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Songs Of The Ceaft.
" A bumper to Lucas each take in his hand , And pay him that homage tiiat'sdvie to our Grand , To Honour arid Merit may every \ Sw (? ^ rise , Who adheres to our motto— 'Be merry and wise . '
" All true Bucks join hands , here ' s to Fngh at y Platter , Should milksops condemn us- —why let 'em— -no matter ; Such triflers we hate and their notions despise , Whilst we are for our motto—* Be merry and wise . '" There was another party of dissenting Freemasons who seemed to have gloried in terming themselves a sect / and refusing to swear
to their obligation ; as we can trace no more than the single sheet song which we found among a number of songs of various dates in the last century , and as it explains their view of Masonry , and adopts the measure and air of our " Entered Apprentice , '' we cannot do better than allow it tospeak for itself ; it is called
" THE HONORARY FREEMASON'S SONG " Long life to each brother , Who bravely from other Freeemasons dissents and dares vary : The mad rutes they prescribe To their bigoted trib e ,
Which are scorn'd by the sect Honorary . " Who instead of their oath , Plight our honours and troth To keep secret y Craft of Freemasons ; Being firmly inclin'd , To think honour will bind Us , when oaths will be broken by base ~ sons
" Who too oft to y shame Of y Craft and y name Of Freemasons , of late are elected ; And furnish a handle For banter and scandal On brethren in time past respected .
" Such we'll never admit , As mean varlets unfit To he trusted with secrets so wary , Which at first were design ed For no race of mankind , But Freemasons , like us , Honorary
" Whose chief aim and intent Were industriously bent On improvement in friendship and science ; And who never would break The firm promise they'd make , But to scandal herself bid defiance .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Songs Of The Ceaft.
" A bumper to Lucas each take in his hand , And pay him that homage tiiat'sdvie to our Grand , To Honour arid Merit may every \ Sw (? ^ rise , Who adheres to our motto— 'Be merry and wise . '
" All true Bucks join hands , here ' s to Fngh at y Platter , Should milksops condemn us- —why let 'em— -no matter ; Such triflers we hate and their notions despise , Whilst we are for our motto—* Be merry and wise . '" There was another party of dissenting Freemasons who seemed to have gloried in terming themselves a sect / and refusing to swear
to their obligation ; as we can trace no more than the single sheet song which we found among a number of songs of various dates in the last century , and as it explains their view of Masonry , and adopts the measure and air of our " Entered Apprentice , '' we cannot do better than allow it tospeak for itself ; it is called
" THE HONORARY FREEMASON'S SONG " Long life to each brother , Who bravely from other Freeemasons dissents and dares vary : The mad rutes they prescribe To their bigoted trib e ,
Which are scorn'd by the sect Honorary . " Who instead of their oath , Plight our honours and troth To keep secret y Craft of Freemasons ; Being firmly inclin'd , To think honour will bind Us , when oaths will be broken by base ~ sons
" Who too oft to y shame Of y Craft and y name Of Freemasons , of late are elected ; And furnish a handle For banter and scandal On brethren in time past respected .
" Such we'll never admit , As mean varlets unfit To he trusted with secrets so wary , Which at first were design ed For no race of mankind , But Freemasons , like us , Honorary
" Whose chief aim and intent Were industriously bent On improvement in friendship and science ; And who never would break The firm promise they'd make , But to scandal herself bid defiance .