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Hospitallaria;
HOSPITALLARIA ;
OR A SYNOPSIS OF THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF UnitfM * ? l ? oSi » itaUcvs » ( Continued . ) Baldwin , with the ardour of a redoubted soldier , Anns himself into the thickest of the fight , followed
by Du Puis and his knights , with the bravest of the Christian lords , and the Moslems were routed with great slaughter . This victory enabled the king to relieve and regarrison Antioch , and he returned in triumph to Jerusalem . The Hospitallers shortly afterwards threw themselves into Edessa and the adjacent
strongholds , and there made a gallant stand in defence of the prince ' s right ; and when Tyre , then one of the most magnificent cities of the east , surrendered , after five months' seige , to the Christian arms , ( in 1119 ) , the valour of the Hospitallers was as conspicuous as in the battle that led to the relief of Antioch .
During subsequent expeditions , the Hospitallers were in constant attendance on the king , and the utility and popularity of the Order of Saint John suggested a new institution ( in 1119 ) for kindred purposes ; viz . the Knight Templars . With generous zeal the Hospitallers encouraged the formation of
this knightly fraternity , and granted it pecuniary assistance till the munificence of secular patrons placed it in the condition of an independent body . The influence of the famous Bernard of Clairvauxthe oracle of the age , and great advocate of the second Crusade—who accorded his special patronage to the
knights of the Temple , so greatly enriched their treasury , and swelled their ranks , that , according to the historian Brompton , " the Order became so wealthy and puissant , that this daughter of the House of Saint John almost eclipsed her mother , and threatened to throw her into perpetual shade . "
For two centuries tho Bauseant and tbe Banner of the Baptist waved in fraternal rivalry on the same ensanguined fields . Christendom resounded with the chivalrous deeds of the soldiers of the White Cross and tlie Red . Princes supplicated to be buried in the habit and harness of these warrior-brethren ; and
kings were proud to be enrolled under their victorious Standards . The capture of Ascalon , on the 12 th August , 1154—a triumph than which the Christian arms had achieved none greater since the conquest of Jerusalem—showered new honours on the Hospitallers ; and in token
of his sense of their services , 1 ope Aiiastasius the Fourth greatly extended the privileges of the Order . The great battle fought against the infidels on the plains of Putaha in the year 1158 , was the last victory from which the venerable Raymond du Puis
saw Ins knights return . He died two j'ears afterwards in the sanctuary of his Order , having filled for upwards of forty years the oflice of Grand-Master , revered by his brethren and all the Latin Christians of thc cast .
Under the rule of successive Grand-Masters , the Hospitallers , between 11 C 0 and 1187 , lived in their war-saddles , and through perilous times were the chief prop of the tottering kingdom of Palestine . In this latter year the storm , which the Christians had long seen gathering on their frontiers , burst upon them .
The victorious Saladin , the conqueror of Egypt , invaded the country , made captive the king , Guy do Lusignan , and the ilower of his nobles , and , after a series of successes , in which the Hospitallers and Templars were nearly extirpated , laid siege to Jerusalem , which capitulated after an ineffectual resistance
of fourteen days . Thus , at the end of eighty-eight years from its conquest by the first crusaders , the Holy City again passed under the Mohammedan yoke . The loss of Jerusalem filled Europe with sorrow and alarm , and a third Crusade was undertaken for its recovery , headed by the Emperor Frederick
Barbarossa , Philip the Second of France , and Richard Cceur de Lion . Their arrival on the Syrian frontier , in 1191 , was the date of the erection of the Teutonic Knights of St . Mary of Jerusalem , which order was confirmed by Celestmc III ., February 23 , 1192 ; and during the campaign that followed , the three military
Orders , fired with noble emulation , upheld the honour of their respective banners , and gained thc admiration of Christendom for their valiant deeds in arms . On the 13 th of July , 1191 , thcStandard of Redemption once more floated over Ptolemais , purchased witb the blood of one hundred thousand Christians . Tho
Hospitallers shortly after made it their principal residence , which since the fall of Jerusalem had been at Margat . Thero they remained , to quote the language of Hugh de Lusignan , King of Cyprus , " feeding dail y an innumerable multitude of poor , attending to the sick , and comforting the dying ; consecrating
their days to deeds of mercy , and to the maintenance of a constant warfare against the infidels , " until the Latins , in 1210 , once more beheld themselves the sole occupants of Jerusalem , and the banner of the Cro's dominant from thc Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea . ! 0 ~ ,
Hospitallaria;
During the twelfth century , the Order of St . John became so wealthy and extensive , that it possessed principalities , cities , and villages both in Asia and Europe , and enumerated within the bounds of Christendom no less than nineteen thousand manors . The
European Commanderies were so many depOts whence the knights and hired troops were drafted to serve under the Grand-Masters in the distant wars ; and large levies were constantly made from the various Languages to supply the places of those who fell in Paynim war . At this period the Order of St . John , including
knights , priests , and serving-brothers , amounted to perhaps not less than 30 , 000 strong , their treasury was richer than that of any potentate in Europe , and their Chief came to be accounted the most powerful prince of the East . Fifteen years after the date of the Emperor
Frederick ' s triumphant entry into Jerusalem , the Korasmians rolled like a deluge upon Syria ; and the Military Orders , on whom its defence devolved , saw at once that the open state of the Holy City rendered it untenable . They accordingly retired , and it passed into the hands of a barbarous people , never to be
regained . Notwithstanding the great numerical superiority of the Korasmians , the Christians came off victorious in several partial conflicts , when it . was determined to hazard a general engagement . For two days the warriors of the Cross maintained the battle ; until , borne down by a constant succession of
combatants , they fell one by one around their banners . The Grand-Masters of the Hospital , the Temple , and the Teutonic brethren , were all slain ; and there escaped from the sword and captivity only sixteen Hospitallers , thirty-three Templars , and three Teutonic knights .
This fatal battle , which was fought on the eve of St . Luke , 1244 , completed the calamities of the Holy Land . The remnant who escaped the scimitars of the Korasmians immured themselves within the strong walls of Acre , where the Hospitallers chose William de Chateauneuf , a rigid observer of the regular
discipline , who had passed through all the offices of thc Order , Grand-Master in the room of thc pious and heroic Peter de Villebride , who had sealed his vow of fidelity to the Cross with his blood . Recruited from the European Commanderies , the White Cross banner was again unfurled in many a bloody field during
the disastrous progresses of the cigth and ninth Crusades ; until in 1291 , after a gallant resistance , Khalil , with an army of 60 , 000 horse and 140 , 000 foot made himself master of Acre . Thus terminated , after one hundred and ninety-four years , a struggle
called to this day , " the Holy War : " and which , in the words of its chronicler ( Fuller ) , " for continuance was the longest—for money spent , the costliest , —for bloodshed the crudest , —for pretences the most pious , —for the true intent the most politic the world ever saw . "
After the fall of Acre , the Military Orders no longer attempted to maintain themselves in Palestine . The Teutonic knigTits retired to Prussia and Livonia , ¦ which they enjoyed in absolute sovereignty , and the Templars to indulge at ease in their rich European preceptorics . Henry of Cyprus received with
humanity the remnant of the battle-scarred knights of Saint John , who came out of their vessels " covered with wounds , with looks ( says Vertot ) suitable to their fortunes , and infinitely affected at having survived the utter loss of the Holy Land . " The town of Limisso was assigned to them as a place of retreat ;
and to prevent the total extinction of the Order in the Levant , the Grand-Master sent a general summons to all the knights that were dispersed throughout Christendom to repair to his standard . In accordance with this mandate , every Commandery in Europe poured forth its chevaliers , who flocked to Cyprus
burning for glory and revenge ; and there they shortly aftfcrwards planned the enterprise which gained for the Order an independent sovereignty , and made the llag of their war-galleys respected over all the waters of the Mediterranean Sea . On the 15 th of August , 1310 , the Grand-Master , Faulk dcMillaret ,
afterasanguinary conflict , —not of weeks , but years , —stormed the city of Rhodes , and placed the standard of Saint John permanently on its walls . Having driven out the Greeks and Saracens , he subsequently reduced the islands of Nisara , Lcro , Calamo , Episcopia , Chalcc , Simia , Tilo , and Cos .
Whilst Europe resounded with the achievements of the Hospitallers , Philip the Fair of France , effected the suppression of the Templars , their former rivals in glory . On the 12 th of October , 1307 , all the Templars in France were arrested , and the example was followed in England , Scotland , and other kingdoms . Fifty-four Templars wero burnt alive at Paris on the
12 th May , 1310 . Shrieks and groans resounded in allthe prisons of France , and the spirit of many a knight ( mailed at thc stake and ' on the rack , whom thc terrors of _ Paynim war had failed to subdue . Many dark crimes were laid to the charge of an Order , which for two centuries had been so puissant and revered throughout Christendom ; but its vast ¦ wealth was its real offence . ( To be continued . )
Masonic Exhortations.
MASONIC EXHORTATIONS .
PROM THE GERMAN . II . The 'Immortality of tlie Soul . Man 1 King of the earth 1 Master-piece of the creation , animated by the breath of God ; be sensible of thy dignified destination . The whole animal race is subdued under thy
dominion . All that waves and moves about thee ceases again to be ; by thy soul survives all component things , and is by virtue of its divine origin incapable of being destroyed . _ In this consists thy true nobility . Feel thy happiness without arrogance : Pride was the cause ofthe
degradation of man , it certainly would plunge thee into the same abyss . Degenerated being ! what art thou in the presence ofthe Eternal , with all the dignity originally appropriated to thee , and still distinguishing thee from other beings ?
Adore him , the Lord on High , in the utmost humility , and take care that the heavenl y immortal essence , which animates thee * , be not depraved . This essence is thy soul ; exert thyself in endowing it ; it is capable of infinite perfections . Make it so susceptible , so open to virtuous
impressions , that , after thy dissolution , it may without' impediment return to the pure and original source of virtue . So prepared , thou wilt be free even in fetters ; serene in misfortunes ; the heaviest storm will not make thee tremble , aud with true heroism thou wilt advance
even to the face of death . Mason ! If ever thou couldst doubt the immorti **! nature of thy soul , and its high destination , in vain had we initiated thee . Thou wouldst not be the adopted son , the darling of wisdom ; thou wouldst step back , and mix again with the multitude of the profane rabble , who like moles crawl in the dark .
HI . Duty towards thy King and Country . God has ordained a sovereign power of each country to be his vicegerent . Entertain reverence for the supreme power , and be faithful to it , in whatever corner of the world thou livest .
After the homage thou owest to God , thc duties toward the state and country follow next . Should man wander rude and unsociable about woods and forests , he would be less inclined to answer the intentions of Providence , and to ensure to himself all thc good intended for him . His being enobles itself among his equals , and the
difference of opinions improves his genius . But in society , were every one left to himself , the possession of property , and the unrestrained passions , would cause incessant quarrels , and cunning or power would soon triumph over innocence . For this reason laws were necessary to regulate mankind by , and rulers to support and keep iuviolated those laws .
iscnsible Man ! thou honourest thy parents ; honour the fathers of thc state also , for they represent the Deity . If they err , they arc accountable for it to tho Judge of Kings ; but thy own , often very erroneous , judgein cnt , cannot exempt thee from obedience
Pray to God for their preservation , and exert all thy powers in favour of thy country . Shonldst thou ever neglect this sacred duty , should thy heart not beat with joy , at the dear names of thy country and thy prince , every Mason would turn thee away as a disturber of public tranquillity
and order , and an outcast that does not deserve to partake of the prerogative of a society that has particular claims upon the esteem and confidence of the sovereign power ; because , animated with patriotism and zeal to form the best citizens , she makes it an invariable law for her pupils to fulfil all civil duties in the most distinguished manner , and from the purest
motives . A Mason ought to be the most valiant warrior ; the most just judge ; the kindest master * , the most zealous servant ; the tenderest father ; the most faithful husband ; and the most obedient son ; for his duties
as a citizen in general have been strengthened and rendered sacred by the voluntary Masouic obligation * , and he , if c * M * he should neglect them , not only would show a want of fortitude , but also be guilty of hypocrisy and perjury .
Im : forthcoming work by Bro . Wm . J . Hughan will contain : —1 . An article on Masonic M . SS ., by Bro . Hughan . 2 . A reprint of the Constitution ol the Freemasons by the Grand Lodge of Kngland , 1723 , being thc first edition ( slightly abridged . ) 3 . A fac-simile lithographic reprint of Coles' copper-plate edition of the Constitutions , 1728 , from transfers
from the original m Bro . Hughan s possession . Seventy copies only are to be printed for sale , at 10 * - * . Cd . ivi ^ fc and 30 copies for presentation . The work will bo'dedicated , by permission , to the M . W . G . M ., thc Earl of'TSetland . Subscriptions to be sent to the publisher , Bro . Wm . Lake , Truro , at once , stating name in full and Masonic position .
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Hospitallaria;
HOSPITALLARIA ;
OR A SYNOPSIS OF THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF UnitfM * ? l ? oSi » itaUcvs » ( Continued . ) Baldwin , with the ardour of a redoubted soldier , Anns himself into the thickest of the fight , followed
by Du Puis and his knights , with the bravest of the Christian lords , and the Moslems were routed with great slaughter . This victory enabled the king to relieve and regarrison Antioch , and he returned in triumph to Jerusalem . The Hospitallers shortly afterwards threw themselves into Edessa and the adjacent
strongholds , and there made a gallant stand in defence of the prince ' s right ; and when Tyre , then one of the most magnificent cities of the east , surrendered , after five months' seige , to the Christian arms , ( in 1119 ) , the valour of the Hospitallers was as conspicuous as in the battle that led to the relief of Antioch .
During subsequent expeditions , the Hospitallers were in constant attendance on the king , and the utility and popularity of the Order of Saint John suggested a new institution ( in 1119 ) for kindred purposes ; viz . the Knight Templars . With generous zeal the Hospitallers encouraged the formation of
this knightly fraternity , and granted it pecuniary assistance till the munificence of secular patrons placed it in the condition of an independent body . The influence of the famous Bernard of Clairvauxthe oracle of the age , and great advocate of the second Crusade—who accorded his special patronage to the
knights of the Temple , so greatly enriched their treasury , and swelled their ranks , that , according to the historian Brompton , " the Order became so wealthy and puissant , that this daughter of the House of Saint John almost eclipsed her mother , and threatened to throw her into perpetual shade . "
For two centuries tho Bauseant and tbe Banner of the Baptist waved in fraternal rivalry on the same ensanguined fields . Christendom resounded with the chivalrous deeds of the soldiers of the White Cross and tlie Red . Princes supplicated to be buried in the habit and harness of these warrior-brethren ; and
kings were proud to be enrolled under their victorious Standards . The capture of Ascalon , on the 12 th August , 1154—a triumph than which the Christian arms had achieved none greater since the conquest of Jerusalem—showered new honours on the Hospitallers ; and in token
of his sense of their services , 1 ope Aiiastasius the Fourth greatly extended the privileges of the Order . The great battle fought against the infidels on the plains of Putaha in the year 1158 , was the last victory from which the venerable Raymond du Puis
saw Ins knights return . He died two j'ears afterwards in the sanctuary of his Order , having filled for upwards of forty years the oflice of Grand-Master , revered by his brethren and all the Latin Christians of thc cast .
Under the rule of successive Grand-Masters , the Hospitallers , between 11 C 0 and 1187 , lived in their war-saddles , and through perilous times were the chief prop of the tottering kingdom of Palestine . In this latter year the storm , which the Christians had long seen gathering on their frontiers , burst upon them .
The victorious Saladin , the conqueror of Egypt , invaded the country , made captive the king , Guy do Lusignan , and the ilower of his nobles , and , after a series of successes , in which the Hospitallers and Templars were nearly extirpated , laid siege to Jerusalem , which capitulated after an ineffectual resistance
of fourteen days . Thus , at the end of eighty-eight years from its conquest by the first crusaders , the Holy City again passed under the Mohammedan yoke . The loss of Jerusalem filled Europe with sorrow and alarm , and a third Crusade was undertaken for its recovery , headed by the Emperor Frederick
Barbarossa , Philip the Second of France , and Richard Cceur de Lion . Their arrival on the Syrian frontier , in 1191 , was the date of the erection of the Teutonic Knights of St . Mary of Jerusalem , which order was confirmed by Celestmc III ., February 23 , 1192 ; and during the campaign that followed , the three military
Orders , fired with noble emulation , upheld the honour of their respective banners , and gained thc admiration of Christendom for their valiant deeds in arms . On the 13 th of July , 1191 , thcStandard of Redemption once more floated over Ptolemais , purchased witb the blood of one hundred thousand Christians . Tho
Hospitallers shortly after made it their principal residence , which since the fall of Jerusalem had been at Margat . Thero they remained , to quote the language of Hugh de Lusignan , King of Cyprus , " feeding dail y an innumerable multitude of poor , attending to the sick , and comforting the dying ; consecrating
their days to deeds of mercy , and to the maintenance of a constant warfare against the infidels , " until the Latins , in 1210 , once more beheld themselves the sole occupants of Jerusalem , and the banner of the Cro's dominant from thc Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea . ! 0 ~ ,
Hospitallaria;
During the twelfth century , the Order of St . John became so wealthy and extensive , that it possessed principalities , cities , and villages both in Asia and Europe , and enumerated within the bounds of Christendom no less than nineteen thousand manors . The
European Commanderies were so many depOts whence the knights and hired troops were drafted to serve under the Grand-Masters in the distant wars ; and large levies were constantly made from the various Languages to supply the places of those who fell in Paynim war . At this period the Order of St . John , including
knights , priests , and serving-brothers , amounted to perhaps not less than 30 , 000 strong , their treasury was richer than that of any potentate in Europe , and their Chief came to be accounted the most powerful prince of the East . Fifteen years after the date of the Emperor
Frederick ' s triumphant entry into Jerusalem , the Korasmians rolled like a deluge upon Syria ; and the Military Orders , on whom its defence devolved , saw at once that the open state of the Holy City rendered it untenable . They accordingly retired , and it passed into the hands of a barbarous people , never to be
regained . Notwithstanding the great numerical superiority of the Korasmians , the Christians came off victorious in several partial conflicts , when it . was determined to hazard a general engagement . For two days the warriors of the Cross maintained the battle ; until , borne down by a constant succession of
combatants , they fell one by one around their banners . The Grand-Masters of the Hospital , the Temple , and the Teutonic brethren , were all slain ; and there escaped from the sword and captivity only sixteen Hospitallers , thirty-three Templars , and three Teutonic knights .
This fatal battle , which was fought on the eve of St . Luke , 1244 , completed the calamities of the Holy Land . The remnant who escaped the scimitars of the Korasmians immured themselves within the strong walls of Acre , where the Hospitallers chose William de Chateauneuf , a rigid observer of the regular
discipline , who had passed through all the offices of thc Order , Grand-Master in the room of thc pious and heroic Peter de Villebride , who had sealed his vow of fidelity to the Cross with his blood . Recruited from the European Commanderies , the White Cross banner was again unfurled in many a bloody field during
the disastrous progresses of the cigth and ninth Crusades ; until in 1291 , after a gallant resistance , Khalil , with an army of 60 , 000 horse and 140 , 000 foot made himself master of Acre . Thus terminated , after one hundred and ninety-four years , a struggle
called to this day , " the Holy War : " and which , in the words of its chronicler ( Fuller ) , " for continuance was the longest—for money spent , the costliest , —for bloodshed the crudest , —for pretences the most pious , —for the true intent the most politic the world ever saw . "
After the fall of Acre , the Military Orders no longer attempted to maintain themselves in Palestine . The Teutonic knigTits retired to Prussia and Livonia , ¦ which they enjoyed in absolute sovereignty , and the Templars to indulge at ease in their rich European preceptorics . Henry of Cyprus received with
humanity the remnant of the battle-scarred knights of Saint John , who came out of their vessels " covered with wounds , with looks ( says Vertot ) suitable to their fortunes , and infinitely affected at having survived the utter loss of the Holy Land . " The town of Limisso was assigned to them as a place of retreat ;
and to prevent the total extinction of the Order in the Levant , the Grand-Master sent a general summons to all the knights that were dispersed throughout Christendom to repair to his standard . In accordance with this mandate , every Commandery in Europe poured forth its chevaliers , who flocked to Cyprus
burning for glory and revenge ; and there they shortly aftfcrwards planned the enterprise which gained for the Order an independent sovereignty , and made the llag of their war-galleys respected over all the waters of the Mediterranean Sea . On the 15 th of August , 1310 , the Grand-Master , Faulk dcMillaret ,
afterasanguinary conflict , —not of weeks , but years , —stormed the city of Rhodes , and placed the standard of Saint John permanently on its walls . Having driven out the Greeks and Saracens , he subsequently reduced the islands of Nisara , Lcro , Calamo , Episcopia , Chalcc , Simia , Tilo , and Cos .
Whilst Europe resounded with the achievements of the Hospitallers , Philip the Fair of France , effected the suppression of the Templars , their former rivals in glory . On the 12 th of October , 1307 , all the Templars in France were arrested , and the example was followed in England , Scotland , and other kingdoms . Fifty-four Templars wero burnt alive at Paris on the
12 th May , 1310 . Shrieks and groans resounded in allthe prisons of France , and the spirit of many a knight ( mailed at thc stake and ' on the rack , whom thc terrors of _ Paynim war had failed to subdue . Many dark crimes were laid to the charge of an Order , which for two centuries had been so puissant and revered throughout Christendom ; but its vast ¦ wealth was its real offence . ( To be continued . )
Masonic Exhortations.
MASONIC EXHORTATIONS .
PROM THE GERMAN . II . The 'Immortality of tlie Soul . Man 1 King of the earth 1 Master-piece of the creation , animated by the breath of God ; be sensible of thy dignified destination . The whole animal race is subdued under thy
dominion . All that waves and moves about thee ceases again to be ; by thy soul survives all component things , and is by virtue of its divine origin incapable of being destroyed . _ In this consists thy true nobility . Feel thy happiness without arrogance : Pride was the cause ofthe
degradation of man , it certainly would plunge thee into the same abyss . Degenerated being ! what art thou in the presence ofthe Eternal , with all the dignity originally appropriated to thee , and still distinguishing thee from other beings ?
Adore him , the Lord on High , in the utmost humility , and take care that the heavenl y immortal essence , which animates thee * , be not depraved . This essence is thy soul ; exert thyself in endowing it ; it is capable of infinite perfections . Make it so susceptible , so open to virtuous
impressions , that , after thy dissolution , it may without' impediment return to the pure and original source of virtue . So prepared , thou wilt be free even in fetters ; serene in misfortunes ; the heaviest storm will not make thee tremble , aud with true heroism thou wilt advance
even to the face of death . Mason ! If ever thou couldst doubt the immorti **! nature of thy soul , and its high destination , in vain had we initiated thee . Thou wouldst not be the adopted son , the darling of wisdom ; thou wouldst step back , and mix again with the multitude of the profane rabble , who like moles crawl in the dark .
HI . Duty towards thy King and Country . God has ordained a sovereign power of each country to be his vicegerent . Entertain reverence for the supreme power , and be faithful to it , in whatever corner of the world thou livest .
After the homage thou owest to God , thc duties toward the state and country follow next . Should man wander rude and unsociable about woods and forests , he would be less inclined to answer the intentions of Providence , and to ensure to himself all thc good intended for him . His being enobles itself among his equals , and the
difference of opinions improves his genius . But in society , were every one left to himself , the possession of property , and the unrestrained passions , would cause incessant quarrels , and cunning or power would soon triumph over innocence . For this reason laws were necessary to regulate mankind by , and rulers to support and keep iuviolated those laws .
iscnsible Man ! thou honourest thy parents ; honour the fathers of thc state also , for they represent the Deity . If they err , they arc accountable for it to tho Judge of Kings ; but thy own , often very erroneous , judgein cnt , cannot exempt thee from obedience
Pray to God for their preservation , and exert all thy powers in favour of thy country . Shonldst thou ever neglect this sacred duty , should thy heart not beat with joy , at the dear names of thy country and thy prince , every Mason would turn thee away as a disturber of public tranquillity
and order , and an outcast that does not deserve to partake of the prerogative of a society that has particular claims upon the esteem and confidence of the sovereign power ; because , animated with patriotism and zeal to form the best citizens , she makes it an invariable law for her pupils to fulfil all civil duties in the most distinguished manner , and from the purest
motives . A Mason ought to be the most valiant warrior ; the most just judge ; the kindest master * , the most zealous servant ; the tenderest father ; the most faithful husband ; and the most obedient son ; for his duties
as a citizen in general have been strengthened and rendered sacred by the voluntary Masouic obligation * , and he , if c * M * he should neglect them , not only would show a want of fortitude , but also be guilty of hypocrisy and perjury .
Im : forthcoming work by Bro . Wm . J . Hughan will contain : —1 . An article on Masonic M . SS ., by Bro . Hughan . 2 . A reprint of the Constitution ol the Freemasons by the Grand Lodge of Kngland , 1723 , being thc first edition ( slightly abridged . ) 3 . A fac-simile lithographic reprint of Coles' copper-plate edition of the Constitutions , 1728 , from transfers
from the original m Bro . Hughan s possession . Seventy copies only are to be printed for sale , at 10 * - * . Cd . ivi ^ fc and 30 copies for presentation . The work will bo'dedicated , by permission , to the M . W . G . M ., thc Earl of'TSetland . Subscriptions to be sent to the publisher , Bro . Wm . Lake , Truro , at once , stating name in full and Masonic position .