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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
esteem or disapprobation . His character was aided by indent and the good of ins people , with the embellishment of his " states ' . formed the most striking traits , of his political life . ' % U * - ! £ " ? y ° . » . " P « ns had been spared to impress on ms p . iant nunc ! opinions the most inimical and prejudicial to the Freemasons , he noticed among them one of his courtiers the most respectable and esteemed His mind
. , the irreconcilable enemy of g J ' , . '' 0 ! ced at this discovery . He now had an opportunity of learning from a man , in whom he placed the greatest reliance , those details which increased his esteem and veneration for veriatTT T , ? refle , Cted 1 wit ! li » h ^ clf , that from the earliest penoos they had numbered among their Order the most
, per .-ons H ? r ^ u ' f 7 i *? ' ° / . ' cardina , s ' S > P rinces and monarch * . ' the S ' rf ^ ° T ° ^ , gleatest heroes of El , r ° P S lovied in con . o , t f ' i Grand ' ' 1 > e re ^ t ,, is q ^ lity as the sole ¦ consolahon for human misfortunes , and the necessary effusion of human blood-. I wok : ngs , one of whom occupied the first throne m the world , while the other aspired to the epithet of the first of men enjoyed in the bosom of this
, Society , a goodness of Heart which cannot be conferred by the crown or the purple The young King of Naples informed of these circumstances felt his bosom animated by . the purest sentiments of humanity and benevoanOHp V I i , ^ e 7 aS de , sirous of bei » gi » the number of anuidei , which offered to him the most refined pleasures The report scon spread . '
The bigots , who regarded the Masons as an impious sect earnestl y supplicated heaven to avert this evil from the state The impostor who glosses his actions with the most laboured subtlety speaks of Virtue and trembles , and the insidious courtezan S saps by insinuations the manly virtues of his master , groaned to from 7 b f 1 l ° ° " eXP Se the ' te " £ in
S ^ ° , ^ * oh ta le tn h r yP ° , ' 1 S ^ « 'e end , be an insuperable obstacle to their nefarious designs . One of them from bWotted zeal threw himself at the king ' s feet , and implored him to renounce IrftFT' Wh , ch , " J nind was so Pregnant with evil and replete vith danger . Ihe Freemasons , accustomed to see kin < rS and princes among them , did not give themselves over to an excessive joyon chis royal conversion convinced
, ; , that if ever he was ad ' ZhilZ n- ' , , redound more t 0 bis advantage and the benefits of ins people , than ( o society at large . But the person on whom these reports made the deepest impression , was tffiarquis lenucci , then chief secretary of state . Ki , Chafe had theTngdom * " « I" « tion of " hia son and the mltnagemlmfS mVntrT ! , \"' Se "¦ P 01 " f l " tlle Prince and Minister . Ignorant of the true principles of the Order , he dreaded , least his
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
esteem or disapprobation . His character was aided by indent and the good of ins people , with the embellishment of his " states ' . formed the most striking traits , of his political life . ' % U * - ! £ " ? y ° . » . " P « ns had been spared to impress on ms p . iant nunc ! opinions the most inimical and prejudicial to the Freemasons , he noticed among them one of his courtiers the most respectable and esteemed His mind
. , the irreconcilable enemy of g J ' , . '' 0 ! ced at this discovery . He now had an opportunity of learning from a man , in whom he placed the greatest reliance , those details which increased his esteem and veneration for veriatTT T , ? refle , Cted 1 wit ! li » h ^ clf , that from the earliest penoos they had numbered among their Order the most
, per .-ons H ? r ^ u ' f 7 i *? ' ° / . ' cardina , s ' S > P rinces and monarch * . ' the S ' rf ^ ° T ° ^ , gleatest heroes of El , r ° P S lovied in con . o , t f ' i Grand ' ' 1 > e re ^ t ,, is q ^ lity as the sole ¦ consolahon for human misfortunes , and the necessary effusion of human blood-. I wok : ngs , one of whom occupied the first throne m the world , while the other aspired to the epithet of the first of men enjoyed in the bosom of this
, Society , a goodness of Heart which cannot be conferred by the crown or the purple The young King of Naples informed of these circumstances felt his bosom animated by . the purest sentiments of humanity and benevoanOHp V I i , ^ e 7 aS de , sirous of bei » gi » the number of anuidei , which offered to him the most refined pleasures The report scon spread . '
The bigots , who regarded the Masons as an impious sect earnestl y supplicated heaven to avert this evil from the state The impostor who glosses his actions with the most laboured subtlety speaks of Virtue and trembles , and the insidious courtezan S saps by insinuations the manly virtues of his master , groaned to from 7 b f 1 l ° ° " eXP Se the ' te " £ in
S ^ ° , ^ * oh ta le tn h r yP ° , ' 1 S ^ « 'e end , be an insuperable obstacle to their nefarious designs . One of them from bWotted zeal threw himself at the king ' s feet , and implored him to renounce IrftFT' Wh , ch , " J nind was so Pregnant with evil and replete vith danger . Ihe Freemasons , accustomed to see kin < rS and princes among them , did not give themselves over to an excessive joyon chis royal conversion convinced
, ; , that if ever he was ad ' ZhilZ n- ' , , redound more t 0 bis advantage and the benefits of ins people , than ( o society at large . But the person on whom these reports made the deepest impression , was tffiarquis lenucci , then chief secretary of state . Ki , Chafe had theTngdom * " « I" « tion of " hia son and the mltnagemlmfS mVntrT ! , \"' Se "¦ P 01 " f l " tlle Prince and Minister . Ignorant of the true principles of the Order , he dreaded , least his