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tain them , to inform th . e King , and he should be well rewarded ; whereupon Euclides came to the King , and said thus : ' My noble Sovereign , if I may have order and government of these Lord's Sons , I will teach them the seven liberal Sciences , whereby they may live honestly like Gentlemen , provided that you will grant me power over them by virtue of your Commission ; ' which was easily afforded . And the Master Euclid gave them these following admonitions :
" 1 st . To be true to the King . " 2 dly . To the Master they serve . " 3 dly . To be true one to another . " 4 thly . Not to miscall one another , as knave or such like . " 5 thly . To do their work duly , that they may deserve their wages at their Master ' s hands . " Gfhl . To ordain the wisest of them Master and their Lordand
y , Master of his work . " 7 thly . To have such reasonable wages that the workmen may live honestly with credit . " Sthiy . To come and assemble once a-year to take counsel in their Craft how they may work best to serve their Lord and Master for his profit and their own credit , and to correct such as have offended . " Note that Masonry was heretofore termed Geometry , ancl since then
the people of Israel came to the land of Behest , which is now called Emens , in the eoun ' try of Jerusalem ; King David began a Temple , which is now called the Temple of the Lord , or the Temple of Jerusalem , and King David * loved Masons well , and cherished them , and gave them good payment , and did give them a charge , as Euclides had given them before in Egypt , and further as hereafter follows . And after the death of King David , Solomon his son finished the Temple
which his father began ; hee sent for Masons of divers Lands , to the number of lower and twenty thousand * * * * * and nominated masters and governors of the work ; ancl there was another king of another Religion ancl Country , called Haram , who loved well King Solomon , and hee gave him timber for his work , and hee had a Sonne anon , and hee was master of Geometry , and hee was chiefe master of all his Masons , of larved work ancl all other theire work of Masonry that belongeth to the
Temple , as appeareth by the Bible in libro Regum , cap . 4 to . ; and King Solomon confirmed all things concerning Masons , that David his father had given in Charge ; and these Masons did Travel ! divers Countrys , some to augment their knowledge in the said art , and to instruct others . And it happened that a curious Mason , called Memon Grerus ,+ that had beene at the building of Solomon ' s Temple , came into France and taught the Science of Masonry to the French men ; and there was a King of France , named Carolus Morter ,: !; whoe served greatly Masonry , which
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To The Editor.
tain them , to inform th . e King , and he should be well rewarded ; whereupon Euclides came to the King , and said thus : ' My noble Sovereign , if I may have order and government of these Lord's Sons , I will teach them the seven liberal Sciences , whereby they may live honestly like Gentlemen , provided that you will grant me power over them by virtue of your Commission ; ' which was easily afforded . And the Master Euclid gave them these following admonitions :
" 1 st . To be true to the King . " 2 dly . To the Master they serve . " 3 dly . To be true one to another . " 4 thly . Not to miscall one another , as knave or such like . " 5 thly . To do their work duly , that they may deserve their wages at their Master ' s hands . " Gfhl . To ordain the wisest of them Master and their Lordand
y , Master of his work . " 7 thly . To have such reasonable wages that the workmen may live honestly with credit . " Sthiy . To come and assemble once a-year to take counsel in their Craft how they may work best to serve their Lord and Master for his profit and their own credit , and to correct such as have offended . " Note that Masonry was heretofore termed Geometry , ancl since then
the people of Israel came to the land of Behest , which is now called Emens , in the eoun ' try of Jerusalem ; King David began a Temple , which is now called the Temple of the Lord , or the Temple of Jerusalem , and King David * loved Masons well , and cherished them , and gave them good payment , and did give them a charge , as Euclides had given them before in Egypt , and further as hereafter follows . And after the death of King David , Solomon his son finished the Temple
which his father began ; hee sent for Masons of divers Lands , to the number of lower and twenty thousand * * * * * and nominated masters and governors of the work ; ancl there was another king of another Religion ancl Country , called Haram , who loved well King Solomon , and hee gave him timber for his work , and hee had a Sonne anon , and hee was master of Geometry , and hee was chiefe master of all his Masons , of larved work ancl all other theire work of Masonry that belongeth to the
Temple , as appeareth by the Bible in libro Regum , cap . 4 to . ; and King Solomon confirmed all things concerning Masons , that David his father had given in Charge ; and these Masons did Travel ! divers Countrys , some to augment their knowledge in the said art , and to instruct others . And it happened that a curious Mason , called Memon Grerus ,+ that had beene at the building of Solomon ' s Temple , came into France and taught the Science of Masonry to the French men ; and there was a King of France , named Carolus Morter ,: !; whoe served greatly Masonry , which