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Article MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS AT NAPLES. ← Page 4 of 4
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Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
But all their designs were frustrated : Pallante had art sufficient to parry the stroke levelled against him , and even to procure to himself such a position as would effectually crush his enemies at once . Without ceasing to be commissary he was made Fiscal . In that quality he was ordered to lay before the tribunal the state of the case , to examine the witnesses , and all the writings relating to the trial . Sufficiently sheltered from the attacks of his enemies , their
fate seemed to be in his hands ; the accused saw themselves at once deprived of all hope and means of defence . The steps that had been taken against him enraged him more than ever ; the witnesses that were to give in their evidence before him durst not betray him ; the villains were his accomplices and his clients , the accused were his enemies . Wickedness was on the point of triumphing ; the honour of the
society was attacked without the means of acquitting themselves . Every thing appeared as lost since Pallante was made Fiscal * . The unhappy prisoners , deprived of all resources , wept their deplorable fate in their dismal and dark cells , when the God of compassion awakened in their favour a powerful friend , and a formidable enemy to the traitors . The reader will now be made amends by a more comfortable scene , after perusing all the horrors of persecution against an innocent and
oppressed society . The queen was moved with compassion at the recital of their unhappy fate . The Grand Master of the National Lodge of Naples had by means of a court lady petitioned the queen in favour of the society , and in his letter to that princess had given a faithful account of their institution , their charity , and brotherly love , & c . Pier majesty had enjoyed the sweets of the most lively friendship for many years back in the agreeable company of the lady
above-mentioned ; such a friendship as is rarely to be met with at court ; and to which union of hearts was joined the heavenly virtue of charity and universal benevolence . As soon as the queen had been informed of the whole detail of this horrid plot , like a tender and compassionate mother she was determined not to suffer any longer the oppression of so many innocent men and their unhappy families ;
she easily penetrated the mystery of this dark combination . Fully persuaded , that through the labyrinth of a court truth does not easily find its way to the throne , she determined to carry the petition herself to the king . But what a sublime and moving scene ensued I Truth and innocence pleading their cause by the mouth of a queen like Caroline , and before a king generous and humane "like Ferdinand .
His majesty was astonished to hear the recital of facts all of which had been unknown to him . The queen moved his compassion b y a representation of the same images that had touched her heart . ( To be continued . )
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Memoirs Of The Freemasons At Naples.
But all their designs were frustrated : Pallante had art sufficient to parry the stroke levelled against him , and even to procure to himself such a position as would effectually crush his enemies at once . Without ceasing to be commissary he was made Fiscal . In that quality he was ordered to lay before the tribunal the state of the case , to examine the witnesses , and all the writings relating to the trial . Sufficiently sheltered from the attacks of his enemies , their
fate seemed to be in his hands ; the accused saw themselves at once deprived of all hope and means of defence . The steps that had been taken against him enraged him more than ever ; the witnesses that were to give in their evidence before him durst not betray him ; the villains were his accomplices and his clients , the accused were his enemies . Wickedness was on the point of triumphing ; the honour of the
society was attacked without the means of acquitting themselves . Every thing appeared as lost since Pallante was made Fiscal * . The unhappy prisoners , deprived of all resources , wept their deplorable fate in their dismal and dark cells , when the God of compassion awakened in their favour a powerful friend , and a formidable enemy to the traitors . The reader will now be made amends by a more comfortable scene , after perusing all the horrors of persecution against an innocent and
oppressed society . The queen was moved with compassion at the recital of their unhappy fate . The Grand Master of the National Lodge of Naples had by means of a court lady petitioned the queen in favour of the society , and in his letter to that princess had given a faithful account of their institution , their charity , and brotherly love , & c . Pier majesty had enjoyed the sweets of the most lively friendship for many years back in the agreeable company of the lady
above-mentioned ; such a friendship as is rarely to be met with at court ; and to which union of hearts was joined the heavenly virtue of charity and universal benevolence . As soon as the queen had been informed of the whole detail of this horrid plot , like a tender and compassionate mother she was determined not to suffer any longer the oppression of so many innocent men and their unhappy families ;
she easily penetrated the mystery of this dark combination . Fully persuaded , that through the labyrinth of a court truth does not easily find its way to the throne , she determined to carry the petition herself to the king . But what a sublime and moving scene ensued I Truth and innocence pleading their cause by the mouth of a queen like Caroline , and before a king generous and humane "like Ferdinand .
His majesty was astonished to hear the recital of facts all of which had been unknown to him . The queen moved his compassion b y a representation of the same images that had touched her heart . ( To be continued . )