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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
of Freemasons had been detected at Naples . They were conducted to prison in the midst of all that horror which criminals against the state naturally inspire , and were lodged in the dismal cells allotted for them . The youth Giambarba , Who had more the appearance of a girl , subdued the cruel heart of Pallante ; for , while the others were obliged to go on foothe took him into his coachand
con-, , ducted him to prison , accompanied by the little page . This happened the 2 d of March 1775 , in a very dark and rainy night . Notwithstanding the badness of the weather Pallante . said he had been that afternoon at Capo di Monte to enjoy the country air . When the
poor prisoners were . safely lodged he set off on the instant to Persano , distant about thirty miles from Naples , with . all -the / pretended apparatus of Freemasonry by way of trophies . ' . The / Marquis Tanucci was there at that time attending the court . Had Pallante . not ' been hurried away , as . it . would seem , by his hatred to the Freemasons , he would have deferred his . expedition till the ensuing"day .. ;/ '!' - There circumstance in thiss affairwhich made
appeared a trifling . . , evcn ' . the poor Freemasons , smile- in ! the . midst of their distress / Pallante had observed among the moveables of the . 'house . a wooden ham so" weifimitated that . at first lie took it for a . i ; eal one ! . . An intimate friend of the master had introduced it there by wayof .. ajoke , and'ithad been ' suffered to hang to the deling in memory . of trie ; artist . ! . Nothing could iemoye ! the . thought from the mind ! of . Pallante but " that it " must be . one ' oftlie symbols of . Freemasonry ,-and lie . presented'itto . the
minister in jthat light , after he had , no doubt > ,, V . lpng . fime . puzzlecfhxs brain lb "fihdou . t ' the meaning . Tt " will be , se . en , in '; . th ' e sequel . of . this history what strange'ideas Pallante . had formed " in his , mind in regard to . the societyof Freemasons ., He . went himself , to . the . king ,, and gave"his majesty . " an account , of . the . transactions already ,, mentioned , ¦ with . a ., list . of ; , the . criminals , not . the one drawn , up on ^ 'ithe .. spot , hut aribtlier ' where ifhenaine ofthe Polander ' omitted
. . was .. , [ according to his promise " ,., as . an . examination of . him .. 011 the trial ! jwoul'd-have * discdyered"fli , e ; whole plot / , lt was , ' theii itliat ' Pallaiife . was . iiamed a commissioner in the process of the Freemason ' s , ; , either iri' virtue of 'his own solicitations , or rather , as . rslicuild ' siipppse / Vy-the . ! cAi-ei ofthe minister , who ! endeavoured to . conceal by * this ! " commission ! thejun-. lawful ' st . eps . Pallante liad . ' . taken in the whole affair . .. ' ' . ' / .. ' . ' . !/• '
"The Polander obtained his ' liberty ' the" next , morning , . while ! . the . others were . lamenting their fate , in all the horrors of a dismal ! pris ' on . Never were poor victims" more to' he pitied than these .. . Their , imagination set . before their eyes the terrors , of the ! Inquis . itiotiandfahati ' cisrh . "The unfortunate wretche ' s condemned to suffer for doctrines of faith ( and encouraged bthe lory of martyrdomand the honour
y g , of dying / oh ' account of their religion ) cheerfully resign themselves to death in thehopes of a better life hereafter ; but . the Freemasons saw themselves oppressed by " an arbitrary power , against all the rights of humanity . They were ina moment separated from their wives , families , and friends , and had not even the comfort of dying for a
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
of Freemasons had been detected at Naples . They were conducted to prison in the midst of all that horror which criminals against the state naturally inspire , and were lodged in the dismal cells allotted for them . The youth Giambarba , Who had more the appearance of a girl , subdued the cruel heart of Pallante ; for , while the others were obliged to go on foothe took him into his coachand
con-, , ducted him to prison , accompanied by the little page . This happened the 2 d of March 1775 , in a very dark and rainy night . Notwithstanding the badness of the weather Pallante . said he had been that afternoon at Capo di Monte to enjoy the country air . When the
poor prisoners were . safely lodged he set off on the instant to Persano , distant about thirty miles from Naples , with . all -the / pretended apparatus of Freemasonry by way of trophies . ' . The / Marquis Tanucci was there at that time attending the court . Had Pallante . not ' been hurried away , as . it . would seem , by his hatred to the Freemasons , he would have deferred his . expedition till the ensuing"day .. ;/ '!' - There circumstance in thiss affairwhich made
appeared a trifling . . , evcn ' . the poor Freemasons , smile- in ! the . midst of their distress / Pallante had observed among the moveables of the . 'house . a wooden ham so" weifimitated that . at first lie took it for a . i ; eal one ! . . An intimate friend of the master had introduced it there by wayof .. ajoke , and'ithad been ' suffered to hang to the deling in memory . of trie ; artist . ! . Nothing could iemoye ! the . thought from the mind ! of . Pallante but " that it " must be . one ' oftlie symbols of . Freemasonry ,-and lie . presented'itto . the
minister in jthat light , after he had , no doubt > ,, V . lpng . fime . puzzlecfhxs brain lb "fihdou . t ' the meaning . Tt " will be , se . en , in '; . th ' e sequel . of . this history what strange'ideas Pallante . had formed " in his , mind in regard to . the societyof Freemasons ., He . went himself , to . the . king ,, and gave"his majesty . " an account , of . the . transactions already ,, mentioned , ¦ with . a ., list . of ; , the . criminals , not . the one drawn , up on ^ 'ithe .. spot , hut aribtlier ' where ifhenaine ofthe Polander ' omitted
. . was .. , [ according to his promise " ,., as . an . examination of . him .. 011 the trial ! jwoul'd-have * discdyered"fli , e ; whole plot / , lt was , ' theii itliat ' Pallaiife . was . iiamed a commissioner in the process of the Freemason ' s , ; , either iri' virtue of 'his own solicitations , or rather , as . rslicuild ' siipppse / Vy-the . ! cAi-ei ofthe minister , who ! endeavoured to . conceal by * this ! " commission ! thejun-. lawful ' st . eps . Pallante liad . ' . taken in the whole affair . .. ' ' . ' / .. ' . ' . !/• '
"The Polander obtained his ' liberty ' the" next , morning , . while ! . the . others were . lamenting their fate , in all the horrors of a dismal ! pris ' on . Never were poor victims" more to' he pitied than these .. . Their , imagination set . before their eyes the terrors , of the ! Inquis . itiotiandfahati ' cisrh . "The unfortunate wretche ' s condemned to suffer for doctrines of faith ( and encouraged bthe lory of martyrdomand the honour
y g , of dying / oh ' account of their religion ) cheerfully resign themselves to death in thehopes of a better life hereafter ; but . the Freemasons saw themselves oppressed by " an arbitrary power , against all the rights of humanity . They were ina moment separated from their wives , families , and friends , and had not even the comfort of dying for a