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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 11 of 14 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
ancl Darnely , and the Marquis of Caernarvon , with a numerous train of noble and worth y Brothers , and several distinguished foreign members of the Craft . The twelve Stewards , and a great number of other Brethren , in their proper clothing , waited on the Earl of Morton , Grand Master Elect , at his house in New Bond Street ; ancl after
being there entertained at breakfast , had a public procession to Haberdashers' Hall , in carriages , attended b y three bands of music . At the Hall gate , the Stewards received the cavalcade , ancl conducted the Grand Officers through the Hall into an inner chamber , the Deputy Grancl Master carrying the Grand Master ' s Jewel . Here the Grand
Lodge was opened , and our friend Martin Clare was publicly complimented b y the Grand Master , and also b y Bros . Payne and Desagnliers ; the latter of whom moved a vote of thanks to him for his new version of the Lectures , in which he pronounced them to be a livel y elucidation of the most ancient method of working a Lodge .
" The above ceremonial , ancl another of the same kind in the following year , each of which was attended with a public procession in coaches , originated a caricature and
broadside , which were published in ridicule of the proceedings . The former was entitled , 'The solemn and statel y Procession of the Scald Miserable Masons , as it was martial ed on Thursday , the 18 th clay of this instant April ;' ancl the latter was headed , ' A geometrical view of the Grand Procession of the Scald Miserable Masons , designed
as they were drawn up over against Somerset House in the Strand , on the 27 th day of April , 174 * 2 . ' And what sort of a procession do you think it was ? You shall hear . "First came two T y lers , in yellow cockades ancl liveries ; then the Apprentices , armed with drawn swords to keep off all cowans and listeners ; after which came the band
of music , consisting of four cows' horns , as many teacanisters filled with broken g lass , four shovels beaten with brushes , two double bass dri pping-pans , a frying-pan , a saltbox , and a pair of tubs for kettle-drums . Then followed six lean horses with funeral habiliments , and the arms of Hiram A biff , a brick waggon for a hearseon which was a
, bier of tubs covered with a chimney-sweeper ' s cloth , and on each side was a double rank of Brethren , bearing escutcheons , and other funereal symbols . After this came another band of music similar to the above , the performers being mounted upon donkeys . Then the Grand Sword
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
ancl Darnely , and the Marquis of Caernarvon , with a numerous train of noble and worth y Brothers , and several distinguished foreign members of the Craft . The twelve Stewards , and a great number of other Brethren , in their proper clothing , waited on the Earl of Morton , Grand Master Elect , at his house in New Bond Street ; ancl after
being there entertained at breakfast , had a public procession to Haberdashers' Hall , in carriages , attended b y three bands of music . At the Hall gate , the Stewards received the cavalcade , ancl conducted the Grand Officers through the Hall into an inner chamber , the Deputy Grancl Master carrying the Grand Master ' s Jewel . Here the Grand
Lodge was opened , and our friend Martin Clare was publicly complimented b y the Grand Master , and also b y Bros . Payne and Desagnliers ; the latter of whom moved a vote of thanks to him for his new version of the Lectures , in which he pronounced them to be a livel y elucidation of the most ancient method of working a Lodge .
" The above ceremonial , ancl another of the same kind in the following year , each of which was attended with a public procession in coaches , originated a caricature and
broadside , which were published in ridicule of the proceedings . The former was entitled , 'The solemn and statel y Procession of the Scald Miserable Masons , as it was martial ed on Thursday , the 18 th clay of this instant April ;' ancl the latter was headed , ' A geometrical view of the Grand Procession of the Scald Miserable Masons , designed
as they were drawn up over against Somerset House in the Strand , on the 27 th day of April , 174 * 2 . ' And what sort of a procession do you think it was ? You shall hear . "First came two T y lers , in yellow cockades ancl liveries ; then the Apprentices , armed with drawn swords to keep off all cowans and listeners ; after which came the band
of music , consisting of four cows' horns , as many teacanisters filled with broken g lass , four shovels beaten with brushes , two double bass dri pping-pans , a frying-pan , a saltbox , and a pair of tubs for kettle-drums . Then followed six lean horses with funeral habiliments , and the arms of Hiram A biff , a brick waggon for a hearseon which was a
, bier of tubs covered with a chimney-sweeper ' s cloth , and on each side was a double rank of Brethren , bearing escutcheons , and other funereal symbols . After this came another band of music similar to the above , the performers being mounted upon donkeys . Then the Grand Sword