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Masonic Legends.
Brother , Larry Dermot , hut while we were wide awake . The fairy imps absolutely gambolled ancl revelled with delight at our astonishment , when , with mystic devilry , they told us , gentle reader , " there was nothing new under the sun ; " and observing that our astonishment was increasing into something hetween awe and stupidity , they reminded ns that we were their successors in the preservation of these papers , and thereby doomed to certain penalties ; that one of the legends must be iven
g to the Brethren at least every three months ; ancl that unless we did so , those who wrote them , aided by the spirit of Larry Dermot , would " tickle our tobies , " with a bill of attainder , according to the present Constitutions , a copy of which had been presented to them h y Brother Peter Gilkes , and which identical copy , it appeared , had heen accidentally deposited with his remains in St . James ' s Churchyard , in 1831 .
The merry imps told us many other matters , and have promised to decypher all the MSS . ; and further , to skip about from pole to pole , over land and over sea , ancl from the palace to the cottage ; and , like bees , with honeyed wing , to bring their stores to the hive of industry for our readers . For this ( the future ) we have promised to be grateful , ancl as they are to have the benefit—we could do no less . We hope in all tills we give no offence to any Brother , high or low , rich or poor .
AN EWENTTE . * ( VVEYLEDE YN ALLEGORYE , ANDE YLLUSTRATED BYE SYMBOLLES . ) AP . : —25 ° + A . L . 4238 , A . D . 238 . ARGUMENT . —A place of meeting hewing been required for mystic purposes , the Craft met in " a new temple .- " exordium , explanation , perorationproclamationinvestiture of officialslecturepoints of
, , , , lecture , various allusions ( not , however , important , ) anticipations of the future in relation to the education of' children , X some passing hints upon the danger of recording even matters that involve no mystery of the Order , and some observations upon the difficulty in providing shelter for the aged men .
Heptarehical summons . —To wit : Kent—Northumberland , East Anglia—Mercia , Essex—Sussex , Wessex—together with Cornwall and Wales . Presentes—Magister Maximus—Magistri secuntli . I . East Anglia . § 2 . Mercia . 3 . Essex . 4 . From Stranger Land . L . Y . S . O . N . S . B . A . C : P . S : Cum multis aliis , in online , videlicet . Wardens , 8 ; Priests , 2 ; Treasurer , 1 ; Secretaries , 2 ; Deacons , 21 ; Superintendent of AVorks , 1 ; Organist , 1 ; Assistant Director of Ceremonies , 1 ; Sword Bearers , 3 . iii " . M . loquitur . —1 now again declare my Alter-Ego , and am happy to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Legends.
Brother , Larry Dermot , hut while we were wide awake . The fairy imps absolutely gambolled ancl revelled with delight at our astonishment , when , with mystic devilry , they told us , gentle reader , " there was nothing new under the sun ; " and observing that our astonishment was increasing into something hetween awe and stupidity , they reminded ns that we were their successors in the preservation of these papers , and thereby doomed to certain penalties ; that one of the legends must be iven
g to the Brethren at least every three months ; ancl that unless we did so , those who wrote them , aided by the spirit of Larry Dermot , would " tickle our tobies , " with a bill of attainder , according to the present Constitutions , a copy of which had been presented to them h y Brother Peter Gilkes , and which identical copy , it appeared , had heen accidentally deposited with his remains in St . James ' s Churchyard , in 1831 .
The merry imps told us many other matters , and have promised to decypher all the MSS . ; and further , to skip about from pole to pole , over land and over sea , ancl from the palace to the cottage ; and , like bees , with honeyed wing , to bring their stores to the hive of industry for our readers . For this ( the future ) we have promised to be grateful , ancl as they are to have the benefit—we could do no less . We hope in all tills we give no offence to any Brother , high or low , rich or poor .
AN EWENTTE . * ( VVEYLEDE YN ALLEGORYE , ANDE YLLUSTRATED BYE SYMBOLLES . ) AP . : —25 ° + A . L . 4238 , A . D . 238 . ARGUMENT . —A place of meeting hewing been required for mystic purposes , the Craft met in " a new temple .- " exordium , explanation , perorationproclamationinvestiture of officialslecturepoints of
, , , , lecture , various allusions ( not , however , important , ) anticipations of the future in relation to the education of' children , X some passing hints upon the danger of recording even matters that involve no mystery of the Order , and some observations upon the difficulty in providing shelter for the aged men .
Heptarehical summons . —To wit : Kent—Northumberland , East Anglia—Mercia , Essex—Sussex , Wessex—together with Cornwall and Wales . Presentes—Magister Maximus—Magistri secuntli . I . East Anglia . § 2 . Mercia . 3 . Essex . 4 . From Stranger Land . L . Y . S . O . N . S . B . A . C : P . S : Cum multis aliis , in online , videlicet . Wardens , 8 ; Priests , 2 ; Treasurer , 1 ; Secretaries , 2 ; Deacons , 21 ; Superintendent of AVorks , 1 ; Organist , 1 ; Assistant Director of Ceremonies , 1 ; Sword Bearers , 3 . iii " . M . loquitur . —1 now again declare my Alter-Ego , and am happy to