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Article MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES. ← Page 3 of 3
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
Peyrol , who thoroughly understood the art of promising , without performing , sought how to make him his dupe . Once inveigled himself , he was afterwards accustomed to cheat others ; he thought he would at least exhibit the appearance of a Lodge . For this purpose he conferred with a Swede named Berenserf a soldier in a Swiss regiment at Naples , who after having been an officer in Francewas obliged ba succession of misfortunes to
, y turn soldier at Naples ; he also made a small gain by the office of servant in a National Lodge of Freemasons . Peyrol engaged this man by the offer of partaking the profits with him , to deceive the Pole by the imposture of a false Lodge . In this they sought to dupe each other , and they themselves were both deceived . Sad example of the depravity of human nature !
If there are yet sensible and just souls the number is too small to resist the multitude or efface their ignominy . They purchased together the apparatus of a Lodge , after which Peyrol invited many of his friends , under the pretext of a treat which a Polish gentleman intended to give . He had chosen for the place of meeting a country house at Capo de Monte , an hill famous for the beauty of it ' s prospect , where there is a royal house
and a great number of delightful villas . The fatal day was come , when the blood-thirsty Pallante , hoped to establish his reputation by his treasonable practices : similar to a drunkard who seizes with eagerness the last bottle , without reflecting that it will deprive him of the small remains of his reason , and expose him to the jests of the b )>' e-standers , by reeling him headlong on the earth . He had sent some one in the morning to the place
of . rendezvous . After dinner he sent for the Pole , to confer with him on the means of accomplishing his project , and to anticipate with joy the triumph they were about to experience . These two proceedings served in the sequel to develope the plot , or Pallante would without doubt easily have concealed it from the public , and not have injured his own character . He posted in the evening
soldiers and archers in ambuscade near the house where the company were to meet . Himself , accompanied by a young domestic , returned to the nei ghbourhood , to a house of one of his clients . Pallante had taken this youngmaninto his service , aged eleven years , named Denys , of an agreeable figure : although he was not his father , he bestowed on him some time after a lucrative establishment , without being possessed of talents which would justify his elevation . He there waited the issue of this affair . The Freemasons on their
arrival found at the gate a black cloth , a death ' s head , hammers , aprons , and gloves . On seeing this assemblage they viewed one another with astonishment ; nor were they without their suspicions of some treachery . Peyrol told them humourously , that it was a trick they were about to play on a Polish gentleman . At that instant the soldiers and archers advanced , armed with bayonets and pistols ; threatening them in case of resistance , they seized these unfortunate men , and bound them with their pocket handkerchiefs . [ To be concluded in our next . ' ]
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
Peyrol , who thoroughly understood the art of promising , without performing , sought how to make him his dupe . Once inveigled himself , he was afterwards accustomed to cheat others ; he thought he would at least exhibit the appearance of a Lodge . For this purpose he conferred with a Swede named Berenserf a soldier in a Swiss regiment at Naples , who after having been an officer in Francewas obliged ba succession of misfortunes to
, y turn soldier at Naples ; he also made a small gain by the office of servant in a National Lodge of Freemasons . Peyrol engaged this man by the offer of partaking the profits with him , to deceive the Pole by the imposture of a false Lodge . In this they sought to dupe each other , and they themselves were both deceived . Sad example of the depravity of human nature !
If there are yet sensible and just souls the number is too small to resist the multitude or efface their ignominy . They purchased together the apparatus of a Lodge , after which Peyrol invited many of his friends , under the pretext of a treat which a Polish gentleman intended to give . He had chosen for the place of meeting a country house at Capo de Monte , an hill famous for the beauty of it ' s prospect , where there is a royal house
and a great number of delightful villas . The fatal day was come , when the blood-thirsty Pallante , hoped to establish his reputation by his treasonable practices : similar to a drunkard who seizes with eagerness the last bottle , without reflecting that it will deprive him of the small remains of his reason , and expose him to the jests of the b )>' e-standers , by reeling him headlong on the earth . He had sent some one in the morning to the place
of . rendezvous . After dinner he sent for the Pole , to confer with him on the means of accomplishing his project , and to anticipate with joy the triumph they were about to experience . These two proceedings served in the sequel to develope the plot , or Pallante would without doubt easily have concealed it from the public , and not have injured his own character . He posted in the evening
soldiers and archers in ambuscade near the house where the company were to meet . Himself , accompanied by a young domestic , returned to the nei ghbourhood , to a house of one of his clients . Pallante had taken this youngmaninto his service , aged eleven years , named Denys , of an agreeable figure : although he was not his father , he bestowed on him some time after a lucrative establishment , without being possessed of talents which would justify his elevation . He there waited the issue of this affair . The Freemasons on their
arrival found at the gate a black cloth , a death ' s head , hammers , aprons , and gloves . On seeing this assemblage they viewed one another with astonishment ; nor were they without their suspicions of some treachery . Peyrol told them humourously , that it was a trick they were about to play on a Polish gentleman . At that instant the soldiers and archers advanced , armed with bayonets and pistols ; threatening them in case of resistance , they seized these unfortunate men , and bound them with their pocket handkerchiefs . [ To be concluded in our next . ' ]