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such Moment , that each Line describes its Strength and Stability and a Mason must have a very superficial , and far from a solid Judgment , that can doubt of its Duration to the End of all Things . " The Pen , the Pencil , and the Trowel , ha
greatest Mbnarchs the World has produc'd , the properest Instruments to convey their Names and Actions to the latest Posterity . The two former are certainly capable of flattering either their Vices or their Persons ; but the honest Trowel , as the best and most durable Register , must be allowed to bid the fairest for eternizing of them , and has in their erecting Cities , Castles , Palaces , Amphitheatres , & c , brought down for many many Ages , and does not only convince us at present of their distinct Genius , Riches , Religion , Politicks and Power , but their very Names have been stampt and are still current among us : For instance , Constantinople , Cesarea , and Alexandria .
< What Wonder after this , that so many Kings , Princes , and Noblemen , have at all times honoured this Society with their peculiar Patronage and Protection , have taken it as an Honour to have been initiated into the Mysterious Part of it , and thought it no Degradation for a Mason to say he was Brother and Fellow to a King ? " Europe came much later to the knowledge of this Art than the Eastern Parts of the World ; and this Island , as far as I can find , the
latest of all . For tho by our Uecords we learn it was brought into France and Germany by . * one who was actually at the Building of Solomon ' s Temple , yet it was long after that , when + St . Alban , the Proto-Martyr of England , along with Christianity , introdue'd J / a ^ o ^ ry . To the Romans indeed our Ancestors owe the Origin of useful Learning amongst them , which made a very good Exchange for the Loss of their Freedom ; for Ccesar in his Commentary tells us , that the Britains had no walled Towns
nor Houses , but only fortified their Dwellings with Woods and Marshes . But when after that , our first Saxon Kings , having thrown off the barbarous Ignorance of Paganism , were by the Light of the Gospel more civiliz'd , and shewn the usefulness of Arts and Sciences , This of ours answering the necessary End of self Preservation as well as Grandeur and Devotion , must be allowed to be first sought after . And tho' Old Vendam , since J called St . Albans , may justly claim Precedency as the first built Town in
Britain ; yet you know , we can boast that the first Grand Lodge ever held in England ^?& held in this City ; where || Edwin , the first Christian King of the Northumbers , about the Six Hundredth Year after Christ , and who laid the foundation of our § Cathedral , sat as Grand-Master . This is sufficient to make us dispute the Superiority with the Lodges at London ; But as nought of that kind ought to be amongst so amicable a Fraternity , we are content they enjoy the Title of Grand-Master of England , but the Totius Anglice we claim as our undoubted Right .
" And here I have a fair Opportunity to enlarge upon those Encomiums due to Our Present Grand Master ; whose Regard for his Office , Proficiency in the Science , and His Great Munificence shewn to the Society , can never be forgotten . Manat altd Mente Reposium . We must all ** Ninus . t This from an old Record preserv ed in our Lodge . X Camden .
II Edwin ' s Ohicf $ ea . t of Residence wan at Derraitio , 'now , c < xll \ l Auldby , Mix Miles from Yo ^ k . ; Rapin p- x <> 2 . § A Church of Wood was hastily run up at York , for the oieio Convents , which < wre very numerous . Shortly after Edwin laid the Foundation of a Church of Free-Stone , But finished by Oswald , Ms Successor . Rapin p . 246 , Bede 2 , c . 18 ,
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such Moment , that each Line describes its Strength and Stability and a Mason must have a very superficial , and far from a solid Judgment , that can doubt of its Duration to the End of all Things . " The Pen , the Pencil , and the Trowel , ha
greatest Mbnarchs the World has produc'd , the properest Instruments to convey their Names and Actions to the latest Posterity . The two former are certainly capable of flattering either their Vices or their Persons ; but the honest Trowel , as the best and most durable Register , must be allowed to bid the fairest for eternizing of them , and has in their erecting Cities , Castles , Palaces , Amphitheatres , & c , brought down for many many Ages , and does not only convince us at present of their distinct Genius , Riches , Religion , Politicks and Power , but their very Names have been stampt and are still current among us : For instance , Constantinople , Cesarea , and Alexandria .
< What Wonder after this , that so many Kings , Princes , and Noblemen , have at all times honoured this Society with their peculiar Patronage and Protection , have taken it as an Honour to have been initiated into the Mysterious Part of it , and thought it no Degradation for a Mason to say he was Brother and Fellow to a King ? " Europe came much later to the knowledge of this Art than the Eastern Parts of the World ; and this Island , as far as I can find , the
latest of all . For tho by our Uecords we learn it was brought into France and Germany by . * one who was actually at the Building of Solomon ' s Temple , yet it was long after that , when + St . Alban , the Proto-Martyr of England , along with Christianity , introdue'd J / a ^ o ^ ry . To the Romans indeed our Ancestors owe the Origin of useful Learning amongst them , which made a very good Exchange for the Loss of their Freedom ; for Ccesar in his Commentary tells us , that the Britains had no walled Towns
nor Houses , but only fortified their Dwellings with Woods and Marshes . But when after that , our first Saxon Kings , having thrown off the barbarous Ignorance of Paganism , were by the Light of the Gospel more civiliz'd , and shewn the usefulness of Arts and Sciences , This of ours answering the necessary End of self Preservation as well as Grandeur and Devotion , must be allowed to be first sought after . And tho' Old Vendam , since J called St . Albans , may justly claim Precedency as the first built Town in
Britain ; yet you know , we can boast that the first Grand Lodge ever held in England ^?& held in this City ; where || Edwin , the first Christian King of the Northumbers , about the Six Hundredth Year after Christ , and who laid the foundation of our § Cathedral , sat as Grand-Master . This is sufficient to make us dispute the Superiority with the Lodges at London ; But as nought of that kind ought to be amongst so amicable a Fraternity , we are content they enjoy the Title of Grand-Master of England , but the Totius Anglice we claim as our undoubted Right .
" And here I have a fair Opportunity to enlarge upon those Encomiums due to Our Present Grand Master ; whose Regard for his Office , Proficiency in the Science , and His Great Munificence shewn to the Society , can never be forgotten . Manat altd Mente Reposium . We must all ** Ninus . t This from an old Record preserv ed in our Lodge . X Camden .
II Edwin ' s Ohicf $ ea . t of Residence wan at Derraitio , 'now , c < xll \ l Auldby , Mix Miles from Yo ^ k . ; Rapin p- x <> 2 . § A Church of Wood was hastily run up at York , for the oieio Convents , which < wre very numerous . Shortly after Edwin laid the Foundation of a Church of Free-Stone , But finished by Oswald , Ms Successor . Rapin p . 246 , Bede 2 , c . 18 ,