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John Coustos, For Freemasonry,

better pens than mine , was so good as to declare , that he would endeavour to procure my freedom . Accordingly , his Lordship spoke to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle , one of the principal Secretaries of State ; in order to supplicate for leave , from our Sovereign , that his minister at Lisbon might demand me , as a subject of Great Britain . His Majestyever attentive to the felicity of his subjects , and

desi-, rous of relieving them in their misfortunes , was so gracious as to interfere in my favour . Accordingly , his commands being dispatched to Mr . Compton , the British minister at Lisbon ; that gentleman demand , ed my liberty of the King of Portugal , in his Britannic Majesty ' s name , which accordingly I obtained the latter end of October 1744 . . Tfle P " son who came and freed me from the galley by order of the Inquisitors

took me before them . The President then told me , that Cardinal da Cunha had given orders for my being released ; at the same time he bid me return to the Holy Office in three or four days . I could perceive , during this interval , that I was followed by the spies of the Inquisition , who kept a watchful eye over my behaviour , and the laces I frequented . I waited upon our Envoyas likewise upon

p , our Consul , whom I informed of the commands which had been laid upon me at the Inquisition , and those gentlemen advised me to obey them . They cautioned me , however , to take a friend with me , in order that he mi ght give them notice , in case I should be seized again . 1 accordingly returned to the Inquisitors five days after , when

the President declared , " That the Tribunal would not permit me to " continue any longer in Portugal , and therefore that I must name the " city and kingdom whether I intended to retire . " - As my family ( replied I ) is in London , I design to go thither as soon as possible . They then bid me embark in the first ship that should sail for England , adding , that the instant I had found one , 1 must inform them of the day and hour I intended to go on boardtogether with the Captain ' s

, name and that of his ship . A report prevailed , some days after , that one of the persons seized by the Inquisition for Freemasonry , and who had obtained his liberty by turning Roman Catholic , had been so imprudent as to divulge the cruelties exercised in this tribunal . I was determined if possible to secure myself from a second persecution . As there wasat this timeno English shiin the port of Lisbon , I waited

, , p on Mr . Vantil , the Resident of Holland" , and fc / esought him to speak to the Dutch admiral , to admit me' on board h \ s fleet . The Resident , touched with my calamities , hinted my request to the admiral ,. who generously complied with it . I then went , accompanied by a friend , and informed the Inquisitor that 1 intended to embark for England in the Damiettacommanded by Vice-Admiral Cornelius Schreirerwho

, , was to sail in a few days . Upon the Inquisitor ' s enquiring the exact time vvhen I intended to go on board , I replied at nine the next morning . He then bid me come to him precisely at that hour , adding , that he would send some officers of the Inquisition to see me safe on ship-board . 3 l *

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LONDON: Article 1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 3
PRESENT STATE OF FREE MASONRY. Article 4
A SPEECH Article 9
LITERATURE. Article 14
LETTER THE FIRST. Article 14
ANECDOTES OF THE LAST CENTURY. Article 16
ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY, &c. Article 17
THE LIFE OF MRS. ANNE AYSCOUGH, OR ASKEW. Article 21
ACCOUNT OF DRUIDISM. Article 28
MASONIC ANECDOTE Article 33
REFUTATION Article 35
A SERMON Article 36
JOHN COUSTOS, FOR FREEMASONRY, Article 40
A DESCRIPTION OF ST. GEORGE'S CAVE AT GIBRALTAR. Article 45
SHORT ABSTRACT OF THE HISTORY OF GUADALOUPE. Article 46
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE JACKALL. Article 49
SPEECH OF A CREEK INDIAN, Article 50
THE USE AND ABUSE OF SPEECH. Article 52
ON SUICIDE . Article 55
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 57
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 61
POETRY. Article 63
VERSES Article 64
BY MR. TASKER. Article 66
ODE TO A MILITIA OFFICER. Article 66
TRUE GREATNESS. Article 67
A MASONIC SONG. Article 68
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 69
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 69
PREFERMENTS. Article 74
Untitled Article 75
Untitled Article 76
BANKRUPTS. Article 77
INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME. Article 78
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John Coustos, For Freemasonry,

better pens than mine , was so good as to declare , that he would endeavour to procure my freedom . Accordingly , his Lordship spoke to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle , one of the principal Secretaries of State ; in order to supplicate for leave , from our Sovereign , that his minister at Lisbon might demand me , as a subject of Great Britain . His Majestyever attentive to the felicity of his subjects , and

desi-, rous of relieving them in their misfortunes , was so gracious as to interfere in my favour . Accordingly , his commands being dispatched to Mr . Compton , the British minister at Lisbon ; that gentleman demand , ed my liberty of the King of Portugal , in his Britannic Majesty ' s name , which accordingly I obtained the latter end of October 1744 . . Tfle P " son who came and freed me from the galley by order of the Inquisitors

took me before them . The President then told me , that Cardinal da Cunha had given orders for my being released ; at the same time he bid me return to the Holy Office in three or four days . I could perceive , during this interval , that I was followed by the spies of the Inquisition , who kept a watchful eye over my behaviour , and the laces I frequented . I waited upon our Envoyas likewise upon

p , our Consul , whom I informed of the commands which had been laid upon me at the Inquisition , and those gentlemen advised me to obey them . They cautioned me , however , to take a friend with me , in order that he mi ght give them notice , in case I should be seized again . 1 accordingly returned to the Inquisitors five days after , when

the President declared , " That the Tribunal would not permit me to " continue any longer in Portugal , and therefore that I must name the " city and kingdom whether I intended to retire . " - As my family ( replied I ) is in London , I design to go thither as soon as possible . They then bid me embark in the first ship that should sail for England , adding , that the instant I had found one , 1 must inform them of the day and hour I intended to go on boardtogether with the Captain ' s

, name and that of his ship . A report prevailed , some days after , that one of the persons seized by the Inquisition for Freemasonry , and who had obtained his liberty by turning Roman Catholic , had been so imprudent as to divulge the cruelties exercised in this tribunal . I was determined if possible to secure myself from a second persecution . As there wasat this timeno English shiin the port of Lisbon , I waited

, , p on Mr . Vantil , the Resident of Holland" , and fc / esought him to speak to the Dutch admiral , to admit me' on board h \ s fleet . The Resident , touched with my calamities , hinted my request to the admiral ,. who generously complied with it . I then went , accompanied by a friend , and informed the Inquisitor that 1 intended to embark for England in the Damiettacommanded by Vice-Admiral Cornelius Schreirerwho

, , was to sail in a few days . Upon the Inquisitor ' s enquiring the exact time vvhen I intended to go on board , I replied at nine the next morning . He then bid me come to him precisely at that hour , adding , that he would send some officers of the Inquisition to see me safe on ship-board . 3 l *

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