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Article HINTS ON THE SECRET LITERATURE OF FREEMASONRY. ← Page 9 of 10 →
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Hints On The Secret Literature Of Freemasonry.
One or tAvo examples , taken haphazard , AA T 111 better explain our meaning . In The Court of Love , Chaucer tells us : — " The second statute , secretly to keep " Counsel of Love , not blowing everywhere
" All that I know , and let it sink and float ; " It may not sound in every wight ' s ear ; " Exiling slander aye for dread and fear , " And to my lady , which I love and serve , l : Be true and kind , her grace for to deserve . " Comparing this Avith the articles and points of masonry in the
Gothic Constitutions , what is it but an amplication of the third point in Cooke ' s History and Articles of Masonry , ( page 122 )—" That ho can hele the counsel of his felloAvs in lodge , and in chamber , ' ' and in every place there as masons be ?"
Again let us take , — " The eleventh statute , thy signs for to know " "With eye and finger , and with smiles soft , " And low to couch , and alway for to show ,
" For dread of spies , for to wink oft : " And secretly to bring up a sight aloft , •' But still beware of overmuch resort ; " Por that , paradventure , spoileth all thy sport . "
Here the neophyte is to kriOAv the signs both by sight or touch . He is to couch IOAV , or be careful , not to show them , ahvays , for dread of discovering them to others but to speak his words —bring up a sig h aloft—secretly , taking care not to do so too often for that may spoil his sport .
The Assemhly of Foivls opens thus , the spelling slightly modernized : — ' ' The life so short , the craft so long to learn , " The essay so hard , so sharp the conquering ,
" The dreadful joy , alway tbat flit so yeme , " All this I mean by love . " " For out of the old fields as men sayeth " Cometh all this new corn , from year to year ; " And out of old books , in good faith " Cometh all this new science that men lere . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Hints On The Secret Literature Of Freemasonry.
One or tAvo examples , taken haphazard , AA T 111 better explain our meaning . In The Court of Love , Chaucer tells us : — " The second statute , secretly to keep " Counsel of Love , not blowing everywhere
" All that I know , and let it sink and float ; " It may not sound in every wight ' s ear ; " Exiling slander aye for dread and fear , " And to my lady , which I love and serve , l : Be true and kind , her grace for to deserve . " Comparing this Avith the articles and points of masonry in the
Gothic Constitutions , what is it but an amplication of the third point in Cooke ' s History and Articles of Masonry , ( page 122 )—" That ho can hele the counsel of his felloAvs in lodge , and in chamber , ' ' and in every place there as masons be ?"
Again let us take , — " The eleventh statute , thy signs for to know " "With eye and finger , and with smiles soft , " And low to couch , and alway for to show ,
" For dread of spies , for to wink oft : " And secretly to bring up a sight aloft , •' But still beware of overmuch resort ; " Por that , paradventure , spoileth all thy sport . "
Here the neophyte is to kriOAv the signs both by sight or touch . He is to couch IOAV , or be careful , not to show them , ahvays , for dread of discovering them to others but to speak his words —bring up a sig h aloft—secretly , taking care not to do so too often for that may spoil his sport .
The Assemhly of Foivls opens thus , the spelling slightly modernized : — ' ' The life so short , the craft so long to learn , " The essay so hard , so sharp the conquering ,
" The dreadful joy , alway tbat flit so yeme , " All this I mean by love . " " For out of the old fields as men sayeth " Cometh all this new corn , from year to year ; " And out of old books , in good faith " Cometh all this new science that men lere . "