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To The Editor.
Of the scattered remains of the Masons , some emigrated to the East , and settled in China . Some wandered into Europe , particularly the northern parts , whoassumedthe narneof Druids . These still retained their unalterable attachment to masonry and secrecy , and -never committed any of their knowledge to writing . They have indeed left many astonishing instances of it behind them in the
erection of their Stone Calendar * . The tera of their fabrication may be easily ascertained by calculating the precision of the equinoxes ; their skill in perspective is displayed in them . „ "' ' These are falsely and foolishly termed by Europeans , Druidical Temples ; for nothing was more repugnant to their reli gious principles than to worshi p the Deity in any cheiropoitic image .
Life Of The Duke Of Guise.
LIFE OF THE DUKE OF GUISE .
REMARKABLE INCIDENT IN THE
£ From "SEWARD ' ANECDOTES . '' ' ^ THE Duke was married to a Princess of Cleves , a woman of great beauty , and from living in a very gallant court , that of Catharine de Medicis ,. was supposed not to be insensible to the' passion which a handsome young man of the name of St . Maigrin entertained
for her . Catharine de Medicis having on some particular dayiiivited . the principal ladies at the court to a ball and supper , af which each of them was to be served by the young noblemen of the court , who were to be dressed ' in the liveries of their mistresses , the Duke very anxiously intreated the Duchess not to be present , telling her that he did not in the least mistrust her virtue , but that as the Public had talked pretty freely about her and St . Maigrin , it was much better that she should not go , and afford fresh matter for scandal . The Duchess pleaded in excuse , that as the Queen had invited her to sro' she could
not possibly refuse her . The Duchess went to the entertainment , which lasted till six o ' clock in the morning . At that very late hour she returned home and went to bed . She had , however , scarcely lain herself down in it , when she saw'the door open very slowly , and the Duke of Guise enter the room , followed byan aged servant , who carried a bason of broth in his hand . The Duke immediately locked the
door , and coming up to the bedin a very deliberate manner , thus accosted her in a firm and determined tone of voice : "Madam , although you would not do last ni ght what I desired you , you shall do it' now . Your dancing of last ni ght has most probably heated you a little ; you must drink immediately this bason of broth . " The Duchess , sus ' pectingit . to be poison , burst into a flood of tears , and begged hard that the would herto send for her Confessor
Duke permit ' before she drank it . The Duke told her again that she must drink it ; and the Duchess * finding all resistance to no purpose , swallowed the broth . As soon
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To The Editor.
Of the scattered remains of the Masons , some emigrated to the East , and settled in China . Some wandered into Europe , particularly the northern parts , whoassumedthe narneof Druids . These still retained their unalterable attachment to masonry and secrecy , and -never committed any of their knowledge to writing . They have indeed left many astonishing instances of it behind them in the
erection of their Stone Calendar * . The tera of their fabrication may be easily ascertained by calculating the precision of the equinoxes ; their skill in perspective is displayed in them . „ "' ' These are falsely and foolishly termed by Europeans , Druidical Temples ; for nothing was more repugnant to their reli gious principles than to worshi p the Deity in any cheiropoitic image .
Life Of The Duke Of Guise.
LIFE OF THE DUKE OF GUISE .
REMARKABLE INCIDENT IN THE
£ From "SEWARD ' ANECDOTES . '' ' ^ THE Duke was married to a Princess of Cleves , a woman of great beauty , and from living in a very gallant court , that of Catharine de Medicis ,. was supposed not to be insensible to the' passion which a handsome young man of the name of St . Maigrin entertained
for her . Catharine de Medicis having on some particular dayiiivited . the principal ladies at the court to a ball and supper , af which each of them was to be served by the young noblemen of the court , who were to be dressed ' in the liveries of their mistresses , the Duke very anxiously intreated the Duchess not to be present , telling her that he did not in the least mistrust her virtue , but that as the Public had talked pretty freely about her and St . Maigrin , it was much better that she should not go , and afford fresh matter for scandal . The Duchess pleaded in excuse , that as the Queen had invited her to sro' she could
not possibly refuse her . The Duchess went to the entertainment , which lasted till six o ' clock in the morning . At that very late hour she returned home and went to bed . She had , however , scarcely lain herself down in it , when she saw'the door open very slowly , and the Duke of Guise enter the room , followed byan aged servant , who carried a bason of broth in his hand . The Duke immediately locked the
door , and coming up to the bedin a very deliberate manner , thus accosted her in a firm and determined tone of voice : "Madam , although you would not do last ni ght what I desired you , you shall do it' now . Your dancing of last ni ght has most probably heated you a little ; you must drink immediately this bason of broth . " The Duchess , sus ' pectingit . to be poison , burst into a flood of tears , and begged hard that the would herto send for her Confessor
Duke permit ' before she drank it . The Duke told her again that she must drink it ; and the Duchess * finding all resistance to no purpose , swallowed the broth . As soon