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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
Quest . Howe commede ytt yn Engelonde ? Answ . Peter Gower * , a Grecian , journeyedde ffor kunnynge yn Egypte , and yn Syria , and yn everyche lond ztibereas the Venetians hadde plauntede ma ^ nrye ; and wynnynge entraunce yn all lodges of ma ? onnes , he lerned muche , and retournedde , and-rowierf yn Grecia f wacksynge and becommynge a myghtye wyseacret
Magna , , and gratelyche renowned ; and her he framed a grate lodge at Groton || , and maked many maconnes ; some whereoffe dyd journeye yn Fraunce , and maked many ma £ onnes ; wherefromme , yn processe of tyme , the arte passed yn Engelonde . Quest . Dothe majonnes descouer here artes unto odhers ? Answ . Peter Gower , whenne he journeyedde to lernne , was ffyrste
made § , and anonne techedde ; evenne soe shulde all odhers be yn recbt . Natheless if magonnes hauethe alweys yn everyche tyme , from tyme to tyme , communycatedde to mannkjmde soche of her secrettes as generallyclie myghte be usefulle ; they haueth keped backe soch allein as shulde be harrnefulle yff they corned yn euylle haundes , oder soche as ne myghte be holpynge wythouten the techynges to be so joynedde herwythe in the lodge , oder soche as do
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
Quest . Howe commede ytt yn Engelonde ? Answ . Peter Gower * , a Grecian , journeyedde ffor kunnynge yn Egypte , and yn Syria , and yn everyche lond ztibereas the Venetians hadde plauntede ma ^ nrye ; and wynnynge entraunce yn all lodges of ma ? onnes , he lerned muche , and retournedde , and-rowierf yn Grecia f wacksynge and becommynge a myghtye wyseacret
Magna , , and gratelyche renowned ; and her he framed a grate lodge at Groton || , and maked many maconnes ; some whereoffe dyd journeye yn Fraunce , and maked many ma £ onnes ; wherefromme , yn processe of tyme , the arte passed yn Engelonde . Quest . Dothe majonnes descouer here artes unto odhers ? Answ . Peter Gower , whenne he journeyedde to lernne , was ffyrste
made § , and anonne techedde ; evenne soe shulde all odhers be yn recbt . Natheless if magonnes hauethe alweys yn everyche tyme , from tyme to tyme , communycatedde to mannkjmde soche of her secrettes as generallyclie myghte be usefulle ; they haueth keped backe soch allein as shulde be harrnefulle yff they corned yn euylle haundes , oder soche as ne myghte be holpynge wythouten the techynges to be so joynedde herwythe in the lodge , oder soche as do