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For The Freemasons' Magazine.
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
IT is an . opinion generally received , that the addition of the dagger to the arms ofthe City of London had this original : In the fifth year of the reign of Richard the second , there was a rebellion in the county of Kent , of which one Wat Tyler , a poor labourer , who had adopted that name from his trade , was leader . This man ' s infatuation was so much , that he even ventured to enter the metropolis ; where lie was met by the Kingaccompanied by William Walworththe
, , gallant Lord Mayor , who not being able to bear the traitor ' s insolence , arrested him by a violent blow on the headland then stabbed him with his dagger , which was added to the arms ofthe City , to commerhorate the braveiy of that action . That this tradition is entirely false the following will make evident : being lately at Staines , in Middlesex , I observed , at a distance , en the banks ofthe Thames , a little below
the ' famous Runny-Mead , a stone which bene the appearance of antiquity : I found it the boundary of the City ' s liberty . The- stone wa . < S -about four feet high , and in the middle was the Mayor ' s name , with the date thus , 1254 ; the third figure , which seeni 6 to have bean 5 , is much effaced ; but that set aside , the dagger coulcl not have been derived from the above anecdote ; for a little below the date are the arms as they now stand . Now the year 1254 was long before Richard ihe second , who came not-to the throne till 1377 . A , T ;
Instance Of Delicacy And Presence Of Mind.
INSTANCE OF DELICACY AND PRESENCE OF MIND .
SOME few years ago , 111 Rome , a very genteel company , consisting of above a hundred persons , was assembled at Cardinal Alberetti ' s : at one ofthe card-tables a Gentleman lost a Snuff-box , most curiously « et with diamonds ; he asked the Gentlemen at the same table if they had seen it , but was answered in the negative ; he therefore applied to the Cardinal , who ordered the doors of the assembly-room to be shut , and told the company none must be offended , but that no one
should depart till the snuff-box was found ; on which another Cardinal , who was present , said , perhaps the person who has taken the box did it in a frolic , and being taxed so seriously is ashamed to restore it ; let therefore the candles be all extinguished , let the company keep standing , and let the person who has taken the box replace it on one of the ' tables . This was agreed to : when the light was brought in , the boi Was found , and the harmony ofthe company restored .
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RECEIPT for Marking Linen so as not to Wash out again . TAKE vermillion , as much as will lie on a half-crown piece ; ' of the best salt of steel , a piece about the size of a small nutmeg ; grind , or levigate well- together with linseed oil : you may make it thick or thin to your discretion . N . B . This is equal , if not superior , to any ofthe numerous compactions so king puffed ou the ? own at exorbitant prices .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
For The Freemasons' Magazine.
FOR THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE .
IT is an . opinion generally received , that the addition of the dagger to the arms ofthe City of London had this original : In the fifth year of the reign of Richard the second , there was a rebellion in the county of Kent , of which one Wat Tyler , a poor labourer , who had adopted that name from his trade , was leader . This man ' s infatuation was so much , that he even ventured to enter the metropolis ; where lie was met by the Kingaccompanied by William Walworththe
, , gallant Lord Mayor , who not being able to bear the traitor ' s insolence , arrested him by a violent blow on the headland then stabbed him with his dagger , which was added to the arms ofthe City , to commerhorate the braveiy of that action . That this tradition is entirely false the following will make evident : being lately at Staines , in Middlesex , I observed , at a distance , en the banks ofthe Thames , a little below
the ' famous Runny-Mead , a stone which bene the appearance of antiquity : I found it the boundary of the City ' s liberty . The- stone wa . < S -about four feet high , and in the middle was the Mayor ' s name , with the date thus , 1254 ; the third figure , which seeni 6 to have bean 5 , is much effaced ; but that set aside , the dagger coulcl not have been derived from the above anecdote ; for a little below the date are the arms as they now stand . Now the year 1254 was long before Richard ihe second , who came not-to the throne till 1377 . A , T ;
Instance Of Delicacy And Presence Of Mind.
INSTANCE OF DELICACY AND PRESENCE OF MIND .
SOME few years ago , 111 Rome , a very genteel company , consisting of above a hundred persons , was assembled at Cardinal Alberetti ' s : at one ofthe card-tables a Gentleman lost a Snuff-box , most curiously « et with diamonds ; he asked the Gentlemen at the same table if they had seen it , but was answered in the negative ; he therefore applied to the Cardinal , who ordered the doors of the assembly-room to be shut , and told the company none must be offended , but that no one
should depart till the snuff-box was found ; on which another Cardinal , who was present , said , perhaps the person who has taken the box did it in a frolic , and being taxed so seriously is ashamed to restore it ; let therefore the candles be all extinguished , let the company keep standing , and let the person who has taken the box replace it on one of the ' tables . This was agreed to : when the light was brought in , the boi Was found , and the harmony ofthe company restored .
Ar04902
RECEIPT for Marking Linen so as not to Wash out again . TAKE vermillion , as much as will lie on a half-crown piece ; ' of the best salt of steel , a piece about the size of a small nutmeg ; grind , or levigate well- together with linseed oil : you may make it thick or thin to your discretion . N . B . This is equal , if not superior , to any ofthe numerous compactions so king puffed ou the ? own at exorbitant prices .