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The York Ms. No. 5, A.D. 1670.
THE YORK MS . No . 5 , A . D . 1670 .
BY WILLIAM JAMBS HUGHAN . npHE York MS . No . 5 is in the possession of the York Lodge , No . 236 , and J- was one of six owned by the extinct " Grand Lodge of All England , " held in the city of York . The numeration is that of the Grand Lod ge Inventory of A . D . 1779 , but the arrangement is not in chronological order . No . 1 and No . 6 we
recognized in the archives of the Grand Lodge of England ( London ) , which were doubtless left there by the late Bro . Godfrey Hi ggins . Nos . 2 , 4 , and 5 are in the custody of the York Lodge , with other effects of the old lodge and Grand Lodge ( York ) . No . 3 of A . D . 1730 is unfortunately still missing . We shall all rejoice when the whole of these MSS ., etc ., are in the Library of No . 236 , as they deserve to be . In the Masonic Magazine have been printed York MS . No . 1 in
August , 1873 , and No . 6 in March , 1880 . No . 1 was first of all printed in our " Old Charges of British Freemasons" ( 1872 ) , and Nos . 2 and 4 are in our "Masonic Sketches and Reprints" ( 1871 ) . The present MS . therefore concludes the series as far as possible . It is written on a long roll of paper , 7 i ft . by 8 in ., and contains neither date nor signature . The transcript is by " the lamented Bro . William Cowling , and was carefully examined by Bro . Ralph Davison , P . M . 236 . It is a copy apparently of MS . No . 1 . It states most clearly the nature of the Book on which the apprentices were obligated , viz " Y ° holy Scripture . "
The copy which has been used for the Masonic Magazine is from the library of Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , M . A ., P . G . C , who is well known as a diligent Masonic student and hunter after old MSS . Through him and others , about a score of these documents have been published in the Masonic Magazine , all the numbers of which can be had for less money than the transcription of one of the MSS . cost when made for Masonic students .
* * * * * * ck or Astronomic nor * * * * * * Sciences can any man find * * * * * * trie methmks y' y Science * * * * * * foundeth all others , but now I shall tell you * * * * * * * worthy Sciences was first begun before Noah * * * * was a man called lameck as Itt is written * * * * the Chapter of Genesis & y lameck had two * * * one named Adath , by whom he had two Sons y * * * * Iabell & y other Iubell & his ' other wife was * * * * Zillah by whom he had one Son named Tuball , and one daughter named Naamath & E
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The York Ms. No. 5, A.D. 1670.
THE YORK MS . No . 5 , A . D . 1670 .
BY WILLIAM JAMBS HUGHAN . npHE York MS . No . 5 is in the possession of the York Lodge , No . 236 , and J- was one of six owned by the extinct " Grand Lodge of All England , " held in the city of York . The numeration is that of the Grand Lod ge Inventory of A . D . 1779 , but the arrangement is not in chronological order . No . 1 and No . 6 we
recognized in the archives of the Grand Lodge of England ( London ) , which were doubtless left there by the late Bro . Godfrey Hi ggins . Nos . 2 , 4 , and 5 are in the custody of the York Lodge , with other effects of the old lodge and Grand Lodge ( York ) . No . 3 of A . D . 1730 is unfortunately still missing . We shall all rejoice when the whole of these MSS ., etc ., are in the Library of No . 236 , as they deserve to be . In the Masonic Magazine have been printed York MS . No . 1 in
August , 1873 , and No . 6 in March , 1880 . No . 1 was first of all printed in our " Old Charges of British Freemasons" ( 1872 ) , and Nos . 2 and 4 are in our "Masonic Sketches and Reprints" ( 1871 ) . The present MS . therefore concludes the series as far as possible . It is written on a long roll of paper , 7 i ft . by 8 in ., and contains neither date nor signature . The transcript is by " the lamented Bro . William Cowling , and was carefully examined by Bro . Ralph Davison , P . M . 236 . It is a copy apparently of MS . No . 1 . It states most clearly the nature of the Book on which the apprentices were obligated , viz " Y ° holy Scripture . "
The copy which has been used for the Masonic Magazine is from the library of Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , M . A ., P . G . C , who is well known as a diligent Masonic student and hunter after old MSS . Through him and others , about a score of these documents have been published in the Masonic Magazine , all the numbers of which can be had for less money than the transcription of one of the MSS . cost when made for Masonic students .
* * * * * * ck or Astronomic nor * * * * * * Sciences can any man find * * * * * * trie methmks y' y Science * * * * * * foundeth all others , but now I shall tell you * * * * * * * worthy Sciences was first begun before Noah * * * * was a man called lameck as Itt is written * * * * the Chapter of Genesis & y lameck had two * * * one named Adath , by whom he had two Sons y * * * * Iabell & y other Iubell & his ' other wife was * * * * Zillah by whom he had one Son named Tuball , and one daughter named Naamath & E