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Article EARLY HAUNTS OF FREEMASONRY. ← Page 6 of 7 →
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Early Haunts Of Freemasonry.
processions of Freemasons . There is , or was some few years back , still extant a print of the year 1741 , " sold by Mrsr Dodd , at the sign of the Peacock , without Temple Bar , " entitled " Mock Masonry ; or , The Grand Procession . " It shows the Grand Master in a coach
drawn by eight wretched hacks , two cartloads of Grand Stewards , and other functionaries bestriding asses ; underneath being written the following doggrel rhymes , the authorship of which is unknown to us : i .
Pray vat be dis vine show we gaze on r O , 'tis the Flower of all de Nation , De Cavalcade of de Free Mason . II . And who be dose who stride Jack Ass-a
And blow de Cow-horns as dey pass-a ? Dat Secret I no guess , alas-a . in . Who be dose who next ' em come-a With Butter-Tubs for Kettle Drum-a ?
O , da ' s a Mystery too , sirs—mum-a . IV . Who ' s he with Cap and Sword so stern-a ? Modest Montgomery of Hibern-a Who guard de Lodge and de Key who turn-a .
v . Vat ' s he with Truncheon leads the Van-a ? By Gar one portly proper Man-a ? Dat ' s Jones , who marshals all de Train-a .
VI . Who dose dat ride in Cars and Six-a , With such brave Nicknacks round their Necks-a ? Dey be de Stewards de Feast who fix-a . VII .
But who be dose who next approach-a ? Lord , vat vine Horses draw der Coach-a ! 0 ! de Grand Masters I dare vouch-a . VIII . Now C-r-y , Wh-t-h-ad , me intend-a
For , Thanks dis sage Advice to lend-a ! Ne ' er break your Jest to lose your Friend-a . This Paul Whitehead —( the Wh-t-h-ad of the last stanza ) who , by the way , is best remembered by Churchill ' s lines :
May I—can worse disgrace on manhood fall— ? Be born a Whitehead and baptised a Paul— 2 B 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Early Haunts Of Freemasonry.
processions of Freemasons . There is , or was some few years back , still extant a print of the year 1741 , " sold by Mrsr Dodd , at the sign of the Peacock , without Temple Bar , " entitled " Mock Masonry ; or , The Grand Procession . " It shows the Grand Master in a coach
drawn by eight wretched hacks , two cartloads of Grand Stewards , and other functionaries bestriding asses ; underneath being written the following doggrel rhymes , the authorship of which is unknown to us : i .
Pray vat be dis vine show we gaze on r O , 'tis the Flower of all de Nation , De Cavalcade of de Free Mason . II . And who be dose who stride Jack Ass-a
And blow de Cow-horns as dey pass-a ? Dat Secret I no guess , alas-a . in . Who be dose who next ' em come-a With Butter-Tubs for Kettle Drum-a ?
O , da ' s a Mystery too , sirs—mum-a . IV . Who ' s he with Cap and Sword so stern-a ? Modest Montgomery of Hibern-a Who guard de Lodge and de Key who turn-a .
v . Vat ' s he with Truncheon leads the Van-a ? By Gar one portly proper Man-a ? Dat ' s Jones , who marshals all de Train-a .
VI . Who dose dat ride in Cars and Six-a , With such brave Nicknacks round their Necks-a ? Dey be de Stewards de Feast who fix-a . VII .
But who be dose who next approach-a ? Lord , vat vine Horses draw der Coach-a ! 0 ! de Grand Masters I dare vouch-a . VIII . Now C-r-y , Wh-t-h-ad , me intend-a
For , Thanks dis sage Advice to lend-a ! Ne ' er break your Jest to lose your Friend-a . This Paul Whitehead —( the Wh-t-h-ad of the last stanza ) who , by the way , is best remembered by Churchill ' s lines :
May I—can worse disgrace on manhood fall— ? Be born a Whitehead and baptised a Paul— 2 B 2