good

Men

parti-

Opinions to
Honefty,

themfelves

to

be

Men and
the

true,
they

or

Men
be

of

Honour

and

by

whatever

Denominations
the

or

Perfuafions

may
of

diftinguilh'd

whereby
Friendfhip

Mafonry

becomes
Perfons

Center
muft have

of

Union, and
at

Means

conciliating

true

among

that

remain'd

perpetual

Diftance.

II.

Of

the

Civil Magistrate
fubordinate.

fupreme

and

A
and

Mason
is

is

peaceable

Subjcft
in

to

the

Civil

Powers,

wherever he
againft

refides

or works,

never

to

be

concern'd
to

Plots

and Confpiracies

the

Peace
for

and Welfare
as

of the Nation, hath

nor

behave himfelf undutifully to

inferior

Magillrates;
fo

Mafcmry
and

been

always

injured

by

War,
to

Bloodfhed,

and

Confufion,

ancient

Kings

Princes
nefs

have been

much

difpos'd

encourage

the

Craftfmen,
the

becaufe

of

their

Peacedble-

and Loyalty,

whereby they
the

praftically

anfwer'd
ever

Cavils

of
in

their

Adverfaries,

and So

promoted the
that
his
if

Honour of
fhould

Fraternity,

who

flourifh'd

Times of Peace.
to

Brother

be

Rebel

againft
as

the

State,

he

is

not

be
if

countenanc'd in
convidled

Rebellion,

however he may be

pitied

an unhappy

Man;

and,

of no

other
give

Crime,

though the loyal Brotherhood

political

muft and ought to

to

difown

his

Rebellion,

and

no Umbrage or Ground of
cannot
expel

Jealoufy

the

Government
to
it

for

the

time

being;

thev

him from

the

Lodge,

and

his

Relation

remains

indefeafible.

IIL

Of

(51)

III.

Of Lodges.
Masons
is

A Lodge
duly belong
It
is

is

Place

where

affemblc
a

and

work

Hence
every

that

Affembly,

or
to

organiz'd
to

Society

of

Mafons,
to

call'd

Lodge,
the
bell

and

Brother

ought

one,

and

to

be fubjcft

its

By-Laws and
will

General Regulations.
by attending
In
it,

either

particular or general, and

the

be

underftood

and by

the

Regulations of

General or Grand Lodge

be
abfcnt

hereunto
efpecially
to

annex'd.

ancient to

Times,
at

no
it,

Master
without

or

Fellow could
a

from
it

it,

when warn'd
the

appear

incurring

fcvere

Cenfure,

until

appear'd

Master

and Wardens,

that

pure Neceffity hinder'd him.

Perfons

The
and

admitted

Members of
Age,

Lodge

mull no

be good

and

true

Men,
or

free-born,

of mature

and

difcreet

no Bondmen,

Women, no immoral

fcandalous

Men, but of good Report.

IV.
All
that
fo

of Masters, uJarbm0,
Preferment
the

Fellows, and Apprentices.

real

among Masons

is

grounded upon
the

Worth and

perfonal

Merit only;

Lords may be well ferved,

:

Brethren not put to

is

Shame,

nor the
but

Royal
for
his

Craft
Merit.
attend

defpis'd
It
is

Therefore no
impoffible
to

Master
defcribe

or
thefe

Warden
things

chofen
writing,
to

by

Seniority,

in

and

every

Brother
:

mull

in

his

Place,

and learn them in a way peculiar

that

this

Fraternity
unlefs

Only Ca.vhas
fufficient

DiDATES

may know,
for

no

Master

Ihould

take

an Apprentice,

he

Imployment
his

him,

and
render

unlefs

he be a perfeft Youth,

having no

Maim
ferving
in

or Defeft
his

in

Body,

that

may

him uncapable
a

of learning the
then
the
that

Art

of

Master's
even

jCori>,
after

and

of

being

made
a

Brother, and
of Years
as

Fellow-Craft
the

due

time,
direfts
;

he has
he
to

ferved

fuch

Term

Cullom of
fo,

Country

and

that

Ihould
the

be defcendcd of honcft Parents;

when

otherwife qualify'd,

he

may
the
to

arrive

Honour of
at

being
length

the

Grand Warden, and

his

the

Warden, and then the Grand-Master of G

2

Master of
the

the Lodge,

all

Lodges,

according

Merit.

No

(50
No
nor a
Brother can
be a
until

Warden
he has aded

until
as

he
a

has

pafs'd

the

part

of

Fellow-Craft
until

Master
his

Warden, nor

Grand-Warden
Gentleman of
or
the
beft

he

has been
before

Master of
Eleftion,

Lodge, nor rftttlf

is

iUdStCr

unlefs

he has been a Fellow-Craft

Fafhion,

who who

alfo

to

be

nobly born, or a
curious

or

fome

eminent

Scholar,
is

or

fome

Architect,

other Artist,

defcended

of

honeft
for

Parents,
better,

and

of fmgular great Merit in

the Opinion of the Lodges.

And

the

and

eafier,

and

more
his

honourable

Difcharge

of

his

OiEce,

the

Grandbe
the

Master
then,

has

Power
have

to

chufe

own
the

Deputy Grand-Master,
Master
of
a
particular
his

who muft
and
has

or

muft
of

been

formerly,

Lodge,

Privilege

afling

whatever the

Grand-Master,
his

Principal,
a

fhould

aft,

unlefs

the

faid

Principal be prefent,

or interpofe

Authority by

Letter.

Thcfe

Rulers and Governors, supreme and subordinate,

of

the

ancient
to

Lodge, are

to

be obey'd in their refpeftive Stations

by

all

the

Brethren,

according

the

old Charges

and Regulations, with

all

Humility,

Reverence, Love,

and Alacrity.

V.
All

of

the
fhall

Management of
work
honeftly

the
Days,

Craft
that

in
live

working.
creditably

Masons

on working

they

may

on

HOLY Days;
fhall

and the time appointed by the

Law

of the Land, or confirm 'd by Cuftom,

be

obferv'd.

The moft
or

expert
the

of

the

Fellow-Craftsmen

fhall

be chofen or appointed
call'd

the

Master,
that

Overfecr of

Lord's

Work ; who
are
to

is

to
all

be
ill

Master
and
to

by

thofe

work
by

under him.

The Craftsmen
Name, but

avoid
or

Language,

call

each

other

no

difobliging

Brother

Fellow;

and

to

behave

themfelves

courteoufly

within

and without the Lodge.

himfelf to be
able of Cunning,
his
fhall

The Master, knowing

as

undertake

the
his

Lord's

Work
nor to

reafonably

as

poflible,

and

truly

difpend

Goods

as

if

they

were

own;

give

more Wages

to

any Brother or Apprentice than he

really

may

deferve.
fhall

Both the
the
to

iuCtdtdT

and the Masons

finifh

receiving

their

Wages

juflly,

be

faithful

to

Lord, and honeflly

their

Work, whether Task or Journey;

to

nor put the

Work
None

Task

that

hath been accuilom'd

Journey.

(
None
fhall

53
to

)
of a
finifh

difcover
his

Envy
if

at

the

Profperity

Brother,
the

nor fupplant
for

him,

or

put
finilh

him out of
another's

Work,
fo

he
to

be

capable

fame;
be

no

Man

can

Work

much

the

Lord's

Profit,
it.

unlefs

he

thoroughly

acquainted

with

the

Deligns
a

and Draughts of him that began

When
fhall

Fellow-Craftsman
both to
to

is

chofen

Warden

of

the

Work

under

the

Master, he
in

be

true

Master
Lord's
fhall

and

Fellows,
;

fhall

carefully

overfee

the

Work

the

Master's Abfence
All

the

Profit

and

his

Brethren

fhall

obey him.

Masons employ'd,
defert

meekly receive
the

their

Wages without Murmuring or Mutiny,

and not

the

Master
fhall

till

Work

is

finifh'd.

A
for

YOUNGER

Brother

be
for

inflrudled

in

working,

to

prevent

fpoiling

the

Materials

want of Judgment,
the

and
in

encreafing
fhall

and

continuing

of Brotherly Love.

All

Tools ufed
fhall

working

be approved by the
the

Grand Lodge.

No

Labourer

be employ'd
thofe
that

in

proper
free,

Work

of

Masonry

nor

fhall
;

Sttt

itlCISOUS work with

are

not

without

an urgent

Neceflity

nor fhall

they teach Labourers and unaccepted Mafons, as they fhould teach a Brother or Fellow.

VI.

of Behaviour,

viz.

I.

In the CollgC while COUStittttC^.

Converfation, without Leave

You
the

are

not to

hold private Committees, or feparate

to
talk

from

Master, nor
or

of any thing impertinent or unfcemly, nor interrupt the

fpeaking
is

Master

or Wardens,
or
jeflingly

any Brother
the

to

the
in

Master:
what
;

Nor

behave

yourfelf
;

ludicroufly
ufe
to

while

Lodge

engaged

is

ferious

and

folcmn

nor

any

unbecoming Language upon any Pretence whatfoever

but

to

pay due Reverence

your

Master, Wardens, and Fellows, and put them

to

worfhip.
If any

(54)
If

any Complaint be brought,

of the
(unlefs

the

Brother
are the

found
proper
to

guilty

ftiall

ftand

to

the

Award and
of
all

Determination
Controverfies,

Lodge,

who
it

and

competent

Judges

fuch

you carry
unlefs

by Appeal
a

the

Grand Lodge)
hinder'd
the

and
while,

to

whom
which

they

ought to

be

referr'd,

Lord's
;

Work
but

be

mean
to

in

Cafe a particular Reference

may be made

you muft never go

to

Law

about what

concemeth Masonry, without an abfolute Neceffity apparent

the

Lodge.

2.

Bf IjatJlOnr
enjoy

after

the

Lodge

is

over and the

BntljrCtt not gone.

one
eat

You
Ability,

may
but

yourfelves
all

with
or

innocent
forcing

Mirth,

treating
to

another

according

to his

avoiding

Excefs,

any
his

Brother
Occafions

drink

beyond

Inclination,

or hindering him
ofFenfive,

from going when

call

him, or doing or faying

;

any thing
blall

or

that

may

forbid

an

easy

and

free

Converfation

for

that

would
or

our

Harmony, and
muft
or

defeat

our laudable

Purpofes. the

Therefore no
far
lefs

private

Piques

Quarrels

be

brought within the

Door of

Lodge,
only,
as

any

Quarrels

about

Religion,

Nations, or State
;

Policy,
alfo

we
of

being

Masons,

of the Catholick

Religion
guages,

above-mention'd

we

are

all

Nations, Tongues, Kindreds,

as

and
to

Lanthe

and
of

are

refolv'd

againft

(ill

IporitlcIiS,

what
has
in

never

yet

conduc'd
ftriftly

Welfare

the
J

Lodge, nor ever

efpecially

will.

This Charge
the

been

always

enjoin'd

and obferv'd

but

ever

fince

Reformation

Britain,

or

the

Diflent

and Seceffion of thefe Nations from

the

Communion of

Rome.

3.

jpC^dDlOttt when Brethren meet without Strangers, but not in a

ob%t
You
calling

form'Ir.

are

to

falute

one

another

in

courteous

manner,
as

as

you
be

will

be

inftrufted,

each other Brother, freely giving mutual Inftruftion

being
overfeen

fliall

thought

expedient,
other,

without

or
t

overheard,

and

without

encroaching

upon

each

or

derogating

(
derogating

55
due
to

)
any Brother,

from

that

Refpedl
as

which

is

were he not a Mafon

For

though

all

Masons
that

are

Brethren upon

the

fame Level, yet Masonry takes no Honour

it

from a
deferv'd
ILL

Man
well

he

had before;

nay rather

adds to

his

Honour,

efpecially
is

if

he has

of the Brotherhood,

who muft

give

Honour

to

whom

it

due,

and avoid

Manners.

4.

I3fl)at)l0Ur in

Prefence

of

Strangers
that

not

iHaSOllS.
moft penetrating Stranger
to

You
Ihall

fhall

be

cautious
to

in

your Words and Carriage,

or
find

the

not

be

able
fhall

difcover
a

out

what

is

not

proper

be
the

intimated;

and
the

fometimes

you

divert

difcourfe,

and manage

it

prudently

for

Honour of

worshipful Fraternity.

5.

|3f!)Ctt)i0UV

at

Home,

and

in

your Neighbourhood.

You
Family,
confult

arc

to

aft

as

becomes a moral
Neighbours

and
the

wife

Man

particularly,

not

to

let

your
to

Friends,

and

know

Concerns of the

Lodge, &c.
for

but

wifely

your

own Honour, and

You muft
alfo

that of the

ancient Brotherhood,

Reafons

not

to

be

mention'd
or
too

here.

confult

your Health, by not continuing together too

are
paft
;

late,

long

from home,
that

after

Lodge Hours
be
not

and by avoiding of Gluttony or

injured,

Drunkennefs,
working.

your

Families

neglefted

or

nor

you

difabled

from

6.

I3clj(lt)iotir

towards

strange Brother.

You
that
rcjedl

are

cautioufly

to

examine

him,

in

fuch

Method
falfe

as

Prudence

fhall

dircft

you,
to

you may not be

with
if

impos'd

upon by an

ignorant

Pretender,

whom
are
to
elfe

you

are

Contempt and Derifion, and beware of

to

giving

him any Hints of Knowledge.

you
rcfpcft
direft

But

you difcover him

;

be
want,

true

and genuine Brother,

relieve

him

accordingly

and
be

if

he

is

in

you muft

him

if

you can, or
or
clfe

him
to

how

he

may

reliev'd

You muft employ him fome Days,

recommend him

be cm-

(56)
be employ'd.

But

you
is

are

not charged

to

do
true,

beyond
before

your Ability,

only

to

prefer
in

poor

Brother, that

good

Man

and

any other poor

People

the

fame Circumftances.

Finally,
communicated
to

All

thefe

(El)(irgC3

you

are

to

obferve,

and

alfo

thofe

that

Ihall

be

you

in

another way;

cultivating
this

Brotherly-Love,
ancient

the Foundation
all

and Cape-ftone, the Cement and Glory of

ling

Fraternity,
permitting

avoiding
to

Wrangany
as
is

and

Quarrelling,

all

Slander
his

and

Backbiting,

nor

others

flander
as

honeft

Brother,

but defending

Charafler, and

doing

him

all

good
if

Offices,

far

confiftent

with your

Honour and
to

Safety,

and no
his

farther.
;

And

any of them do you

Injury,
to

you muft apply

your

own

or

Lodge

and from

thence

you

may

appeal
to

the

annual
in

Grand Lodge at Grand Lodge, as

and patiently
liftning

the

Quarterly Communication, and

from thence

the

has

been the ancient laudable Condudl of our Fore-fathers

the

every Nation;

never taking a
to

legal Course but when

the

Cafe

cannot

be

otherwife

decided,

honeft and friendly Advice

to

of Master and

Fellows,

when they would prevent your

a

going

Law
fo

with Strangers, or would excite you to put

fpeedy

Period

to

all

Law-Suits,

that

you may mind the Affair of

to

Masonry
at

with the more

the
fully

Alacrity

and Succefs;

but

with refpeft
their
;

Brothers or Fellows

Law,
thank-

Master and Brethren fhould

fubmitted
to

kindly

offer

Mediation,
if

which ought
Submiffion
is

to

be

by the contending Brethren

carry

and

that

imprafticable,

they

muft
the

however

on

their

Process,

or

Law-Suit,

without

Wrath

and

Rancor

(not in

common way)
to
as

faying

or

doing

nothing
that

which may hinder

all

Brotherly Love,
benign
the

and good Offices

of
will

be
all

renew'd
true

and continu'd;

may

fee

the

Influence

Masonry,

Masons have done from

the

Beginning

of

World, and

do to the End of Time.

^men

00 mote

it

be.

POST-

57

POSTSCRIPT.
A

Worthy Brother,
this

learned in
the

the

Law,

has

communicated

to

the

Author

(while

Sheet

was
3

printing)

Opinion of the
I.

Great Judge
Printed
in
this

Coke
Book,

upon the Act Page

35,

againft

Masons,

Hen. VI. Cap.

which

is

and

which Quotation the Author has compar'd with the Original,

viz.

Coke's
The

Institutes,

third Part,

Fol.

99.
for

Cause

wherefore

this

Offence was made Felony,

is

that

the

good Course

AND Effect of the

(fais

Statutes of Labourers were thereby violated and broken.

all

Now

MY Lord Coke)
this

the Statutes concerning

are

Labourers, before
of
5

this

Aft, and where4.

unto

Aft doth

refer,

repeal'd
this

by the

Statute
is

Eliz.

Cap,

whereby the
this
:

Cause and
is

End of the making of

EfFcft
;

Act

taken

away;

and

confequently

Act

become of no Force or
Indiftment

for,
this

cessante
Statute

ratione

Legis,
that

cessat

ipsa

Lex

And
and

the

of Felony

upon

muft

contain,

those

Chapters

Congregations were

to the violating and

;

breaking

of the good
fo

Course and Effect

becaufe
thefe

OF the Statutes of Labourers

be
repealed.

which now cannot be

be
put
out

alledg'd,

Statutes

Therefore

this

would

of the

Charge

of Justices

of Peace,

written

by Master

Lambert,
the
ancient

pag.

227.
this

This Quotation confirms the Tradition of old Masons, that

really

moft learned

Judge

bclong'd

to

Lodge, and was a faithful Brother.

(58)

Compiled
Anno

firft

by Mr.
lie

George Payne,
London;
Duke
of

was raui-illaSiter, and approv'd by the Grand-Lodge on St. John Baptist's

1720,

when

Day, Anno 1721, at Stationer's-Hall, when the most noble Prince John

Montagu
rani-iWastcr
,

was
for

unanimoufly

chofen

our
chofe

the
his

Year enfuing;

who

John Beal M. D.
(

Deputy
)

Grand-Master;

Mr. JosiAH ViLLENEAu

Were chofen by the Lodge

Mr. Thomas Morris, jun.

by
the

)Grand-Wardens.

And now,
Worshipful

Gran
this

Command of our faid Right d-M aster Montagu, the

has compar'd

Author of
Usages
this

Book

them with, and

reduc'd them to the ancient Records and immemorial

of the

Fraternity,

and digefted them into

proper Explications,

new Method, with

feveral

for the

Ufe of the Lodges in and about London and Westminster.

HE
Right,
fide

(3va\\b'^M(XBUr,
not
only
to
is,

or

his

Deputy,
any
true

hath

Authority
alfo

and
preLeft-

be

prefent

in

Lodge, but
the

to
his

wherever he

with the

Master

of
to

Lodge
him,
his

on

hand,
'^

and
in

to

order his

Grand-Wardens
as

attend
in

who

are

not

to

aft

particular

Lodges

Wardens, but

Prefence,
the

and

at

his

Command;

becaufe

there

the

Grand-Master

may command

Wardens
of that

(59)
of
that

Lodge, or any other Brethren

he

pleafeth,

to

attend

and

aft

as

his

Wardens

PRO TEMPORE.

II.

The Master
his

of

particular into
a

Lodge

has
at

the

Right

and Authority of congregating

the

Members of
as

Lodge

Chapter
time

pleafure,

upon any Emergency or Occurufual

rence,

well

as

to

appoint
neceflary
if

the

and

place

of

their

forming

And
Ihall

in

cafe
as

of Sicknefs,

Death,

or

Abfence of the
is

Master, the

fenior

Warden

aft

Master
before
j

pro

tempore,

no Brother

prefent

who

has

been

Master of
the
laft

that

Lodge

for in that Cafe the absent Master's Authority reverts to

;

Master then
the

prefent

though
or in
his

he

cannot

aft

until

the

faid

senior

Warden

has

once

congregated

Lodge,

Abfence the junior Warden.

III.

The Master
his

of

each
fliall

particular

Lodge,

or

one

of

the

Wardens, or fome

other
theii

Brother by

Order,
Lill
all

keep
the

Book containing
in

their

By-Laws, the Names of

the
to

Members, with a
their

of

all

Lodges

Town, and
are

ufual

Times

and Places of

forming,

and

their

Tranfaftions

that

proper

be written.

IV.

No
under

Lodge
the

fhall

make

more than

Five new

Brethren
alfo

at

one

Time, nor any

unlefs

Man

Age

of

Twenty-five, who muft be

his

his

own Mafter ;

by

Difpenfation

from the Grand-Master or

Deputy.

V.

No Man
notice

can

be

made

or

admitted
given

a
to

Member
the
faid

of

particular
in

Lodge,
to

without

previous

one

Month

before

Lodge,
;

order

make

due

Enquiry into the Reputation and Capacity of the Candidate

aforefaid.

unlefs

by the Difpenfation

VI. But no
be a

Man

can

be

enter'd

Brother in

any particular Lodge, all

or

admitted

to

Member

thereof,

without the
the

unanimous
is

Consent of
and

the Members
Confent
in
this
is

of that
ask'd

Lodge then

prefent
;

when

Candidate
fignify

propos'd,

their

formally

by the Master
way,
fubjeft
either to

and they are to

or
in

their

Consent or Dissent
Unanimity
a
:

their

own prudent
Privilege

virtually

form,
becaufe

but
the

with

Nor

is

inherent
are

Difpenfation;
if

Members of
be

particular

Lodge
it

the

bell
fpoil

Judges
their

of

it;

and

fraftious

Member

fhould

impos'd

on

them,

might

Harmony.

(6o)
Harmony,
to

or

hinder
all

their

Freedom

or even

break and difperfe

the

Lodge

which ought

be avoided by

good and true Brethren.

VII.
the

Every new Brother

prefent,

at

his

making

is

decently
for

to

cloath

the

Lodge,
indigent

that

is,

all

Brethren
as

and

to

depofite
Ihall

fomething
fit

the

Relief

of

and decay'd
the
fmall

Brethren,

the

Candidate
by
the

think

to

beftow,

over
;

and

above

Allowance
lodg'd

ftated

By-Laws
or

of

that

particular

Lodge
if

which

Charity

fhall
fit

be
to

with
one.

the

Master

Wardens,

or

the

Cashier,

the

Members

think

chule

And

the

Candidate

fhall

alfo

folemnly
to

promife

to

fubmit
as

to

the

Constitutions,

the

Charges, and Regulations, and

in

fuch other good Usages

fhall

be intimated to

them

Time and
VIII.

Place

convenient.

No
in

Set

or

Number of

Brethren

fhall

withdraw or feparate

themfelves

from the
unlefs

Lodge
the

which they were made Brethren, or were afterwards admitted Members,

becomes
or
too
his

Lodge

numerous

nor

even

then,
are

without
thus
fhall

Difpenfation

from
muft

the

Grand-Master
immediately join

Deputy:
to

And when

they
as

feparated,
like

they

either

themfelves
that

fuch

other Lodge
to

they
(as

belt,

with the unanielfe

mous Confent of
muft obtain the

other

Lodge

which they go
to

above regulated) or

they

Grand-Master's Warrant

join

in

forming a

new Lodge.
to

If any

Set

or

Number

of

Masons

fhall

take

upon themfelves
Lodges
are

form
to

Lodge withthem,

out

the

Grand-Master's
them
as

Warrant,

the

regular
duly
until until
as

not

countenance

nor

own

fair
treat

Brethren
them
as

and

form'd,

nor

approve

of

their
as

Adls

and

Deeds;

but
fhall

mult
in

Rebels,

they

humble

themfelves,

the
his

Grand-

Master

his

Prudence
to

direft,

and

he

approve of

them by

Warrant,
is

which mult be
to

fignify'd

the

other Lodges,

the

Cullom

is

when

new Lodge

be

regifter'd

in

the

List of Lodges.

IX. But
fhall

if

any Brother

fo

far

misbehave himfelf

as

to

render
in

his

Lodge

uneafy,

he and
the

be

twice

duly admonifh'd
refrain
his

by the

Master
and

or

Wardens

a
to

form'd
the

Lodge

if

he

will

not

Imprudence,
gives

obediently
fhall

fubmit

Advice

of

Brethren,

and reform what

them Offence, he

be dealt with according to

the

By-Laws

(
By-Laws of
nication
afterwards
that

6i
elfe

)
fuch
a
for

particular
their

Lodge,

or

in

manner

as

the

Quarterly Commu-

Ihall

in

great

Prudence

think

fit ;

which a new Regulation may be

made.

X. The Majority of every

lege

particular
their

Lodge, when congregated,

before

Ihall

have the PriviafTembling

of giving Instructions to
or

Master and Wardens,

three

the

of

the

Grand Chapter,
and
of
the

Lodge,

at

the

Quarterly Communications
;

hereafter

mention'd,
are
their

Annual

Grand

Lodge
to

too

becaufe
their

their

Master and Wardens

Reprefentatives,

and are fuppofed

fpcak

Mind.
the

XL
order

All
to

particular Lodges arc

which,

to

obfcrve
a

fame Usages

as

much

as

poffible

in

and

for

cultivating
fhall

good

Undcrftanding
to
vifit

among

Free-Masons,
as

fome
as

Members out of every Lodge

Ihall

be deputed

the

other Lodges

often

be

thought

convenient.

XIL The @ranb-ColigC

of
all

confifts

of,

and

is

form'd

by the Masters

and Wardens
at

the

regular
his

particular

Lodges upon Record, with the

his

Grand-Master
in
their

their

Head,
Places
;

and and

Deputy
have

on
a

Left-hand,

and

the

Grand- Wardens

proper

muft

Quarterly Communication
as

about

Michaelmas,
fhall

Christmas, and Lady-Day, in fome convenient Place,

the

Grand-Master

appoint,

where no Brother
a

Ihall

be

prefent,

who
he

is

not at

that

time a

Member

thereof,

without

Difpenfation

and while

he Hays,

fhall

not
ask'd

be allow'd to vote,

nor even give his

it

Opinion,

without Leave of the

Grand-Lodge

and given, or

unlefs

be duly ask'd

by the
All

faid

Lodge. be determin'd

Matters

are

to

in

the

Grand-Lodge by
having

Majority of Votes,
Votes,
unlefs

each
faid

Member
Lodge
fake

having

one Vote,

and

the
to

Grand-Master
the

two
the

the
for

leave

any particular thing

Determination

of

Grand-Master

the

of Expedition.

XIII.
in

At

the

faid

Quarterly Communication,
Lodges,
:

all

Matters

that

concern
fcdatcly,

the

Fraternity
to

general,

or

particular

or

fingle

Brethren, are

quietly,

and maturely

be

difcours'd

of
here,

and

tranfafted

Apprentices

mufl

be
alfo

admitted
all

Masters

and Fellowcannot

Craft only

unlefs

by

Difpenfation.

Here

Differences,

that

be

made

(62)
made
up
and

accommodated
decided:

privately,
if

nor

by a

particular

Lodge, are
aggrieved

to

be
the

ferioufly

confidered

and

And
appeal

any Brother thinks

the

himfelf

by

Decifion
his

of

this

Board,

he

may

to

annual Grand-Lodge next

his

enfuing,
the

and leave

Appeal in Writing, with the Grand-Master, or

Deputy, or

Grand-Wardens.

Here
a
Lift

alfo

the

Master

or the
as

Wardens of each

particular

Lodge

fhall

bring and produce

of fuch
laft

Members

have been made, or even admitted in their particular Lodges

the

fmce the
the
fhall

Communication of
his

Grand-Lodge
rather
fhall

And

there

fhall

be

Book kept by

Grand-Master, or
appoint for

Deputy, or

by fome Brother
be
recorded
all all

whom
the

the

Grand-Lodge
with
their

Secretary,
Places

wherein

Lodges,

ufual

Times and
all

of forming,

and the Names of

that

the

Members of each Lodge

written.

and

the

Affairs

of the

Grand-Lodge

are

proper to

be

They
difpofing

fhall

alfo

confider

of
fhall

the

moft prudent
given
to,

and

effeftual

Methods of
them
in

collefting

and

of what

Money

be

or
into

lodged

with
or

Charity,
but of
for

towards
elfe

the

Relief

only of

any true

Brother
fhall

fallen

Poverty

Decay,

none

But

every
to to

particular
their

Lodge

difpofe
until
it

of be

their

own
all

Charity
the

poor
a

Brethren,

according

own By-Laws,
in

agreed by

Lodges

(in

new Reguat
it,

lation)

carry

the

Charity coUedled
in

by them
order
to

to

the
a

Grand-Lodge,
common
Stock

the
for

Quarterly or Annual Communication,

the

make

of

more handfome Relief of poor Brethren.

They
fhall

fhall

alfo

appoint

Treasurer,
Grand-Lodge
to

Brother

of good worldly
his

Subftance,
fhall

who

be a

Member

of

the

by

virtue

of

Office,
thing,

and

be

always

prefent,
his

and have Power to move

the

Grand-Lodge any
all

efpecially

what concerns
for

Office.

To

him

fhall

be committed

Money
write
are
as

rais'd

for

Charity, or
Book,
fhall fhall

any other
refpedlive

Ufe

of

the

Grand-Lodge, which he
for

fhall

down

in
;

with

the

Ends and Ufes

the
in

which the

feveral

Sums

intended

and

expend

or

disburfe

fame by fuch a certain Order

a

fign'd,

the
in

Grand-Lodge
chufing
a

afterwards

agree

to

NEW Regulation

But he

fhall

not vote

Grand-Master
fhall

or

Wardens,
a

though in every other Tranfaftion.

As

in

like

manner the Secretary

be

Member
of the

(63)
of the Grand-Lodge by virtue of
a
his

Office,

and vote in every thing except

in

chufing

Grand-Master or Wardens.

The Treasurer and Secretary

Fellow-Craft, but
being
allow'd

fhall

have each a Clerk,

who muft

be a Brother and
fpeak

never muft

be

Member

of

the

Grand-Lodge, nor

without

or

defir'd.

The Grand-Master,
with
their

or his Deputy,
in

fhall

always
fee

command

the

Treasurer and Secretary,

on,

Clerks and Books,

to

order to

how

Matters go

and

to

know what

is

expedient

be done

upon any emergent Occafion.

mufl:
;

Another Brother (who

be
but

Fellow-Craft) fhould be appointed

be

to

look after the

Door of

the

Grand-Lodge

fhall

no

Member

of

it.

But thefe Offices

may be

farther

explain'd

by a new Regulation, when the NecefTity

at

and Expediency of them may more appear than

prefent

to

the

Fraternity.

'

XIV.

If

at

any

Grand-Lodge,
his

ftated

or

occaflonal,

quarterly

or

annual,

the
a
as

rClUlf-'illttBtcr and

Deputy
longeft
;

fhould
a

be

both abfcnt, then

fhall

the prefent

Master of
prefide

Lodge,

that

has

been

the

Free-Mason,
be
vefted

take
all

the
his

Chair,

and

Grand-Master
the

pro

tempore
there
;

and

fhall

with

Power and Honour

for

time;

provided

is

no
for

Brother prefent that

the
laft

has

been Grand-Master formerly,

or
elfe

or

Deputy Grand-Master
fhould

Grand-Master
in

prefent,

the

laft

Deputy

prefent,

always of right

take

place

the

Abfencc of

the

prefent

Grand-Master

and

his

Depxjty.

XV.

In

the

Grand-Lodge
and
if

none
the

can

aft

as

Wardens

but
the

the

Grand- Wardens

themfelves,
his

if prefent;
fhall

abfcnt,

Grand-Master, or
to
aft
as

Perfon

who

prcfides

in

Place,
are

order

private

Wardens

Grand- Wardens

pro tempore,
call'd

whofe
to
al,

Places

to

be

fupply'd

by two Fellow-Craft of the fame Lodge,

particular

forth

or
fhall

fcnt

thither
call'd

by

the

Master
that

thereof;
fo

or

if

by

him

omitted,

then

they

be

by the Grand-Master,

the

Grand-Lodge may be always complcat.

with the
to

XVL
about

The

R A

ND- Wardens,

or any others, are

Brethren,

firft

to

advife
to

Deputy
GrandMaster

the

Affairs

of the Lodge or of the

and

not

apply

the

(^4)
Master without
certain

the

Knowledge of
;

the

Deputy,
or

unlefs

he refufe
of

his

Concurrence

in

any-

neceffary

Affair

in

which

Cafe,

in

cafe

any
Parties

Difference
are
to

between

the

Deputy and
to

the

Grand- Wardens, or other Brethren, both

eafily

go

by Concert

the

Grand-Master, who can

virtue

decide

the

Controverfy

and make up the Differ-

ence

by

of

his

great

Authority.

The Grand-Master
from
for
if

fhould

receive
in

no

Intimation
Cafes

of
as

Buiinefs
his

concerning Masonry,

but

his

Deputy

iirfl,

except
to

fuch

certain

Worfhip can well judge of;

eafily

the Application

the

Grand-Master be
thus
to

irregular, to

he can

order

the

Grandis

Wardens, or
prepare
the

any other

Brethren

applying,
it

wait

upon

his

Deputy, who

to

Bufinefs

fpeedily,

and

lay

orderly

before his

Worship.
Treasurer,
at

XVII.
Secretary,
time
has

No

(I5rantl^lltastcr,
adls

Deputy
or
a

Grand-Mafter,
in
their

Grand- Wardens,
pro
tempore,
as

or whoever
the

for

them,

flead

can
as

the

fame

be

Master or Warden of
his

particular

Lodge

but

foon
Poll

any of
Station
in

them
his

honourably difcharg'd

Grand

Office,
call'd

he
to

returns

to

that

or

particular

Lodge, from which he was

officiate

above.

XVIII.

If

the

Deputy Grand-Master
chufe

be

fick,

or
his

neceffarily

abfent,

the

Grand-Master may
But he that
not
is

any Fellow-Craft he
at

pleafes

to

be
the

Deputy pro tempore:

too,

chofen

Deputy
the

the

Grand-Lodge, and
fairly

Grand- Wardens
Majority
a

can-

be
;

difcharg'd

without

Caufe
if

appear
uneafy,

to

the

of

the

Grandon
In

Lodge

and the
lay

(^tCiXlb^MidSiCl'f
Caufe before
the

he

is

may
the'r

call

Grand-Lodge
:

purpofe to

the

them, and to

have
if

Advice and Concurrence

reconcile

which
and
his

cafe,

the

Majority of
or or
his
his

Grand-Lodge,
are
to

they

cannot

the
to

iillci0tcr

his

Deputy

Wardens,
faid

concur in allowing the

to

^lfl0tct'

difcharge
;

faid

Deputy

Wardens, and
other

chufe
in

another
that

Deputy immediately

and

the

faid

Grand-Lodge
preferv'd.

fhall

chufe

Wardens

Cafe, that

Harmony and Peace

may

be

XIX.
of
the

If

the

ranlr-illastcr
and
Subjeftion
in

fhould

abufe

his

Power,
he
fhall

and
be

render
treated

himfelf
in

unworthy

Obedience
to

of

the

Lodges,
;

way and

manner

be agreed upon
f

new Regulation

becaufe hitherto the ancient Fraternity

have

(
have had no occafion for
felves
it,

6s

)
having
all

their

former
Office.

Grand-Masters

behaved them-

worthy of

that

honourable

XX. The Grand-Master,

round and
vifit
all

with

his

Deputy

and

Wardens,

fhall

(at

leaft

once)

go

the

Lodges about

Town

during his

Mastership.

XXI.
being
Office,

If

the

ranb'-illastcr
or

die

during
fhould
the

his

Mastership,
render'd

or

by

Sicknefs,

or

by
his
his

beyond
the

Sea,

any
or

other
in
his his

way

be

uncapable

of difcharging
,

Deputy,
the

Abfence,

Senior

Gran d-W a r d e n
that

or in
fliall

Abfcnce the Junior, or in

to

Abfence any

three

prefent

Masters of Lodges,

join

congregate
to

Grand-Lodge
their

immediately, to advife together upon

to

Emergency,
to

and
his

fend

two of

Number
courfc

invite to

the
;

last
or
if

Grand-Master
he
refufe,

refume

Office,
fo

which now
:

in
if

reverts

him

then

the

next last,
the

and
fliall

backward
as

But

no

former
another

Grand-Master
is

can
if

be

found,

then

Deputy
the

aft

Principal,

until

chofen

or

there

be

no

Deputy, then

oldeft

Master.

XXII. The
fhall

33ntljrtn of
an

all

the

Lodges

in

and

about

London

and Westminster,

meet

at

Annual Communication
Day, or
a
elfe

and Feast, in fome convenient Place,

Evangelist's
late

on St.

John
fhall

Baptist's
fit

on St.

John

Day,

as

the

GrandJohn

Lodge

think
:

by

new Regulation, having of

Years

met

on

St.

Baptist's

Day

Provided,

The Majority

of

the
at

Masters

and Wardens, with

the

Grand-Master,

his

Deputy
there
either

and Wardens, agree

fhall

their

Quarterly Communication,
Communication
the

three
all

Months

before,
:

that
if
it

be a Feast,

and

General

of

the

Brethren

For
it,

the

Grand-Master, or
dropt
for

the

Majority of

particular

Masters, are

againft

mufl

be

that

Time.

But whether

there

fhall

be a Feast for
convenient
Place
in

all

the

Brethren, or not, yet the

St.

raUl!>
or
if
it

Co^gC
be

mufl meet in fome

annually on
to

John's Day;
Year
a

Sunday, then

on

the

next

Day,

order

chufe

every

new

GrandXXIIL

Master,

Deputy, and Wardens.

I

(66)
XXIII.
of
the If
it

be

thought expedient,
agree

and the
to

Grand-Master,
a

with

the

Majority
to

Masters
laudable
the

and Wardens,

hold

Grand Feast,
fhall

according

the

ancient

Cuftom of Masons, then the raillt-lDarbcUS

feal'd

have

the
the

care

of

preparing

Tickets,
the

with the Grand-Master's

the Tickets,
to

Seal,

of difpofing of

Tickets,

of receiving
out
the
a

Money

for

of buying the
in
;

Materials of the

Feast, of finding

proper and

convenient Place

fealt

and of every other thing that concerns

Entertainment.

But
that
all

that

the

Work may
may
be

not

be

too

burthenfome

to

the

two Grand- Wardens, and

the

Matters
fhall

expeditioufly
to to

and

fafely

managed,
a

Grand-Master,

or

his

Deputy,
his

have
fhall

power
think
fit,

nominate
aft

and
concert

appoint

certain

Number

of

Stewards,
;

as

Worship
to

in

with

the

two Grand- Wardens

;

all

things

relating

the

Feaft

being

decided

amongft them by a Majority of Voices

except

the

Grand-Master

or his

Deputy

interpofe

by

particular

Direftion

or Appointment.

XXIV. The Wardens

Master, or
his

and
for

^ttVOCLVuS
Diredlions
fick,

fhall,

in

due

time,

wait

upon
;

the

Grandif

Deputy,

and

Orders

about
abfent,

the

PremifTes
fhall
call

but

his

Worship

and

his

Deputy

are

or

necefTarily

they
their

together
;

the

Masters and Wardens of Lodges

elfe

to

meet on

purpofe

for

Advice and Orders

the
bell

or

they

may

take

the

Matter wholly upon themfelves, and do

they

can.

The Grand- Wardens and

or expend,
to

the

Stewards are
after

to

account for

all

the

Money

they receive,
fhall

to
their

the

Grand-Lodge,

Dinner,

or

when

the

Grand-Lodge

think

fit

receive

Accounts.

If the

(tttttlt-'iHttStcr
to

pleafes,

he

may

in

due

time

fummon
the

all

the

Masters

and
about

Wardens of Lodges
any
to

confult

with them
relating

about ordering
thereunto,
that

Grand-Feast, and
require

Emergency or
take
it

accidental

thing

may

Advice

or

elfe

upon himfelf

altogether.

XXV. The
Craft of
his

Masters of Lodges
Lodge, to compofe a
to

fhall

each appoint one

experienc'd and difcreet Fellow-

Committee,

confifling of

one from every Lodge,

that

who

(hall

meet

receive,

in

convenient Apartment, every Perfon

brings a Ticket,

and

;; ;

(6?)
and
fhall

have
as
all

Power
they
the

to

difcourfe
fee

him,

if

they

think

lit,

in

order

to

admit
before

him,
they

or

debar him,
acquainted
that
fo

fliall

caufe

Provided they fend no

Man away
thereof,
to

have

Brethren

within

Doors with the Rcafons

debarr'd,

avoid

Miftakes
Pretender,

no

true

Brother

may

be

nor

falfc

Brother,

or
at

mere

admitted.
before

This Committee muft meet very early on St. John's

Day

the Place, even

any Perfons come with Tickets.

XXVI. The
be
Porters,
;

Grand- Master
Door-keepers,

fhall

appoint
to

two

or more
at

trtlOt^
Place,

BtCtljnn
for

to

or

who
at

are

alfo

be

early

the

fome

good

Reafons

and

who

are

to

be

the

Command

of the

Committee.

XXVII. The Grand-Wardens,

or

the
as

Stewards,
they

Ihall

appoint

beforehand

fuch

Number
and
they

of

Brethren
advile

to

ferve

at

Table

think

fit

and

proper for that

Work

may
if

with the Masters

or

and Wardens of Lodges about the moft proper

fuch by their
that

Perfons,
ferve

they

pleafe,

may

take

in

Recommendation
the

for

none are

to
free

that

Day, but free

and accepted Masons,

Communication may be

and harmonious.

XXVIII.
Dinner,

All

the

Members

of

the

Grand-Lodge
his

muft
at

be

at

the

Place
Ihall

long before
retire,

with

the

Grand-Master, or

Deputy,

their

Head, who

?nd

form themfelves.

And

this

is

done in order.

1.

To

receive

any Appeals duly lodg'd,

as

above

regulated,

that

the

Appellant may
;

be

heard,
it

and the Affair may be amicably decided before Dinner,

muft

if poflible

but
if
it

if

it

cannot,

be delay'd

till

after

the

new Grand-Master
and
to
referr'd

is

elefted;
a

and

can-

not be decided after Dinner,

that that
fhall

it

may be
make

delay'd,

to

particular Committee,

quietly

adjuft

it,

and

Report

the

next

(Quarterly Communication,

Brotherly-Love

may
any

be

preferv'd.

2.

To

prevent

Difference

or
to

Difguft
the

which may be

feared

to

arife

that

Day

that

no Interruption may be given

Harmony and
the

Pleafure of the

Grand
of
the

Feast.
Grand-

3.

To

confult

about

whatever concerns
I

Decency and

Decorum

Assembly,

(68
Assembly,
cuous.

)
ill

and

to

prevent

all

Indecency and

Manners, the Affembly being

promif-

4.

To

receive
fhall

and
be

confider

of

any good
the

Motion,

or

any momentous

and

important
the

Affair,
feveral

that

brought

from

particular. Lodges,

by

their

Reprefentatives,

Masters and Wardens.

After
are

XXIX.

thefe

things

difcufs'd,

the

(BxaXXb^Masta' and

his

Deputy,

the

Grand-Wardens, or
other

the

Stewards, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Clerks, and every

Perfon,

fhall

withdraw,
to

and

leave

the

Masters

and
a

Wardens

of

the

particular

Lodges alone, in order

tinuing
for

confult

amicably about
it

eledling

New
;

Grand-Master, or conif

the present, if they

have not done

the

Day

before
fhall

and
be
for

they are unanimous

in,

continuing
to

the the

present

Grand-Maftcr,

his

Worship
ruling

call'd

and

humbly
:

defir'd
after

do
it

Fraternity the
be

Honour

of

them
it

the
:

Year enfuing
it

And
be

Dinner

will

known whether he
itfelf.

accepts

of

or

not

For

fhould

not

difcover'd

but by

the

Eleftion

XXX. Then
cuoufly,

the

Masters
pleafe
at

and Wardens, and

fort

all

the

Brethren,
is

may

converfe
in,

promif^

or

as

they
his

to

together,

until

the

Dinner

coming

when

every

Brother

takes

Seat

Table.
Dinner the
the
are

XXXI. Some
but in
the

time

after

Grand-Lodge
who
yet
are

is

form'd,

not in
it,

Retirement,

Prefence

of

all

Brethren,
defir'd

not

Members of

and muft not

therefore

fpeak until

they

and allow'd.
of
to

XXXII.
Wardens

If
in

the

(5ta\Xb^MaBkr
before
for

lafl

Year has
for

confented with

the

Master

and

private,

Dinner,
that

continue

the

Year enfuing

then

one of the
his

Grand-Lodge,

deputed

purpofe,

shall

represent
to

to

all
in

the
the

Brethren

Worship's
Grand-Lodge,
nobly born,
the
if

good Government, &c.

And
do the
of

turning

him,

fhall,

Name

of the
(if

humbly
not)

requefl

him

to

Fraternity
continuing
his

the
their

great

Honour

the

great
his

Kindness

to

be

Grand-Master
or
a

for
as

Year enfuing.
pleafes,

And
faid

Worship

declaring

Confcnt

by

Bow

Speech,

he

the

deputed
all

Member
Members

of of

the the

Grand-Lodge
Lodge
4
fhall

fhall

proclaim
in

him

(^Xaxlb^MaBitV, and

the

falute

him

due Form.

And

(
And
all

69

)
have
leave
to

the

Brethren

fhall

for

few Minutes

declare

their

Satiffaftion,

Pleafure,

and Congratulation.

XXXIII. But
before

if

either

the

Master
before,

and

Wardens
the

have

not

in

private,

this

Day
in

Dinner,

nor

the

Day
;

defir'd

last
delir'd,

rCHtll'-inClBtfr to
has

continue

the Mastership another Year

or

if

he,

when

not

confented

Then,

The
if

LAST

Grand-Master
the

fhall

nominate

his

Succeflbr
if

for

the Year enfuing,

fhall

who,

unanimoufly approv'd

by the Grand-Lodge, and

there
as

prefent,

be

proclaim'd,

falutcd,
inftall'd

and congratulated

new

Cf$rcinlr'-ixlct0tcir
to

above

hinted,

and

immediately

by the last Grand-Master, according

Ufage.

XXXIV.
fhall

But

if that

Nomination

is

not unanimoufly approv'd,

the

new Grand-Mastbr.
writing
his

be

chofen
the

immediately

by Ballot, every Master

writing
firfl

and

Warden
too; or
fhall

Man's

Name, and

last

Grand-Master

his

Man's
out,

Name
cafually

and the Man, whofe

Name

the

last

Grand-Master
for

fhall

take

by

chance,

fhall

be

Grand-Master
and congratulated,
according
to
as

the

Year enfuing;
hinted,

and

if prefent,
inftall'd

he

be proclaim'd, faluted,
last Grand-Master,

above

and

forthwith

by the

Ufage.

XXXV. The

LAST

Grand-Master
fhall

thus

continued,

or
his

the

XltXO

Grandas

Master
either

thus
laft

inftall'd,

next

nominate
fhall

and
alfo

appoint
declar'd,

Deputy
and

Grand-Mafter,
congratulated

the

or

new

one,

who

be

faluted

above hinted.

The

ran^^iHasUr
approv'd
but

fliall

alfo

nominate

the

new
be

Grand-Wardens,
faluted,

and

if

unanimoufly
as

by
if

the
not,

Grand-Lodge,
they
fhall

fhall

declar'd,

and

congratulated,
as

above hinted;
:

be chofen by Ballot,

in
to

the

fame way
chofen

the

Grand-Master
in

As
if

the

Wardens of

private

Lodges

are
to

alfo

be

by Ballot

each Lodge,

the

Members

thereof do

not agree

their

Master's Nomination.

XXXVI.
his

But

if

the

Brother, whom
the

the
the

prefent

Grand-Master
fhall

fliall

nominate for
to

Successor,

or

whom

Majority

of

Grand-Lodge

happen

chufe

by

Ballot,

(7o)
Ballot,
is,

by

Sicknefs

or

other

neceflkry

Occalion,

abfent
unlefs

from
the

the

Grand-Feast,

he

cannot

be proclaim'd

the

New Grand-Master,
faid

old Grand-Master, or

fome of the Masters and Wardens of the @r(lUU''iC0O0| can vouch, upon the Honour
of
faid

Brother, that the

Office;
the
in

Pcrfon,
the

fo

nominated

or

chofen,

will
aft

readily
as

accept

of

the
fhall

which

cafe

old
in

(f^rttU^^illaster
his

fhall'

Proxy,
alfo

and

nominate
ufual

Deputy

and Wardens

Name, and

in

his

Name

receive

the

Honours, Homage,

and Congratulation

XXXVir. Then
Apprentice
for
to

the

ranlr^illastEr
diredling
his

fhall

allow
his

any

Brother,
;

Fellow-Craft,

or

fpeak,

Difcourfc
fhall

to

Worship

or

to

make any Motion

finifh'd,

the
elfe

good of the Fraternity, which

referr'd
to

be

either

immediately confider'd and

at

or

the

Confideration
that
is

of the Grand-Lodge
over,

their

next

Communication,

Hated or

occafional.

When

XXXVIII. The
him,
fhall

Grand-Master
all

or

his

Deputy, or fome
:

Brother appointed

by

harangue

the

Brethren, and

give
in

them good Advice

any Language,
the

And

laftly,

after

fome

other Tranfaftions,
or flay
longer,
as

that

cannot
pleafe.

be

written

Brethren

may go away

they

XXXIX.
make

Every Annual
or

Grand-Lodge
to
alter

has

an

inherent
real

Power and Authority

of
this

to

new Regulations,
:

thefe,

for

the

Benefit

ancient

Fra-

ternity
that

Provided

always

that

the

old

Land-Marks
be
propofed

be

carefully preserv'd, and

agreed
;

fuch

Alterations

and

new Regulations
preceding
the

and

to

at

the

third

Quarterly
offered
alfo

Communication
to

Annual

Grand

Feast
in

and
writing,
all

that

they

be
the

the
;

Perufal

of

all

the

Brethren

before

Dinner,

even
the

of

youngefl
prefent
after

Apprentice

the Approbation
neceffary
to

and Confent of the Majority of

the

Brethren

being abfolutely

make

fame
is

binding
inflall'd,

and obligatory
be
folemnly

which mufl,
defir'd;
as
it

Dinner,
defir'd

and

after

the
for

new Grand-Master
thefe

was

and
to

obtain'd

Regulations,

when

propos'd

by the

Grand-

Lodge,

about

150 Brethren,

on St. John Baptist's Day,

1721.

POST-

(70
POSTSCRIPT.
Here
follows
as

the

Manner
by
his

of

conftituting

Nctt)

Coigc,

pradis'd

Wharton,
A

Grace the Duke of the prefent Right Worshipful rattbof Masons.

conftituted

illaster, according to the ancient Ufages

^tVO oi}^Cf
the
for

avoiding

many

Irregularities,

fhould

be
or

folemnly
in

by

Grand-Master,

with
aft

his

Deputy and

Wardens;
Ihall

the

Grand-Master's

Abfence, the
to
affift

Deputy
or
in

fhall

for

his

Worship, and
is

chufe

fome Master of a Lodge

fhall
call

him;
a

cafe

the
as

Deputy

abfent,

the

Grand-Master

forth

fome

Master of

Lodge

to

aft

Deputy pro tempore.

The

Candidates,

or

the

new

Mafter
fhall

and
his

Wardens, being
if

yet

among

the

Fellow-

Craft, the
the

Grand-Master
Master
well
skill'd

ask

Deputy

he has cxamin'd them, and finds

Candidate
in

in

the

noble

Science

and the

royal Art, and duly

inftrufted

our Mysteries,

&c.

And
take

the

DEPtnrY anfwering in the affirmative, he

fhall

(by

the

Grand-Master's Order)
to

the

Candidate

from

among

his

Fellows,

and

prefent

him

the

Grand-Master

faying.

Right worshipful
and

Grand- Master,
I

the Brethren here

desire

to be form'd

into a new Lodge;

I

present this

my worthy

Brother to be their Mafter,

whom

know to

be

of good

Morals and

great Skill, true and trusty, and a Lover of

vKcinl).

the whole

Fraternity,

wheresoever dispers'd over the Face of the

Then

the

Grand-Master,
the

placing

the
all

Candidate on
Brethren,

his

left

Hand, having
;

ask'd

and obtain'd

unanimous Confent

of

the

fhall

fay

constitute

and
it,

FORM

these

good

Brethren

INTO A

ncw Lodge,

and

appoint you

the

Mafter of

NOT doubting of YOUR CAPACITY AND CaRE TO

&c. with
proper to

PRESERVE THE
ufual

Cement OF THE
on
that

LO

D G E,

fome

other

Expreffions

that

are

proper and

Occafion,

but

not

be written.

Upon

(
Upon
this

7^
the

)
the

the

Deputy

fhall

rehearfe

Charges of a Master, and

GrandMafters
thereunto,
inftall

Master
the

fhall

ask the Candidate,

?

faying.

Do you

submit to these Charges, as

his

HAVE done in all Ages

Cf^rCinll'-'inCtStfr

And
by
the

the

Candidate

fignifying

cordial

Submiflion

fhall,

certain

fignificant

Ceremonies
the

and ancient
the

Ufagcs,

him, of

and

prefent

him
all

with

Constitutions,
but

Lodge-Book, and
;

Instruments
them,
is

his

Office,

not

together,

one

after

another

and

after

each

of

the

Grand-Master, or
to

his

Deputy,

fhall

rehearfe

the fhort

and pithy Charge that

fuitable

the

thing

prefentcd.

After
fhall

this,

the

Members of

this

new Lodge, bowing

all

together to the

Grand-Master,

return
fignify

his

Worship Thanks, and immediately do

Promife
of
Subjeftion

their to

Homage
him by

to

their

new Master,
Congratu-

and

their

and Obedience

the

ufual

lation.

The Deputy and

Members
return
in
his

the

Grand-Wardens, and
fhall

any other Brethren prefent,

the

that

are

not
fhall
reft

of

this

new Lodge,

next
to

congratulate

new

Master
firft,

and
to

he
the

becoming Acknowledgments

the

Grand-Master

aj^d

their

Order.
the
his

Then
Exercife

Grand-Master
Office,

delires
his

the

new
:

Master

to

enter

immediately

upon

the
forth

of

in

chufing

Wardens
the
that

And

the

New Master
his

calhng

two Fellow-Craft, prefents them

to

Grand-Master
being granted.
or

for

Approbation, and to the

new Lodge

for

their

Confent.

And

The
the
fhall

SENIOR

or junior

Grand-Warden,
;

fome

Brother for him,

ask'd

fhall

rehearfe

Charges of Wardens
fignify

and the Candidates being folemnly

thereunto.
prefenting
in
their

by the new Master,

their

Submiffion

Upon which
Office,
that
fhall,

the

New Master,
Form,
fignify
inftall

them

with the

Instruments

of

their

in

due
fhall

them

proper Places;

and

the

Brethren
ufual

of

NEW Lodge

their

Obedience

to

the

new Wardens by

the

Con-

gratulation.

And
.

this

Lodge

being

thus

compleatly conftituted,
his

fhall

be

regifter'd

in

the

Grand-Master's Book, and by

Order

notify'd

to

the

other Lodges.

(73)

APPROBATION.
^%^l)erca0 by
the

Confufions

occafion'd

in

the

BaXOXl,

Oautslj,
the

and

53'orman
Mafons
of

^^^
lations

Wars, the Records

twice
firft

of

Masons
to

have
correft

been
their

much
the

vitiated,

Free

England
;

thought
in

it

neceflary

Constitutions,
0(1^011,

Charges, and Reguand long

the
after

the

Reign of King
IV".

Athelstan
OnUClU
falfe
'.

in

the

Reign of King
in

Edward
been
but

the

3a

And
Fafts
the

Whereas
and and
grofs

old Constitutions

England
falfe

have

much
even

interpolated,

mangled,

miferably

corrupted,
in

not

only

with

SpelHng,

with of

many
Time,

Errors

History
in to

and
the

Chronology,
dark
great
illiterate

through

Length
the

and
of

Ignorance

of

Transcribers,

Ages, of
all

before

Revival

Geometry and

ancient

Architecture,
the

the

Offence

the learned

and judicious Brethren, whereby

alfo

Ignorant have

been deceiv'd.

And
the

our

late

Worthy
Author
fcveral

JfCinu-'iuttStcr,
to

his

Grace
digeft,

the
into

Duke
a

of

Montagu,
better

having order'd the

perufe,

correft,

and

new and

Method,
has

History,

Charges,

and

Regulations,

of

the

ancient

Fraternity; He
from
feveral

accordingly

examin'd

Copies from Italy

in

and Scotland, and fundry Parts of Engerroneous)

land,

and

from thence,
he

(tho'

many

things

and

other

ancient

Records of Masons,
(lII)argC0
to

has

drawn forth the above-written new Constitutions, with the

and General HcgulatloUS.

And

the

Author

having

fubmitted

the

whole

the

Perufal

and Corredions of the late and present

Deputy

Grand- Masters, and

particular

of other
at

learned

Brethren
the

and

alfo

of the Masters

and Wardens of

Lodges

their

Quarterly Communication:
himfelf,
;

He
of

did regularly deliver them to the late

GrandCorredlion,

Master
to

faid

Duke

Montagu,
the

for
feveral

his

Examination,

and Approbation
be
the

and His Grace, by the Advice of

Lodges,

Brethren, order'd the fame

ready

handfomely printed for the ufe of

Prefs

though they were not quite

for

during

his

Mastership.
the

Therefore
the

Wc,

present

Grand-Master

of

the

Right Worfliipful

and

moft ancient Fraternity of Free and

Accepted Masons, the

Deputy

Grand-Master,

Grand-Wardens, the Masters and Wardens of particular Lodges (with the Confcnt of the Brethren and Fellows in and about the Cities of London and Westmin-

ster)
folcmn
all

having

alfo

perufed
thereof,

this

Performance,

Do
being
the

join
will

our laudable
fully

Prcdcceffors

in

our

Approbation
valuable

as
tlie

what
old

We

believe

anfwer
the

the

End propofcd
in

the

Things

of
the

Records

retain'd,

Errors

History and
and the whole

Chronology
digefted
in

correfted,

falfe

Fads and

improper Words omitted,

new and

better

Method.

And

(74)
And we
as

ordain

That
of

thefe

bs

receiv'd in

every particular Lodge under

our Cognizance,
us,

the
at

Only Constitutions
the

of
or

Free and Accepted Masons amongft

to

be

read
the

maicing

new Brethren,
perufe

when
are

the

Master

flaall

think

fit ;

and which

new Brethren

fhould

before

they

made.

Philip Duke
J

of

Wharton

^raub-ittaster,
.

T.

Desaguliers

L. L. D. and F

Deputy
3f05l)ua

Grand-Master.
)

aim0on
/^

VviMf
And
I.

uiuhatn i5atmn0)
the

^ Grand- Wardens.
particular

Masters and Wardens of

sen.

Lodges,
Earl of

viz.

Thomas Morris,
*.

Matter.

XI.

Francis

Dalkeith
) ,jj-

Mafter

John Bristow
a Abraham Abbot

) ^y,
?

vv ardens.

Capt. Andrew Robinson ^ f rr> T Col. Thomas Inwood

XII.
r>

} )

Wardens.
S.

II.

Richard Hail
Philip Wolverston
X TN John Doyer }
{

Mafter.
-.-rr

John B e a l M.

D. and F. R.
;

Mafter.

Wardens.
Mafter.

Edward Pawlet Efq

Charles T\>T More T?r hlq;
XIII.
i

) ,y, ?

Wardens.
jun.

III.

John Turner
} ttt } )

Thomas Morris
i>

Mafter.

Anthony Sayer
llDWARD r> Cale
T7

Wardens.
Mafter.

o John Clark

Joseph Ridler

ixr

>

Wardens.

IV. Mr.

George Payne
) txt} )

Stephen Hall M. D. ^ c. rRANCIS bORELL -nr ; Elq

Wardens.
Mafter

V. Mr.
-M

Math. Birkhead
)
J"

XIV. Thomas Robbe Esq ; Mafter. Thomas Grave ) -rrr T, T I Wardens. Bray Lane XV. Mr. John Shepherd Mafter.
*)

Francis Baily
A Nicholas Abraham

xyr

Wardens.
Mafter.

John Senex T T> John Bucler

} -.jj

c )

Wardens.
Esq
;

VL William Read
John Glover ry Robert r> Cordell
VII.
)

XVI.

John Georges

Mafter.

,,r,

}
)

Wardens.
Mafter.

Robert Gray Efq Charles Grymes Efq;

Wardens.
Mafter.

Henry Branson
^

XVII. James Anderson A. M.

Henry Lug iND John Townshen

VIII.

Wardens.
Mafter.
) ,xr

The :3lutI)or of THIS Dook. GwiNN Vaughan Efq } ,xr Wardens. \TT r^ cT Walter Greenwood Llq; )
;
5-

Jonathan Sisson T c John Shipton

IX.

} )

Wardens.

XVm. Thomas Harbin

Mafter.

Mafter.

G E o R G E Owen
)

M. D.

William Attley T c John Saxon

) ,Tr
(

Wardens.
Mafter.

Eman Bowen
John Heath
X.

Wardens.
Mafter.

XIX.

Robert C a pell
)

Isaac Mansfield

,xr

William Ely

W^-^^^^-^s-

John Lubton Richard Smith

Wardens.

XX.

John Gorman

Mafter.

Charles Garey

Edward Morphey

Wardens.

;;

; :

(75)
THE

M
To
be

T E R's
OR,

THE

SONG:
leave,

History
By
fung with
a

of
together,
as

MASONRY.
either

Chorus, when
or
all

the ^utl)or. the Master fhall give

he
pleafes.

one Part only,

PART
I.

I.
IV.
the
gen'ral

A -^^

DAM,

the

firll

of humane Kind,

So from

Deluge none

Created with
his

Geometry
Progeny
then improv'd
the

Imprinted on
Inllrudled

Royal Mind,
his

Were fav'd, but Masons and their Wives; And all Mankind from them alone
Defcending,

foon

Architecture
and

thrives

Cain
The

and

Seth, who
Science in

For they, when multiply'd amain.

Fit
to

lib'ral

Art
lov'd.

difperfe

fill

the

Earth,
Plain

Of Architecture, which And to their Offspring

II.

they
did

In

impart.

Shin A r's large and To Masonry gave

V.

lovely

fccond Birth.

Cain
Firfl

City

fair

and ftrong
it

built,

and

call'd

Consecrate,
eldeft

For moft of Mankind were employ'd. To build the City and the Tow'r

From Enoch's Name, Which all his Race

But GODLY

his

Son,

The Gen'ral Lodge was

'Till

overjoy'd.

did imitate

In fach Effedls of Masons Pow'r;

vain

Enoch,
rais'd

of Seth's Loins,
with mighty
Skill

Ambition did provoke

to

Two
And
all

Columns
his

Their Maker

confound their Plot;

they
forgot.

Family enjoins
to
fulliil.

Yet tho' with Tongues confus'd

fpoke.

True Colonading

The

learned

Art

they

ne'er

III.

l)orti0.

Our Father A Mason

Noah
too
that

next appear'd,
taught

Who
Or

can unfold
fing
its

the

Royal Art?
in

divinely

Secrets
kept in

Song

And by The Ark,

'Twas
built

divine

Command
held
a true

uprear'd

They're

fafely

Mason's

Heart,

goodly

Fraught

And

to

the

ancient Lodge belong.

by

Geometry,
fine

Piece

of Architecture
his

Helpt by

Sons,

in

number

Three,

[Stop

here

to

drink

the

prcfent

Grand-

Concurring in the grand Design.

Master's Health.

PART

'%

; ;

; ;

(76)

PART
I.

II.
thefe

And when

valiant

Masons
Phenicians

fill'd

THUS
In
All

when from
to

Babel
diftant

they

difperfe

Canaan,

the

learn'd

knew

Colonies

Climes,
rehearfe

The

Tribes of Isra'l better

skill'd

Masons true, who could

to

In Architecture firm and

true.

Their "Works

thofe

of
his

after

Times;
For

V.

King

MR

o D fortify'd

Realm,
fair:

D agon's
propt

Houfe
by

in

Gaza Town,
two
;

By

Caftles,

Towr's,
rul'd

and
at

Cities

Artfully

Columns
pull'd
it

Mitzra'm, who
Built

Egypt's

Helm,

By Samson's mighty Arms

down
flew

Pyramids ilupendous
11.

there.

On
Tho'

Lords Philistian,
'twas

whom

the

fineft

Fabrick

rais'd

Nor

J A p

E T,

and

his

gallant

Breed,

By Canaan's

Sons,

could not

compare

Did

lefs

in

Masonry
thofe

prevail

With
fucceed

the

Creator's

Temple

prais'd.
fair.

Nor Shem, and

that

did

For glorious Strength and Strufture VI.

But here we ftop a while
to
toaft

To

promis'd

Bleffings

by Entail;

For Father

Abram brought from Ur

the

Geometry,

Science

good

Our Master's Health and Wardens both;

Which he

reveal'd,

without demur.

And warn you

all

to

fliun

the

Coaft

To

all

defcending

from
III.

his

Blood.

Of

Samson's

Shipwrackt
to

Fame and Troth

difclos'd.

His Secrets once

length

Wife
fled,

Nay Jacob's Race

at

were taught.

His Streng'th was

his

Courage tam'd.

To lay afide the Shepherd's Crook, To ufe Geometry were brought,

Whilft under Phar'oh's
'Till

To cruel Foes he And never was

was expos'd.
a

Mason

nam'd.

cruel

Yoke
rofe.

Moses
led the
,

Master-Mason

l)ortt0.

And
All

Holy Lodge
to

from thence.
he chofe.

Who
Or

can unfold
flng
its

the

Royal Art
in

Masons

train'd,

whom

Secrets
kept
in

Song

His curious Learning to difpenfe.

They're

fafely

Mason's

Heart,

And
IV.

to

the

ancient Lodge belong.

Aholiab
Infpired

and

Bezaleel,
the

Men,

Tent
Skill

uprear'd
to

[Stop

here

to

drink

the

Health
this

of

the

Where

the

Shechinah chofe

dwell,

Master and Wardens of

Lodge.

particular

And Geometrick

appear'd

PART

;; ;

77

)
III.
wife

PART
I.

Where
ancient

Vitruvius, Master prime

the

TTTTE

fing

of

Masons

Fame,

Of

Architects,

Art

improv'd.

When
Under
the

FOURSCORE Thousand (HfClftS^ In Great Augustus' peaceful

Time,

(men
Masters of
great
six

flood.

When Arts

and Artists were belov'd.

Name,
Hundred good,
Sire,

V.

Three Thousand and

Employ'd by

Solomon
was in
built

They brought

the

Knowledge from
the the

the

East

the

And
They

as

they
it

made
thro'

Nations yield.

And Gen'ral Master-Mason

As

too
fpread

North and West,

the

Hiram
Like

ftately

Tyre,

And

taught the

World

Art to

build;

Salem

by Masons true.
II.

Witnefs their

Citadels and Tow'rs,

their

To
divine.

fortify

Legions

fine.

The Royal Art was

then

Their Temples, Palaces,

and Bow'rs,

The Craftsmen The Temple The

Came
did

counfell'd
all

from above.
outfhine.
all

That fpoke

the

Mafons

Grand Design.

Works
did

vl
Thus mighty Eastern Kings, and fome

wond'ring World

approve

Ingenious

Men, from every

to

Place,

Of
;

Abram's Race, and Monarchs good.

Syria,

furvey

the

glorious

Pile
trace.

Of Egypt,

Greece,

and Rome,

And, when

return'd,
'its

began to
Style.

True Architecture underflood

And

imitate

lofty

III.

No wonder then if Masons join. To celebrate thofe Mason-Kings,

to

At

length

the

Grecians came
learnt

know

With folemn Note and

flowing

Wine,
fings.

Geometry, and

the

Art,

Whilft ev'ry Brother jointly

Which

great

Pythagoras did fhow.

Euclid did impart
too.

And

glorious

Th' amazing Archimedes

Who
good
review

can unfold
its

the

Royal Art?
in

And many
'Till

other

Scholars

Or fmg
They're

Secrets
kept
in

Song?

ancient

Romans
Science

did

fafely

Mason's

Heart,

The Art, and

underftood.

And

to

the

ancient Lodge belong.

IV.
But when proud Asia they had
quell'd.

[Stop here to drink to the glorious

Memory
Nobles,
Scholars,

And Greece and Egypt overcome.

In Architecture they exccU'd,

of

Emperors,

Kings,

Princes,

Gentry,
to

Clergy,

and

learned
the

And

brought

the

Learning

all

Rome;

that

ever

propagated

Art.

PART

(78)

PART
I.

IV.
as

By Kings,
for

iHaStttS of

the

Lodge,

/^ H
^^^

glorious
all

Days

Masons

wife,

By many

wealthy ' noble jPtCr,

jPtTlCSt and

O'er

the

Roman Empire when

to

By Lord and Laird, by

By
all

Judge,

Their Fame, refounding

Proclaim'd them good

the

Skies,

the

People

every

where.

and

ufeful

Men;
V.
So Mafons ancient Records
tell.

For many Ages thus employ'd.

Until
the

CSotl}S,

with warlike Rage,

deftroy'd
a

King ^tl)cl0tan, of Saxon Blood,

And brutal Ignorance, The Toil of many

learned

Age.

Gave them

Charter

free

to

dwell

In Lofty Lodge,
ir.

with Orders good.

his

Drawn from
Prince

old

Writings by

Son,
bright.

But when the conqu'ring Otl)0 were brought

Edwin,
at

General-Master
the

T'embrace the Christian Faith, they found

Who

met
to

York

Brethren
all

foon.

The
In

Folly
lofs

that

their

Fathers

wrought.

And

that

Lodge did
VI.

recite.

of Architecture
their

found.

At

length

Zeal for stately

Fanes,
at

Thence were
In
ev'ry

their

Laws and Charges

fine

And
Their

wealthy

Grandeur,
their

when

Peace,

Reign obferv'd with Care,

JBanisI),

Made them

exert

utmoft

Pains,
to
upraife.

Of

0ajroti,

23'ormatt Line,
united

^Otljick

BttilbiligS

Till

British

Crowns
Firft

were

m.
Thus many
a

The Monarch

of

this

whole Isle

fumptuous lofty
in

Pile

Was

learned

James,

Mason King,
the
Style
fing.

Was

rais'd

every
to

Christian Land,

Who

First of Kings

reviv'd

Tho' not conform

Yet which did

Roman Style,
command
ftill.

Of Great Augustus:

Therefore

Reverence
(Jlraft

The

King

and

agreeing
to

Cl)orti0.

In well-form'd Lodges

fupply
Skill

Who
Or

can unfold
fing
its

the

Royal Art?
in a

The

mournful
their

Want
new

of

Roman

Secrets
kept in

Song?

With

fort

of Masonry.

They're

fafely

Mason's

Heart,

IV.

And

to

the

ancient Lodge belong.

For many Ages

Their

this
is

prevails.

Work

Architecture dccm'd
Ireland,
are

[Stop here to drink to the happy

Memory
Au-

In England,

Scotland,
highly

Wales,

of

all

the

Revivers of the ancient

The Craftsmen

efteem'd.

gustan Style.

PART

(79)

PART
1.

V.
IV.
boall
at
will.

^Tp H U
*

tho'

in

Italy the Art

Httbbisl)
firft

Let other Nations

From

^Otljick

was

Great Britain now

For
In
true

will

yield

to

none.

(rais'd

Geometry and

Skill,

And Great Palladio

did

impart
prais'd:

building

Timber, Brick, and Stone

fort.

A
Vet

Style

by Masons
his

juftly

For Architecture of each For CURIOUS

here

mighty Rival Jones,

Architefts
glorious

Lodges,
the

where we
refort.

find

Of
As

British

the

Prime,
Stones,

The Noble and And

Wise

Did build fuch

ne'er

Heaps of

drink with Craftsmen true and kind.

were match'd fmce Cesar's Time.

V.
II.

Then
a

let
fill

good Brethren
their

all

rejoice.

King

Charles
feveral

the

First,

Mason

too.

And
The

Glafs

with chearful Heart;

With

Peers
his

and wealthy Men,

Let them exprefs with grateful Voice

Praifes

Employ'd him and

'Till

Craftsmen

true,

of the

wond'rous

Art:
round.

wretched Civil

Wars

began.
reftor'd,
laid.

Let ev'ry Brother's

Health go

But

after

Peace and

Crown
in

Not Fool

or Knave, but

Mason true;
refound.

Tho'

London

was

Alhes

And

let

our Master's of

Fame

By Masons Art and good Accord,

The NOBLE Duke

Montagu.

finer

London

rear'd

its

Head.

m.
King

Charles
fineft

Who
raifed

can unfold the

fing
its

Royal Art?
in

the

Second

then

The
Founded

Column upon
Paul's,
that

Or

Secrets
kept
in

Song?

Earth,

They're
St.
(lately

fafely

Mason's

Heart,

Fane,

And Royal Change,

Great
bright

And

to

the

ancient Lodge belong.

with Joy and Mirth

fail'd.

But afterwards the Lodges

Till

Nassau
Example
fmce the
fo

the

Tall reviv'd,

Whofe
That

prevail'd.

ever

Art

has

thriv'd.

; ;

8o

A R D E N's
OR,
C O

SONG: ANOTHER
M
P

THE

History of MASONRY.
O S'D
Since the moft noble Prince

Philip Duke of

Wharton

was chofen

Grand-Master.
the 3.Utl)0r.
at

By
To
be fung and play'd
I.

the

Quarterly Communication.
III.

T T T HEN
And
In

e'er

we

are

alone.

But

tho'

their

Tongues confus'd
they us'd.

ev'ry

Stranger gone.

In diftant Climes

Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring,

play,

They

brought from Shinar Orders good.

the

Begin to

begin

to

fing.

To

rear

Art
firft

they

underftood
Ifles

The Mighty Genius

In ev'ry Age

of the lofty Lodge,

Therefore fmg

the

Princes of the

Next
(Judge,

Belus
fixt

Great,
Seat
ftately

That did engage

Who
In
old

his

And

well infpir'd the Prince, the Priest, the

Assyria,

building

Piles;

The

Noble

and the Wise

to

join

And Mitzraim's
The
other
Subjefts

Pyramids among
of our Song.

In rearing Masons

Grand Design.
II.

IV.

The Grand Design to rear. Was ever Masons Care,

From

And Shem, who

The
Flood,
Into
the
ufeful

did

inftil

wond'rous Skill
great:
relate

Adam

down

before

the

Minds of Nations
next,

Whofe Art

old

Noah
their

underftood.

And Abram
Ham, Th' Assyrian

who

did

And

did impart to Japhet, Shem, and

Learning to

his Sons, that

when

Who
To

taught

Race

In Egypt's

Land,

build

apace

By Pharaoh's Hand,
and Tow'r,
until
it

Proud Babel*s

Town

came Were roughly taught

Till
their

to

be moft

skilful

Men
rofe.

To

be admir'd too much,

and then

Grand-Master
deliver'd
i

Moses
their

Difperfed

were the Sons of Men.

And them

from

Foes.

V.

(8i)
V.
But
VIII.
his

who can
did
his

ling

Praifc,
?

Diana's

Temple
Asia

next.

Who
Then

the

Tent

upraife
true

In Lesser
Steel,

fixt

fing

Workmen
;

as

Aholiab and Bezaleel

Sing

And Babylon's proud Walls, the Of Nebuchadnezar the Great;

The Tomb
of

Scat

Tyre and Sydon, and Phenecians

But Samson's Blot
Is

old.

Mausolus,
a
Pile

the

Carian King;

With many

ne'er

forgot

Of
In
at
laft

lofty

Style

He

blabb'd his Secrets to his Wife, that fold

pull'd

Africa
In

and Greater

Asia,

fing.

Her Husband, who

down

Greece, in Sicily,
thofe

and Rome,
overcome.

The Houle on

all

in

Gaza Town.

That had

Natitns

VI.
But Solomon the King

IX.

Then fmg Augustus

fing.

too.
true.
refine

With folemn Note we

The Gen'ral Master

Who

rear'd

at

length

the

Grand Design,
divine

Who
And

by ViTRUvius did
Iprcad the

By Wealth, and Pow'r, and Art

Helpt by the learned

Masons

Grand Design
till

Hiram
good.

Tyrian Prince, Thro*

North and West;

ancient Bri-

By Craftsmen
That underftood

The Royal Art

In
ev'ry
Part,

(tons

chofe

Wife Hiram Abif's charming Influence

And Roman
Until
the

Architedlure

could

difclofc;

He

aided

Jewish

Masters

bright,
recite.

BaXOWSS
the
Skill

warlike

Rage

Whofe

curious

Works none can

Deftroy'd

of

many an Age.

VII.

X.

Thefe glorious Mason Kings

At

length

the
in

<^Otljifk
Ifle,

jSt^k

Each thankful Brother

lings.

Prevail'd

Britain's

Who
And
The

to to

its

Zenith

rais'd

the

Art,

all

Nations did impart

:

When Masons Grand Design reviv'd. And in their well form'd Lodges thriv'd,
fine.

ufeful

Skill

For from the Temple

Land,
Strand,

Tho' not
Yet

as

formerly
the

in

Roman Days:

To
And

ev'ry

fing

Fanes
jDanCflf,
(the

foreign

(Design;

Of Faxons,
Scots,
tUfld),

Praifc
firfl

The Craftsmen

march'd, and taught the

Grand Of

Jrisl);

but

fing

Of which
And

the

Kings,

with mighty Peers,

Of Athelstan
Our Master of

and

Edwin
Influence.

Prince,

learned Men,

were Ovefecrs.

great

XI.

82

)
XIII.

XL
And
The
Till

eke

the

23'orman

Kinga

From

henceforth

ever

fing

British
Style

Mason

fmgsj
there.

The Craftsman and

the

King,

Roman
British

revived

With Poetry and Musick

Refound
rais'd

fwcet

And

Crowns
a

united

were

their

Harmony
in

compleat

In learned

James,

Mason King, who

And

with

Geometry

skilful

Hand,

Fine Heaps

of Stones

Due Homage

pay.

By Inigo
That
rival'd

Jones,

wife

Palladio,

juftly

prais'd

In Italy,

and Britain

too.
true.

Without Delay, (Grand: To Wharton's noble Duke our Master He rules the Free-born Sons of Art,

For Architefture fism and

XII.

By Love and

Friendfhip,

Hand and

Heart.

CHORUS.
Reign

And

thence

in

ev'ry

Who
In

can rehearfe the

Poctick

Praifc,

Did Masonry

obtain

foft

Lays,

With Kings,
Whofe Fame
Excites
the

the

Noble and
to

the

Wife,

Or

folid

Profe,

of

Masons

true,

refounding

the

Skies,

Whofe Art

tranfcends the
to

common View?

prefent

Age

in

Lodge

to

join.

Their Secrets, ne'er

Preferv'd
fhall

Strangers yet expos'd,

And Aprons wear

With
Skill

be

and Care,
ancient

By Masons Free,
to

To

raife

the
to

Masons
revive

And
In

th'

Grand Design, And only Augustan Style Becaufe

glorious

the

ancient Lodge
kept
the
in

difclos'd;

they're

Masons

Heart

many an

artful

Pile.

By Brethren of

Royal Art,

To

fill

up

this

Page,
viz.

it

is

thought

not

amifs

to

infert

here

Paragraph from an

old

Record of Masons,

The Company
a

of Masons,

being

otherwife

termed

Free Mafrequent
this

sons, of
diverfe

auncient Staunding and good Reckonning,

by means of
fhowld
ufe
1

affable

and kind Meetings

did

Tymes,

and
in

as

loving

Brotherhood

to

doe,

MUTUAL Assembly
Reign.
of the

the

Tyme

of King

Henry
a

V.

the

2th Year of his moft gracious

the

And
is

the

faid

Record defcribing
of
the

Coat of Arms, much

Mafons,
it
is

fame with
that

That
faid

London Company
defcended

of Freemen

generally believ'd
in

the

Company
was

ancient

Fraternity;
he

and

that
in

former Times

no

Man
and
have

made

Free of that
as

Company
ncceffary

until

was

inftall'd

fome

Lodge of Free
Praftice

Accepted Masons,
noble

Qualification.
in

But

that

laudable

feems
that

to

been long in DifTuetude.

The

Brethren

foreign

Parts

have

alfo

difcovcr'd

feveral

and ancient Societies and Orders of

from
the

Men
of

have derived their Charges and Reguthe

the

lations

Free

Masons,
all

(which are

now

moft
faid

ancient

Order upon Earth)

and
worfhipful

and

perhaps

were
this

originally
will

Members

too

ancient

Fra-

ternity.

But

more

fully

appear in due

time.

(83)
THE

FELLOW-CRAFTS SONG:
By our Brother
To
I.

Charles Delafaye
and Play'd
at

Esg

be Sung

the

(5vanii^Sta5t
IV.

H
Thy

AIL Masonry!
doft
all

thou Craft divine

Enfigns

of State,

that

feed

our Pride,

Glory of Earth, from Heav'n reveal'd;

with Jewels precious fhine.
but

Diftinftions

troublefome,
true

and vain
alide

Which
From

By Masons

are

laid

Masons Eyes
(Eljortis.

conceal'd.

Art's free-born Sons

fuch

Toys

difdain;

1)0X1X5.
rehearfe

Praifes

due

who
or

can

Ennobled by the
?

Name

they

bear,

In nervous Profe,

flowing
II.

Verfe

Diftinguifht

by the

Badge
V.

they

wear.

As Men from

Brutes

diftinguifht

are,

Sweet Fellowfhip,
Friendly
rare

from Envy free:

A
But

Mason
in
his

other

Men

excels;

Converfe of Brotherhood;
lafting

For what's
in

Knowledge choice and

Breaft
fecurely

The

Lodge's
has

Cement be!

dwells?

Which

for

Ages firmly ftood.

i)orti0.

His

filent

Breast and
Secrets

faithful

Heart

Lodge, thus
lafted,

tuilt, will

for

Ages paft
lafl.

Preferve

the

of the

Art.

Has

and

ever

III.

VI.

From

fcorching

Heat,

and piercing Cold

Then

in

our Songs

be Juftice

done

From
From

Beafts, whofe Roar the Foreft rends;

To
And

thofe

who

have enrich'd the

to

Art,

the

Aflaults

of Warriours bold
defends.

From SabCll down

let

Burlington,

The Mafons Art Mankind

(!II)ortis.

each Brother bear a Part.

(Eljorits. paid.

Be

to

this

Art due Honour

receives

Let noble Masons Healths go round;

Aid.

From which Majikind

fuch

Their

Praife

in

lofty

Lodge rcfound.

(84)
THE
Enter'd

'PRENTICES SONG.
By our
late

BROTHER
deceased.
over,

Mr.
To

Matthew Birkhead,
when
all

be fung

grave Business

is

and with

THE
I.

Master's

Leave.
IV.

/^ O M E let us We Brothers
Let's

prepare.
that arc

Great Kings, Dukes,

and Lords,

Have

laid

by

their

Svv'ords,

Aflembled on merry Occafion;

drink,

Our Myst'ry
ling

to

put a good

Grace on.

laugh,

and

And

ne'er

been afham'd

Our Wine
Here's
a

has

Spring

To

hear themfelves

nam'd

Health to an Accepted

Mason.

With

Free and an Accepted

Mason.

n.

V.
in

The World
Our Secrets

is

pain

Antiquity's

Pride
fide.

to

gain.

We
And
it

have on our

And

ftill

let

them wonder and gaze on;

ne'er

maketh
There's

Men

juft

in

their

Station

They

can divine
or
the

nought but what's good

The Word

Sign

To
By
a

be underftood

Of

Free and an Accepted

Mason.

Free and an Accepted

Mason.

III.

VI.
'tis

'Tis

This,

and

That,

Then

join

Hand

in

Hand,

They

cannot

tell

What,

T'cach other firm

ftand.

Why

fo

many

Great Men
themfelves

of the Nation Let's be merry,

and put a bright Face

can
boafl

on.

Should Aprons put on.

What Mortal
So

To make
With
a

one

Noble

Toast,

Free and an Accepted

Mason.

As

Free and an Accepted

..

Mason?

85

One

Verfe of the Third Part of the Mafter's Song, with the Chorus, fet to Mufic, by a Brother.

-4

fE^
HUS
-&mighty
Eafrern

G-

f=zjt
:t=

'G-

Kings, and

fome

of

^m

-^

^EE
<5>-

Abram's

^:

=j=i=i?zi:#

3^?
Of

j^
Egypt,

-^--i^-hff'
Syria,

Race, and Monarchs good.

Greece, and

Rome,

W^^^^^^^^^^
fm.
True Archi
-

'Ml
underftood.

a 3=^
No
wonder then
if

^
Mafcns join

tccture

To

m
ii (m

1^9

-i

r-

^ 5 at^
-1^-J

-G-

3
\

-^

-G-"^--1

G-^
ce-le-brate thofe

"--^i^zititte

Mafon-Kings, With folemn Note and flow

--

W^
- ing

-G-

Wine,
i**-

Whilft

0- -^

SEB3

^->H-

fM^^^EI

fffi=^

r\=j:

3^
ev*-ry

!?- \y

Bro

thcr joint

fings.

^^
?

^
(86)
0-^
^-0

CHORUS.

^
L-^

f-

seS; t
can

~u
'\h

Who

un

fold

the

Roy

^
can

^-0

|E^;gEFBEESEE^
the

^^
al

Art?
-0.'

or

fi-

-ng

Its

^
or

'^-0-

-^^^

f=f:
-ng
Its

Who

un

fold

Roy

al

Art?

fi-

^Se

-f2-

:^-^-

t
They're

t^fafely

E
kept
in

crets

in

Song?

Mafons

-0
"^

V-

Vrin

*:
a

S^
kept
in

Se

crets

Song?

They're

fafely

Ma fons
/W

^^^=
-r
Is

Pf^ E^-= fM"

# FP=fl^

-r-^hHeart,

te
And
to

^^>
ancient

==]:
be

the

Lodge

p
i

long.

Heart,

S -^ ^=^iF--F, r
ttzfi
to

>fi-

-<9-

And

the

ancient

Lodge

be

long.

-6^

87

The

laft

fet

Verfe of the Wardens Song, with the Chorus, to Mufic, by a Brother.

=*:

V^
King,

j^^^^g
and Mufick
fwcct

^fpit

With

Poe try
^0-f^

Refound

their

Har-mo-ny

t
^"
_^
)

S
=ft2-

*S
r
-h-t!p
t:

i -^-i-^^^
pleat
j

Refound

their

Har

mo--ny

com

And

with

Gc--o me try

-42-

-^-f

&-^

o-^

SeEeE

tf

:p:
in

^EEp^r^p^zE^^:^
skil ful

1=
^^

Hand,
|-^-

Due

Homage

Pay,

Without

De lay.

'^g-

E^
LJ^^ie Slower.

-f-

EEt

#=FE
Faster.

t
F=^
-tf~

-<9

a
To
Wharton's

no blc

Duke our

6^-^
Grand

Ma~ftcr

He

rules

the

^^^^

^ffl

88

:^:

-^Free born Sons of

Art,

By Love

and

Friendfliip,

by

Love

and

-5)-

^i=^

P~r

w=iby

n
Love and

-f-

-G-

i
i

Friendfhip,

Fricndlhip,

Hand
0-f-

and

Heart.

^
CHORUS.

9~^

-1--

^^^^=^
Who
can
re

P^^i

hcarfe the Praifc, In

foft

jvz:j^

^j^^N ^ ^ESyEEi^
Lays,

Po

tick

Or

Mm^ I
iil^

^-

EfeEl 5=
can
re

=5F=P^foft

F#

v~^
Po
e
tick

:t:

Who

hearfe

the Praife, In

Lays,

Or

I^
t-

=t

=-^^=^
fo lid
Profe,

h-

j^EE^^^^^tig^^g
true,

of

Mafons

Whofe Art

tranfccnds

the

common View ?

?^:

-^
^fo lid
Profe,

-r

+j

H^^r=?c K
the

of

Mafons

true,

Whofe Art

tranfccnds

common View

:r#

^EEfP

89

CHORUS.

*
Their
Secrets,

^feg=^*=i'= V h/
ne'er
to

^^~r~?~g
expos'd,

Strangers

yet

Preferv'd

Ihall

m.
^:
f
I:

t
Their
Se

9-

t
ne

V
ver
yet

t
expos'd,

t
Preferv'd
fhall

crets,

r^
:ii=

tk

f2

fe -f-^
be

13
Preferv'd
fhall

#
be,

";

by

Mafons

Free,

And

on

ly

^^
t

^^be

-^-

f
Free,

7 r
-f
by

by

Mafons

Mafons

Free,

i
t
I:

<.^
e

tzitt

g^
Be

'

f
to
the

:
ancient

Lodge

difclos'd;

caufc

they're

'

m^^^^^^^
?
and
to

^=t
difclos'd;

^
caufe
they're

the

ancient

Lodge

Be

kept

in

^^=^^=^=^EEE^^^
?

-^

(9o)
:l

1^
kept
in

=^Heart

Mafon's

Heart,

bccaufc

they're

kept

in

Mafon's

by

-^Ma fon's

^ ^ ^=^
they're

^
kept

Heart,

bccaufe

by

i
i^=^ S
Brethren

of

the

Roy-al

ART.

-^

f
Brethren

^-r^g:
of
the

i
ART.

Roy-al

m f
7#

-^

The Tune

of the Enter'd Prentice's Song, Compos'd by its Author, Mr. Birkhead, Deceas'd.
#
let

ife

i
Come

^^#
fprepare

0ft

J
0-

^
gether

us

we

Brothers

that

are

met

to

on

i ^

^-#^
merry

-(2-fS-^^0.

t^0
Drink Laugh and
Sing,

^
Wine
has
a

Oc

ca-fion.

Let's

our

^^^^m^^s
Spring,
'tis

Health to

an

Accepted

MASON.

91

The Mulick

of

the

Fellow- Crafts
to

Song,

containing feveral

Sheets,

being

too

much

to

be herewith printed, the Lodge,

will

which the Authors of the Song and Mufick belong,

aiFord

it

in

Manufcript to any other Lodge, when defired.

London,
A

this

ijth Day of January,

lyzf.

the

Quarterly Communication, This Book, which was

undertaken
late

at

the

Com-

mand of His

Grace
Print,

the

Duke

of

M o n t a g u,
the

our

rttull iHastcr,

having been regularly

approved in Manufcript by

Grand Lodge,
for

was

this

Day

produced

here

in
to

and

approved

by the

Society:
it

Wherefore we do

hereby

Order the fame

be Publilhed,

and recommend

the

Ufe of the Lodges.

Philip Duke

of

Wharton,

(^VautJ

iHttSter.

I.

T. Desaguliers Deputy

<Sf>xar{tf

iHastcr.

FINIS.

Analytical

Indexes

ANDERSON'S CONSTITUTIONS
PREPARED BY

ALBERT

G.

MACKEY,

M. D.

I.

INDEX TO THE HISTORICAL PART.

A.
PAGX

Abraham

learned Geometry and the kindred Arts in

.
.

Ur
.

of the Chaldees, and

,
.

transmitted them to his sons,

.7
upon
,

Adam
"

had the principles of Geometry and the

his heart,
. .

liberal Sciences impressed

,
.

taught his sons Geometry, and

its use,

African nations conjectured to have imitated the Egyptians in Masonry, Aholiab with Bezaleel erected the Tabernacle,

Anne, Queen of England, encouraged Architecture, Archimedes, a prodigious Geometrician in Sicily,

.

....
. . .
.

.2
.

24 8

.24
.

.43

Architecture flourished in the reign of William

III.,

.42

Ark

of

Noah was

fabricated
. .

by Geometry and according

. .

Masonry,

...
.
.

to the rules of
.

.3
.82
.
.

Arms
"
"

of Freemasonry in the reign of

Henry

V.,

Athelstane, King of England, encouraged Masons from France,

improved the Constitutions of the English Lodges, increased the Wages of the working Masons,
Prince Edwin, about A.D. 930,

.32
.

32 32

"

granted a free Charter, for the assembling of the Masons, to his son.
.

Augustan

style of Architecture defined,

.25
parti-.
.

.32

Augustus, Emperor of Rome, encouraged Masonry and the Masons, and

cularly Vitruvius,
. . . .

"

became the Grand Master of Masons

at

Rome,

.25

.25

(94)
B.
FAGK

Baal, or Bel, was one name by which Nimrod was worshipped,

Babylon, city of, described, Bonai, or builders, at the Temple, defined,
.

Note,

Note, 16
.

Britons, the ancient, had a

conquest,
Buildings,
list

........
.
. .

.10
27

few remains of good Masonry before the Koman

of those erected in

England since the

C.

revival of Masonry, Note, 46

Cain
"

built a city, and called it consecrated or dedicated, after the

his son,
. .

name
.

of Enoch,
.

posterity

of,

imitated his example in the improvement of Geometry and

Masonry,
"
erected

many
of,

Canaan, sons

erected

Candidates, by Prince Edwin's constitutions, were to be examined before they

were admitted

Captives at Babylon retained their skill in Masonry, by building the works of

Nebuchadnezzar,
"
rebuilt the

Celtic edifices

Temple of Jerusalem, A.M. 3468, were erected by the ancient Gauls and Britons
.

Roman
Chaldees
Charles "
ilnd
I.

conquest,

Magi preserved Geometry on the was an accepted Freemason,

.

founded St. Paul's in 1666,

"

founded other
to England,

Charles Martel, King of France, sent expert Craftsmen and learned Architects

........ ....... ....... ......

. . . .

.2
2

curious works,

.3
6

many

beautiful temples and mansions,

as

Master Masons,

.33
18

.18
27
.

before the

Tigris and Euphrates,

.
.

.40
.

edifices,

40 40

A.D. 741,

Civil

Wars, Masonry languished during the, Colossus of Rhodes described,

. .

....
. . .
'

.3]
40
5

Note, 26

Confusion of languages helped to give

rise to the Masonic modes of recognition, Constitution and Charges of an English Lodge were framed by the Assembly

at York, from all the writings and records in Greek, Latin, French,
. . .

and other languages then extant, . and Charges ordered to be read by the Master and Warden, on the admission of a new Brother, 33 Cyrus was Grand Master, A.M. 3468, and ordered the rebuilding of the Temple at Jerusalem, 18
*'

.33
.

.......
. . .

(95)
PA.GE

Dagon, Temple
land,

of,

described,
of,

Danes, the invasion

occasioned the loss of

A.D. 832,

.......
.

,9
30

many Masonic

records, in

Eng-

E.

Edwin, Prince, summoned a General Assembly of the Masons

930,
. . .

at York, about
.

.32

King Athelstane, 32 Elizabeth, Queen, discouraged Masonry, because, being a woman, she could not be made a Mason, . .38
obtained a free Charter for
his father,
.
. .

"

them from

Note, 38 England received Masonry from France in the reign of King Charles Martel, A.D. 741, .30 Enoch erected two pillars, which by some, however, have been attributed to
.

"

anecdote of her,

Seth, Note, 3 Entered Apprentices, directions to, in an old MS., Note, 34 Euclid gathered up the scattered elements of Geometry, and digested these . into a method, at Alexandria, A.M. 3700, Europe, northern, there are few remains of good Masonry there before the
. .
. .

.22
.27

Roman

conquest,

Expelled Masons, an old regulation concerning,

F.

Note,

34

Forty-seventh Proposition of Euclid's 1st book

. .
.

is

the foundation of
. .

all

.21 Masonry, Freemasons' Arms, in the reign of Henry V., were the same as those of the 82 Working Masons,
.

.......
G.
.

General Assembly held at York, and framed the Constitution and Charges of . . . . .33 . . the English Lodges,

Geometry was written on the heart of Adam,

"
is
.

the foundation of all the mechanical Arts, and particularly of

. . .

Masonry and Architecture, " was taught by Atlam to his sons, " and Masonry practised by Cain and Seth,

.... ....
.
.

.2
2

.2

(9^)
PAGE

Geometry, brought by Noah and his sons from the Old World to the New, *' and Masonry practised in the Vale of Shinar,
" "
carried
into distant parts,

" "
"
"
*'

and Masonry
"

.......
.

.3
4

by the workmen thence

earth,

after their dispersion

lost in

most parts of the

.4
4

. preserved by Nimrod in Shinar and Assyria, afterwards preserved on the Tigris and Euphrates by the Chaldees

. . . and Magi, and Masonry were thence transmitted to later ages, " were much improved in Egypt, from the overflowings
. .

...
. .

.5
5 5

of the Nile,

" "

was cultivated in Greece after the time of Pythagoras, was digested into a method by Euclid at Alexandria, A.M. 3700,
.

........
.

George
"

I.

encouraged the revival of the ancient

laid the foundation-stone of the chapel of St.

Ghiblim, the Stonecutters at the Temple,

....
.

style,

.44
.

22 22

Martin

in campis,

44
30

Note, 10
.

Gothic style was encouraged in England during the Heptarchy, Goths and Vandals were enemies of Masonry, . .

.37 Grand Master was always nobly born in Scotland, Greece, Masonry carried into, after the Temple, . *' not distinguished for knowledge of Geometry until the time of Thales, A.M. 3457, .20 " knowledge of Geometry and Masonry in, was revived by its correspondence with the Asiatics and Egyptians, Note, 20 .
. . .
. .

...
.

.25 .20

H.
Harodim, the Rulers or Provosts at the Temple,
.

.
.

.
.

lo

Henry V., condition of Masonry in the reign of, Henry VI. approved the Constitutions of Prince Edwin, " act passed in the reign of, was made for the "Working Masons, " act of, was never enforced against the Freemasons, Hiram Abif, meaning of his name,
. .

82

.33
.

*'

" "

.....
. . . .
. . .
. . .

35 36
12

Note, 11

his character,

"
.

"

called Master of the

.

Work,

14

Hiram, King of Tyre, . , . " " was Grand Master of the Lodge at Tyre, "

.10
.

14

(97)
I.

Temple, Ish Sabbal, the Laborers at the Temple,

at the
Israelites, forced

Ish Chotzeb, the

Hewers

" "

by the kings of Egypt to learn Masonry, were a whole kingdom of Masons when they left Egypt, improved Masonry after they possessed Canaan, by special
.
. .

....
.

PA6X

Note, 10

"10
.8
8

.
.

direction
.

of Heaven,

.9
.

"

none of the neighboring nations could equal them in Masonry,

J.

15

James
"

I.

revived the English Lodges,

.
.

revived the Augustan style in England,

38 39

James IL, Lodges dwindled in the reign of, Japhet, posterity of, were skilled in Geometry and Masonry, Jones, Inigo, was a successful imitator of Palladio,
" "
his genius

40
6

39

and works,
of,

Note, 40

Jupiter Olympus, statue

described,

26

K.
King's Freemason or General Surveyor was the name of an
of
officer in

the reign

Edward

IIL,
of,

31

Knighthood, military orders

borrowed many of their usages from Masonry, 46

L.

Lodge of Masons
"
list of,

in every

Eoman

garrison,
.

Lodges, their revival in London,

in

27 47

London

in 1723,

74

M.

Mahometans were enemies of Masonry, Masonry, the Old World was not ignorant of it, " was communicated to the New World by Noah and his sons, " was carried, after the dispersion at Babel, into distant parts, " was preserved by Nimrod in Shinar and Assyria, " was encouraged by the kings and great men there, " was transmitted thence, with Geometry, to later ages and
.

.....
....
distant,

28
3 3 4

4
6

climes,

...

(98)
Masonry was brought to Egypt by Mitzraim, 160 years after the flood, " was improved in all the nations which were adjacent to Judea, 3rkmen, the building of the Temple, by the dispersion of the workmen,
.

after
.

14
19
19

was was was was was was was was was was was

extended to Greece,
cultivated in Greece,
cultivated in Sicily,

extended to Lower Asia,

*

transmitted from Sicily to Rome,

extended to Ultima Thule, encouraged by the Saxons and Normans,

encouraged in Scotland, discountenanced by Queen Elizabeth,

22 24 24 27 30 37 38
39

encouraged by James

I.,
.

encouraged by Charles II., languished during the Civil Wars,

recovered at the Restoration, in 1666,

40 40 40
41

dwindled in the reign of James II., had a mighty influence in every age and nation,
.

44
.

condition

of,

in England, in 1723,

46

Masons were always the favorites of the eminent, dom, Mausoleum, the, described, Menatzchim, the Overseers at the Temple, Montagu, Duke of. Grand Master of England, Monument, the London, described,
. .

....
.

in times of

peace and free.

25 21
48
4:2

Note, 10
.

Note,

Moses, the General Master Mason,

'

N.

Nebuchadnezzar

set his heart

.

on Architecture, and became the Grand Master

.

Mason, A.M. 3416, " built Babylon,

Nimrod preserved Masonry

*'

in Shinar
.

and Assyria,
.

built

many
*'

cities,

Noah and
"

three sons were

"

all true Masons, brought with them, over the

. .

....
. .

...
. .

.16
.16
4

.4
3

arts of the antediluvians,

Normans encouraged Masonry,

......
flood, the
.

traditions
.

and

.3
30

(99)
Overseers at the Temple,

Oxford Theatre described,

......
O.
.

PAGE

Note, 10

"43

P.
Painters always have been reckoned as good Masons, because they perform according to Geometry and the rules of building, . . .26
Palladio revived the Augustan style in Italy,
. . .

.39
.

Pharos, the

Tower

of,

described,

Phidias was one of the ancient Masons,

...
.

Note, 23

"26

Ptolomeus Philadelphus was General Master Mason in Egypt, and erected the Tower of Pharos, A.M. 3748, 23 Pyramids are a proof of Masonry in Egypt, 5 Pythagoras was the author of the 47th proposition of Euclid's 1st book, 20 " account of, . Note, 21
.

.....
R.
S.

....
. . .

Record, Masonic, in the reign of

Religious Orders borrowed

Edward IV., described, many of their usages from Masonry,

.

.31
.

41

Sampson never was numbered amon^ Masons, because he

to his wife,

Saxons, before their conversion to Christianity, were enemies of Masonry,

"

.......
.

revealed his secrets

Note,
9

29

afterwards erected Lodges, and encouraged Masonry,

.

.30
.

Scotland, Masonry encouraged in, . " Grand Master and Grand

37

Warden
.
.

in,
.

had a fixed salary from the

.

Crown,
"

regulations

of,

Seth was the prime cultivator of Astronomy,

"
'*

taught Geometry and Masonry to his offspring,

family
of,

erected

many

curious works,

7 Shem, posterity of, cultivated the Masonic Arts, Sheriff or Mayor ordered by an old MS. to be made fellow and Sociate to the Note, 34 Master of a Lodge, in help of him against rebels, Shinar, a vast number of the race of Noah employed in building a city and 4 tower in the vale of,

....
.

...
.
. . . . .

.37
.2
2

.37

.3

......

(loo)
PAOZ

Shinar "

workmen
"
built the

at,

celebrated for their skill in Masonry,

carried their skill into distant parts,

,
.
,

.4
4

Sicily taught G-eometry

and Masonry to Rome,

at Jerusalem,
.

. .

Solomon
."

Temple

.9

.24
,13

dedicated or consecrated the Temple, A.M. 3000,

"

was Grand Master of the Lodge

at Jerusalem,

.14
.

Statuaries have always been reckoned good Masons, because they perform

according to Geometry and the rules of building,

Stone, Nicholas,

was Master Mason under Inigo Jones,

T.

.39
.

.26

Tabernacle was erected by Aholiab and Bezaleel under Moses, and framed by

Geometry,

Temple of Solomon

described,

Temple, the Second, foundations of, laid by order of Cyrus, A.M. 3468, 18 " " dedicated by Zerubbabel, A.M. 3489, . 19 " " described, . .19 " of Ephesus described, Note, 15
. .
. . .

...... .....
. .
'

.8
9

V.
Vandals were enemies of Masonry,
Vitruvius was the father of
all
. .

,
. .

true Architects,

.25
.

.28

W.
of London, William IL encouraged Masonry, and built Westminster Hall, William IIL is reckoned a Freemason, . " encouraged Masonry,
built the
.
.

William the Conqueror

Tower

Note, 31
.

"

in the reign
at the

of,

the Augustan style

.

......
.
. .

31

.43
.

was much
.

affected,
.

Workmen
Wren,

Sir Christopher,

Temple described, was the King's

.10
.

43 43

Architect,

.43

Y.

Yevele, Henry, was the King's Freemason, or General Surveyor,

of Edward IIL,
.
.

in the reign
.

.31
.32

York, General Assembly

at,

about A.D. 930,

Z.

Zerubbabel, as General Master Mason of the Jews, dedicated the Second Temple with joy, A.M. 3489, 19

.....

(lOl)
II.

INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL PART.

A.
fAGK

Age

of a candidate to be not less than 25, except by dispensation (4 Regulation),

. . . . . . . .

.59
65

Annual Communication of
"

all

the city Lodges to be liolden on St.

John the

Baptist's or St.

John the Evangelist's day (22 Reg.),

.

"

new Grand

Master, Deputy, and Wardens, to be

. . . .

chosen at the (22 Reg.), .65 Appeals may be carried to the Grand Lodge, " to the Annual, from the Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge, .56 . Atheist, no Mason can be one, . . .
.
.

.54
.50
.

B.
. Behaviour in a Lodge, " after Lodge, before leaving, " without strangers, but out of Lodge, " in presence of strangers not Masons,
. . .

...
. .
.

.
.

.
.

"
"

at

home,

.
.
.

.
.

to a strange Brother,

.54 .54 .55 .55 .55

.51
.

53

Bondmen cannot be admitted

Brotherly love
is

as Masons,

.
. .

Brother, Masons to salute each other by the title

of,

52,

54

to be cultivated as a foundation and cape-stone,

.56

C.

Candidates, not

more than
of,

five to

Candidate, age

not to be

less

be made at one time (4 Reg.), . than 25 years (4 Reg.),

. .

59

be unanimously elected (6 Reg.), " to clothe the Lodge, and to deposit something for charity (7 Reg.), 60 " shall promise to submit to the constitutions, charges, and regula60 tions (7 Keg.), Cashier may be appointed by a Lodge to take charge of the charity fund 60 (7 Reg.),

"

to

.59

.59

.......
.

. Caution before strangers inculcated, " , " one's family, friends, and neighbours,

.55
.

65

(I02)
Charity
" "

Fund

to be lodged with the Master, or

(7 Reg.),

be one

to be deposited

regulation

for,

by every new Brother at his making in the Grand Lodge (13 Reg.),
.

.......
Wardens, or Cashier,
if

there

60
.

(7 Reg.),
.

.62
.66 .53 .54
.71

60

be treated (8 Reg.), .60 Committee to be appointed to examine all Brethren coming to the annual
Clandestine Lodge,
to
feast (25 Reg.),

how

.....
.

Committees, private, forbidden to be holden

Complaints (or charges),
Constituting a

in a

Lodge,
.

how to be conducted, new Lodge, manner of,

D.

Defect, physical, a disqualification for Apprentices,

.61
.

Deputy Grand Master

" "
"
"

to be chosen

" "
<<

to

by the Grand Master, be appointed by the Grand Master

.

Feast (35 Reg.),

"
"

"

" "

must have been the Master of a Lodge, 52 niay perform the duties of Grand Master, in his absence, 52 being sick, the Grand Master may appoint a Deputy
. .

.....
at the
.

.52
69

Grand

*'

"
"

p-o tempore (18 Reg.), cannot act as Master or

office (17 Reg.),
.

.64

Warden
.

of a Lodge, while in
.
.

.64
.64

*'

"

cannot be discharged without the consent of the Grand

Lodge (18 Reg.),

Disorderly Brother,

how

to be dealt with (9 Reg.),

.60

Dispensations, cases in which they

may

be granted

(5, 8, 12,

13 Reg.), 59, 60, 61

E.

Envy

forbidden,

.53
.

Excesses forbidden,

.54
70 70

Entered Apprentices allowed to speak at the Annual Communication (37

Reg.),.

"

"

allowed to vote in making

F.

new

regulations (39 Reg.),

Feast to be held on St. John the Baptist's or St. John the Evangelist's day
(22 Reg.),

"

must be agreed upon three months before (22 Reg.),

........
.

65

.65

(io3)
objected to by the Grand Master, or a majority of the Masters, it must be dropped (22 Reg.), .6-5 " how to be managed (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30 Reg.), 66, 68 Fellow, a name by which Masons may call each other, Fellow Crafts and Master Masons only, to be made only in Grand Lodge
Feast,
if
. . . .

.52
61

(13 Reg.),

permitted to speak at the Annual Communication (37 Reg.), Fidelity to the Lord {i. e., employer) inculcated, . . .
Free-born, Masons must be,

"

"

......
G.

70

.52
51

Grand Lodge
"
"
'

to consist of the Master and

Wardens of

all

the Lodges, with

.

the Grand Master, Deputy, and Grand Wardens (12 Reg.), 61 " to hold Quarterly Communications and an annual one (12 Reg.), 61 " duties and functions of (13 Reg.), . .61
. .

" "

all

matters

in,

to be determined

by a majority of votes (12

. .

none but members to be present (12 Reg.), Grand Master must have been a Fellow Craft,
"

"

...
.

Reg.), 61

. .

" " " "

" " " " " " "

other qualifications

of,

" " " "

authority and powers

of,

.52 .52 .56

.61
64

61

has two votes (12 Reg.),

not to be applied to on business without the knowledge of his

Deputy
"
"
"

(16 Reg.),

has a right to preside in any Lodge

office (17 Reg.),

cannot be the Master or Warden of a Lodge during the time of

abusing his power, to be treated by a

...... ......
. . .
.

(1 Reg.),

.58
64

new regulation
.

(19 Reg.), '64

dying, or being otherwise rendered incapable of discharging his

office,

" "

65 be supplied (21 Reg.), of the Lodges to be elected only by the Master and Wardens
his place is to
. . . .

how

(29 Reg.),

how

to be proclaimed (32 Reg.),

.68
. .

.68

"

if not elected at the Annual Communication, or refuses to serve, then the present Grand Master shall appoint his successor, to be

" "

69 unanimously approved by the Grand Lodge (33 Reg.), proxy for the Grand Master elect, if he be absent at to act as the time (if his election, and to receive homage for him (36 Reg.), 70 " must harangue the Brethren and give them good advice at the Annual Communication (38 Reg.),
"
. . .

.70

(io4)
H.
PARK

Health must be consulted, by not continuing together too

late,

or too long
. .

from home after lodge hours are past, Henry V., opinion concerning the act passed in the reign Honour of the Ancient Brotherhood to be consulted,
.

of,
.

.55
.

55 57

I.

Ill

language to be avoided by the Craftsmen, Instructing the Master and Wardens, right of secured to the Lodge,
. . . .

.52
.

61

Instruction to be given to the younger Brethren,

J.

.55

Journey-v^ork not to be put to task,

L.

.....
.
.

53

Laborers not to be employed in the proper work of Masonry,

.

Language, unbecoming, not to be used in the Lodge, Law, not to be resorted to, about what concerns Masonry, without an absolute necessity, apparent to the Lodge, .54 Law suits between Masons to be conducted without wrath and rancour, 56 Legal course, never to be taken, unless the case cannot be otherwise decided, 00 50 Libertine, irreligious, {i.e., a freethinker,) a Mason cannot be one,
. . . . .

.53

.53

Lodge, definition of, " every Brother to belong to one,

.
.

.51
.

.51

"

anciently, no

Mason could be absent from

.
.

it,
*.

except from necessity,

.

without severe consure,

" "
Rulers and Grovernors
of,

qualifications for admission to (2 Reg.),

.57
.52

.51

to be obeyed in their respective stations,

.

"with humility, reverence, love, and alacrity,

'
"

is

either particular or general,

.51
.

by-laws,

"

"

roll, and minutes of, to be kept by the Master, Wardens, or some Brother appointed by the Master (3 Reg.), .59 members of, are the best judges of whom they shall admit (0 Reg.), 50 Grand. See Grand Lodge.
.

M.
Majority of votes to decide in the Grand Lodge (12 Reg.), . Making of more than five new Brothers at one time forbidden (4 Reg.),
.

.61
.

59

(io5)
Mason, the religion of one, . . .50 . Master of a Lodge, his rights and authority (2 Reg.), " " must have acted as a Warden, . .52 " " the most expert of the Fellow Crafts to be chosen as the, 52 " " who is the oldest Freemason, to preside in the Grand Lodge
. .

.59
. .

in the absence of higher officers (14 Reg.),

61

" "

Grand.
Reg.),

See Grand Master.

to be

Masons and Fellow Crafts

made only

in the (arand

Lodge (13

Merit, the only ground of preferment

among Masons,
. .

...
.
.

.61
, .
.

61

. Mirth, innocent, to be enjoyed after Lodge, . Moral Law, a Mason obliged by his tenure to obey the, Motions to be received before dinner at the annual feast (28 Reg.),

.64
6(>

66

O.

Obedience to the Rulers of Masonry inculcated,

P.

.62
.63
.

Past Grand Master, or Past Deputy, takes the place of the Grand Master in
his absence, and that of the Deputy (14 Reg.), . " Master, the last, to preside in the absence of the Master (2 Reg.),
.

59
(5

Petition or notice to be one

Reg.),
.
.

month previous
.
.

to admission of a
.

member
.

.
.

brought into the Lodge, . . " . Porters to be appointed for the annual feast (26 Reg.), . 67 Preferment among Masons grounded on merit, . Proxy, Grand Master may be installed, and make his nominations by (36
Politics not to be
. .
.

.54 .51
.70

.59

Reg.),

Qualifications for admission,

"

physical, of candidates,

Quarrelling and wrangling forbidden,

...... .....
Q.
.
.

61

.61
66

Quarrels about religion or politics forbidden,

Reg.),

.54
61

Quarterly Communications of the Grand Lodge directed to be holden (12

"

"

"

"

none but members to be present at them (12 Reg.), 61 Master Masons and Fellow Crafts to be made only
there, except

by dispensation (13 Reg.),

61

(io6)
Quarterly Communications, differences that cannot be settled in private or by Lodges, are to be decided there (13 Keg.), 61 " " appeal from the, to the annual Grand Lodge (13
.

Reg.),

62

"

"

Masters and Wardens to make their returns there

(13 Reg.),
. .
.

.62

R. Rebels to government not to be countenanced, but cannot be expelled,

Regulations, General, were compiled by Geo. Payne, " " how to be altered (39 Reg.),
.

...
.
.

50

.58
70

Religion of a Mason, what it ought to be, . " disputes about, never to be brought into the Lodge,

.50
.

54
.

Representatives of a Lodge are the Master and Wardens (10 Reg.),

61

Reverence to be paid to the Master, Wardens, and Fellows,

Roll of

54

members

to be kept

by the Master, Wardens, or some other Brother

.

appointed by the Master (3 Reg.),

S.

'

.59

Salute.

Brethren to salute one another in a courteous manner,

.

54

Secretary, Grand, provision for his appointment (13 Reg.),

"

cannot be Master or Warden of a Lodge during his time of

office (17 Reg.),

Seniority no ground for preferment in Masonry,

Senior

Warden
and
if

presides in the Master's absence, if no Past Master be present

is,

there

he must congregate the Lodge

.

Song, the Master's, " " Warden's, " Fellow Craft's,

4'

t
.

Entered Apprentice's, Stewards for the annual feast to be appointed (23 Reg.), Strange Brethren to be cautiously examined, " " to be respected and relieved, . " " to be employed or recommended,
"
.

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. . . .

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64

.51
59

(2 Reg.),
. .

.75
80

.83
84

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.

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,55 .55 .56

.50

.66

Subjection to the

civil

powers inculcated,
T.

Task work not to be put to journey, Tyler, Grand, directed to be appointed (13 Reg.),
.

.
.

.53
.

.63

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(loy)
must be a Fellow Craft (13 Reg.), " " shall iiot be a member of the Grand Lodge (13 Reg.), 63 Tools to be approved by the Grand Lodge, Treasurer, Grand, his appointments and powers (13 Reg.), .62 " " cannot be Master or Warden of a Lodge during the time of
Tyler, Grand,
.

.63 .53
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his office (17 Reg.),

.64
.69

U.

Unanimity
"

in balloting for candidates required (6 Reg.),

.
.

cannot be dispensed with (6 Reg.), Uniformity in work to be observed (11 Reg.), .

"

59

.61

V.
Visitation of the city Lodges

by the Grand Master

directed, (12 Reg.)

61
.

Votes, a majority of, to decide all questions in the Grand Lodge, (12 Reg.) " the Grand Master has two,' (12 Reg.) . . .

.61

61

W.
Wages, no more to be given than deserved, " to be received without murmuring, Warden must be a Fellow Craft,
.

. . . .
.

.
.
.

"

to oversee the

of the Master's Wardens, to .69 nomination (35 Reg.), the Master of a Lodge, . . Warden, Grand, must have been " " cannot be a Master or Warden of a Lodge during his time of
. .

work in the Master's absence, be elected by the Lodge, if it does not approve
. .

.63 .52 .53

.52
.64
.

.62

office (17 Reg.),

63 Wardens, Grand, who are to act as such in the Grand Lodge (15 Reg.), " " cannot be discharged by the Grand Master without the con64 sent of the majority of the Grand Lodge (18 Reg.), " are to prepare tickets for the feast (23 Reg.), 66 " 69 Reg.), "to be nominated by the Grand Master (35 " to be elected by the Grand Lodge, if the Grand Master's
.

nomination is not approved (35 Reg.), Warrant to form a new Lodge must be obtained from the Grand Master
Reg.),

(8

60

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Withdrawal of a number of Brethren from a Lodge, when only
ted (8 Reg.),
. .

to be permit.

Women
'*

not to be admitted members of a Lodge,

days inculcated,
.

Work on working
"

to be done reasonably, to be honestly finished,

.

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.

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52

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52

Worth and merit

the only grounds of preferment

among Masons,

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