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To The Editor.
head , be with our . beginning , and give us grace so to govern our lives , that we may come to his bliss that never shall have end . Amen . " Good Brethren and fellows , our purpose is to tell you how and in what manner this Craft of Masonry was first begun , and afterwards how it was found by worthy Kings and Princes , and many other ways , hurtful to none ; and to them that be here present , we will declare what doth belong to every freemason to keep and for in good faithif you
, take heed thereunto , it is worthy to be kept , being out of the 7 liberal Sciences , which are these that followeth . " 1 st . Grammar , that teacheth a man to speak truly and write truly . " 2 dly . Rhetoric , that teacheth a man to speak fair and in subtil forms .
" 3 dly . Logic , that teacheth a man to discern truth from falsehood . " 4-thly . Arithmetic , that teacheth to accompt ancl reckon all manner of numbers . " Sthly . Geometry , that teacheth met and measure of any thing , and from thence comes Masonry . "Stilly . Music , that teacheth song voice . " 7 thly . Astronomy , that teacheth to know the course of the Sun ,
and Moon , and other ornaments of heaven . "Note , I pray you , that those are joined under Geometry , for it teacheth met and measure , ponderation and weight of every thing in and upon the face'of the whole Earth , for you know every Craftsman works by measure , he or she that buyeth or selleth , it is by weight or measure ; husbandmen , navigators , and painters , all of them use Geometry , for whether Grammar , Rhetoric , Logic , or any other of the saicl Sciences can subsist without Geometry , ergo , most worthy , laudable , and honourable .
" If you ask me how this science was first invented , my answer is this : that before the general deluge , which was commonly called Noah ' s flood , there was a man called Lemeck , as you may read in the 4 th of Genises , who had 2 wives , the one called Adah , the other Zillah ; by Adah he begot 2 sons , Jabell and Jubal ; by Zillah he had a son called Tubal and a daughter called Naahmah ; these 4 Children found the beginning of all the Crafts in the world . Jabell found out Geometry ,
and had divided flocks of sheep and lands ; he first built a house of stone and timber : Juball found out Music , Tuball found out the smith ' s trading or craft , also of Gold , Silver , Copper , Iron , and Steel ; Naahmah found out the craft of weaving : and these children knew that God would take Vengeance for Sin , either by fire or water ; wherefore they did write these Sciences that they had found in two pillars of Stone , that they miht be found after that God had taken Vengeance ; the one
g was of Marble " , and would not burn , the other was Latrest , and would not drown in water , so that the one would be preserved and not consumed , if God would that any people should live upon the earth . " It resteth now to tell you where these Stones were found , whereon the said Sciences were written . After the said Deluge , it pleased God that the great Hermaxmes , ; : whose Son Lucium was , who was the Son of
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To The Editor.
head , be with our . beginning , and give us grace so to govern our lives , that we may come to his bliss that never shall have end . Amen . " Good Brethren and fellows , our purpose is to tell you how and in what manner this Craft of Masonry was first begun , and afterwards how it was found by worthy Kings and Princes , and many other ways , hurtful to none ; and to them that be here present , we will declare what doth belong to every freemason to keep and for in good faithif you
, take heed thereunto , it is worthy to be kept , being out of the 7 liberal Sciences , which are these that followeth . " 1 st . Grammar , that teacheth a man to speak truly and write truly . " 2 dly . Rhetoric , that teacheth a man to speak fair and in subtil forms .
" 3 dly . Logic , that teacheth a man to discern truth from falsehood . " 4-thly . Arithmetic , that teacheth to accompt ancl reckon all manner of numbers . " Sthly . Geometry , that teacheth met and measure of any thing , and from thence comes Masonry . "Stilly . Music , that teacheth song voice . " 7 thly . Astronomy , that teacheth to know the course of the Sun ,
and Moon , and other ornaments of heaven . "Note , I pray you , that those are joined under Geometry , for it teacheth met and measure , ponderation and weight of every thing in and upon the face'of the whole Earth , for you know every Craftsman works by measure , he or she that buyeth or selleth , it is by weight or measure ; husbandmen , navigators , and painters , all of them use Geometry , for whether Grammar , Rhetoric , Logic , or any other of the saicl Sciences can subsist without Geometry , ergo , most worthy , laudable , and honourable .
" If you ask me how this science was first invented , my answer is this : that before the general deluge , which was commonly called Noah ' s flood , there was a man called Lemeck , as you may read in the 4 th of Genises , who had 2 wives , the one called Adah , the other Zillah ; by Adah he begot 2 sons , Jabell and Jubal ; by Zillah he had a son called Tubal and a daughter called Naahmah ; these 4 Children found the beginning of all the Crafts in the world . Jabell found out Geometry ,
and had divided flocks of sheep and lands ; he first built a house of stone and timber : Juball found out Music , Tuball found out the smith ' s trading or craft , also of Gold , Silver , Copper , Iron , and Steel ; Naahmah found out the craft of weaving : and these children knew that God would take Vengeance for Sin , either by fire or water ; wherefore they did write these Sciences that they had found in two pillars of Stone , that they miht be found after that God had taken Vengeance ; the one
g was of Marble " , and would not burn , the other was Latrest , and would not drown in water , so that the one would be preserved and not consumed , if God would that any people should live upon the earth . " It resteth now to tell you where these Stones were found , whereon the said Sciences were written . After the said Deluge , it pleased God that the great Hermaxmes , ; : whose Son Lucium was , who was the Son of