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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES .
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SUCH were the artful resolutions of Pallante . He took advantage of the terror they were in , and inspired them with a ray of hope ; endeavouring , by these means to deprive them of arms to defend their own cause . I-Iis conduct in regard to the youth Giambarba was quite different , as appeared in the sequel by his depositions in a court of justice . Pallante began at first with mildness to reproach him for so
easily suffering himself to be seduced by the Freemasons . He was thoroughly convinced , he said , that that society were addicted to all manner of vice , especially one in particular , that he , Giambarba , was by that time too well acquainted with . " How was it possible , " added he , " that you should suffer yourself to be corrupted in that manner ? " Giambarba protested in the strongest manner never to
have had the least connexion with the Freemasons , and that he was entirely ignorant of the crime laid to his charge . Pallante insisted on the truth of what he had said , and threatened to strip him if he did not confess : the youth recollectingihe insinu-i ating behaviour of this man a few days before when he took him into his coach , a deadly paleness overspread his countenance , and he felt as if his blood were frozen in his veins ; he no longer beheld Pallante in the light of a respectable magistrate ; and , by the resistance
he made against his endeavours to strip him , he obliged the villain at last to honour his innocence and virtue . Giambarba was certainly much to be pitied ; so far from being a Freemason , he had not the least knowledge of the secrets or regulations of the society , and was even ignorant of the anecdote relating to the wooden ham before-, mentioned . After that Pallante had obtained the signature of the risoners he
p denounced them to the council , or the chamber of justice ; they obliged them to confirm their declaration by oath . As they had named the Polander in their depositions as one to be admitted into their society , Criscohio , the fiscal judge , an upright and attentive magistrate , asked where he was . Pallante , who did not expect snch a questionansweredthat the king knew it . Crisconio ( who began
, , to suspect some treachery , especially as Pallante had not mentioned the informer against the Lodge ) added , that that was not sufficient , and that it was absolutely necessary the tribunal should be informed of it , and afterwards to make their report to his majesty : " The "judges , " continued he , " cannot possibly dispense with the ap-VOL . III . M m *
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES .
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SUCH were the artful resolutions of Pallante . He took advantage of the terror they were in , and inspired them with a ray of hope ; endeavouring , by these means to deprive them of arms to defend their own cause . I-Iis conduct in regard to the youth Giambarba was quite different , as appeared in the sequel by his depositions in a court of justice . Pallante began at first with mildness to reproach him for so
easily suffering himself to be seduced by the Freemasons . He was thoroughly convinced , he said , that that society were addicted to all manner of vice , especially one in particular , that he , Giambarba , was by that time too well acquainted with . " How was it possible , " added he , " that you should suffer yourself to be corrupted in that manner ? " Giambarba protested in the strongest manner never to
have had the least connexion with the Freemasons , and that he was entirely ignorant of the crime laid to his charge . Pallante insisted on the truth of what he had said , and threatened to strip him if he did not confess : the youth recollectingihe insinu-i ating behaviour of this man a few days before when he took him into his coach , a deadly paleness overspread his countenance , and he felt as if his blood were frozen in his veins ; he no longer beheld Pallante in the light of a respectable magistrate ; and , by the resistance
he made against his endeavours to strip him , he obliged the villain at last to honour his innocence and virtue . Giambarba was certainly much to be pitied ; so far from being a Freemason , he had not the least knowledge of the secrets or regulations of the society , and was even ignorant of the anecdote relating to the wooden ham before-, mentioned . After that Pallante had obtained the signature of the risoners he
p denounced them to the council , or the chamber of justice ; they obliged them to confirm their declaration by oath . As they had named the Polander in their depositions as one to be admitted into their society , Criscohio , the fiscal judge , an upright and attentive magistrate , asked where he was . Pallante , who did not expect snch a questionansweredthat the king knew it . Crisconio ( who began
, , to suspect some treachery , especially as Pallante had not mentioned the informer against the Lodge ) added , that that was not sufficient , and that it was absolutely necessary the tribunal should be informed of it , and afterwards to make their report to his majesty : " The "judges , " continued he , " cannot possibly dispense with the ap-VOL . III . M m *