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man buyeth or selleth , but by weight and measure ; husbandmen , merchants , navigators , planters , and all other erafbmenuse Geometry , ( ergo ) most worthy , laudable , and honowrable science , that findeth all other sciences , which proves that all the sciences in the world are found by geometry ; for neither grammar , logick , or any other of the liberall sciences can subsist without geometry .
" N . B . This science was found before the general deluge , commonly called Noah ' s flood . There was a man called Lamech , in Capite Quarto Genesis , who had two wives , the one called Addah , and the other Zillah . By Addah , the first wife , Lamech begat two sons , the one was called Jaball , and the other Tuball ; by Zillah , the other wife , Lamech begat a son , called Tubal-Cain , and a daughter
called Naamah ; these four children found out the beginning of all the Crafts in the world ; Jaball found out geometry ; he divided flocks of sheep and lambs in the field , and first built an house of stone and timber ; . his brother Tuball found out musick , such as harp and organ ; Tubal-Cain found out the smith ' s trade or Craft , and also the
working of gold , silver , and copper ; their sister Naamah found out the Craft of weaving , spinning , and knitting . These children did know that Goi would take vengeance for sin , either by fife or water , therefore they wrote the sciences found by them on two pillars of stone , that they might be found after that Almighty God had taken vengeance and reversed his judgment : the one pillar was of marble , which will not burn ; the other pillar was of lesteras , so called , and would not drown with water .
" N . B . That after the general deluge , it pleased God that Hermaxenes the Greek , who was the son of Cus , who was the son of Ham , who was the son of Noah , afterwards called Hermes , the father of wise men , found the pillars whereon the sciences were written , and taught them to other men . At the building of the Tower of Babel , Masonry was much esteemed , and greatly valued . Nimrod at that
time was a Mason , and loved well the science or Craft of Masonry , insomuch , that when the city of Nineveh , and other cities of the East Were to be builded , Nimrod sent thither sixty Masons , at the desire of his cousin the King of Nineveh ; when the Masons went forth , Nimrod gave them charge that they should live truely together , be
true to one another , and that they should serve their Lord truely for their pay , so that he might have worship for sending them : Nimrod also gave his Masons charge concerning their science , and this was the first time that Masons had charge of their science or Craft .
" Also Abraham , and Sarah his wife , went into Egypt , and taught the Egyptians the liberall sciences ; Abraham had one ingenious scholar called Euclydes , who learned right well , and was master of all the seven liberal sciences . In his day it happened that the lords and states of that realm had so many sons , that the land was very much burthened with them . Having small means to maintain them withall , the king , understanding thereof , caused a parliament to be forthwith called , and summoned for redress , but they being m very many , no
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man buyeth or selleth , but by weight and measure ; husbandmen , merchants , navigators , planters , and all other erafbmenuse Geometry , ( ergo ) most worthy , laudable , and honowrable science , that findeth all other sciences , which proves that all the sciences in the world are found by geometry ; for neither grammar , logick , or any other of the liberall sciences can subsist without geometry .
" N . B . This science was found before the general deluge , commonly called Noah ' s flood . There was a man called Lamech , in Capite Quarto Genesis , who had two wives , the one called Addah , and the other Zillah . By Addah , the first wife , Lamech begat two sons , the one was called Jaball , and the other Tuball ; by Zillah , the other wife , Lamech begat a son , called Tubal-Cain , and a daughter
called Naamah ; these four children found out the beginning of all the Crafts in the world ; Jaball found out geometry ; he divided flocks of sheep and lambs in the field , and first built an house of stone and timber ; . his brother Tuball found out musick , such as harp and organ ; Tubal-Cain found out the smith ' s trade or Craft , and also the
working of gold , silver , and copper ; their sister Naamah found out the Craft of weaving , spinning , and knitting . These children did know that Goi would take vengeance for sin , either by fife or water , therefore they wrote the sciences found by them on two pillars of stone , that they might be found after that Almighty God had taken vengeance and reversed his judgment : the one pillar was of marble , which will not burn ; the other pillar was of lesteras , so called , and would not drown with water .
" N . B . That after the general deluge , it pleased God that Hermaxenes the Greek , who was the son of Cus , who was the son of Ham , who was the son of Noah , afterwards called Hermes , the father of wise men , found the pillars whereon the sciences were written , and taught them to other men . At the building of the Tower of Babel , Masonry was much esteemed , and greatly valued . Nimrod at that
time was a Mason , and loved well the science or Craft of Masonry , insomuch , that when the city of Nineveh , and other cities of the East Were to be builded , Nimrod sent thither sixty Masons , at the desire of his cousin the King of Nineveh ; when the Masons went forth , Nimrod gave them charge that they should live truely together , be
true to one another , and that they should serve their Lord truely for their pay , so that he might have worship for sending them : Nimrod also gave his Masons charge concerning their science , and this was the first time that Masons had charge of their science or Craft .
" Also Abraham , and Sarah his wife , went into Egypt , and taught the Egyptians the liberall sciences ; Abraham had one ingenious scholar called Euclydes , who learned right well , and was master of all the seven liberal sciences . In his day it happened that the lords and states of that realm had so many sons , that the land was very much burthened with them . Having small means to maintain them withall , the king , understanding thereof , caused a parliament to be forthwith called , and summoned for redress , but they being m very many , no