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Ms. Masonic Constitutions (Or Charges) No. 5.
MS . MASONIC CONSTITUTIONS ( OR CHARGES ) No . 5 .
THE "ALNWIOKMS . " ( MS . R ., HUGHAN ' CATALOGUE ) A . D . 1701 . [ Transcribed from the original hy Bro . W . J , Hughan , P . M ., # e . ] THE MASONS' CONSTITUTIONS .
Draw near unto me , ye unlearned , and dwell in the house of learning . —Ecclesiasticus , Cap . li . ver . 23 . In the hand of the Craftsmen shall the word be commended . —Ecclesiasticus , Cap . ix . ver . 17 .
The might of the Father of Heaven with the Wisdom of his Glorious Son , through the Grace and Goodness of the Holy Ghost , Three Persons in one Godhead , be with us att our beginning and give us Grace soe togoverne us here inoe Liveing ,
Thatt we may come to his Bliss thatt never shall have ending . Amen . Good Brethren and Fellowes oe Purpose , is to tell you how and in whatt manner this craft of masonry was Begun and afterwards how it was Founded by Worthy Emperours and . Princes and many other worppll men , and alsoeto them that be here , wewilldeclare them . TheCharge thattdothbelongto every
true Mason is to keep in good Faith , and if you take good head theretoe it is well worthy to be kept , for a worthy Craft and a Curious Science ; For there is Seaven Liberal ! Sciences of the which itt is one of them , and thenamesofthe Seven Sciencesbe
these-Thefirstis Gramme andthatt teacheth a man to speak Truely ; and to write Truely : The Second is Rhetoricke and that teacheth a man to speak fair and in ., subtil terms . The Third is Logick thatt' teacheth to Discern Trueth from falshood . The Fourth
is Arithmaticke thatt teacheth to Reckon and number all manner of nirmbes . The Fifth is called Geometry and it teacheth a man to meet and measure the Earth , and other things ; of which Science is Masonry . The Sixth is Musick that teacheth the
Craft of Songs , Organs and Harpe and Trumpett . The Seaventhis called Astronomy that teacheth a man to know the course of the Sunne moon and Starrs ; These be the seaven Liberal ! Sciences which be all founded by that one science that is called Geometric ; For Geonietrie teacheth a man mett and measure , Ponderation , and Weight of all manner of things on Earth ,
and there is noe man thatt worketh any craft but he worketh by some mett or measure , and noe manbuyeth or sellethbutt by some measure or weight , and all this Geometrie ; And Craftsmen and Marchtts finde noe other of the seaven sciences , and Especially Plowmenand Tillers of all
, manner of Graine , both corne , seeds , Vines , Plants , Setters of all other fruite , For neither Gramme nor Astronomy , nor none of all these can finde a man one measure or mett , without Geometrie , Wherfor I think the Science of Geometrie is to be accounted
above any of the Seaven Sciences . Cap . 4 th How this worthy Science Ver . 19 th was first begunne , I shall tell . Before Noah's Flood ,, there was a man
called Lameck as it is written in the 4 th Chap , of Gen . ; and this Lameck had two wives . The one was called Adah , and the other Zillah ; By the first wife Adah he gott two sons , the one called Jaball , and Ver . 20 th the other Juballand bthe other
, y Y ° 11 A wife ZiUal 1 lle got a Stnl ™ Tuball Cain Daughter , and the four children and Naamah found the beginning of all Crafts in the world . This Jaball was the elder Son , and he found the Craft of Geometrie , and he parted flocksas of Sheep and Lambs in
, the fields , and first wrought Houses of Stone and Tree , as it is noted in the Chape aforesaid , and his Brother Juball found the craft of Musick , of Songs , Organs and Harp . Tubal ! Cain The Third Brother found out
Smith ' s craft to work Iron and steel , and their sister , Naamah found out the art of Weaving ; These children didknow that God would take Vengeance for Sinne , Either" by fire or water , wherefor they wrote these Sciences which they had found in Two Pillars of stone , thatt they might be found after the Flood .
The one stone was called Marbellcannot burn with fire , and the other was called Laturus , that cannot drown in the Water-: Our intent is to tell you truely , and in whatt manner these stones were found that
the science was written on . Gens 10 th , Ver 8 th . The Great Hermemes thatt alias Nimrod . was Son unto Gush , which was Son unto Shem , which was Son unto Noah ; This same Hermemes was afterwards called Hermes the Father of Wisdom , he found one of the Two Pillars of Stones ,
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Ms. Masonic Constitutions (Or Charges) No. 5.
MS . MASONIC CONSTITUTIONS ( OR CHARGES ) No . 5 .
THE "ALNWIOKMS . " ( MS . R ., HUGHAN ' CATALOGUE ) A . D . 1701 . [ Transcribed from the original hy Bro . W . J , Hughan , P . M ., # e . ] THE MASONS' CONSTITUTIONS .
Draw near unto me , ye unlearned , and dwell in the house of learning . —Ecclesiasticus , Cap . li . ver . 23 . In the hand of the Craftsmen shall the word be commended . —Ecclesiasticus , Cap . ix . ver . 17 .
The might of the Father of Heaven with the Wisdom of his Glorious Son , through the Grace and Goodness of the Holy Ghost , Three Persons in one Godhead , be with us att our beginning and give us Grace soe togoverne us here inoe Liveing ,
Thatt we may come to his Bliss thatt never shall have ending . Amen . Good Brethren and Fellowes oe Purpose , is to tell you how and in whatt manner this craft of masonry was Begun and afterwards how it was Founded by Worthy Emperours and . Princes and many other worppll men , and alsoeto them that be here , wewilldeclare them . TheCharge thattdothbelongto every
true Mason is to keep in good Faith , and if you take good head theretoe it is well worthy to be kept , for a worthy Craft and a Curious Science ; For there is Seaven Liberal ! Sciences of the which itt is one of them , and thenamesofthe Seven Sciencesbe
these-Thefirstis Gramme andthatt teacheth a man to speak Truely ; and to write Truely : The Second is Rhetoricke and that teacheth a man to speak fair and in ., subtil terms . The Third is Logick thatt' teacheth to Discern Trueth from falshood . The Fourth
is Arithmaticke thatt teacheth to Reckon and number all manner of nirmbes . The Fifth is called Geometry and it teacheth a man to meet and measure the Earth , and other things ; of which Science is Masonry . The Sixth is Musick that teacheth the
Craft of Songs , Organs and Harpe and Trumpett . The Seaventhis called Astronomy that teacheth a man to know the course of the Sunne moon and Starrs ; These be the seaven Liberal ! Sciences which be all founded by that one science that is called Geometric ; For Geonietrie teacheth a man mett and measure , Ponderation , and Weight of all manner of things on Earth ,
and there is noe man thatt worketh any craft but he worketh by some mett or measure , and noe manbuyeth or sellethbutt by some measure or weight , and all this Geometrie ; And Craftsmen and Marchtts finde noe other of the seaven sciences , and Especially Plowmenand Tillers of all
, manner of Graine , both corne , seeds , Vines , Plants , Setters of all other fruite , For neither Gramme nor Astronomy , nor none of all these can finde a man one measure or mett , without Geometrie , Wherfor I think the Science of Geometrie is to be accounted
above any of the Seaven Sciences . Cap . 4 th How this worthy Science Ver . 19 th was first begunne , I shall tell . Before Noah's Flood ,, there was a man
called Lameck as it is written in the 4 th Chap , of Gen . ; and this Lameck had two wives . The one was called Adah , and the other Zillah ; By the first wife Adah he gott two sons , the one called Jaball , and Ver . 20 th the other Juballand bthe other
, y Y ° 11 A wife ZiUal 1 lle got a Stnl ™ Tuball Cain Daughter , and the four children and Naamah found the beginning of all Crafts in the world . This Jaball was the elder Son , and he found the Craft of Geometrie , and he parted flocksas of Sheep and Lambs in
, the fields , and first wrought Houses of Stone and Tree , as it is noted in the Chape aforesaid , and his Brother Juball found the craft of Musick , of Songs , Organs and Harp . Tubal ! Cain The Third Brother found out
Smith ' s craft to work Iron and steel , and their sister , Naamah found out the art of Weaving ; These children didknow that God would take Vengeance for Sinne , Either" by fire or water , wherefor they wrote these Sciences which they had found in Two Pillars of stone , thatt they might be found after the Flood .
The one stone was called Marbellcannot burn with fire , and the other was called Laturus , that cannot drown in the Water-: Our intent is to tell you truely , and in whatt manner these stones were found that
the science was written on . Gens 10 th , Ver 8 th . The Great Hermemes thatt alias Nimrod . was Son unto Gush , which was Son unto Shem , which was Son unto Noah ; This same Hermemes was afterwards called Hermes the Father of Wisdom , he found one of the Two Pillars of Stones ,