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To The Editor.
Say thus by the way of exhortation , my loving and respectful friends ancl brethren , I humbly beseech you , as you love your soul ' s eternal welfare , your own credit , arid your Countrye ' s Good , bee very carefull in observation of these Articles that I am about to read to this Depont . ; for you are obliged to perform them as well as hee , soe hopeing of your care herein I will ( by God ' s grace ) begin the charge . " I am to admonish to honour God ancl his holChurchthat
you y ; you ' use no heresie or error in your understanding , or discredit men teaching . " 2 dly . I am to admonish you to bee true to our Sovereign Lord the King , committing noe treason , misprision of treason , or felony , and if any one shall commit treason , that you know of , you shall give notice to his Majestic , his privy counsellors , or some other that have commission to enquire thereof .
" 3 dly . You shall be true to your fellowes and brethren of the Science of Masonry , and doe to them as you would be done unto . " 4 thly . You shall secure ancl keep secret the obscure and intricate parts of the Science , not disclosing them to any but such as study and use the same .
" othly . You shall doe youre work truely ancl faithfully , endeavouring the proffit ancl advantage of him that is owner of the sayd work . " ( ithly . You shall call Masons fellows or bretliren , without the addition of knave , or any other bad language . " 7 thly . You shall not take youre neighbour ' s wife villanousl y , nor his daughter , nor his mayd , to use imgodlily . " 8 thly . You shall not carnally lye with any woman belonging to the
house wherein you are at table . " Othly . You shall truely pay for your meate and drink where you are at table . " lOthly . You shall not undertake any man ' s work knowing yourselves unable and unexpert to perform ancl effect the same . " That no aspersion or discredit be imputed to the Science , or the lord or owner of the same work bee any ways prejudiced . " I Ithly . You shall not take any work to doe at any excessive and ¦ unreasonable rates , or deceive the owner thereof , but soe as hee may bee truely and faithfully served with his own goods .
" 12 thly . 1 ou shall not supplant any of your fellows of their work ( that is to say ) , if hee or they , or any of them , have taken any work upon him or them , or he or they stand masters of any Lord ' s or owner ' s work , that you shall not put him or them out of or from the sayd work , although you perceive him or they unable to finish the sayd work . " 14 thly . That you shall not take any apprentice to serve you in the sayd science of Masonry under the term of seven years , nor any but
such as are descended from good ancl honest parentage , that noe scandall may be imputed to the Science of Masonry . " 15 thly . You shall not take upon you to make any one a Mason without the privity ancl consent of five or six of your fellowes , and none but such a one that is free borne , ancl whose parents live in good fame and name , and hath his right and perfect limbs , and personal ! of body , to attend the sayd Science . " 16 thly . You sliall not pay any of your fellows any more money than hee or they have deserved , that you bee not deceived by false or slight working , and the owner thereof be much wronged .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Editor.
Say thus by the way of exhortation , my loving and respectful friends ancl brethren , I humbly beseech you , as you love your soul ' s eternal welfare , your own credit , arid your Countrye ' s Good , bee very carefull in observation of these Articles that I am about to read to this Depont . ; for you are obliged to perform them as well as hee , soe hopeing of your care herein I will ( by God ' s grace ) begin the charge . " I am to admonish to honour God ancl his holChurchthat
you y ; you ' use no heresie or error in your understanding , or discredit men teaching . " 2 dly . I am to admonish you to bee true to our Sovereign Lord the King , committing noe treason , misprision of treason , or felony , and if any one shall commit treason , that you know of , you shall give notice to his Majestic , his privy counsellors , or some other that have commission to enquire thereof .
" 3 dly . You shall be true to your fellowes and brethren of the Science of Masonry , and doe to them as you would be done unto . " 4 thly . You shall secure ancl keep secret the obscure and intricate parts of the Science , not disclosing them to any but such as study and use the same .
" othly . You shall doe youre work truely ancl faithfully , endeavouring the proffit ancl advantage of him that is owner of the sayd work . " ( ithly . You shall call Masons fellows or bretliren , without the addition of knave , or any other bad language . " 7 thly . You shall not take youre neighbour ' s wife villanousl y , nor his daughter , nor his mayd , to use imgodlily . " 8 thly . You shall not carnally lye with any woman belonging to the
house wherein you are at table . " Othly . You shall truely pay for your meate and drink where you are at table . " lOthly . You shall not undertake any man ' s work knowing yourselves unable and unexpert to perform ancl effect the same . " That no aspersion or discredit be imputed to the Science , or the lord or owner of the same work bee any ways prejudiced . " I Ithly . You shall not take any work to doe at any excessive and ¦ unreasonable rates , or deceive the owner thereof , but soe as hee may bee truely and faithfully served with his own goods .
" 12 thly . 1 ou shall not supplant any of your fellows of their work ( that is to say ) , if hee or they , or any of them , have taken any work upon him or them , or he or they stand masters of any Lord ' s or owner ' s work , that you shall not put him or them out of or from the sayd work , although you perceive him or they unable to finish the sayd work . " 14 thly . That you shall not take any apprentice to serve you in the sayd science of Masonry under the term of seven years , nor any but
such as are descended from good ancl honest parentage , that noe scandall may be imputed to the Science of Masonry . " 15 thly . You shall not take upon you to make any one a Mason without the privity ancl consent of five or six of your fellowes , and none but such a one that is free borne , ancl whose parents live in good fame and name , and hath his right and perfect limbs , and personal ! of body , to attend the sayd Science . " 16 thly . You sliall not pay any of your fellows any more money than hee or they have deserved , that you bee not deceived by false or slight working , and the owner thereof be much wronged .