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Joseph Ii. Cn Freemasonry.
cities which are the seats of provincial governments , one , two or three Lodges . In provincial towns v ^ ere ttiere is no resident governor , Lodges are strictl y forbidden , and any innkeeper who allows a meeting at his house shall be rigorously punished ;
64 Lists of the Lodges , with tlie names of their members , and days of meeting , correctly described , are to be sent to the government ; and every three months ah exact account must be rendered of all the mei ^ have been received into the Lodge , aiid of those who have left it . Likewise must he forwarded particulars of the titles , dignities and grades , which each holds in the Lodge .
u 3 . The name of the Master of the Lodge must annually be returned to the government . v M return for their compliance with lkis ordinance , the government accords to the Freemasons welcome , protection and liberty ; leaving entirely to their own direction the control of their members and ilieir constitutions
The government w ^ 44 Following these directions / ^ which body are comprised a great number of worthy men who are well known to me , may become useful to the state . n This ordinance shall be communicated to all governors of provinces . ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ : ' ¦ :- ' . ' 44 Joseph . * ' The execution of this ordinance is to commence on the 1 st of January , 1787 . "
A Burmese LEGffi ^ i ) .---In the olden time , during the era of Thoo-moyd-ha , a potter conceived an evil design against a washerman , who lived with considerable ostentation ; and being unable to bear the sight of the Wealth which the latter had acquired by washing clothes , he determined to come to an open rupture with him . With this view he went to the king , and said , ;¦ " Your majesty ' s royal elephant is black ; but if you were to order the washerman to wash it white , would you not become lord of the white elephant T * This speech was not made from any zeal for the king's advantage , but because he thought that if the order was given to the
washerman according to his suggestion , and the elephant should not turn white after all , the fortune of the washerman would come to an end . The king , on hear * ing the representation of the potter , took for granted it was sincere , and being deficient in wisdom , he , without consideration , sent for the washerman , and ordered him to wash the royal elephant white . The washerman , seeing through the potter ' s design , replied , " Our art requires that , in order to bleach cloth , we should first put it in a boiler with soap and water , and then rub it well . In this manner only can your majesty ' s elephant be made white . " The king considering that it
was a potter ' s business , and not a washerman ' s to make pots , called for the potter , and said to him , " Heh , you potter , a pot is required to lather my elephant in ; go and make one large enough for the purpose . " The potter , on receiving this order , collected together all his friends and relations ; and , after they had accumulated a vast quantity of clay , he made a pot big enough to hold the elephant , which on completion he laid before the king , who delivered it over to the washerman . The washerman put in soap and water ; but as soon as the elephant placed his foot upon it , it broke in pieces . After this , the potter made many others , but they were either too thick , so that the water could not be made to boil in them , or too
thin , so that the first pressure of the elephant ' s foot smashed them to pieces . In this manner , being constantly employed , he was unable to attend to his business , and so he was utterly ruined . Therefore , such as aim at the destruction of others will find that their weapons will fail to reach those whom they intended , and will only recoil upon their own heads . Although a person be ever so poor , he ought not to design evil against others . Those who are guilty of treacherous actions "should be avoided . —Winter ' s Six Months in Bwmoh !*
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Joseph Ii. Cn Freemasonry.
cities which are the seats of provincial governments , one , two or three Lodges . In provincial towns v ^ ere ttiere is no resident governor , Lodges are strictl y forbidden , and any innkeeper who allows a meeting at his house shall be rigorously punished ;
64 Lists of the Lodges , with tlie names of their members , and days of meeting , correctly described , are to be sent to the government ; and every three months ah exact account must be rendered of all the mei ^ have been received into the Lodge , aiid of those who have left it . Likewise must he forwarded particulars of the titles , dignities and grades , which each holds in the Lodge .
u 3 . The name of the Master of the Lodge must annually be returned to the government . v M return for their compliance with lkis ordinance , the government accords to the Freemasons welcome , protection and liberty ; leaving entirely to their own direction the control of their members and ilieir constitutions
The government w ^ 44 Following these directions / ^ which body are comprised a great number of worthy men who are well known to me , may become useful to the state . n This ordinance shall be communicated to all governors of provinces . ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ : ' ¦ :- ' . ' 44 Joseph . * ' The execution of this ordinance is to commence on the 1 st of January , 1787 . "
A Burmese LEGffi ^ i ) .---In the olden time , during the era of Thoo-moyd-ha , a potter conceived an evil design against a washerman , who lived with considerable ostentation ; and being unable to bear the sight of the Wealth which the latter had acquired by washing clothes , he determined to come to an open rupture with him . With this view he went to the king , and said , ;¦ " Your majesty ' s royal elephant is black ; but if you were to order the washerman to wash it white , would you not become lord of the white elephant T * This speech was not made from any zeal for the king's advantage , but because he thought that if the order was given to the
washerman according to his suggestion , and the elephant should not turn white after all , the fortune of the washerman would come to an end . The king , on hear * ing the representation of the potter , took for granted it was sincere , and being deficient in wisdom , he , without consideration , sent for the washerman , and ordered him to wash the royal elephant white . The washerman , seeing through the potter ' s design , replied , " Our art requires that , in order to bleach cloth , we should first put it in a boiler with soap and water , and then rub it well . In this manner only can your majesty ' s elephant be made white . " The king considering that it
was a potter ' s business , and not a washerman ' s to make pots , called for the potter , and said to him , " Heh , you potter , a pot is required to lather my elephant in ; go and make one large enough for the purpose . " The potter , on receiving this order , collected together all his friends and relations ; and , after they had accumulated a vast quantity of clay , he made a pot big enough to hold the elephant , which on completion he laid before the king , who delivered it over to the washerman . The washerman put in soap and water ; but as soon as the elephant placed his foot upon it , it broke in pieces . After this , the potter made many others , but they were either too thick , so that the water could not be made to boil in them , or too
thin , so that the first pressure of the elephant ' s foot smashed them to pieces . In this manner , being constantly employed , he was unable to attend to his business , and so he was utterly ruined . Therefore , such as aim at the destruction of others will find that their weapons will fail to reach those whom they intended , and will only recoil upon their own heads . Although a person be ever so poor , he ought not to design evil against others . Those who are guilty of treacherous actions "should be avoided . —Winter ' s Six Months in Bwmoh !*