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TABLE OF CONTENTS .

PAGE REVIEWS- - Thc Old Constitutions , to 703 The Educational Places of Amusement in London . 703 & 704 F REEMASONRY AND ISRAELITISM 704 & 705

T HE PHILOSOPHY OF FREEMASORY ... 705 & 706 I LLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY OF THE CRAFT ' ... ... 706 T HE FOOTSTEPS OF MASONRY 707 B IRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS 708

M ASONIC HISTORIANS 70 S & 709 M ULTAJI IN PARVO 709 & 710 O RIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE"Merit and Ability " 710 The Purple in West Lancashire ... 710 & 711 " The Fair Sex and Adoptive "Masonry " ... 711

P OETRY" Our Nautical Brother" 711 T HE " FREEMASON" LIFE BOAT MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE 711

SCOTLANDGlasgow ... ... 711 THE PURPLE IN WEST LANCASHIRE 712 THE CRAFT"Metropolitan 712 Provincial 712 & 713 MARK

MASONRYMetropolitan ... ... ... 713 Provincial ... ... 713 & 714 ORDERS OF CHIVALRYRed Cross of Constantine , 714 MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT "WEEK 714 ADVERTISEMENTS 701 , 702 , 715 , & 716

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« The Old Constitutions belonging to thc Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of Entrland and

Ireland , & c . ; edited by the llcv . JOHN EDMUND COX , D . D ., F . S . A ., P . G . Chaplain , & c . London : Richard Spencer , Great Oueen-strcet .

( Continued from page 663 . ) Tlie usual traditional account ofthe origin of Masonry is given at page 4 , & c , as follows : —

You ask me how this Science was invented ; my Answer is this , That before the General Deluge , which is commonly called A oah's Flood , there was a Man called Lantech , as you may read in the Fourth Chapter of Genesis , who had two

Wives , the one called Ada , the other Zilhi ; by Ada he begat two Sons , Jabal and Tubal , and a Daughter called Naamah . These four children found the beginning of all Crafts : Jabal found out Geometry , and he divided Flocks of Sheen ,

and Lambs ; he first built a House of Stone and Timber . Jubal found out Mustek ; Tubal found out thc Smith ' s Trade or Craft , also of gold , Silver , Copper , Iron and Steel ; Naamah found out thc Craft of Weaving . And these Children

knew that GOD would take Vengeance for Sins , either by Fire or Water , wherefore they did write these Sciences , that they had found , on two Pillars of Stone , that they might bc found after that GOD had taken Vengeance ; the one was

Marble , that would not burn , the oth- ? r was Latress , that would not drown in Water ; so that the one would be preserved , and not consumed , if GOD would any People should live upon the Earth . It resteth now to tell you how these

Stones were found , whereon the said Sciences were written , after the said Deluge * . It so pleased God Almighty , that the Great Ilcrmarmes , whose Son Lunic was , who was the son of Se / n , who was the Son of Noah . The said Her marines was

afterwards called Hermes , the Father 01 Limn ; he found one ofthe two Pillars of Stone . He found these Sciences written thereon , and taught them to other Men . And at the Tower of Babylon , Masonrv was much made on : for the

King of Babylon , who was Ncmorth , was a Mason , and serv'd the Science ; and when the City of Ninevah , and other Cities of thc East , should be built , Ncmorth sent thither Threescore Masons ,

at the Desire of the King of Ninevah ; and when they went forth , he gave them a Charge after this manner , That they should bc true one to another , and love one another , thai he might have Worship by them in sending them to his Cozen

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the King . He also gave them Charge concerning their Science ; and then it was the first time that any Mason had Charge of his Work . Also Abraham , and Sarah his Wife , went into Egypt , and taught the Egyptians the Seven Liberal

Sciences * and he had an ingenious Schollar called Euclydcs , who perfectly learned the said Liberal Sciences . It happen'd in his Days , the Lords and States of the Realm had so many Sons unlawfully

begotten by other Men's Wives , that the land was burthen'd with them , having small Means to maintain them withal * the King understanding thereof , caused a Parliament to be called or summoned for Redress , but being so

Numberless that no Good could be done with them , he caused Proclamation to bemade through the Realm , that if any Man could devise any Course how to maintain them , to inform the King , and he should be well rewarded :

whereupon Euclydcs came to the King , and said thus , My noble Sovereign , if I may have the Order of Government of those Lords Sons , I will teach them the Seven Liberal Sciences , whereby they may live honestly like

Gentlemen , provided that you willgrant me Power over them by virtue of your Dominion ; which was immediately effected , and there Euclydcs . gave them these Admonitions following : I . To be true to their Kinar .

II . lo be true to the Master they serve . III . To be true , and love one another . IV . Not to miscall one another , cVr .

V . lo do their Work so duly , that they may deserve their Wages at their Master's Hands . VI . To ordain the wisest of them Master of the rest of the Work .

VII . To have such reasonable Wages ., that the Workman may live honestly , and with Credit . VIII . To come and assemble together in the

Year , to take Council 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 .

Nate , lhat Masony was heretofore tenn'd Geometry , and sithence the Children ol Israel came to the Land of Bet / test , which is now called Emeus , in the Country of Jerusalem , where they began a Temple , which is now called the

Temple ot Jerusalem .- And King David loved Masons well and chcrish'd them , for he gave them good Payment , and gave them a Charge , as Euclydcs had given them before in Egypt , and further , as hereafter followcth ; and after the

Decease 01 King David , Solomon his Son finished thc Temple that bis Father had began ; he sent for Masons of divers Nations , to the Number of Four and Twenty Thousand of which number Four Thousand were elected and

created Masters and Governors of the Work . And there was a King of another Region or Country , called Hiram , who loved well King Solomon , and he gave him Timber for thc Work ; and he had a Son called Anion , and he was Master

of Geometry , and he was chief Master of all his Masons , of Carving-Work , and of all other Work of Masonry that belong ed to the Temple , as appears by the Bible in Lib . Regum Chap . 4 .

And King Solomon confirmed all Things concerning Masons , that D . ivid his Father had given in Charge ; and then Masons did travel divers Countries , some to augment their Knowledge in the said Art , and to instruct others .

And it happen d that a curious Mason named Mcmongrcats , that had been at the building of Solomon ' s Temple , came into France , and taught the Science of Masonry to the Frenchmen ; and there was a King of France culled Ctiv / us

Mar ' el , who loved greatly Masonry , who fent for tlie said Mcmongrcats , and learned of him thc said Sciences , and became one ofthe Fraternity ; and thereupon began great Works , and liberally did

did pay his Workmen : He con linn Yi unto them a large Charter , and was yearly present at their Assembly , which was a great Honour and Encouragement unto them ; and thus came the Science into France .

The Knowledge of Masonry was unknown in England until St . Alban came thither , who instructed the Kingiu the said Science oiMusonry , and also in Divinity , who was a Pagan ; He

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walled the Town now called St . Alban ; he became in high Favour with the King , insomuch that he was Knighted , and made the King ' s Chief Steward , and the Realm was governed by him under the said King . He greatly cherished

and loved Masons and truly paid them their AVages Weekly , which was 3 ^ . 6 d . the Week . He also purchased for them a Charter from the King to hold a General Assembly and Council Yearly . He made many Masons , and gave them such a

Charge as is hereafter declared . It happen'd presently after the Martyrdom of St . Alban , who is truly term'd England ' s Proto-Martyr , that a certain King invaded the Land , and destroy'd most of the Natives by Fire and

Sword , that the Science of Masonry was much decay'd , until the Reign of King Athelsion , which some write Adlcston , who brought the Land to

Peace and Rest , from the insulting Danes . He began to built Monasteries , built many Abbies , and other Religious Houses , as also Castles and divers Fortresses for Defence of his Realm . He

loved Masons more than his Father ; he greatly study'd Geometry , and sent into many Lands for Men expert in the Science . He gave them a very large Charter , to hold a Yearly Assembly , and Power to correct Offenders in the said

Science ; and the King himself caused a General Assembly of all Masons in his Realm , at York , and there made many Masons , and gave them a deep Charge for Observation of all such Articles as belonged unto Masonry , and delivered them

the said Charter to keep ; and when this Assembly was gathered together , he caused a Cry to be made , that if any of them hacl any Writing that did concern Masonry , or could inform the King of any Thing or Matter that was wanting in the

said Charge already delivered , that they or he should shew them to the King , or recite them to him -andthere weresomein / ra «*// , somem Greek , and some in English , ancl other Languages , whereupon the King caused a Book to be made ,

which declared how the Science was first invented , and the Utility thereof , which Book he commanded to be read , and plainly declared , when any Man was to be made a Mason that he might fully understand what Articles , Rules and Orders

he was obliged to observe ; and from that tune unto this Day Masonry hath been much respected and preserved , and divers new Articles have been added to the said Charge , by good Advice and Consent of the Masters and Fellows . ( To be continued . )

Tlie Educational Places of Amusement in London . James Hogg & Son , Yorkstreet , Covent-garden . This little work is one of the few which

agreeably blend instruction with pastime , and no one can regret the time spent in its perusal . Nearly every object of interest in or near the metropolis—nearly every exhibition , museum , picture gallery , or famous

public building—is noticed , more or less ; and the work is embellished with twentyfour engravings of the principal sights . As

a specimen , wc extract the following condensed account of St . John ' s Gate—a site , which is almost as interesting to thc Freemason as to the antiquarian : —¦

"Thathttlcvalley must have been a delightfully rural spot , with ils numerous springs of sparkling water , its tiny dells and fairy glades , mantled in glittering verdure . When the Valley ofthe Fleet wns really outside of London it was wont to be

a place of great resort upon holiday occasions ; it was there the city clerks ( gentlemen in holy orders ) amused thc innocent cockneys by acting sacred plays , near the well from which the district t ; ikes its name . Many a picturesque group of

human beings must have giving life and variety to the landscape in this valley during thc reign ofthe sturdy Tudors , when the 'lords of creation ' were swells in doublets and trunk hose , and the

' girls of the period ' made charming by being decked out in farthingales , furbelows , whalebone cases , and stilT-starched collars ! " There have been many chgnse * in the social