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Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century: Chester, 1650-1700.
" CXLIII . * In this square is three other Free Masonry Tools " —Mallet , Mattock , and Trowel . " CXLIV . He beareth in this quarter four Mason's instruments "—Commander , or great Mallet or Maul , Triangle , Masons Axe , and Square . " CXLV . In this quarter are four Instruments of the Masons "—Rule or Ten-foot RodMouldsFillets & care addedwhich he says " are the plain
, , , , , and ordinary term amongst the Vulgar sort of Hewers of Stone , that know no better things , but the more engenions and learned work-men have other terms , for which I shall refer you to Chap . 13 , Numb . 65 , 66 , 67 , 73 , 74 . " In Book III ., Chap , xiii ., page 459 , in the descrip tion of " The Use of Pillars , " he adds : — " Pillars are the Hieroglyphics of Fortitude and Constancy , and were erected
for diverse ends and purposes . Some tymes to Limit out the Bound , and the Possessions of People that Bordered one upon an other . " Other reasons are given , of little importance at the present moment , for example , " some tymes for Ornannent , as those of the Temple , I Kings , vii ., 15 , and of Kings Houses , as those of the Forest of Lebanon , vert . 2 , 3 . Still continuing the same subject : t —• of the Scienceto
" For it is ever a term amongst Work-men Free Masons , put a difference between that which is called a Golivmn , and that which they name a Pillwr , for a Golwmm , is ever round , and the Capital and Pedestal answerable thereunto . " " LXVI . % Now for the better understanding of all the parts of a Pillar , or Column , with the several terms which Artists have given to the diverse Mouldings about the same ; I shall in two examples , set forth all their words of Art , used about them ; by which any Gentleman may be able to discourse a Free-Mason or other workman in his own terms . "
Then follows the " Order of Columns and Pillars . " Descriptions of the " five Orders of work in them " are given ; of the . Tuscan , Dorick , Ionick , Corinthian , and the Composita or Compositive order . Representations of the orders will be found in his plates ; but although some of them are of a strange form , § still , like Randle Holmes' descriptions of the orders , they are purely architectural . He sums up by saying : || — " Those that desire farther instruction in the Theorick part of Free Masonry , they may peruse Sebastian
Serley . 1 Printed 1611 . Peter de le Muet . And Andrew Palladio , Both Englished by Golfrid Richards . Vitruvius , And others . " With the summary of Architecture , of which the above series of extracts contain all the mentions of Free Masonry , ends the printed portion of " The Academie of Armorie . " The author apparently did not receive sufficient encouragement to issue the second volumeas promised in his prefaceif the
, , required support were forthcoming . In the British Museum is preserved ** such portion of the second volume as Randle Holme had prepared . It appears to have been collected at various dates , ranging from 1661 to 1677 or later , and forms a volume of MS . nearl y as large as that he printed . From this I have extracted the following notes , as completing such matters as Randle Holme considered to bear upon
Free-Masonry . Much that is interesting may also be learned from his remarks on the old Companies and Fellowships . On page 79 , f f under the heading " The Artificers Atchievement , " he writes as follows : — " Maister Workmen , is a title given to them who are proficient
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry In The Seventeenth Century: Chester, 1650-1700.
" CXLIII . * In this square is three other Free Masonry Tools " —Mallet , Mattock , and Trowel . " CXLIV . He beareth in this quarter four Mason's instruments "—Commander , or great Mallet or Maul , Triangle , Masons Axe , and Square . " CXLV . In this quarter are four Instruments of the Masons "—Rule or Ten-foot RodMouldsFillets & care addedwhich he says " are the plain
, , , , , and ordinary term amongst the Vulgar sort of Hewers of Stone , that know no better things , but the more engenions and learned work-men have other terms , for which I shall refer you to Chap . 13 , Numb . 65 , 66 , 67 , 73 , 74 . " In Book III ., Chap , xiii ., page 459 , in the descrip tion of " The Use of Pillars , " he adds : — " Pillars are the Hieroglyphics of Fortitude and Constancy , and were erected
for diverse ends and purposes . Some tymes to Limit out the Bound , and the Possessions of People that Bordered one upon an other . " Other reasons are given , of little importance at the present moment , for example , " some tymes for Ornannent , as those of the Temple , I Kings , vii ., 15 , and of Kings Houses , as those of the Forest of Lebanon , vert . 2 , 3 . Still continuing the same subject : t —• of the Scienceto
" For it is ever a term amongst Work-men Free Masons , put a difference between that which is called a Golivmn , and that which they name a Pillwr , for a Golwmm , is ever round , and the Capital and Pedestal answerable thereunto . " " LXVI . % Now for the better understanding of all the parts of a Pillar , or Column , with the several terms which Artists have given to the diverse Mouldings about the same ; I shall in two examples , set forth all their words of Art , used about them ; by which any Gentleman may be able to discourse a Free-Mason or other workman in his own terms . "
Then follows the " Order of Columns and Pillars . " Descriptions of the " five Orders of work in them " are given ; of the . Tuscan , Dorick , Ionick , Corinthian , and the Composita or Compositive order . Representations of the orders will be found in his plates ; but although some of them are of a strange form , § still , like Randle Holmes' descriptions of the orders , they are purely architectural . He sums up by saying : || — " Those that desire farther instruction in the Theorick part of Free Masonry , they may peruse Sebastian
Serley . 1 Printed 1611 . Peter de le Muet . And Andrew Palladio , Both Englished by Golfrid Richards . Vitruvius , And others . " With the summary of Architecture , of which the above series of extracts contain all the mentions of Free Masonry , ends the printed portion of " The Academie of Armorie . " The author apparently did not receive sufficient encouragement to issue the second volumeas promised in his prefaceif the
, , required support were forthcoming . In the British Museum is preserved ** such portion of the second volume as Randle Holme had prepared . It appears to have been collected at various dates , ranging from 1661 to 1677 or later , and forms a volume of MS . nearl y as large as that he printed . From this I have extracted the following notes , as completing such matters as Randle Holme considered to bear upon
Free-Masonry . Much that is interesting may also be learned from his remarks on the old Companies and Fellowships . On page 79 , f f under the heading " The Artificers Atchievement , " he writes as follows : — " Maister Workmen , is a title given to them who are proficient