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Important Masonic Record.
sent after Masons into divers countreys and into clivers lands , and lie gathered them togeather , so that he had twenty-four thousand workers of stone , and were all named Masons ; and he chosed out of them three thousand , and were all ordained to be masters , rulers , and governors of his worke ; and then was there a king of another region , which men called lram , and he loved well King Solloman , and gave him timber to his workancl he had a sonne that was called a man that was master of
, geometry , and was chiefe Master of all his Masonrie , and of all his graving , carving , and all other masonry that belonged to the temple ; this is witnessed in the Holy Bible { in libra regium quarto et tertio ) , this same Sollomon confirmed both the charges antl the manners which his father hacl given , and thus was the worthy Craft of Masonrie confirmed in that countrey of Jerusalem , and many other regions and kingdomes men walked in divers countreys , some because of learning tolearnemore
cunning , and some to teach them that hacl but little cunning ; and see it befell that there was a curious man named Namas Greecious , who had beene at the making of Sol' . oman ' s temple , and he came from thence into France , and there he taught the science of Masonrie to men of that land ; and so there was one of the royall line of France called Charles Marshall , and he was a man that loved well the said Craft , and took upon him the rules and manners ; ancl after that by the grace of God he
was elect to be the King of France ; and when he was in his estate he helped to make those Masons that were now , and sett them on work , ancl gave them charges and manners and good pay , as he had learned of other Masons , and confirmed them a charter , from yeare to yeare , to hold their assembly when they would , and cherished them right well ; and
thus came this noble Craft into France . Ancl England in that season stood void as foragine charge of Masons until St . Albanos ; ancl St . Albanos was a worthy knight , and steward to the king of his household , and had govermeht of his realme , and also of the making of the walls of the said towne ; and he loved well Masons and cherished them much , and made there their pay right good , for he gave them three shillings and sixpence a-week , ancl three pence ; before that time in all the land a Mason took but one penny and his meat till St . Albanos
mended it ; and he got them a charter of the king and his counsell for to hold a generall councell , ancl gave it to name assembly , thereat was he himselfe , and did help to make Masons and gave them charges , as you shall heare afterwards . Soone after the decease of St . Albanos there came divei-se warrs into England out of diverse nations , so that the good rule of Masons was dishired ancl put downe until ! the tyme of King Adilston ; in his time there was a worthy king in England that brought
this land into good rest , and he budded many great workes and buildings , therefore he loved well Masons , for he had a sonne called Edwin , the which loved Masons much more then his father did , and he was soe practized in geometry that he delighted much to come ancl talke with Masons , ancl to learne of them the Craft ; and after , for the love he had to Masons and to the Craft , he was made Mason at Windsor ; and he gott of the king his father a charter ancl commission once every to
yeare have assembley within the realme where they would within England , and to correct within themselves faults and trespasses that were done as touching the Craft ; and he held them an assembley at Yorke , and there he made Masons , and gave them charges and taught them the manners , and comands , the same to be kept ever afterwards , and tooke them the charter and commission to kecne their assembly , antl ordained that it
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Important Masonic Record.
sent after Masons into divers countreys and into clivers lands , and lie gathered them togeather , so that he had twenty-four thousand workers of stone , and were all named Masons ; and he chosed out of them three thousand , and were all ordained to be masters , rulers , and governors of his worke ; and then was there a king of another region , which men called lram , and he loved well King Solloman , and gave him timber to his workancl he had a sonne that was called a man that was master of
, geometry , and was chiefe Master of all his Masonrie , and of all his graving , carving , and all other masonry that belonged to the temple ; this is witnessed in the Holy Bible { in libra regium quarto et tertio ) , this same Sollomon confirmed both the charges antl the manners which his father hacl given , and thus was the worthy Craft of Masonrie confirmed in that countrey of Jerusalem , and many other regions and kingdomes men walked in divers countreys , some because of learning tolearnemore
cunning , and some to teach them that hacl but little cunning ; and see it befell that there was a curious man named Namas Greecious , who had beene at the making of Sol' . oman ' s temple , and he came from thence into France , and there he taught the science of Masonrie to men of that land ; and so there was one of the royall line of France called Charles Marshall , and he was a man that loved well the said Craft , and took upon him the rules and manners ; ancl after that by the grace of God he
was elect to be the King of France ; and when he was in his estate he helped to make those Masons that were now , and sett them on work , ancl gave them charges and manners and good pay , as he had learned of other Masons , and confirmed them a charter , from yeare to yeare , to hold their assembly when they would , and cherished them right well ; and
thus came this noble Craft into France . Ancl England in that season stood void as foragine charge of Masons until St . Albanos ; ancl St . Albanos was a worthy knight , and steward to the king of his household , and had govermeht of his realme , and also of the making of the walls of the said towne ; and he loved well Masons and cherished them much , and made there their pay right good , for he gave them three shillings and sixpence a-week , ancl three pence ; before that time in all the land a Mason took but one penny and his meat till St . Albanos
mended it ; and he got them a charter of the king and his counsell for to hold a generall councell , ancl gave it to name assembly , thereat was he himselfe , and did help to make Masons and gave them charges , as you shall heare afterwards . Soone after the decease of St . Albanos there came divei-se warrs into England out of diverse nations , so that the good rule of Masons was dishired ancl put downe until ! the tyme of King Adilston ; in his time there was a worthy king in England that brought
this land into good rest , and he budded many great workes and buildings , therefore he loved well Masons , for he had a sonne called Edwin , the which loved Masons much more then his father did , and he was soe practized in geometry that he delighted much to come ancl talke with Masons , ancl to learne of them the Craft ; and after , for the love he had to Masons and to the Craft , he was made Mason at Windsor ; and he gott of the king his father a charter ancl commission once every to
yeare have assembley within the realme where they would within England , and to correct within themselves faults and trespasses that were done as touching the Craft ; and he held them an assembley at Yorke , and there he made Masons , and gave them charges and taught them the manners , and comands , the same to be kept ever afterwards , and tooke them the charter and commission to kecne their assembly , antl ordained that it