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Article ON SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM, ← Page 18 of 18 Article A RELIC OF THE PRETENDER. Page 1 of 1
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On Symbols And Symbolism,
and perhaps Chew Magna , iu that nei ghbourhood , with a similar temple , would be better written Drew Magna . In France , Dreux , the chief seat of the Gaulic Druids , still retains its ancient name almost intact ; and in Germany numerous places still cany unmistakable evidence of the presence ancl power of Druids beyond the Rhine , notwithstanding the assertion of
Bishop Percy , that this race of priests never obtained there : such names are remarkabl y frequent along the German portion of Adrian ' s wall , Irudenhcim , Hohen-Trudcning , Wasser-Trudning , & c . & c . The various topics of St . Graal , or Sang real , with the search for its lost names , and the recovery of the forgotten word ; the Ark , cista , or mystica Vannus Iacchi ; the monumental figures of cross-legged knights , and many other subjects curious in themselves ancl interesting to the Craft , must be reserved to another number . A A
A Relic Of The Pretender.
A RELIC OF THE PRETENDER .
From the Courrier du Pas-de-Calais .
Count du I-Iamel , prefect of this department , has just found an authentic copy , in parchment , of a charter emanating from Charles Edward , the Pretender , and bearing date the loth of February , 1745 , establishing at Arras a Sovereign , Primatial , ancl Metropolitan Chapter of Rosicrucian Freemasons . The Count has presented the document to the general archives of the departmentIt declares
. that" Charles-Edward , King-pretender of England , France , Scotland , and Ireland , " ivishing to testif y his gratitude to the Artesian Masons of Arras for the numerous marks of kindness whieh they , in conjunction with the officers of the garrison of Arras , had shown him during a residence of six months which he had made in that town has thought fit to create the said Chapter of Freemasons , under the distinctive title
of Jacobite-Scotland , to be governed by the knights Lagneau and Robespierre , advocates ; Hazard and his two sons , physicians ; Lucel , upholsterer ; and Cellier , clock-maker , giving them authority not onl y to make knights , but even to create a Chapter in whatever town they may think lit . The document is signed " Charles ^ Edward Stew-art , " ancl countersigned " Lord Deberkley , Secretary . " The Robespierre mentioned in the charter Avas grandfather of the infamous member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Symbols And Symbolism,
and perhaps Chew Magna , iu that nei ghbourhood , with a similar temple , would be better written Drew Magna . In France , Dreux , the chief seat of the Gaulic Druids , still retains its ancient name almost intact ; and in Germany numerous places still cany unmistakable evidence of the presence ancl power of Druids beyond the Rhine , notwithstanding the assertion of
Bishop Percy , that this race of priests never obtained there : such names are remarkabl y frequent along the German portion of Adrian ' s wall , Irudenhcim , Hohen-Trudcning , Wasser-Trudning , & c . & c . The various topics of St . Graal , or Sang real , with the search for its lost names , and the recovery of the forgotten word ; the Ark , cista , or mystica Vannus Iacchi ; the monumental figures of cross-legged knights , and many other subjects curious in themselves ancl interesting to the Craft , must be reserved to another number . A A
A Relic Of The Pretender.
A RELIC OF THE PRETENDER .
From the Courrier du Pas-de-Calais .
Count du I-Iamel , prefect of this department , has just found an authentic copy , in parchment , of a charter emanating from Charles Edward , the Pretender , and bearing date the loth of February , 1745 , establishing at Arras a Sovereign , Primatial , ancl Metropolitan Chapter of Rosicrucian Freemasons . The Count has presented the document to the general archives of the departmentIt declares
. that" Charles-Edward , King-pretender of England , France , Scotland , and Ireland , " ivishing to testif y his gratitude to the Artesian Masons of Arras for the numerous marks of kindness whieh they , in conjunction with the officers of the garrison of Arras , had shown him during a residence of six months which he had made in that town has thought fit to create the said Chapter of Freemasons , under the distinctive title
of Jacobite-Scotland , to be governed by the knights Lagneau and Robespierre , advocates ; Hazard and his two sons , physicians ; Lucel , upholsterer ; and Cellier , clock-maker , giving them authority not onl y to make knights , but even to create a Chapter in whatever town they may think lit . The document is signed " Charles ^ Edward Stew-art , " ancl countersigned " Lord Deberkley , Secretary . " The Robespierre mentioned in the charter Avas grandfather of the infamous member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror .