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The Freemasons' Magazine. Or General And Complete Library.
to be the . first Avho divided the Zodiack into twelve signs : He was counsellor to Osyris , King of Egypt , and is said to have invented ordinary Avriting and hieroglyphics , the first laAvs of the Egyptians , and divers other sciences , and taught them unto other men-r And at the building of Babylon , Anno Mundi , 181 o , Masonry Avas in very great esteeminsomuch that the mi ghty Nimrod , King of Baby-.
, Ion was a Mason himself , as is reported by ancient histories ; and when the city of Ninivie , and other cities of the East Avere to be built ,-Nimrod the King of Babylon sent thither Masons , at the request of the King of NiniA'ie his cousin ; and Ayhen he sent them forth , he gave them a charge in this manner : That they should be true to one . another , and love truly together ;
3 . nd that they should serve the Lord truly for their pay , so that their master mig ht have honour , and all that belong unto him ; and several other charges he gave them , and this was the first time that ever any Mason had ar . y charge of his . Craft . Moreover , Avhen Abraham and Sarah his Avife tvent into Egypt , and there taught the seven sciences to the EgyptiansAnno Mundi 2084 . ^ e
, , had a worthy scholar , Avhose name Avas Hermes , and he learned ri ght tvell , and became a great master , of the seA'en sciences , and in his days it befel , that the Lords and estates of the realm had so many sons , and they had no competent livelihood to find their children . Wherefore they took council together vvith the king of the land , hovv they might find their children honestly , as gentlemen , but could find
no manner of good way , and then clicl they proclaim through all the land , that if there tyere any man that could inform them that he should come untp them , and that he should be well rewarded for his travel ; and that he should hold himself Avell pleased . After this cry was made , then came this worth y clerk Hermes , and said to the king and to the Lords , If you Avill give me ypur children to govern , I will teach them one
of the seven sciences , whereby they may live . honestly , as gentlemen should , under condition that you will grant them , and that 1 may have power to rule them ^ fter the manner the science ought to be ruled j and then the king and the cciuncil granted , and sealed his commission . And then tins worthy clerk Hermes took to him these Lords sons , and taught ^ hem the science of Geometry in practice , for to Avork in stone
all manner of worthy work that belongeih to building of churches ' , temples , tOAvers , pasties , and all other irjanner of buildings ; and he gave them a charge in this manner : First , that they should bp true to the King , and to the Lord that they serve , and to the Fellowship whereto they are admitted ; and that they should love , and be true to one another ; aad ti ^ at they should
call each other his Fellow , or else Brother , and npt his Servant a * Knave , nor no oilier foul name ; and that they should trnly deserve ^ heir pay of the Lord or the master pf the work r , hat they s . erve . That they should ordain the wisest of them to , he master oi the Avork , and neither for love nor lineages , riches nor faA'our , to set another that Jiath but little cunning to be master of the Lord ' s work , whereby the L %
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine. Or General And Complete Library.
to be the . first Avho divided the Zodiack into twelve signs : He was counsellor to Osyris , King of Egypt , and is said to have invented ordinary Avriting and hieroglyphics , the first laAvs of the Egyptians , and divers other sciences , and taught them unto other men-r And at the building of Babylon , Anno Mundi , 181 o , Masonry Avas in very great esteeminsomuch that the mi ghty Nimrod , King of Baby-.
, Ion was a Mason himself , as is reported by ancient histories ; and when the city of Ninivie , and other cities of the East Avere to be built ,-Nimrod the King of Babylon sent thither Masons , at the request of the King of NiniA'ie his cousin ; and Ayhen he sent them forth , he gave them a charge in this manner : That they should be true to one . another , and love truly together ;
3 . nd that they should serve the Lord truly for their pay , so that their master mig ht have honour , and all that belong unto him ; and several other charges he gave them , and this was the first time that ever any Mason had ar . y charge of his . Craft . Moreover , Avhen Abraham and Sarah his Avife tvent into Egypt , and there taught the seven sciences to the EgyptiansAnno Mundi 2084 . ^ e
, , had a worthy scholar , Avhose name Avas Hermes , and he learned ri ght tvell , and became a great master , of the seA'en sciences , and in his days it befel , that the Lords and estates of the realm had so many sons , and they had no competent livelihood to find their children . Wherefore they took council together vvith the king of the land , hovv they might find their children honestly , as gentlemen , but could find
no manner of good way , and then clicl they proclaim through all the land , that if there tyere any man that could inform them that he should come untp them , and that he should be well rewarded for his travel ; and that he should hold himself Avell pleased . After this cry was made , then came this worth y clerk Hermes , and said to the king and to the Lords , If you Avill give me ypur children to govern , I will teach them one
of the seven sciences , whereby they may live . honestly , as gentlemen should , under condition that you will grant them , and that 1 may have power to rule them ^ fter the manner the science ought to be ruled j and then the king and the cciuncil granted , and sealed his commission . And then tins worthy clerk Hermes took to him these Lords sons , and taught ^ hem the science of Geometry in practice , for to Avork in stone
all manner of worthy work that belongeih to building of churches ' , temples , tOAvers , pasties , and all other irjanner of buildings ; and he gave them a charge in this manner : First , that they should bp true to the King , and to the Lord that they serve , and to the Fellowship whereto they are admitted ; and that they should love , and be true to one another ; aad ti ^ at they should
call each other his Fellow , or else Brother , and npt his Servant a * Knave , nor no oilier foul name ; and that they should trnly deserve ^ heir pay of the Lord or the master pf the work r , hat they s . erve . That they should ordain the wisest of them to , he master oi the Avork , and neither for love nor lineages , riches nor faA'our , to set another that Jiath but little cunning to be master of the Lord ' s work , whereby the L %