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Craft Customs Of The Ancient Stonehewers, Masons, And Carpenters.
By Leave and Favour : Why are you a stonehewer ? By Leave and Favour : Because I was accepted by a worshipful master stonemason to learn of him three years , and was indentured by the Avorshipful craft of stonehewers , I have also served my three
years truly , honourably , and honestly . I am also free of the stoneheAvers' craft , and by them so declared , and also was vouched for by tAVO fellow-craft stonehewers according to craft usage and custom , therefore am I a stonehewer . By Leave and Favour : How may we know that you are a
stonehewer ? By Leave and Favour .- How ? In that I have served my three years ; that I can travel by water and land from green heath to green
land ; that I knoAv how to address Avorshipful stonehewers , masters , and fellows according to craft usages and customs . That is IIOAV one may know that I am a stonehewer . By Leave and Favour : What must you observe Avhen you approach a Lodge and ask for employment ?
That I be not too near or too far off , but stay three paces therefrom , then I make my enquiry . By Leave and Favour : What did you leave where you last worked ? By LeaA e and Favour : Employment for some other worshipful
stonehewer . By Leave and Favour : What is most precious in our handicraft ? By Leave and Favour : An honest name .
With the Letter Masons as follows : By Leave and Favour : Are you greeter or letter mason ? By Leave and Favour : A letter mason . By Leave and Favour : What is the difference betAveen a greeter
and a letter mason ? By Leave and Favour : That the letter mason must carry his letter of apprenticeship [ i . e . certificate ] on his left side , over the heart next to the skin . By Leave and Favour : What can you jarove or certify resiDecting
your craft ? By Leave and Favour : That I have served truly and honestly . By Leave and Favour : What can you further certify or prove ? By . Leave and Favour : That my master also served truly , honourably , and honestly .
By Leave and Favour : What can you further certify or prove concerning your handicraft ? By Leave and Favour : That my master ' s master also served his
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Craft Customs Of The Ancient Stonehewers, Masons, And Carpenters.
By Leave and Favour : Why are you a stonehewer ? By Leave and Favour : Because I was accepted by a worshipful master stonemason to learn of him three years , and was indentured by the Avorshipful craft of stonehewers , I have also served my three
years truly , honourably , and honestly . I am also free of the stoneheAvers' craft , and by them so declared , and also was vouched for by tAVO fellow-craft stonehewers according to craft usage and custom , therefore am I a stonehewer . By Leave and Favour : How may we know that you are a
stonehewer ? By Leave and Favour .- How ? In that I have served my three years ; that I can travel by water and land from green heath to green
land ; that I knoAv how to address Avorshipful stonehewers , masters , and fellows according to craft usages and customs . That is IIOAV one may know that I am a stonehewer . By Leave and Favour : What must you observe Avhen you approach a Lodge and ask for employment ?
That I be not too near or too far off , but stay three paces therefrom , then I make my enquiry . By Leave and Favour : What did you leave where you last worked ? By LeaA e and Favour : Employment for some other worshipful
stonehewer . By Leave and Favour : What is most precious in our handicraft ? By Leave and Favour : An honest name .
With the Letter Masons as follows : By Leave and Favour : Are you greeter or letter mason ? By Leave and Favour : A letter mason . By Leave and Favour : What is the difference betAveen a greeter
and a letter mason ? By Leave and Favour : That the letter mason must carry his letter of apprenticeship [ i . e . certificate ] on his left side , over the heart next to the skin . By Leave and Favour : What can you jarove or certify resiDecting
your craft ? By Leave and Favour : That I have served truly and honestly . By Leave and Favour : What can you further certify or prove ? By . Leave and Favour : That my master also served truly , honourably , and honestly .
By Leave and Favour : What can you further certify or prove concerning your handicraft ? By Leave and Favour : That my master ' s master also served his