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-- — Quod nee Jovis Ira , mc Ignis , NecPotwtiFerrum ^ —But as I am verily persuaded , that you neither expect to hear a Cicero , a Demosthenes , or even —& Henly in me ; so I may hope your Candour and Humanity will pardon my Temerity , where the Loftiness of the Text must inevitably shew the Insufficiency of the Preacher . to
" The Learned Author of the Antiquity of Mason ^ which are pur Constitutions , has taken so much true Pains to draw it out from the Rubbish , which the barbarous and ignorant Ages of the World had buried it in , as justly merits the highest Gratitude from his Brethren . " That diligent Antiquary has trac'd out to us those many stupendous
Works of the Antients , which were certainly and without Doubt infinitely superior to the Moderns . I shall not therefore follow his Steps ; but since there ought to be something said of . Ancient Architecture , to illustrate the real Antiquity of Masonry in general , 1 shall beg Leave to subjoin what an Elegant Modern Author , the Ever-Celebrated Mr . Addison , has wrote on this subject .
" ¦' .. We . ' . ; find , says he , in Architecture , the Antients much superiour to the < Moderns , For , not to mention the Tower of Babel , ¦ . which , an old Author c says , there were the Foundations to be seen in his Time , which look ' d like 6 spacious Mountain ¦;¦¦ what cou'd be more Noble than the Walls of jEta & j / - ' Ion , its Hanging Gardens , and its Temple to Jupiter Belus , that rose a ' Mile high by 8 several stories , each Story a Furlong in Heighth , and on e the Top of which was the Babilonian Observatory ? I might here likewise
' take Notice of the huge Rock that was cut into the Figure oi'Semrcmis , c with the smaller Rocks that lay by it , in the shape of Tributary Kings ; 6 prodigious Bason , which took in the whole Euphrates , until such a < Time as a New Canal was form'd for its Reception , with several Trenches ' thro' which that River was convey'd . I know , adds our Author , there are i Persons , who look upon some of these Wonders of Art to be fabulous ; ' but I cannot find any Grounds for such a Suspicion , unless it be that we ' have no such works amongst us at present . There were indeed many
c greater Advantages for Building in those Times , and in that part of the < World , than have been met with ever since . The Earth was extremely 6 fruitful , Men liv'd generally on Pasturage , which requires a much smaller 6 Number of Hands than Agriculture . There were few Trades to employ c busy Part of Mankind , and fewer Arts and Sciences to give Work to 6 Men of Speculative Tempers ^ and what is more than all the rest , the
c Prince was absolute ; so that when he went to War , he put himself at the c Head of a whole People : As we find Semiramis leading her three Millions (c to the Field , and yet overpower ed by the Number of her Enemies . It is no Wonder then , when she was at Peace , and turn'd her Thoughts on 6 Building , that she cou'd accomplish so great Works with such a prodigious ' Multitude of Labourers : Besides that , in her Climate there was small 4
Interruption of Frost and Winters , which make the Northern Workmen ( lie half the Year Idle . I might mention , amongst the Benefits of the Climate , what Historians say of the Earth , That it sweated out a Bitumen ' or Natural Kind of Mortar , which is doubtless the same with that men' tion'd in Holy Writ , as [ contributing to the Structure of Bable . Slime 6
they uJd instead of Mortar . " 'In JEgypt we still see their Pyramids , which answer to the description ' that have been made of them ; and I question not but a Stranger might ' find out some Remains of the Labrynth that cover'd a whole Province , < and had an hundred Temples dispos ed among its several Quarters ancl i Divisions .
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-- — Quod nee Jovis Ira , mc Ignis , NecPotwtiFerrum ^ —But as I am verily persuaded , that you neither expect to hear a Cicero , a Demosthenes , or even —& Henly in me ; so I may hope your Candour and Humanity will pardon my Temerity , where the Loftiness of the Text must inevitably shew the Insufficiency of the Preacher . to
" The Learned Author of the Antiquity of Mason ^ which are pur Constitutions , has taken so much true Pains to draw it out from the Rubbish , which the barbarous and ignorant Ages of the World had buried it in , as justly merits the highest Gratitude from his Brethren . " That diligent Antiquary has trac'd out to us those many stupendous
Works of the Antients , which were certainly and without Doubt infinitely superior to the Moderns . I shall not therefore follow his Steps ; but since there ought to be something said of . Ancient Architecture , to illustrate the real Antiquity of Masonry in general , 1 shall beg Leave to subjoin what an Elegant Modern Author , the Ever-Celebrated Mr . Addison , has wrote on this subject .
" ¦' .. We . ' . ; find , says he , in Architecture , the Antients much superiour to the < Moderns , For , not to mention the Tower of Babel , ¦ . which , an old Author c says , there were the Foundations to be seen in his Time , which look ' d like 6 spacious Mountain ¦;¦¦ what cou'd be more Noble than the Walls of jEta & j / - ' Ion , its Hanging Gardens , and its Temple to Jupiter Belus , that rose a ' Mile high by 8 several stories , each Story a Furlong in Heighth , and on e the Top of which was the Babilonian Observatory ? I might here likewise
' take Notice of the huge Rock that was cut into the Figure oi'Semrcmis , c with the smaller Rocks that lay by it , in the shape of Tributary Kings ; 6 prodigious Bason , which took in the whole Euphrates , until such a < Time as a New Canal was form'd for its Reception , with several Trenches ' thro' which that River was convey'd . I know , adds our Author , there are i Persons , who look upon some of these Wonders of Art to be fabulous ; ' but I cannot find any Grounds for such a Suspicion , unless it be that we ' have no such works amongst us at present . There were indeed many
c greater Advantages for Building in those Times , and in that part of the < World , than have been met with ever since . The Earth was extremely 6 fruitful , Men liv'd generally on Pasturage , which requires a much smaller 6 Number of Hands than Agriculture . There were few Trades to employ c busy Part of Mankind , and fewer Arts and Sciences to give Work to 6 Men of Speculative Tempers ^ and what is more than all the rest , the
c Prince was absolute ; so that when he went to War , he put himself at the c Head of a whole People : As we find Semiramis leading her three Millions (c to the Field , and yet overpower ed by the Number of her Enemies . It is no Wonder then , when she was at Peace , and turn'd her Thoughts on 6 Building , that she cou'd accomplish so great Works with such a prodigious ' Multitude of Labourers : Besides that , in her Climate there was small 4
Interruption of Frost and Winters , which make the Northern Workmen ( lie half the Year Idle . I might mention , amongst the Benefits of the Climate , what Historians say of the Earth , That it sweated out a Bitumen ' or Natural Kind of Mortar , which is doubtless the same with that men' tion'd in Holy Writ , as [ contributing to the Structure of Bable . Slime 6
they uJd instead of Mortar . " 'In JEgypt we still see their Pyramids , which answer to the description ' that have been made of them ; and I question not but a Stranger might ' find out some Remains of the Labrynth that cover'd a whole Province , < and had an hundred Temples dispos ed among its several Quarters ancl i Divisions .