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The next thing worthy of remark in Dr . Eawlinson ' s book is a circular of the Hurlo-Thrumbo Society . "What may have been the distinguishing characteristics of this Society I am not prepared to say , but will simply give a description of their circular . It is headed by the figure to which I alluded , in the advertisement of "
Carrington s Best Mild York Biver Tobacco ; " which is made up of a human head and breast , with beard and moustaches , a horse ' s ears , neck , and mane , and the wings and tail of a dragon ; it is represented as issuing from a stone wall , with the motto , " JZisum teneatis amici " above , and " Ah origine mundi ^ below . The form of summons is as follows : —
I insert this not for its real value , but merely as a sample of the many Societies of the same kind which existed at the time , and to which ( though probably a kind of Bastard Freemasonry ) Dr . Bawlinson , perhaps , belonged , for much the same reasons for which many Masons now belong to the Order of Ancient Britons , Druids , Foresters , & c , merely for the sake of conviviality , or to oblige a friend , or for some similar reason .
There is also an old Grand Lodge summons of the year 1732 , when Lord Viscount Montague was M . W . Gr . M . The form of summons is— te Montague , Grand Master , You are desired to meet your Brethren , The Free and Accepted Masons , On the , at 12 a clock at Noon , to chuse a Grand Master and other general officers , and to dine . No . 563 . 10 Shillings 6 d . Start Sculpsit .
N . B . —No Brother admitted uncloath d or arm d . The list of recognised Lodges existing at that time may not be uninteresting . Dr , Bawlinson evidently intended to make it a complete list of every Member of the Craft , as he has devoted at least an
entire page to every Lodge ; most of these are , however , blank ; and , as in all the pages which contain the list of the Members of the Lodge , his own name appears , we may infer that he only completed the lists of the Lodges to which he himself belonged . They are all headed in the same way : —
1 . " A list of the members of the Lodge held at the , & c . ' 2 . " Ditto at the , & c . " As in most cases the Lodges seem to have been named after the
" Sir , — . " You are desired to meet the President , Senior Fellows , and the rest of the Hon Society of HURLO-THRUMBO , at — — , on Fryday , the day of —— , at - — - —— noon , being the Feast day of the said Society . " By order of the " Given at " President . "
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The next thing worthy of remark in Dr . Eawlinson ' s book is a circular of the Hurlo-Thrumbo Society . "What may have been the distinguishing characteristics of this Society I am not prepared to say , but will simply give a description of their circular . It is headed by the figure to which I alluded , in the advertisement of "
Carrington s Best Mild York Biver Tobacco ; " which is made up of a human head and breast , with beard and moustaches , a horse ' s ears , neck , and mane , and the wings and tail of a dragon ; it is represented as issuing from a stone wall , with the motto , " JZisum teneatis amici " above , and " Ah origine mundi ^ below . The form of summons is as follows : —
I insert this not for its real value , but merely as a sample of the many Societies of the same kind which existed at the time , and to which ( though probably a kind of Bastard Freemasonry ) Dr . Bawlinson , perhaps , belonged , for much the same reasons for which many Masons now belong to the Order of Ancient Britons , Druids , Foresters , & c , merely for the sake of conviviality , or to oblige a friend , or for some similar reason .
There is also an old Grand Lodge summons of the year 1732 , when Lord Viscount Montague was M . W . Gr . M . The form of summons is— te Montague , Grand Master , You are desired to meet your Brethren , The Free and Accepted Masons , On the , at 12 a clock at Noon , to chuse a Grand Master and other general officers , and to dine . No . 563 . 10 Shillings 6 d . Start Sculpsit .
N . B . —No Brother admitted uncloath d or arm d . The list of recognised Lodges existing at that time may not be uninteresting . Dr , Bawlinson evidently intended to make it a complete list of every Member of the Craft , as he has devoted at least an
entire page to every Lodge ; most of these are , however , blank ; and , as in all the pages which contain the list of the Members of the Lodge , his own name appears , we may infer that he only completed the lists of the Lodges to which he himself belonged . They are all headed in the same way : —
1 . " A list of the members of the Lodge held at the , & c . ' 2 . " Ditto at the , & c . " As in most cases the Lodges seem to have been named after the
" Sir , — . " You are desired to meet the President , Senior Fellows , and the rest of the Hon Society of HURLO-THRUMBO , at — — , on Fryday , the day of —— , at - — - —— noon , being the Feast day of the said Society . " By order of the " Given at " President . "