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Article MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES. ← Page 3 of 3
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
Society to which in reality they had no certain connexion ; the horrors of a prison were augmented by the thoughts of a ^ condition in which they were forced to leave their parents , brothers , and distressed children . They were even deprived of the mournful consolation of discoursing with compassionate witnesses on the nature of their misfortunes . Equally concealed from the sig ht of the all-enlivening sun and the commerce of mankind , cruel uncertainty added to the load of their sorrows .
Two days after their imprisonment , a certain French merchant at Naples , ofthe name of Ponsard , discovered the Polander walking very slowly through the street , not seeming in the least sensible of the treachery he had been guilty of . The merchant had likewise been invited to the meeting , but unexpected business had prevented him from going . At sight of the traitor he . was seized with such
indignation , that he rushed into the street and loaded him publicly with all the epithets his crime deserved ; for . he had been strictly informed of the whole . transaction . ¦ The Polander at first endeavoured to sooth his rage , denied the fact , and accused him of slander . Encotir raged by . the power . of his protector , he threatened : . Ponsard ; with the galleys , and immediately went to Pallante , to inform him of , the danger they were in . of having . their plot discovered . ;; The following
nightPonsard . was , taken , out of his bed-. and carried ; to pris . on . .. Thus in an'instant was an honest man snatched from the bosom of peace and security , and forced to change the agreeable sight of a beloved wife and children , for the horrid looks of an implacable jailor . Thus did these unfortunate prisoners for some time exist in all the horrors of an uncertain fate : each day , ea . h moment , brought them nearer and neareras they thoughtto the last fatal minute ;
, , when , behold , on the fifth day of their imprisonment their ears were invaded by the horrid noise of bolts and bars ; their different cells were opened in turn , and the traitor Pallante presented himself to them alternately . He went from one to the other , spoke to them with mildness , and endeavoured to inspire them with courage and fortitude ; he assured them that all that had been done was for
their own safety , and that they had nothing more to do than to sign a declaration , intimating that the meeting was intended merely for the sake of having some diversion with a stranger . He farther exhorted them to place an entire confidence in him , and that he could assure them the affair would end well . That the king was very youngand easy to be prevailed on ; that ail the prisoners
se-, parately had taken his advice ; that it was the only mean- ; of safety to themselves ; and , to conclude , he gave them his word of honour , that they should be all set at liberty the next day . ( To be continued . )
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
Society to which in reality they had no certain connexion ; the horrors of a prison were augmented by the thoughts of a ^ condition in which they were forced to leave their parents , brothers , and distressed children . They were even deprived of the mournful consolation of discoursing with compassionate witnesses on the nature of their misfortunes . Equally concealed from the sig ht of the all-enlivening sun and the commerce of mankind , cruel uncertainty added to the load of their sorrows .
Two days after their imprisonment , a certain French merchant at Naples , ofthe name of Ponsard , discovered the Polander walking very slowly through the street , not seeming in the least sensible of the treachery he had been guilty of . The merchant had likewise been invited to the meeting , but unexpected business had prevented him from going . At sight of the traitor he . was seized with such
indignation , that he rushed into the street and loaded him publicly with all the epithets his crime deserved ; for . he had been strictly informed of the whole . transaction . ¦ The Polander at first endeavoured to sooth his rage , denied the fact , and accused him of slander . Encotir raged by . the power . of his protector , he threatened : . Ponsard ; with the galleys , and immediately went to Pallante , to inform him of , the danger they were in . of having . their plot discovered . ;; The following
nightPonsard . was , taken , out of his bed-. and carried ; to pris . on . .. Thus in an'instant was an honest man snatched from the bosom of peace and security , and forced to change the agreeable sight of a beloved wife and children , for the horrid looks of an implacable jailor . Thus did these unfortunate prisoners for some time exist in all the horrors of an uncertain fate : each day , ea . h moment , brought them nearer and neareras they thoughtto the last fatal minute ;
, , when , behold , on the fifth day of their imprisonment their ears were invaded by the horrid noise of bolts and bars ; their different cells were opened in turn , and the traitor Pallante presented himself to them alternately . He went from one to the other , spoke to them with mildness , and endeavoured to inspire them with courage and fortitude ; he assured them that all that had been done was for
their own safety , and that they had nothing more to do than to sign a declaration , intimating that the meeting was intended merely for the sake of having some diversion with a stranger . He farther exhorted them to place an entire confidence in him , and that he could assure them the affair would end well . That the king was very youngand easy to be prevailed on ; that ail the prisoners
se-, parately had taken his advice ; that it was the only mean- ; of safety to themselves ; and , to conclude , he gave them his word of honour , that they should be all set at liberty the next day . ( To be continued . )