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To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, Grand Master Of The Most Ancient And Honorable Society Of Free And Accepted Masons,
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , GRAND MASTER OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND HONORABLE SOCIETY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS ,
MOST W ORSHIPFUL Asn ROYAL SIR , ACCUSTOMED , as we have been , from the hour in which your name first adorned the roll of our Order , to the manly vigor 6 f your mind , and the winning benignity of your manners , we did not look for any event which could raise you m our estimation , or draw you nearer to our affections . With you at our head have reputation advanced in the opinion of our
, we seen our fellow-subjects , our system expand itself , and added- honour , ^ and iiici-ea ' sin ° -prosperity " lie in unclouded prospect before us . These thino-s we ascribe to 3101 / , Sir , as to their proper source ; and yet the Ulent homage of the heart has been hitherto the only return we have made you . Such , however , has been the generous alacrity with which " your Royal Highness has offered to present to" his of fervent to him
Majesty the ' accompanying Tribute our Loyalty , and of our unshaken Attachment to that Constitution , which ( happily for these nations ) at once confirms his possession , and your inheritance , and all the rig hts of all the People ; and such the sense we entertain of the proud distinction you have thus conferred upon our Body , that it were inconsistent with our honor , we think , as well as irksome to our feelings , to continue longer silent .
Accept then , Royal Sir , our warmest and most dutiful acknowledgments for your gracious condescension upon this ( to us ) most momentous occasion . May He , by whom Kings govern and Empires prosper , shower upon your royal parents , yourself , and the whole of your illustrious line , his choicest blessings . May you all lono- exist in the hearts of a brave and generous people ; and Britain * triumphant and her Enemies abased . May her acknowledged and the of rescued
superiority , returning peace , grateful reverence nations , perpetuate the fame of her virtues , the influence of her example , and the weig ht and authority of her dominion . CBy the unanimous order of the Grand Lodge ) CCS ) ( Signed , ) RAWDON , A . G . M . WILLIAM WHITE , *? . S . PETER PARKER , D . G . M .
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To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales, Grand Master Of The Most Ancient And Honorable Society Of Free And Accepted Masons,
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , GRAND MASTER OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND HONORABLE SOCIETY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS ,
MOST W ORSHIPFUL Asn ROYAL SIR , ACCUSTOMED , as we have been , from the hour in which your name first adorned the roll of our Order , to the manly vigor 6 f your mind , and the winning benignity of your manners , we did not look for any event which could raise you m our estimation , or draw you nearer to our affections . With you at our head have reputation advanced in the opinion of our
, we seen our fellow-subjects , our system expand itself , and added- honour , ^ and iiici-ea ' sin ° -prosperity " lie in unclouded prospect before us . These thino-s we ascribe to 3101 / , Sir , as to their proper source ; and yet the Ulent homage of the heart has been hitherto the only return we have made you . Such , however , has been the generous alacrity with which " your Royal Highness has offered to present to" his of fervent to him
Majesty the ' accompanying Tribute our Loyalty , and of our unshaken Attachment to that Constitution , which ( happily for these nations ) at once confirms his possession , and your inheritance , and all the rig hts of all the People ; and such the sense we entertain of the proud distinction you have thus conferred upon our Body , that it were inconsistent with our honor , we think , as well as irksome to our feelings , to continue longer silent .
Accept then , Royal Sir , our warmest and most dutiful acknowledgments for your gracious condescension upon this ( to us ) most momentous occasion . May He , by whom Kings govern and Empires prosper , shower upon your royal parents , yourself , and the whole of your illustrious line , his choicest blessings . May you all lono- exist in the hearts of a brave and generous people ; and Britain * triumphant and her Enemies abased . May her acknowledged and the of rescued
superiority , returning peace , grateful reverence nations , perpetuate the fame of her virtues , the influence of her example , and the weig ht and authority of her dominion . CBy the unanimous order of the Grand Lodge ) CCS ) ( Signed , ) RAWDON , A . G . M . WILLIAM WHITE , *? . S . PETER PARKER , D . G . M .