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The Old Masonic Poem.
Article tho Eighth . The eighth article shevreth you so , That the master may it well do , If that lie have any man of craft , That be not as perfect as he ought , He may him change soon anon , And take for him a perfccter man . Such a manthrough recklessness
, , Might do the craft short worship . Article the Ninth . The ninth article shewoth full well , That thc master be both wise and ( 8 ) fello ; That no work he undertake , But he can it both end and mako ; And that it
be to the lord ' s profit also , And to his craft wheresoe ' er he goe ; And that thc ground be well ( 9 ) ytake , That it neither fly nor ( 10 ) grake .
Article the Tenth . The tenth article is for to know , Among the craft , to high and low , There shall no master supplant [ the ] other , But be together as sister and brother , In this ( II ) eurytis craft , all and some , That belongcth to a master mason . Neither shall ho lant another
supp man , That hath taken a work him upon , In pain thereof that is so strong , That weigheth no less than ten pound , And if that he be injured found , That took first the work in hand ; ( For no man in masonry ¦ Shall supplant [ an ] other securely ) But if that it be
so wrought , That it turn the work to nought ; Then may a mason that work crave , To the lord ' s profit it for to save ; In such a case if it do fall There shall no mason meddle withal . Forsooth he that beginneth thc ground If he be a mason go « d and sound , Ho has it surely in his mind To bring the work to full good end .
Article the Eleventh . The eleventh article I tell thee , That it is both fair and fvee For it teacheth , by ; mj gi , ' i That no mason should work bv night Unless it be in practising of wit , If that [ he ] could amend it . Article the Twelfth .
The twelfth article is of big !) honesty To every mason , wheresoe ' er he be ' He shall not M , fellow ' s work ( 12 ) deprave , If that he will his honour save ; " With honest words he [ shall ] it commend By the knowledge that God thee did send ' - And it amend by all that you may , ' Between
you both without nay . ( S ) Felle : sharp , clever . ( 9 ) Ytake : taken . ( 10 ) Grake : crack . ( 11 ) Curyus : curious . ( 12 ) Deprave : traduce .
The Old Masonic Poem.
Article the Thirteenth . The thirteenth article , so God me save , Is , if that the master a prentice have , Intirely then that he Wm teach , And measurable points that he him recho ( 13 ) That ho the craft ably may conne ( 14 ) AYheresoover he goes under the sun .
Article the Fourteenth . Tlu fourteenth article , by good reason , Sheweth the master how he shall do ; He shall no prentice to him take , But divers cares ho has to make ,. That he may , within , his term , Of him divers points learn .
Article the Ffteenth . The fifteenth article maketh an end , For to the master it is a friend ; To teach him so ; that for no man , No false maintenance he take him upon , Nor maintain his fellows in their sin , For no good that lie might win ;
Nor no false oath sutler them to make , For dread of their souls' sake ; Lest it would turn the craft to shame , And himself to much blame . ( 13 ) Keche : reach . ( 14 ) Conne : know . ( To be conlinutd . )
Bye-Laws Of Milltary Lodges.
BYE-LAWS OF MILLTARY LODGES .
BY BRO . AVILUAM JAMES HUGHAN , P . M ., & C . We UOAV lay before our readers an exact copy of the Laws governing a Military lodge of more than a century old , and Avhich came into our possession in a strange
Avay . The LaAvs are evidently the originals as accepted by the members , and Avere taken "bodily by me out of the " Constitution of the Freemasons of 1723 , " in Avhich they Avere mitten in . the first j > ai't of the volume , tho extra paper having been hound up Avith that old book .
That they date more than one hundred years back there is sufficient internal evidence to prove , but their precise date Ave have not yet been able to decide , for , unfortunately there is no " Avater-mark" in the paper , and there is nothing in the
Avriting to fix positively the date of the caligraphy . Further on , at top of the " fly leaves" there occurs " November ye 6 th , 1768 , " but the -writing ' is not by the hand , and apparentl y more modern than is the former portion . Bye-laAvs of Military Lodges of a century and upAvards in age
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The Old Masonic Poem.
Article tho Eighth . The eighth article shevreth you so , That the master may it well do , If that lie have any man of craft , That be not as perfect as he ought , He may him change soon anon , And take for him a perfccter man . Such a manthrough recklessness
, , Might do the craft short worship . Article the Ninth . The ninth article shewoth full well , That thc master be both wise and ( 8 ) fello ; That no work he undertake , But he can it both end and mako ; And that it
be to the lord ' s profit also , And to his craft wheresoe ' er he goe ; And that thc ground be well ( 9 ) ytake , That it neither fly nor ( 10 ) grake .
Article the Tenth . The tenth article is for to know , Among the craft , to high and low , There shall no master supplant [ the ] other , But be together as sister and brother , In this ( II ) eurytis craft , all and some , That belongcth to a master mason . Neither shall ho lant another
supp man , That hath taken a work him upon , In pain thereof that is so strong , That weigheth no less than ten pound , And if that he be injured found , That took first the work in hand ; ( For no man in masonry ¦ Shall supplant [ an ] other securely ) But if that it be
so wrought , That it turn the work to nought ; Then may a mason that work crave , To the lord ' s profit it for to save ; In such a case if it do fall There shall no mason meddle withal . Forsooth he that beginneth thc ground If he be a mason go « d and sound , Ho has it surely in his mind To bring the work to full good end .
Article the Eleventh . The eleventh article I tell thee , That it is both fair and fvee For it teacheth , by ; mj gi , ' i That no mason should work bv night Unless it be in practising of wit , If that [ he ] could amend it . Article the Twelfth .
The twelfth article is of big !) honesty To every mason , wheresoe ' er he be ' He shall not M , fellow ' s work ( 12 ) deprave , If that he will his honour save ; " With honest words he [ shall ] it commend By the knowledge that God thee did send ' - And it amend by all that you may , ' Between
you both without nay . ( S ) Felle : sharp , clever . ( 9 ) Ytake : taken . ( 10 ) Grake : crack . ( 11 ) Curyus : curious . ( 12 ) Deprave : traduce .
The Old Masonic Poem.
Article the Thirteenth . The thirteenth article , so God me save , Is , if that the master a prentice have , Intirely then that he Wm teach , And measurable points that he him recho ( 13 ) That ho the craft ably may conne ( 14 ) AYheresoover he goes under the sun .
Article the Fourteenth . Tlu fourteenth article , by good reason , Sheweth the master how he shall do ; He shall no prentice to him take , But divers cares ho has to make ,. That he may , within , his term , Of him divers points learn .
Article the Ffteenth . The fifteenth article maketh an end , For to the master it is a friend ; To teach him so ; that for no man , No false maintenance he take him upon , Nor maintain his fellows in their sin , For no good that lie might win ;
Nor no false oath sutler them to make , For dread of their souls' sake ; Lest it would turn the craft to shame , And himself to much blame . ( 13 ) Keche : reach . ( 14 ) Conne : know . ( To be conlinutd . )
Bye-Laws Of Milltary Lodges.
BYE-LAWS OF MILLTARY LODGES .
BY BRO . AVILUAM JAMES HUGHAN , P . M ., & C . We UOAV lay before our readers an exact copy of the Laws governing a Military lodge of more than a century old , and Avhich came into our possession in a strange
Avay . The LaAvs are evidently the originals as accepted by the members , and Avere taken "bodily by me out of the " Constitution of the Freemasons of 1723 , " in Avhich they Avere mitten in . the first j > ai't of the volume , tho extra paper having been hound up Avith that old book .
That they date more than one hundred years back there is sufficient internal evidence to prove , but their precise date Ave have not yet been able to decide , for , unfortunately there is no " Avater-mark" in the paper , and there is nothing in the
Avriting to fix positively the date of the caligraphy . Further on , at top of the " fly leaves" there occurs " November ye 6 th , 1768 , " but the -writing ' is not by the hand , and apparentl y more modern than is the former portion . Bye-laAvs of Military Lodges of a century and upAvards in age