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« JT ..-., ' . _ -- ¦ ¦¦' .- '' ' ¦ - i " " Printed from the * Old Original Record of the Society | with some Observations , Reflections , and Critical Remarks on the Jfew Vonstittttim Book of the Free-Masons , written by j ^ AiM * , and dedicated to the Duke of Montague , by J , T . D e ^^ Master .
" With a Short Dictionary of Private Signs , or Signals . ( A . ) " London .. ; : Printed for gam . Briscoe , at the Behl ^ Mvage ^ on Ludg 0 e-Hill , and the Bun against JbM > Cofi ^ e-Hous Exchange ; J , Jackson , in the Pall-Mall near St . J ^^'^ Hottse ; and J , Weekes , at the White-Hart , Westminster Hall ^ A second edition issued in 1725 , the only difference being that at ( A . ) the words TJi $ Second i ^ # ^^ were in ^ ertedj and at ( B . ) the date ( 1725 ) .
As our readers may like to see the preface to these publications weappendit , iC It may seem strange to some of the tiMhinkingipaHqfM not Antiqiiity as they ought to do , to think how such an inesiwiaiblef ^ iexe as this History of the Free-Masons is , tmtdithe CweMmies b shou ld have been kept secret from the World for $ 6 Many Ages , andnoBody yet ¦ dmudfdM it appears , seems to be < f near 300 years Translation into the English
Language ; and as to the Original from whence taken it admits of' vqriom disputes among the learned whether it was done from the AraMek , Syriac ^ Cop tic , Chaldee , Hebrew , Greek , Latin , Welch , or High-D Talmudists among the Jews , and the Chaldean M ^ of this Copy was foimdby Moses in search after the Burial place of Adam , in whose Momimental Stone-Coffin it is suppos ed he met with other invaluable Materials which enabled him to compile that Part of the History of the World , before the Deluge , which some Infidels are apt to email at , as if it was probable so many Ages as tvere between Adam , and Moses should he lost , without solid
Traditions to support the Facts of Moses ' s History , from whence and other Holy Writers a great many Hints are here taken . The Reader is here to take Notice , that this is the Original Constitution of the Free-Masons , wherein the Grand-Secret is contain d , and which 'might have remain ed so , as many Ages as it hath been hitherto kept , had it not been for an accidental Discovery which is too dangerous a secret to broach : For as the Rosy ^ Crucians and
Adepts , Brothers of the same Fraternity , or Order , who derived themselves from Hermes Trismeglstus , which some call Moses , held a great Rank in the World , 'till mi unlucky Discovery of the Grand-Secret by means of an unfortunate Fellow at Vienna , who leaving the Key of his Room in the Door , the Landlady who was Jealous of missing several Pewtpr Pots and Disfies
had the Curiosity to peep into his Room , and to her grand surprise found ' em all converted into Gold and Silver ; away goes the good Woman fetches an Officer of Justice , sekes poor Culprit ere his Breeches con * d be iuck'd up , and carrying him before a Magistrate for the loss of her Baser Metal , he Escapes , and running into the Imperial Court , throws himself down at the Emperor ' s Feet , but being close pursued by Justice , had no other Time but to ask his
Life ; the Emperor amatfd , ask'd the Reason , his Answer was , he had forfeited his Life by robbing his Landlady of her Pewter Pots and transmuting then into Gold ; is that all quoth the Emperor , order them to be brought hither , Til secure your Life , provided all the Pewter , & c . in the Imperial Palace be converted into standard Gold , or Silver : The Man was doom ed the remaining part of his Life to the Mines in Germany and the Secret was discovered"
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Fragments And Documents Relating To Eeee...
« JT ..-., ' . _ -- ¦ ¦¦' .- '' ' ¦ - i " " Printed from the * Old Original Record of the Society | with some Observations , Reflections , and Critical Remarks on the Jfew Vonstittttim Book of the Free-Masons , written by j ^ AiM * , and dedicated to the Duke of Montague , by J , T . D e ^^ Master .
" With a Short Dictionary of Private Signs , or Signals . ( A . ) " London .. ; : Printed for gam . Briscoe , at the Behl ^ Mvage ^ on Ludg 0 e-Hill , and the Bun against JbM > Cofi ^ e-Hous Exchange ; J , Jackson , in the Pall-Mall near St . J ^^'^ Hottse ; and J , Weekes , at the White-Hart , Westminster Hall ^ A second edition issued in 1725 , the only difference being that at ( A . ) the words TJi $ Second i ^ # ^^ were in ^ ertedj and at ( B . ) the date ( 1725 ) .
As our readers may like to see the preface to these publications weappendit , iC It may seem strange to some of the tiMhinkingipaHqfM not Antiqiiity as they ought to do , to think how such an inesiwiaiblef ^ iexe as this History of the Free-Masons is , tmtdithe CweMmies b shou ld have been kept secret from the World for $ 6 Many Ages , andnoBody yet ¦ dmudfdM it appears , seems to be < f near 300 years Translation into the English
Language ; and as to the Original from whence taken it admits of' vqriom disputes among the learned whether it was done from the AraMek , Syriac ^ Cop tic , Chaldee , Hebrew , Greek , Latin , Welch , or High-D Talmudists among the Jews , and the Chaldean M ^ of this Copy was foimdby Moses in search after the Burial place of Adam , in whose Momimental Stone-Coffin it is suppos ed he met with other invaluable Materials which enabled him to compile that Part of the History of the World , before the Deluge , which some Infidels are apt to email at , as if it was probable so many Ages as tvere between Adam , and Moses should he lost , without solid
Traditions to support the Facts of Moses ' s History , from whence and other Holy Writers a great many Hints are here taken . The Reader is here to take Notice , that this is the Original Constitution of the Free-Masons , wherein the Grand-Secret is contain d , and which 'might have remain ed so , as many Ages as it hath been hitherto kept , had it not been for an accidental Discovery which is too dangerous a secret to broach : For as the Rosy ^ Crucians and
Adepts , Brothers of the same Fraternity , or Order , who derived themselves from Hermes Trismeglstus , which some call Moses , held a great Rank in the World , 'till mi unlucky Discovery of the Grand-Secret by means of an unfortunate Fellow at Vienna , who leaving the Key of his Room in the Door , the Landlady who was Jealous of missing several Pewtpr Pots and Disfies
had the Curiosity to peep into his Room , and to her grand surprise found ' em all converted into Gold and Silver ; away goes the good Woman fetches an Officer of Justice , sekes poor Culprit ere his Breeches con * d be iuck'd up , and carrying him before a Magistrate for the loss of her Baser Metal , he Escapes , and running into the Imperial Court , throws himself down at the Emperor ' s Feet , but being close pursued by Justice , had no other Time but to ask his
Life ; the Emperor amatfd , ask'd the Reason , his Answer was , he had forfeited his Life by robbing his Landlady of her Pewter Pots and transmuting then into Gold ; is that all quoth the Emperor , order them to be brought hither , Til secure your Life , provided all the Pewter , & c . in the Imperial Palace be converted into standard Gold , or Silver : The Man was doom ed the remaining part of his Life to the Mines in Germany and the Secret was discovered"