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 J^ACHIN and BOA Z; tl.
AUTHE NTIC JL E Y
TO THE DOOR OF

FREE-MASONRY,
Both ANTIENT and MODERN.
Calculated not only for the InftrucYion of every New-
made MASON; but alfo for the Information of all who
intend to become BRETHREN.
C O N T A IltIN C,
I. A circumstantial Account of all the their Difcovery and Puniflimrnt ; the
Proceedings in making a Mafon, with Burial of Hiram by King So/amorr't
the fevsral Obligations of an En Order; with the Five Point, of
tered Apprentice, Fki. low- FellowIhip, &c.
Craft, and Master ; the Prayers, V. The Ceremony of the Infhlmcnt of
and alfo the Sign, Crip, and I'afs- the Mafter of different Lodges on St.
Word of each Degree, with the Cere Jokr.'z Day.Defcription of the Re
mony of the Mop and Pail. galia, ice.
II. The Manner of opening a Lodge, VI. Ceremonies ufed at the Funeral of
and letting the Craft to work. a Mafon.
III. Tie Entered /Jfpremice, Fel/oto- VII. A fufe and eafy Method propofed,
Craft, and Mafleri Lctlureg, verba. by which a Man may obtain Admit
tim, as delivered in all Lodges ; with tance into any Lodge, without pall*
the Songat theConclulionofcach Part. ing through the Form required, and
IV. The Origin of Malbnry ; Defcrip- thereby lave a Guinea or two in hi*
tion of Soloman'i Temple j Hiftory of Pocket.
the Murder of the Grand MaTer VIII. Anthems, Odes, Songs, :c.
Hiram by the three Fellow-Crafts ; i
llluftrated with
A Beautiful Frontispiece of the Regalia, jEWE|TSy
and Emblematical Ornaments belonging to Masonr^j
AND " V-^v
An Accurate Plan of the Drawing on the Floor of a Lodfe-V-
Interfperfed with Variety of ^^^C/
NOTES and REMARKS,
Neceffary to explain and render the Whole clear to the lneaneftCapacity.
To which is now added,
A New and Accurate LIST of all the Englifn Regular Lodges
in the World, according to their Seniority, with the Dates of
each Constitution, and Days of Meeting.
By a GENTLEMAN belonging to the Jenil-.lem Lodge ; a Se
quent Vifitor at the Queen's Arms, St. Paul's Church-Yard ; the
Horn, in Fleet-ftreet ; Crown and- Anchor, Strand ; and the
Salutation, Newgate ftreet. \J ^,A
Try me ; prove me.
A New Edition, greatly Enlarged and Improved.
O N D O N,
Printed for W. Nicoll, at N ei, St. Paul's Church- Yard.
M DCC LXXVI.
 T O A L L

FREE-MASONS.
THE Author of the following Pages has the
Honour of being well refpedted in mofl of
the Lodges of Reputation in this Metropo
lis, and is a frequent Vifitor at the Queen's Arms,
St. Paul's Church-yard ; the Globe, in Flect-ftreet;
the Jerufalem, at Clerkenwell; Half-moon, Cheap-
fide; Crown and Anchor, in the Strand; Salutation,,
Grey-Friars ; and feveral others of lefs Note,
An earneft Defire of becoming a perfect Mafter of
Masonry, and the Succefs he met with in his firft
Attempt, has rendered him capable of revealing thofe
Myfteries to the World, which, till now, have been
kept fecret as the Grave.
He acquired his Knowledge at firft from fome loofe
Papers belonging to a Merchant to whom lie was
nearly related, who had been a Member of the Queen's
Arms, St. Paul's Church-yard. This Relation dying
about ten Years ago, the Editor became poflefied of
his Effects ; and on looking over his Papers, among
others he found fome Memorandums or Remarks on
Masonry, which excited his Curiofity fo far, that he
refolved on accomplifhing his Scheme, without going
through the Ceremonies required by the Society.
The Remarks of his Friend above-mention -d fur-
nifhed Hints fufficient to make a Trial on an intimate
Acquaintance, a Free Mason, who readily gave
Jiim the Sign in the Manner he expected. After a
more narrow Inflection on the Part of his Friend,
fiich as, where he was made, and when, &c. &c. (to
all which he anfwered with great Readinefs) he re
ceived an Invitation to fpend an Evening at a Tavern
in the Strand with feveral Acquaintances. Elated by
this
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this Succefs, he boldly advanced with his Company ;
ail of whom belonged to the Lodge, and were welt
known by the Tyler at the Door. After the ufual
Ceremony, in which he gave full Satisfaction, he was
admitted, and took his Seat. That Night he faw
two Makings *, and came off full of Spirits.
Soon after he went to another Lodge, where he
diftinguifhed himfelf greatly in anfwering the Qtief-
tions propofed by the Mailer, which he acquired from
his Friend's Manufcripts of the Entered Appren
tice and Fellow-Craft's Lectures.
His Regard to the Society, and Refpedt to the
Public, is the only Inducement to this Publication,
which is intended not only to afiift thofe who have
been lately made, and ftill remain ignorant of the
true Foundation of the Art, but alfo to give all that
have an Inclination to become Mafons an Oppor
tunity of confidering the Advantages and Difadvan-
tages of the Engagements and Oaths by which they
are bound. Such is the Intention of this Undertaking;
and the Editor flatters himfelf the Brotherhood will
not condemn his Officioufnefs in this Refpect, as it
will rather ftrengthen than hurt the Intereft of the
Society, the Fear of going through the Ceremony,
which hitherto has been reprefented in fuch frightful
Shapes, being the greateit Obftacle to its future
"Welfare and Increafe.
The Editor's Ambition is to pleafe -, and the Work
is fubmitted to the only proper Judges, viz. his Bre
thren the Free Masons; to whom he begs Leave to
declare, that no private or public Quarrel, the View
of Gain, nor any other Motive than the Public Good,
could ever have induced him to write on this Subject ;
and he declares to the World, that the following is the
Whole of true Masonry in all hs Branches.
* Makings, the Term ufed in the Circular Letters to the
Members of the Lodge, acquainting them that new Members
arc to be admitted the next Lodge-Night.

ADVER.
SINCE the former Edition of this Pamphlet was put to Prefs, the
Author has received from his Publilher feveral anonymous
Letters, containing the loweft Abufe and fcurrilous Inve&ives; nay,
fome have proceeded fo far as to threaten his Perfon. He requefts
the Favour of all enraged Brethren, who lhall chufe to difplay thei
Talents for the future, that they will befo kind as to pay the Poll-
age of their Letters, for there can be no Reafon why he lhould put
up with their ill Treatment, and pay the Piper into the Bargain.
Surely there muft be fomething in this Book very extraordinary, a,
Something they cannot digefl, thus to excite the Wrath and Ire of
thofc hot-brained Mafon bit Gentry! But however unwilling the
Editor may be to publifh all the Letters and Meffages he has receiv
ed on thisOccafion, yet he cannot be fo deficient in returning the
Compliment, as to conceal one, which, notwithltanding theThreat-
nings contained in it, appears to be wrote with very little Meaning;
and he has (fans cercmonic) ventured to publilh it verbatim.
For R. S. at Mr. Wm. Nicholls at the Paper Mill St. Paul
Church Yard London.
" R. S. Losdon.
" Try thee prove thee * I mall find thee a Scandalous Stinking
powcatt. thou pretend's to have Declared the truth of Mafonryto
the world, And as Impofed a Lye on the Public Not in one part
But in ail Parts thou Mentions, I Shall meet thee in a few Days
and will give thee Satisfaction Such a Pike thonk Scandalous
Villian Deferves."
The Original of this fpiritcd Letter, with the Poll-mark to
authenticate it, is left in the Hands of Mr. Nicoll, Bookfeller,
in St. Paul's Church-yard, who has the Editor's Leave to Ihew it
to any Gentleman defirous of perufing fo pretty an Epiftle; and
rlrict Orders are given the Publilher to receive none, for the
future, that are not Poft-paid.
*.* Thofc Gentlemen who fo often fend for Jachin and Boaz,
and defire the Publilher to tie it up, and feal it carefully, to hide it
from the Meflenger, may fafely continue thofe Commiffions, and
the Publilher will carefully obferve their Order. R. S.
* Alluding to the Motto in the Title Pa^e, taken from the Fellow-Craft's LeQunr.

Description of the Regalia and Emblematical Fi

gures ufedin MAso*iK.Y,r*prefented'm rta Frontispiece.
i. '"pHE two Pillars, called Jachin and Boaz, the Firfl fig-
A nifying Strength, the Second to tftahlijb in the Lord.
Z. T^e Holy Bible, opened, as an Emblem that it fhould be the
Rule of our Faith.
5. The Compafs and Square, to fquare our Aflions, and keep
them within Bounds, the Mailer's Emblem or Jewel, which
is fufpended with a Ribbon round the Neck, and always
worn when the Lodge is opened, and on publick Days of
Meeting, Funerals, &rc.
4. The Level, the Senior Warden's Emblem, or Jewel.
5. The Twenty-four inch Gauge, to Meicfure Mafons Work.
6. The Key, the Treafurer's Emblem.
7. TV.
 7- The Sword, prcfented to the naked left Breaft ofthe Apprentice.
2. The Cable, or Rope, put round the Neck of every new-
made .Mafou at the Time of Making.
g. The Trowel, an Inftrument of great ufe among Mafons.
10. The Gavel, or fetting, Maul, ufed in Building Solomon'*
Temple, the firft Grand Work of Mafonry.
11. The Plum Level, Coinpafs, and Plum Rule, the Junior Wax-
den's Emblem.
12. The fmall Hammer, to knock off fuperfluous Pieces.
13. The Crofs Pens, the Secretary's Emblem.
14. A Coffin, with a Figure of the maimed Body of Hiram (the firft
Grand Mailer,) painted on it. He was murdered by three
Fellow Crafts, for refufing to reveal the Secret. See p. 31.
1;. The Hand Plummet, for taking Perpendiculars.
16. The Sun rifiug in the Eaft, emblematical of the Mafter
Mafon, Handing in the Eaft, and fetting the Men to work.
17. The Seven Stars, an Agronomical Emblem, frequently en
graved on the Medals worn by Mafons.
1 8. The Mooa, that rules- the Night. Seep. 14.
19. The Candlefticks, placed in a triangular Form.
30. The Columns, ufed by the Senior I Junior Wardens in the
Lodge. See p. 37.
zi. Two black Rods, carried by the Senior and Junior Deacons.
22. The Three Steps, and Pavement.
23. Entrance or Porch to Solomon's Temple.
24. The Terreftrial and Celeftial Globes, reprefenting the Works
of Creation. .
35. A Machine ufed by Mafons for forming Triangles.
26. The Large Rule for meafuring the Work.
37. The Three Step Ladder ufed in Mafonry.
28. Hiram's Tent.
29. The White Apron and Gloves, Emblems of Innocence.
30. Eye of Providence, the Great Superintendant of all the
Works of the Univerfe, and Mafonry represented as under
its immediate Influence.
The Frontifpiece is a Medallion, in Imitation of thofe Medals,
or Plates, that are common among the Brotherhood. Thefe Medals
are ufually of Silver, and feme have them highly finifhed and or
namented fo as to be worth ten or twenty Guineas. They are fuf-
pended round the Neck with Ribbons of various Colours, and
worn on their Publick Days of Meeting, at Funeral Proceffions,
&c. in Honour of the Craft. On the Reverie of thefe Medals it is
nfual to put the Owner's Coat of Arms, or Cypher, or any other
Device that the Owner fancies, and fome even add to the Em
blems other Fancy Things that bear fome Analogy to Mafonry.
The Candlefticks, &c. in many Lodges are curioufly wrought,
the Chair in which the Grand Mafter fits, as well as thofe of the
Mailers of inferior Lodges, are richly carved with emblematical
Figures ; their Aprons are bound with Ribbons of various Co
lours; and, in fhort, every Thing belonging to them is finifhed
in. the moll elegant Tsfte.
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AUTHENTIC KEY

TO THE DOOR OF

FREE-MASONRY.

THE Origin * of the Society called Free-Mafons

is faid by fome to have been a certain Number of
Perfons who formed a Refolution to rebuild the
Temple of Solomon f. This appears from the Lec
ture, or rather Hiftory, of the Order, at the Making or Raif-
ing of a Member to the Degree of Mafter, which is fully

The Rife of this Science (fays an original Record) was before

the Flood. In the 4th Chapter of Genehs it is faid, There was a
Man named Lantech, who had two Wives, named Adah and Zillah \
by Adah he begat two hons, Jabal and Juhal ; by Zillah he begat one
Son, called Tubal Cam, ami a Daughter, named Naamab. Thefe Chil
dren found out the Beginning of ail the Crafts in the World : Jabal
found out Geometry ; htdivided Flocks of Sheep, and built the firft
Hbufe of Timber and Stone.Jabal found out the Art of Millie, and
was the Father of all thofe who handled the Harp.Tubal Cain was
the Inftruftor of all Artificers in Iron and Brafs ; and his Daugh
ter difcoveied the Craft of Weaving.
+- By an old Record it appears, that King Solomon confirmed all the
Charges which King Da<vid had given to Mafons, in J1rufalem; and
that the Temple was finilhed, A. M. 3000. In the Year 43, after Chrifl,
Mafons firft came into England, and built the Monaftery at Claflon-
turj, m Som2rfetfiirt.
B defaribed
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defcribed in the following Work. But I am inclined to thinks
that the chief Defign of the Eftablifhment is to rectify the
Heart, inform the Mind, and promote the Moral and Social
Virtues of Humanity, Decency, and good Order, as much as
poCible in the World : and fome of the Emblems of the
Free-Mafor.s confirm this Opinion, fuch as the Compafs,
Rule, Square, Sec.
In all Countries where Mafonry is pra&ifed, or eftablifhed
at this Time, there is a Grand Mafter ; but formerly there
.was only one Grand Mafter, and he was an Englijhman.
Lord Pet re is the Perfonon whom this Dignity is now be-
ftowid, who governs all the Lodges in Great- Britain, and
has. the P nver of ilclivering the Conftitutions and Laws of
the Soci.-ty o the Mafters who prefide over the fubordinate
Al.imblies : which Conftitutions muft always be f1gned by
the Grand Secretary of the Order. The Grand Mafter
can hold a Meeting or Lodge when he thinks proper, which
is generally tne lecond Saturday in every Month in the Sum
mer ; but cftener in the Winter.
The other Lodges meet regularly twice a Month in the
Winter Half- Year, and once a Month in the Summer ; and
the Members of eachLodg- pay Quarterly, from 3s. 6d. to 5s.
into the Hands of the Treafurer ; and this generally defrays
the Expence of their Meetings.
There are alfo Quarterly Comrrunications, or Meeting";,
held, at which are prefent the Mafter and Wardens of every
Regular Conftitmion in and near London, where the feveral
Lodges fend, by the faid Wardens, different Sums of Money
to be paid into the Hands of the Treafurer General, and ap
propriated to fuch charitable Ufes as the Grand Mafter, and
the Mafters of the different Lodges under him, think proper ;
but thefe Charities are chiefly confined to Mafons only.
Such as have good Recommendations as to their Behaviour
and Character, will be aflifted with Five, Ten, or Twenty
Pounds ; and lefs Sums are diftributed to the indigent Bre
thren, in Proportion to their Wants, and the Number of
Years they have been Members. At thefe Quarterly Com
munications, large Sums are likewj.fe fent from Lodges in
the moft remote Parts of the World, viz. in the Eeji and
Wtft Indits, and Accounts tranfmitted of the Growth of Ma
fonry there. The State of the Funds of the Society are like-
wife communicated to the Company, and the Deliberations
of the Meeting taken down by the Secretary, who lays then*
before the Grand Mafter at the vearly Meeting.
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The Number of Members which compofe a Lodge is in-,
determinate ; but it is no Lodge except there are prefent one
Mafter, three Fellow-Crafts, and two Apprentices.
When a Lodge is met, there are two principal Officers un
der the Mafter, called Senior and Junior Wardens, whofe
Bufinet it is to fee the Laws of the Society ftri<Srly adhered
to, and the Word of Command given by the Grand Mafter
regularly followed. -' .
It muft be remarked, that the Authority of a Mafter, tho'
Chief of the Lodge, reaches np farther than he is himfelf
an Obferver of the Laws ; ftiould he infringe them, the Bre
thren never fail to cenfure him ; and if this has no Effect,
they Have a Power of depofing him, on appealing to the
Grand Mafter, and giving their Reafons for it ;. but they fcl-
H<yrn proceed to this Extremity.
. :As no doubt the Reader chufes to be made acquainted with
every Circumftance of the Ceremony of making a Mafon, I
fhall begin with the following Directions, and proceed regu
larly in the Defcription of wnat further concerns Mafonry.
A Man deftrous of becoming a Frce-Mat.bn, IhouUl endea
vour to get acquainted -with a Member of fume good Lodge,
who will propofc him as a Candidate for Admiffion the next
Lodge-Night. The -Brother who propofes a New Member,
is likewife obliged to inform the Brethren of the Qualifica
tions of the Candidate*. Upon this it is debated whether or
not he fhall be admitted ; and it being carried in the Affirm
ative, the next Step is .to go with the Propofer the enfuing
Lodge-Night.
The Evening being come when a Lod^e is to be held,
which generally begins about Seven in the Winter, and Nine
in the Summer, as previous Notices are fent to the Members
for this Purpofe ; the Mafons are pun&ual to Time, and
it frequently happens, that, in half an Hour, the whole
Lodge, to the Number of Fifty or Sixty, are arTembled,
The Mafter, the two Affiftants, Secretary, and Treafurer,
begin with putting over their Necks a blue Ribbon of a tri
angular Shape; to the Mafter's Ribbon hanos a Rule and
Compafs, which is in fome Lodges ma.ie of Gold, though in
others only gilt : The Affiftants, Senior Wardens, and the
ether Officers, carry the Compafs alone.

For the Good of this, and all other Societies, it were to be wimed
a more Itriit Regard was paid, on the Part oi tbe Prppolers, to the
Character and Morals of every Candidate.

B 2 Th9
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The Candles, are placed upon -the Table in the Form of a
Triangle ; and in the beft Lodges the Candlefticks are finely
carved with emblematical Figures. EveryBrother has anAprort
made of white Skin, and the Strings are alfo of Skin j tho'
fome of them chufe to ornament them with Ribbands of va-.
rious Colours. On the Gr^nd Days, fuch as Quarterly
Communications^ or General Meetings, the Grand Officers
Aprons arc finely decorated, and they carry the Rule and
Compais, the Emblems of the Order. ... ^
When they fit -down to the Table, the Matter's Place is
on the Eaft Side,, the Bible being ojjencd before iim, with
the CornpalVes bid thereon, and the Paints. of them covered
with a Lignum Vita; or Box Scuiane^-and th?; Senior and
Junior Wardens oppofite to him. on t^e, Weft and:Scjuth. On
the Table is likewife placed Wine, PjinEh#.cc. to regale the
Brethren, who take their Places accojgyjgtq their Seniority.
Being thus fcatcd, after a few A'iinutcssthe-M;:{tef proceeds
to * Open the Lodge in the following Manner, ,
'-..'. . , n ;... .'...>'
Manner cf Opening a Lodge, and fettirg the Men to wark.
Mofl. r ta the Junior Deacon. What is the chief Care of a
Mal'on ?
Anf. To fee that the Lod^c is tyled.
Maf. Pray do your Duty.'
[The J jnior Deacon gives Three Knocks at the Door ; and
the f Tyler on the other Side of the Door aivfwereth, by
giving three Knocks : Then the Junior Deacon tells the
Mafter, faying,]
Anf. Worfliipful, the Lodge is tyled.
Majler to the Junior Deacon. Pray where is the Junior
Deacon's Place in the Lodge ?
Deacon's Anf. At the Back of the Senior Warden j or at
his Right-Hand, if he permits him.
Maf. Your Bufinefs there ?
Anf. To carry Mcllages from the Senior to the Junior
Warden, (o that they may be difperfed round the Ledge.
Majler to tbc Senior Deacon. Pray where is the Senior Dea
con's Place in the Lodge ?

* To Of>en a Lodge,\n Mafonry, fignifies, that it is allowed to /peak

freely among one another of the Myfteries of the Order.
t A Tyler is properly no more than a Guard, or Centinel, placed at
the Lodge Door, to give the Sign when any one craves Admittance,
that the Wardens may come out and examine him ; but be is always
one of the Brethren.
Senior

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Senkr Deacon's Anf. At the Back of the Mafter ; or at his
Right-Hand, if he permits.
Maf. Your Bufinefs there ?
^/wjCTocarryMeffagesfromtheMaftertotheSeniorWarden.
Maf. The Junior Warden's Place in the Lodge?
Deacon's Anf. In the South.
Majier to the junior Warden. Why in the South ?
Junior Warden s Anf. The better t6 obferve the Sun, at
high Meridian,, .'to. call the Men off from Work to Refresh
ment, and to 'fee that they come on in due Time, that the
Mafter mav have Pleafure and Profit thereby. -- '-v "
Maf. Whcre'is the Senior Warden's Place in tht Lodge?
Junior Warden s Anf. In. the Weft.
Majier to the Senior Warden- Your Bufinefs there, Brother ?
Senior Warden s Anf. As. the Sun- fets in the Wft to clofe
the Day, fo the Senior Warden ftands in the Weft to clofe
the Lodge, to pay the Men their Wages, and difmifs them
from their Labour.
Maf. The Mafter's Place in the Lodge ?
Senior. Warden's Anf. In the Eaft.
Maf. His Bufinefs there? .
Senior Wardens Anf. As the Sun rifes in the Eaft to open
the Day, fa the Matter ftands. iiv the Eaft ta open his Lodge,
and fet the Men to work. - ". -
[Then the Mafter takes off his Hat, and declares th
Lodge open as follows :]
Majier. " This Lodge is open, in the Name of Holy St.
*' John', forbidding all Curfingj Swearing, or Whifpering,
" and all profane Difcourfe whatever, under no lefs Penalty
" than what the Majority fhall think proper."
The Mafter gives three Knocks upon the Table with a
wooden Hammer, and puts on his Hat, the Brethren being
uncovered : He then afks, if the Gentleman prOpofed latt
Lodge-Night is ready to be made ? a,>nd on being anfwered in
the Affirmative, he orders the Wardens to go out and prepare
the Perfon, who is generally waiting in a Room at fome
Diftarice from the Lodge Room by himfelf, being left there
by his Friend who propofed him. He is conducted into ano
ther Room, which is totally dark; and then afked, Whe
ther he is confeious of having the Vocation neceffary to be
received ? On anfwering Yes, he is afked his Name, Sur
name, and Profeffion. When he has anfwered thefe Quef-
tions, whatever he has about him made of Metal is taken
a.way, as Buckles, Buttons, Rings, &c. and even the Money
in
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in his Pocket*. Then they uncover his Right Knee, and
put his Left Foot with his Shoe on into a Slipper t ; hood
wink him with a Handkerchief, and leave him to his Re
flection for about half an Hour. The Chamber is alio guard
ed within and without by fome of the Brethren, who have
drawn Swords in their Hands. The Perfon who propofed
the Candidate ftays in the Room with him ; but they are not
permitted to converfe together.
During this Silence, and while the Candidate is preparing,
the, brethren in the Lodge are putting every thing in order
for his Reception there ; fuch as drawing the annexed Fi
gure on the Floor at the upper Part of the Room ; which is
generally done with Chalk and Charcoal intermixed ; though
fome Lodges ufe Tape and little Nails to form it ; which
prevents any Mark or Stain on the Fl.ior. It is drawn Eaft
and Weft. The Mafter flands in the Eaft, with the Square
hanging at bis Breaft, the Huly Bible opened at the Gofpel
of St. 'John, and three lighted Tapers are placed in the Form
of a Tria.ia.le in the M1d ft of the Drawing on the Floor.
ThePropofer.ru;: jocsand knocks threeTimesattheDoor
of the Grand Apartment, in which the Ceremony is to be per
formed'; "the 1Vlafter anfwers within by Three Strokes with
the Hammer., and the Jv :i:ot.Warden afks, Who comes there ?
The Candidate anlwcrs (after another who prompts him)
" One who be^s to Teccisc Part of the Benefit of this Right
" Worfhipful Lodge, dedicated to St. jtfkfo as many Bro-
" thersand Fellqws haye done before rne." The Doors are
then opened, and the' Senior and Junior Wardens, or their
Affiftants, receive him, one on the Right, and the other on
the Left, and conduct him blindfold Three, Times % round
the Drawing on the Floor, and bringhim up to the Foot of
it, with his'Face to the Mafter ||, the Brethren ranging them-
Jelves on each Side, and making a canfufed Npife, by ftrik-
jng or. the Attributes of the Order, which they carry jn their
HanJs. ' v .

* In fome Lodges they are fo particular, that the Candidate's

Cloaths are taken off, if there be Lace on them.
- + This is not prattifed in every Lodge; fome only flipping the
Heel of the Shoe down. .
J In fome Lodges the Candidates are led Nine Times round ; but
as this is very tirelooie to the Perfon who is to undergo the Operation,
his Patience being pretty well" tired by being blinded fo long before
hand, it is very jultly omitted.
: D Many Lodgesthrow a fine Powder, or Rozin, on the Floor, which,
until the illumination of the Room, has a pretty Effect.
This Cultom is not obferved in all Lodges.
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making of a Mason.

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WEST.
EXPLANATION.
A Senior Deacon, with a black Rod.
B Paft- Mailer, with the Sun and Compares, and a String of Cords.
C Senior Warden, with the Level, and a Column in his Hand.
P Junior Deacon with a black Rod. ,
E Junior Warden, with a Column in his Hand.
F The Secretary, with Crofs Pens. :
C H I Candles.
* Mafons (landing round a: the Ceremony.
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When this Pact of the Ceremony is ended, the Mailer,
who flands at the upper End, facing the Foot or Steps of the
Drawing on the Floor, behind a low Arm-Chair, afks the
following Queflion, Whether you have a Dcfire to become a
Mafon? and if it is of your own free Will and Choice?
Upon which the Candidate anfwers, Yes. " Let him fee
' the Light," fays the Mafter : They then take the Hand
kerchief from his Eyes, and whilft they are fo doing, the
Brethren form a Circle round him with their Swords drawn
in their Hands, the Points of which are prefented to his
Bread. The Ornaments borne by the Omcers, the glit
tering of the Swords, and fantaflic Appearance of the Bre
thren in White Aprons, creates- great Surprize, efpecially to
aPerfon, who for above an Hour has been fatigued with the
Bandage over his Eyes ; and his Uncertainty concerning
what is further to be done for his Reception mud, no Doubt,
throw his Mind intogreat Perplexity*.
The Candidate is then directed to advance Three Times
to a Stool at the Foot of the Arm-Chair ; he is taught to
ftep in a proper Manner by one of the Affiftants. Upon
the Stool are placed the Rule and Compafs ; and one of the
Brethren fays to the Candidate to his Eftecl : " You are
" now" entering into a refpectable Society, which is more
" ferious and important than you imagine. It admits of
*' nothing contrary to Law, Religion, or Morality ; nor
" does it allow any thing inconfiftent with the Alle-
" giance due to his Majefty ; the Worfhipful Grand Maf-
" ter will inform you of the reft + ."
As foon as the Speaker has ended his Speech, he is de-
fired to put his Right Knee upon the Stool, which is bare,
as mentioned above %, and his Left Foot is put into a Slip
per, with the Shoe on, or the Shoe flipped at the Heel to
reprefent a Slipper.
The Candidate being in this Pofture, the Worfhipful
Grand Mafter addrefles him to the following Effel : "Do
" you'promife never to tell, write, or difclofe, in any Man-
** ner whatever, the Secrets of Free Mafonry and Free Ma-
* The <incient Mafons made life of a Prayer inferted in the Appren
tice's Leftuic; but the Moderns leave it out when they make a Brother.
f It is here to be undeiHood, that in different Lodges thin Speech
varies ; as alio do the Forms of Making in fome Refpects, which may
be feen in the Entered Apprentice's Lecture, where the only proper
and ancient Method is clearly pointed out.
J The ancient Cuftomwas thus: The Candidate, though kneeling
on his Right Knee, mould have his Left Foot in the Air ; but thi*
Fofition being fatiguing, it is omitted in moft Lodges.
forts,
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" fons, except to a Brother at the Lodge, and in fhe Pre-'
" fence of the Worfhipful Grand Mafter ?" On which the
Perfon fays, " I do." His Waiftcoat is then unbuttoned *,
and the Point of a Pair of CompafTes f placed upon his
naked Left Breaft, and he himfelf holds it with his Left
Hand, his Right being laid upon the Gofpcl opened at St.
John ; when the following Oath is adminiftred to him, he
repeating it after the Mafter :

THE OATH.
" I A. B. of my own Free Will and Accord, and in
" the Prefence of Almighty God J, and this Right Wor^
" fhipful Lodge, ^nlii~rr<^""r^' J '". dcMftmJiy uiid kuBtn
" moft folemnly and iinccrely fwear, that I will always
" hale, conceal, and never reveal any of the Secrets or
" Myfteries of Free Mafonry, that fhall be delivered to me
" now, or at any Time hereafter, except it be to a true and
" lawful Brother, ot^n-a-pfraTTrHawfal Lodge of Brothers
" aHd-FrrrgwsT~4Urajor thtm-whuni I flurfflno1 TO be fttfii,
" niter jolt 1 'ri::i r.rui c):;c r-,x:.min-Ui>n. ! fill thcrmo;c do
" fwear, that I will not write it, print it, cut it, paint it,
" ftint it, mark it, ftain or engrave it, or caufe it i"o to be
" done, upon any thing moveable or immoveable, under the
" Canopy of Heaven, whereby it may become legible or
" intelligible, or the leuft Appearance of the Character of a
" L-, whweby tin. fixm Art may be unlawfully ubuimth
" All this I fwear, with a ftrong-awi-fteady Refoluiwn-to
" p^rfofm-frbe-fewie, without any Hefitation, mental Refer-
" vation, or Self-Evafion of Mind in me whatfoever ; under
" no lefs Penalty than to have my Throat cut acrofs, my
" Tongue torn out by the Root, and that to be buried in
" the Sands of the Sea, -at Lww Wjirer Tvfaric, a Cable's
** Length from the Shore, where the Tide ebbs and flows
*' twice in twenty-four Hours. So help me God, and
" keep me ftedfaft in this my Entered Apprentice's Obliga-
" tion." [He kiffes the Book.]
The new-made Member is then taught the Sign, Grip,
and Pafs-word of the Entered Apprentice, which will be
* This is done, Ie;t a Woman lhould offer htrfelf. If we believe
the Irijb, there is a Lady at this Time in Ireland, who has gone thro'
the whole Ceremony, and is as good a Mafon as any of them.
f The Ancients ufed a Sword or Spear, inftead of a Compafs.
X The Form of the Oath differs in many Lodges, tho' this is the
flriftelt in Ufa; and in fome Societies, inftead of laying, " in the
Prefence of Almighty God," it runs thus : " I promife before the
Great Architect of the Univerfe, &c."
C feen
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feen more clearly in the following Le&ure belonging to that
part of Mnfonry.
He is alfo learnt the Step, or how to advance to the Ma
iler upon the Drawing on the Floor, which in fome Lodges
refembles the grand Building, termed a Mofaic Palace, ami
is defcribed with the utmolr. Exscinds. They alfo draw
other Figures, one of which is called the Laced Tuft, and
the other, the Throne bcfet with Stars. There is alfo re-
prefented a perpendicular Line in the Form of a Mafon's In
strument, commonly called the Plumb-Line ; and another
Figure which reprefents the Tomb of Hiram, the firft Grand
Mafter, who has been dead almqft Three Thoufand Years.
Thefe are all explained to him in the mod accurate Manner,
and the Ornaments or Emblems of the Order are defcribed
with great Facility. The Ceremony being now ended, the
new-made Member is obliged to take a Mop out of a Pail of
Water brought for that Purpofe, and rub out the Drawing
on the Floor, if it is done witli Chalk and Charcoal. Then
he is conducted back, and every Thing he was diverted of
is reftorcd ; and he takes his Seat on the Right Hand of the
Mafter. He alfo receives an Apron, which he puts on, and
the Lift of the Lodges is likewife given him.
The Brethren now congratulate the new-made Member,
and all return to the Table to regale themfelves ; when the
Mafier propofes a Health to the young Brother, which h
drank with the grcatcft App'aufe by the whole Body, the
new Malbn fitting all the while. After which he, inftrucled
by a Brother, takes a Bumper, and drinks " To the Wor-
" fhipful Grand Mafter, the Senior and Junior Wardens,
" the reft of the Officers, and Members of the Lodge, wiih-
" ing them Succefs in all their public and private Under-
" takings, to M.fonry in general, and that Lodge in psr-
" ticular, craving their Afliftance :" To which they anfwer,
" they will aflifthim." After he has drank, he throws his
Glafs from him, and brings it back Three Times, and then
fets it down on the Table, the reft doing the fame in exact
Order. This they call Firing : Then they clap their Hands
Nine Times, divided into Three, and flop between each,
keeping true Time.
The Reader having been led thus far, it is high Time ta
introduce the Apprentice's Lefture, which is intended, not
only to amufe, but likewi c to inftruct him in the Part he is
entered into. The Readinefs of many of the Brethren in
anfwering the Queftions, adds a Luftre to the Order, tho
Members vying with each other, who fhall moll contribute
to the Edification of their new Brother.
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be Entered Apprentice's Lcilure *.
M*f- OROVHER, is there any Thing between you
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Anf. There ii, Right Worfbipful.
A/a/I What i^ it, Brother, pray ?
Anf. A Secrei
Maf. What is that Secret, Brother ?
An}'. Mafonry..
Maf. Then I Arefutne you are a Mafon ?
Anf. I am fo taken and accepted amongft Brothers and
Fellows.
Maf. Pray whan Sort of Man ought a Mafon to be ?
Anf. A Man tha^ is born of a Free Woman.
Maf. Where was you iirft prepared to be made a Mafon?
Anf. In my Heart.
Maf. Where wast you next prepared ?
Anf. In a Room Adjoining to the Lodge.
Maf How was you prepared, Brother ?
Anf I was neithek naked nor cloathed ; bare-foot, nor
fhod, deprived of all'i Metal ; hood-winked, with a Cable
Tow about my Nccki where I was led to the Door of the
Lodge, in a halting Amoving Pofture, bv the Hand of a
Friend, whom I' afterward^ found to be a Brother. '
Maf. How do you\know it to be a Door, you being
blinded? A
Anf. By finding* Stoppage, and afterwards an Entrance
or Admittance. 7 \
Maf How .got you Admittance ?
Anf By Three Knock*.
Maf What was faid tdi you within ?
Anf. Who comes there ?
Maf Your Anfwer, Brother?
Anf. One who begs to have and receive Part of the Be*
nefit of this Right Worfliipful Lodge, xWieated-.to St^yohnt
as many Brothers and Fellows have done before me.
Maf. How do you expect to obtain it ?
Anf By being free born, and well reported.
Maf What was faid to you then ?
Anf Enter.
Maf. How did you enter, and upon what ? ,
Anf. Upon the Point of a Sword or Spear, or fome war
like Inflrument, prefented to my naked Left Breaft.
* The Reader is defired to obferve, that here I give the Whole of
the Le&ures, as delivered in the primitive Time; but the modern
14 uons leave out at leaft one Half.
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Maf. What was faid to you then ?
Anf. I was afked if I felt any thing.
Maf What was your Anfwer?
Ant. I did, but I could fee nothing.
Maf You have told me how you was received, pray
who received you ?
Anf. The Junior Warden.
Maf. How did he difpofe of you ?
Anf He delivered me to the Mafter, who ordered me to
kneel down and receive the Benefit of a Prayer.
Brethren, let us pray.
OLORD God, thou great and univcrfal Mafon of the
World, and firft Builder of Man, as it were a Tem
ple ; be with us, O Lord, as thou haft promifed, when two
or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt be in
the Midft of them : Be with us, O Lord, and blefs all our
Undertakings, and grant that this our Friend may become a
faithful Brother. Let Grace and Peace be multiplied unto
him, through the Knowledge of our Lord Jefus Chrift :
And grant, O Lord, as he putteth forth his Hand to thy
Holy Word, that he may alfo put forth his Hand to ferve a
Brother, but not to hurt himfelf or his Family ; that where
by may be given to us great and precious Promifes, that by
this we may be Partakers of Thy Divine Nature, having
efcaped the Corruption that is in the World through Luft.
O Lord God, add to our Faith Virtue, and to Virtue
Knowledge, and to Knowledge Temperance, and to Tem
perance Prudence, and to Prudence Patience, and to Pa
tience Godlinefs, and to Godlinefs Brotherly Love, and to
Brotherly Love Charity ; and grant, O Lord, that Mafonry
may be bleft throughout the World, and thy Peace be upon
us, O Lord : and grant that we may be all united as one,
through our Lord Jefus Chrift, who liveth and reigneth for
e\er and ever. Amen.
Maf. After this Prayer, what was faid to you ?
Ant. I was afked who I put my Truft in ?
Maf Your Anfwer, Brother ?
Anf. In God.
Maf. What was the next Thing faid to you?
Anf I was taken by the Right Hand, and a Brother faid,
Rife up, and follow your Leader, and fear no Danger.
Maf After all this, how was you difpofed of?
Anf I was led Three Times round the Lodge.
Maf
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Maf. Where did you meet with the firft Oppofition ?
Anf. At the Back of the Junior Warden in the South,
where I gave the fame Three Knocks as at the Door.
Maf. What Anfwer did he give you?
Anf. He faid, Who comes there r
Maf. Your Anfwer ?
Anf. The fame as at the Door, One who begs to have
and receive, &c.
Maf. Where did you meet with the fecond Oppofition ?
Anf At the Back of the Senior Warden in the Weft,
where I made the fame Repetition as at the Door. He faid,
Who comes here ? One who begs to have and receive, &c.
Maf. Where did you meet with the third Oppofition ?
Anf. At the Back of the Mafter ia the Eait, where I
made the Repetition as before.
Maf. What did the Mafter do with you ?
Anf. He ordered me back to the Senior Warden in the
Weft to receive Inftruclions.
Maf. What were the Inftruclions he gave you ?
Anf. He taught me to take one Step upon- the firft Step of
a right Angle oblong Square, with my Left Knee bare bent,
my Body upright, my .Right Foot forming a Square, my
naked Right Hand upon the Holy Bible, with the Square
and Compafs thereon, my Left Hand fupporting the fame ;
where I took that folemn Obligation or Oath of a Mafon.
Maf. Brother, can you repeat that Obligation ?
Anf. I will do my Endeavour, with your Affiftancc,
Worfhipful.
Maf. Stand up, and begin.
[Here the Oath is repeated, as mentioned before. After
repeating this Obligation, they drink a Toaft to the Heart
that conceals, and to the Tongue that never reveals. The
Mafter in the Chair gives it, and they all fay Ditto, and
draw the Qlafles acrofs their Throats, as aforefaid.]
Maf. Now, Brother, after you received the Obligation,
.what was faid to you ?
Anf. I was afked what I moft defiredi
Jldaf. What was your Anfwer ?
Anf. To be brought to Light.
Jlaaf. Who brought you to Light ?
Anf. The Mafter and the reft of the Brethren.
. Jldaf. When you was thus brought to Light, what were
the firft Things you faw?
Anf. The Bible, Square, and Compafs.
Jldaf. What was it they told you they figniiied ?
Anf. Three great Lights in Mafonry.
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Maf. Explain them, Brother.
Anf The Bible to rule and govern our Faith ; the Square
to fquare our Actions ; the Compafs to keep us within
Bounds with all Men, particularly with a Brother.
Maf. What were the next Things that were fhewn to you ?
Anf Three Candles, which I was told were three leffcr
Lights in Mafonry.
Maf. What do they rcprefent ?
Anf The Sun, Moon, and Mafter-Mafon.
Maf. Why fo, Brother ?
Anf There is the Sun to rule the Day, the Moon to rule
the Night, and the Mafter-Mafon his Lodge, or at leaft
ought fo to do.
Maf What was then done to you ?
Anf. The Maftcr took me by the Right-Hand, and gave
me the Grip and Word of an Entered Apprentice, and laid,
Rife, my Brother JACH1N.
[Sometimes they fhew you the Sign before the Grip and
Word is given, which is J A C H I N : It is the Entered
Apprentice's Word, and the Grip thereto belonging is
to pinch with your Right Thumb Nail upon the brft
Joint of your Brother's Right Hand.]
Mof Have you got this Grip and Word, Brother ?
Anf I have, Right Worfhipful.
Maf Give it to your Brother.
[Then he takes his next Brother by the Right Hand, ancj
gives him the Grip and Word as before defcribed.J
The i/? Brother gives him the Grip.
The id Brother fays, What's this ?
jji Bro. The Grip of an Entered Apprentice.
id Bro. Has it got a Name ?
ljl Bro. It has.
id Bro. Will you give it me ?
ifi Br<K I'll letter it with you? or halye it,
id Bro. I'll halve it with you.
l/i Bro. Begin.
id Bro. No, you begin firft.
ift Bro. J A :
id Bro. CHIN.
jfiBre. JACHIN.
id Bro. It is right, Worfhipful Mafler.
fldaf. What was the next Thing that was fhewn to you .'
Anf The Guard or Sign of an Entered Apprentice*.
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The Guard or Sign, as they call it, is by drawing your Kight
Hand acioft your Throat edgeways; which is to remind you of the
Penalty of your Obligation, that you would fooner have your Throat
put acrofs, than difcover the Secrets of Mafonry.
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Maf. Have you got the Guard, or Sign, of an Entered
Apprentice ?
[He draws his Right Hand acrofs his Throat (as afore-
faid) to fhew the Mafter that he has.]
Maf. After this, what was faid to you ?
Anf. I was ordered to be taken back, and invefted with
what I had been diverted of; and to be brought again to re
turn Thanks, and to receive the Benefit of a Lecture, if
Time would permit.
Maf. After what you had been divefted of was reftorcd,
what was next done to you ?
Anf. I was brought to the North-Weft Corner of the
Lodge, in order to return Thanks.
Maf. How did you return Thanks ?
An). I flood in the North- Weft Corner of the Lodge,
and, with the Inftruction of a Brother, I faid, Mafter, Senior
and Junior Wardens, Senior and Junior Deacons, and the
reft of the Brethren of this Lodge, I return you Thanks for
the Honour yoif have done me in making me a Mafon, and
admitting me aiMember of this worthy Society.
Maf. What was then faid to you ?
Anf. The Mafter called me up to the North-Eaft Corner of
the Lodge at his Right Hand.
Maf. Did he prefent you with any thing?
Anf. He prefented me with an Apron, which he put on
me :'He told me it was a Badge of Innocence, more ancient
tha,n the Golden Fleece or the Roman Eagle ; more honoured
th/an the Star and Garter, or any other Order under the Sun,
|nat could be conferred upon me at that Time, or any Time
:reafter.
Maf. What were the next Things that were fliewn you ?
Anf. I was fet down by the Mafter's Right Hand, who
Ifhcwed me the working Tools of an Entered Apprentice.
Alaf. What were they ?
Anf. The 24 Inch Gauge, the Square, and common
''Gavel, or Setting Maul.
Maf. What are their Ufes ?
Anf. The Square to fquare my Work, the 24 Inch Gauge
fto meafure my Work, the common Gavel to knock off all fu-
(perfluous Matter, whereby the Square may fit eafy and juft.
/ Maf. Brother, as we are not all working Mafons, we
1 apply them to your Morals, which we call fpiritualizing:
f Explain them.
L Anf. The 24 Inch Gauge reprefents the 24 Hours of thfc
[Day.
f Maf.
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Mdf. Hdw do you friend them, Brother ?
Anf. Six Hours to work in, Six Hours to fervc God, and
Six to ferve a Friend or a Brother, as far as lies in my Power,
without being detrimental to myfelf or Family.
I come now to the Entered Apprentice's Reafons ; but as
the Ceremony of drinking Healths among the Mafons takes
up much of their Time, we muft ftop a little, in order to in
troduce fome of them. " The firft is, " To the Heart that
" conceals, and the Tongue that never reveals :" Then
** The King and Royal Family;" and " To all Brethren
" wherefoever difperfed*." The Pleafures they enjoy, the
Purity of their Sentiments, and the Uniformity that always
reign in their Affcmblies, is far from being tircfomeorir.il-
pid. I next proceed to the

Entered Apprentice's Reafons f.

Maf. X^THY vv.is you neither naked nor cloathed, bare-
* * foot nor fhod, with a Cable-Tow (or Halter)
about your Neck ?
Anf. If 1 had recanted, and ran out in the Street, the Peo
ple would havefaid i was mad ; but if a Brother had feen me, he
would have brought me back, and feen me done Jullice by.
Maf. Why wjas you hood-wink'd ? \,
Anf. That my Heart may conceal before my Eyes did
difcover.
Maf The fecond Reafon, Brother ?
Anf As I was in Darknefs at that Time, I fhould keep all
the World in Darknefs.
Maf Why was you deprived of all Metal ?
Anf That I fhould bring nothing offenfive or defcnfivi
into the Lodge.
Maf Give me the fecond Reafon, Brother.
Anj. As I was poor and pennylefs when I was made
Mafon, it informed me that I fhould aflift all poor anJ
pennylefs Brethren as far as lay in my Power.
Maf. Brother, you told me you gave three diftiniSt Knocks
at the Door ; Pray what do they iignify ?
Arf A certain Text in Scripture.
Maf What is that Text ?
Anf. " Afk, and you fhall have; fcek, and you fhall find \
" knock, and it fhall be opened unto you."
Thefe Toails or Healths are all drank with Three 1 imes Three,]
which is pet formed in a moft regular Manner, and an Huzza at theT
End of each, as"b:fore defcribed.
f This in facl is only a Continuation of the Leisure.
Maji
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i!^?/; How do you apply this Text in Mafonry ?
Anf. I fought in my Mind ; I afked of my Friend; I
knocked, and the Door of Mafonry became open unto me.
Maf. Why had you a Sword, Spear, orfome other warlike
Inftrument, prefented to your naked Left-Breaft particularly ?
Anf. Becaufe the Left Breaft is the neareft the Heart, that
it might be the more a Prick to my Confcience, as it pricked
my Hefh at that Time.
Maf Why was you led Three Times round the .Lodge ?
Anf. That all the Brethren might fee 1 was duly prepared.
Maf. When you was made an Apprentice, why was your
Left Knee bare bent ?
Anf. Becaufe the Left Knee is the weakeft Part of my
Body, and an .Entered Apprentice is the weakeft Part of Ma
fonry, into which Degree I was then entering.
[Here the Brethren refume their Glafies, and drink a
Health, fometimes to the Grand Mafter ; at other Times
to the Wardens, or other Officers, and then proceed.]
The Form of a Lodge,
Maf. DROTHER, pray, what makes a Lodge ?
-*-* Anf. Right Worfhipful, a certain Number of
Mafons met together to work.
Maf. Pray what Number makes a Lodge ?
Anf. Three, Five, Seven, or Eleven.
Maf. Why do Three make a Lodge, Brother ?
Anf. Becaufe there were Three Grand Mafons in the>
building of the World, and alfo that noble Piece of Archi
tecture, Man ; which are fo complete in Proportion, that
the Ancients began their Architecture by the fame Rules.
Maf. The fecond Reafon, Brother?
Anf. There were Three Grand Mafons at the building of
Sc/omon's Temple.
Maf. Why do Five make a Lodge ?
Anf, Becaufe every Man is endowed with Five Senfes.
Maf. What are the Five Senfes ?
Anf. Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Tailing, and Feeling.
Maf What Ufe are thofe Five Senfes to you in Mafonry ?
Anf. Three are of great Ufe to me, viz. Hearing, Seeing,
and Feeling.
Maf. What Ufe are they, Brother ?
Anf. Hearing is to hear the Word ; Seeing is to fee the
Sign ; Feeling is to feel the Grip, that I may know a Bro
ther as well in the Dark as in the Light.
JIAaf. Why lhould Seven make a Lodge ?
Anf. Becaufe there are Seven Liberal Sciences.
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Maf. Will you name them, Brother?
Anf. Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry,
Mulic, and A.tronomy.
Maj. Brother, what do thofe Sciences teach you ?
Ar,j. Grammar teaches me the Art of Writing and Speak
ing the Language taught me, according to the firft, fecond,
and third Concord.
Maf. What doth Rhetoric teach you?
Anf The Art of fpeaking upon any Topic whatfoever.
Maf. What doth Logic teach you?
Anf. The Art of reafoning well, whereby you may find
out Truth from Falfehood.
Maf. What doth Arithmetic teach you ?
Anf. The Ufe of Numbers.
Maf. What doth Geometry teach you ?
Anf. The Art of mcafuring, whereby the Egyptians found
out iheir own Land, or the fame Quantity which they had
before the Overflowing of the River Kile, that frequently
ufed to water their Country ; at which Time they fled to the
Mountains till it went off agaiii, and this made them have
continual Quarrels about their Lands.
Maf. What doth Mufic teach you, Brother ?
Anf. The Virtue of Sounds.
Maf. What doth Aftronomy teach you ?
Anf. The Knowledge of the Heavenly Bodies.
Maf. Why fhould Eleven make a Lodge, Brother?
Anf. There were Elevsn Patriarchs when Jojepb was fold
into Egypt, and fuppofed to be loft.
Maf. The fecond Reafon, Brother?
Anf. There were but Eleven ApoRles when Judas betrayed
Chrift.
Maf. What Form is your Lodge ?
Anf. An oblong Square.
Maf. How long, Brother ?
Anf. From Eaft to Weft.
Maf. How wide, Brother ?
Anf. Between North and South.
Maf. How high, Brother ?
Ant. From the Earth to the Heavens.
Maf. How deep, Brother ?
Anf From the Surface of the Earth to the Center.
Maf. Why is your Lodge faid to be from the Surface te
the Center of the Earth ?
Anf. Becaufe that Mafonry is univerfal.
Maf, Why is your Lodge fituated Eaft and Weft ?
Anf. Becaufe all Churches or Chapels are, or ought to be fo.
Maf.
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Mat Why fo, Brother ?
AnJ. Becaufe the Gofpel was firft preached in the Eaft,
and extended itfelf to the Weft.
Maf. What fupports your Lodge ?
Anf. Three Great Pillars.
Maf. What are their Names ?
Anf. Wifdom, Strength, and Beauty.
Maf. Who doth the Pillar of Wifdom reprefent ?
Anf. The Mafter in the Eaft. .
Maf. Who doth the Pillar of Beauty reprefent ?
Anf. The Junior Warden in the South.
Maf. Why fhould theMafter reprefent thePillarof Wifdom ?
Anf. Becaufe he gives Inftructions to the Crafts to carry
on their Work in a proper Manner, with good Harmonv.
Maf. Why fhould the Senior Warden reprefent the Pillar
of Strength I
Anf. As the Sun fets to finifh the Day, fo the Senior
Warden ftands in the Weft to pay the Hirelings their Wages,
which is the Strength and Support of all Bufinefs.
Maf. Why fhould the Junior Warden reprefent the Pillar
of Beauty ?
Anf. Becaufe he ftands in the South at high Twelve at
Noon, which is the Beauty of the Day, to call the Men oft'
from Work to Refrefhment, and to fee that they come on
again in due Time, that the Mafter may have Pleafure and
Profit therein.
Maf. Why is it fai.l that your Lodge is fupported by fhofe
three great Pillars, Wifdom, Strength, and Beauty f
Anf. BecaufeWifdom, Strength, and Beauty, is the Finifticr
of all Works, and nothing can be carried on without th?m.
Maf. Why fo, Brother ?
Anf. Becaufe there is Wifdom to contrive, Strength to
fupport, and Beauty to adorn.
Maf Had you any Covering to your Lodge ?
Anf. Yes, a clouded Canopy, of divers Colours,
Maf How blows a Mafon's Wind, Brother?
Anf. Due Eaft and Weft.
Maf. What is it o'Clock, Brother \
jinj. High Twelve.
Maf. Call the Men off from Work to Refrefhment, and
fee that they come on again in due Time.
[The Entered- Apprentice's Lecture being finifi. d, it is
cuftomary for the Mafter to call upon one of :v tl :-
thren, who. can beft acquit himfelf, for the following
Song, which is always readily complied with. V
P* so n q,
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SONG, at the Conclufwn of the Entered Apprentice*!
Lecture.
COME, let us prepare,
We Brothers that are,
Affembled on ev'ry Occafion;
Let's drink, laugh, and fing,
Our Wine has a Spring;
Here's a Health to an Accepted Mafon.
Chorus. Let's drink, &c4
The World is in Pain
Our Secrets to gain,
And Mill let them wonder and gaze on;
They ne'er can divine,
The Word or the Sign,
Of a Free and an Accepted Mafon.
'Tis this, and 'tis that,
They cannot tell what,
Why fo many great Men of the Nation,
Should Aprons put on,
To make thcmfelves One,
With a Free and an Accepted Mafon.
Great Kings, Dukes, and Lords,
Have laid by their Swords,
Our Myft'ry to put a good Grace on ;
And ne'er been aiham'd,
To hear themfelves nam'd,
With a Free and an Accepted Mafon.
Antiquity's Pride
We have on our Side,
And it maketh Men juft in their Station ;
There's nought but what's good,
To be underftood,
By a Free and an Accepted Mafon.
We're true and fincere,
And juft to the Fair,
Who will truft us on every Occafion ;
No Mortal 'can more
The Ladies adore
Than a Free and an Accepted Mafon.
Then join Hand in Hand,
T'each other firm ftand,
Let's be merry, and put a bright Face on ;
What Mortal can boaft,
So noble a Toaft,
As a Free and an Accepted Mafon !
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While this Song is finging, they all ftand round the
Table, and when they come to the laft Verfe, they join
Hands crofs-ways in the following Manner : The Right-
Hand Man takes ho'.J of the Left-Hand of his Neighbour
with his Right-Hand ; and the Left-Hand Man takes hold
oFthe Right-Hand of his next Brother with his Left-Hand,
fo as to form a Chain by fo many Links, and all join in the
Chorus, jumping violently with their Feet on the Floor,
and fhaking their Hands up and down, linked together as
above, keeping exact Time with both.
Every one now talks of what he pleafes ; and as it is
generally half an Hour before they proceed to Bufinefs, thofe
who perhaps have ordered a Supper retire into another
Room ; but before they are permitted, the M.tfter proceeds
ti call the Men off from JVork, as it is termed, which is
done in this Manner : The Mafter whifpers to the Senior
Deacon, who fits on his Right-Hand, and fays, " It is
" high Time to call the Men from Work to refrefh them-
" felves :" The Senior Deacon whifpers it to the Senior
Warden; and it is communicated from him to the Junior
Deacon, who carries it to the Junior Warden ; he proclaims
it openly to the Lodge, and fets his Column upright *,
and the Senior Warden lays his down, which fignifies that
the Junior Warden is entrufted with the Care of the Lodge,
while the Brethren refrefh themfelves.
In this Place it will be neceffary to acquaint the Reader
how he may difcover an Entered Apprentice by drinking
with him in Company. Take the Glafs with your Right-
Hand, and draw it acrofs your Throat, either before or
after you drink ; and if an Apprentice is prefent, he will
immediately take Notice of it, by afking you fome Queftion
in Mafonry, which you will readily anfwer from this
Book. If he afks you the Meaning of your doing that,
Jou may whifper to him, that it is the Penalty of the Obli
gation of an Entered Apprentice. From this Anfwer he
will proceed farther in his Inquiry.
The Brethren having now regaled themfelves, they take
their Seats, and the Mafter proceeds to fet them on again,
which is performed in the fame Manner as the calling off;
with this Difference, the Warden proclaims, " It is our
I ' " "~
(*) The Senior and Junior Wardens Columns are about twenty-
five Inches long, and reprefent the Columns that fupport the Porch
of Solomon's Temple ; the Senior's is called JACHIN, and fignifies
Strength ; the Junior's BOAZ, and fignifies, to eflabUJb in the Lord.
See the Firlt Book of Kings, Chap. VII.
" Worfhip-
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' Worlhipful Mafter's Pleafure, that this Lodge is called
" from Refrefhment to Work." The Junior Warden lays
down his Column, and the Senior fets his up. But as it
often happens, that the Time will not permit for the Fel
low-Craft s Lecture, they clofe the Lodge, which is done
after the fame Manner as that of Opening. The Senior
Warden declares it in the following Words : " It is our
" Mafter's Will and Pleafure, that this Lodge ftand clofed
" till the Firft or Third Wednefday in next Month,"
according to the Night the Lodge is held. Then the Maf-
ter, Wardens, Deacons, Secretary, &c. take off the En-
figns and Ornaments from their Necks, and every one is
at Liberty to depart or ftay longer ; every thing of Mafonry
is excluded ; they talk of what they plcafe, and fing
various Songs for their Amufement.
I fhall now proceed to the Second Degree of Mafonry,
called the Fcilow- Crafts ; that is, one who has ferved his
Tirr.ejufr'y and lawfully as an Entered Apprentice, and
dtiires to beef me more perfect in Mafonry, by being
admitted a Fellow-Craft. But in moff. Lodges at this
Time, they are made Entered Apprentices and Fellow-
Crafts the fame Evening. The Ceremony is the fame,
though they have different Lcctures, Pafs-Word, and Grip
belonging to each.
The Fellow-Craft's Leifure.
Maf. OR OTHER, are you a F Fellow-Craft ?
.*-' Anf. I am. Try me, prove me.
Maf. Where was you made a Fellow-Craft ?
A)f. \\ a jufl and lawful Lodge.
Maf How was you prepared to be made a Fellow-Craft ?
Anf. I was neither naked, nor cloathed, bare-foot, nor
fhod ; in a halting moving Pofture ; deprived of all Metal,
1 was led to the Door of the Lodge by the Hand of sf
Brother.
Maf. How got you Admittance ?
Anf. By Three diftinct Knocks.
Maf What was faid to you within ?
Anf. Who comes there ?
Maf Your Anfwer, Brother.
Anf. One who has ferved his Time juftfy and lawfully as
an Entered Apprentice, and now begs to become more per
fect in Mafonry, by being admitted a Fellow-Craft.
Maf. How do you expect to attain to thie Degree ?
Anf. By the Benefit of a Pafs-Word,
Maf.
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Maf. Have you got that Pafs-Word t
Anf. I have.
Maf. Give it me, Brother.
Ant. SHIBBOLETH*.
Maf What did he then fay to you?
Anf. Pafs, Shibboleth.
Maf. What became of you then ?
Anf I was led twice round the Lodge.
Maf. Where did you meet with th- firft Oppofition ?
Anf. At the Back, of the Senior Warden.
Maf. Where did you meet with the fecond Oppofition?
Anf. At the Back of the Mafter, where I repeated the
fame as before.
Maf. What did he do with you ?
Anf. He ordered me back, to the Senior Warden to receive
Inductions.
Maf. What Inftrutions did he give you ?
Anf. He taught me to fhew the Mafter my due Guard,
and to take two Steps upon the fecond Step of a Right angled
oblong Square, with my Right Knee bent bare, my Left
Foot forming a Square, my Body upright, my Right Hand
on the Holy Bible, my Left Arm fupported by the Points of
the Compalfes, forming a Square, where I took the Obliga
tion of a Fellow-Craft. '
Maf. Have you got that Obligation, Brother ?
Anf. I have, Right Worfhipfui.
Maf. Can you repeat it ?
Anf. I'll do my Endeavour, Right Worfhipfui, with your
AfTiftance.
Maf Pray ftand up, and let the Brethren hear it.
The Obligation of a Fellow Craft.
" I A. B. of my own Free Will and Accord, and in the
" Prefcnce of Almighty God, and this Right Worfhipfui
" Lodge, dedicated- toSt^dm, do hereby fwear, that I
" will always hale, conceal, and never reveal, that Part of a
" Fellow Craft to an Entered Apprentice, or either of them,
" except it be in a true and lawful Lodge of Crafts, him or
" them whom I fhall find to be fuch, after juft Tri<il and
*' Examination. ISlo furthermore 1rv eari that I will anfwer
** allSigps-and SumnroftfegzfciK 10 ni from- yxlooge of
" Crafts, within the Length oF"-a--Cable Tow t- 1 alfo
* SHIBBOLETH, the Pal's- Word of a Fellow Craft, fignifies
Plenty. Sec the xiith Chapter of the B00U of Judge.
-J-' A Cable Tow is three Miles in Length ; fo that if * Fellow Craft
is at that DiltaRce from h.s Lodge, he is not culpable 0/1 Account vi
liii Non-Attendance.
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" fwear, that I will not wrong a Brother, nor fee him
" wronged, but give him timely Notice of all approaching
** Dangers whatfoevcr, as far as in me is. I will alfo ferve
" a Brother as much as lies in my Power, without being
" detrimental to myfelf or Family ; and I will keep all my
" Brother's Secrets as my own, th;.t fhall be delivered tome
*' as fuch, Murder and Trcafon excepted. All this I fwear
" with a firm and fteady Rclolution to perform the fame,
" without any Equivocation or Hefitation in me whatfoevcr,
*' under no lefs Penalty than to have my Heart torn from
" my naked left Breaft, and gn-en to the Vultures of the
' Air as a Prey. So help me God, and keep me fredraft iri
" this my Fellow Craft's Obligation." [Kijfes the Book.']
Maf. Thank you, Brother. After you received this Obli
gation, pray what was fliewn to you ?
Anf. The Sign of a Fellow Craft.
Maf. Pray give it me.
Anf I will, Right Worfhipful.
[He ftands up, and puts his Right Kand to his Left
Breaft, keeping his Thumb fquare; and his Left Hand
raifed up, fo as to form a Square.]
*.Alaf What was the next Thing done to you ?
Anf. He took me by the Right-Hand, and gave me the
Grip and Word of a Fellow-Craft, and the Pafs-Grip *.
AJaf. What did they then do to you ?
Anf. He took me by the Right-Hand, and faid, Rife,
Brother Boaz.
A/of. What followed after that, Brother ?
Anf. He ordered me back, when every Thing I had been
diverted of was reftored, and I was brought in again in order
to return Thanks f.
Maf. Being thus admitted, Brother, did you ever work
as a Craft ?
Anf. Yes, Right Worfhipful, in building the Temple.
A/of. Where did you receive your Wages ?
Anf In the Middle Chamber.
Maf. When you came to the Door of the Middle Cham-
bor, pray who did you fee ?
Anf. A Warden.
The Pafg Grip is thus performed : You mull put your Thumb
Nail between the Knit and Second loint of the Righ:-Hand, and
whilper the Word SHIBBOLETH. '1 he Grip of a Fel'ow-
Craft is by putting the Thumb N.iil on the Second Joint of the
Right Hand, and the Word is EOAZ.
+ The Ceremony -if returning Thanks is the fame as the Entered
Apprentice's, excepting jor admitting me u Fellow- Craft.
AJaf.
 Maf What did he demand of you ?
Anf. The Pafs-Word of a Fellow-Craft.
Maf. Did you give it him ?
Ant I did, Right Worfhipful.
Maf Pray what is it ?
Anf. SHIBBOLETH.
Maf. How got you to the Middle Chamber ?
Anj. Through the Porch.
Maf. Did you fee any Thing worth your Notice ?
Anf I did, 'Right Worfhipful.
Maf. What was it ?
Anf. Two fine Brafs Pillars.
Maf What are their Names ?
Anf. JACHINandBOAZ.
Maf. How high were thefe Pillars ?
Anf. Thirty-five Cubits, with a Chapiter Five Cubits *,
which made it Forty in the Whole.
[This is defcribed more clearly in the Third Chapter of
the Second Book of Chronicles, Verfe 15th.]
Maf. What were they ornamented with, Brother ?
Anf. Two Chapiters, each Five Cubits in Height.
Maf. What were they adorned with befides ?
Anf. Lilly-Work, Net-Work, and Pomegranates.
Maf. Were they hollow, Brother i ,
Anf. Yes, Right Worfhipful.
Maf How thick was the outfide Coat ?
Anf. Four Inches.
Maf. Where were they caft ?
Anf. On the Plain of "Jordan, between Succoth and Zar-
tha, in a Clay Ground, where all Solomon's Holy Veflela
were caft.
Maf. Who caft them, Brother ?
Anf, Hiram Abiff, the Widow's Son.
This generally finifhes the Fellow-Craft's Le&ure, and
very few Lodges go fo far in their Queftions and Anfwers :
Therefore, in order to enliven the Company, the Mafter
afks fome good Singer to favour them with the following
Song, which I have heard fung with great Energy and
Rapture throughout the Lodge, every Brother bearing a
Part in the Chorus.
The Reader is here to underftand that there are Three Sort* of
Cubits ; the King's Cubit, Three Englifh Feet ; the Holy Cubit, one
Foot Six Inches ; and the common Cubit, Twenty-one Inches. The
Cubit mentioned in the Old Tcilamcnt is the Holy Cubit, which is
One Foot Six Inches.
E Th*
 The FELLOW-CRAFT's SONG.
rAIL, Mafonry ! thou Craft divine !
H Glory of Earth, from Heaven reveal'd,
Which does with Jewels precious ihine,
From all but Mafons Eyes conceal'd.
CHORUS.
Thy Praifesdue who can rehearfc,
In nervous Profe, or flowing Verfe ?
As Men from Brutes diftinguifh'd are,
A Mafon other Men excells,
For what's in Knowledge choice or rare
But in his Bread fecurely dwells.
CHORUS.
His filent Breaft and faithful Heart
Preferve the Secrets of the Art.
From fcorching Heat, and piercing Cold,
From Beafts whofe Roar the Forcft rends ;
From the Aflaults of Warriors bold,
The Mafon's Art Mankind defends.
CHORUS.
Be to this Art due Honour paid,
From which Mankind receives luch Aid.
Enfigns of State, that feed our Pride,
Diftin&ions troublefome and vain,
By Mafons true are laid afide :
Arts free-born Sons fuch Toys difdain.
CHORUS.
Ennobled by the Name they bear,
Diftinguifh'd by the Badge * they wear.
Sweet Fellowfliip from Envy free,
Friendly Converfe of Brotherhood !
The Lodge's Iafting Cement be,
Which has for Ages firmly flood.
CHORUS.
A Lodge thus built for Ages paft
Has lafted, and will for ever laft.

* Here the whole Lodge (hike their Right Hands all at once on
their Aprons, keeping as regular Time as the Soldiers in St. Jamcs'1
Park, when they (bike their Cai touch-Boxes.
Then
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Then in our Songs be Juftice done,
To thofe who have enrich'd the Art,
From Jabal down to Aberdour * :
And let each Brother bear a Part.
CHORUS.
Let noble Mafons Healths go round,
Their Praife in lofty Lodge refound.
In Company the Fellow-Craft takes the Pot or Glafs, and
draws it acrofs his Left Breaft, and touches it ; the Penalty
being this, that he would fooner have his Heart torn from
his Left Breaft, and given to the Fowls of the Air, than
difcover the Secrets of Mafonry. Sometimes this is done
with the Right-Hand only, as it is lefs taken Notice of by
Strangers.
Having given the Entered Apprentice and Fellow-Craft's
Part, I now proceed to the third and laft Degree of Mafonry,
which is termed the Majiert Part, it being performed in
the fame Manner as the other two, viz, by Way of Queftion
and Anfwer, and is as follows :
Maf. TJR O T H E R, where have you been ?
JO Anf. In the Weft.
Maf. And where are you going ?
Ant. To the Eaft.
Maf. Why do you leave the Weft and go to the Eaft ?
An). Becaufe the Light of the Gofpel was firft fliewn in
the Eaft.
Lord Aberdour was formerly Grand Mafter} at prefent Lord Petri
fills that Station ; and they make VCt of his Name accordingly.For
the Entertainment of our Readers the Editor has obtained a com-
pleat Lift of all the Grand Matters, fince the Year 1722, viz.
Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, Edward Bligh, Earl of Darnley,
Charles Lenox, Duke of Richmond, H. Bridges, Marq. of Caernarvon,
Lenox, and Aubigny, Robert Raymond, Lord Raymond,
J. Hamilton, Lord Paifley, John Keith, Earl of Kintore,
Wm O'Brien, Earl of Inchiqu'm, J. Douglas, Earl of Morton,
Henry Hare, Lord Colraine, John Ward, Lord Ward,
James King, Lord Kingfton, Tho. Lyon, Earl of Strathmore,
Tho. Howard, Duke of Norfolk, JamesCranftoun, Lord Cranftoun,
T. Coke, Lord Lovell , William Byron, Lord Byron,
Anth.Brown,LdVifc. Montacute, John Proby, Lord Carysfort,
James Lyon, Earl of Strathmore, JamesBridges.Earl of Caernarvon,
John Lindfay, Earl of Craufuid, Sholto Ch. Douglas, LdAberdour,
Tho.Thynne.LdVifc. Weymouth, W. Shirley, Lord Ferrers, and the
John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun, prefent Lord Petre.
By the above noble Lift of Grand-Mafters, fuch as no Age, Society,
or Kingdom could ever boaft to have ruled them, Mafonry has been
fixed on the fojid Bafts it now ftands.
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Maf. What are you going to do in the Eaft ?
Anf. To feek for a Lodge of Mafters.
Maf. Then you are a Mafter Mafon, I prefume ?
Anf I am fo taken and accepted among Mafters.
Maf. Where was you made Mafter ?
Anf. In a Lodge of Mafters.
Maf. How was you prepared to be made Mafter ?
Anf. My Shoes were taken off my Feet, my Arms and
Breaft were naked, and I was depriv'd of all Metal. In
this Manner I was led to the Door of the Lodge *.
Maf. How got you Admittance ?
Anf. By Three diftinct Knocks.
Maf. What was then faid to you from within ?
Anf. Who comes there ?
Maf. Your Anfwer, Brother ?
Anf. One who hath lawfully and truly ferved his Time
as an Entered Apprentice and Fellow-Craft, and now begs
to attain the laft and moft honourable Degree of Mafonry,
by being admitted a Mafter.
Maf. How do you expect to attain it ?
Anf. By the Benefit of a Pafs-Word.
Maf. Can you give me that Word, Brother ?
Anf. I can and will, Right Worfhipful.
Maf. Pray give it me, then.
Anf. TUBAL CAIN t-
Maf. What was then faid to you ?
Anf. Enter TUBAL CAIN.
Maf. How was you difpofed of ?
Anf. I was led round the Lodge
Maf. Where did you meet with the firft Oppofition ?
Anf. At the Back of the Mafter.
Maf. What did he demand of you ?
Anf. The fame as at the Door.
Maf. How did he difpofe of you ?
Anf. He ordered me back to the Senior Warden in the
Weft to receive proper Inftruflions.
The Difference between the Manner of preparing the Perfon for
the Degree of Mafter, and the Entered Apprentice and Fellow-Craft,
is this : That the Entered Apprentice's Left Arm and Left Breaft is
naked, with the Left Shoe oft j and the Fellow-Craft's Right Breaft
is naked, with the Right Shoe off.
f TUBAL CAIN was the firft Perfon who made Ufe of Brafs,
Iron, and other Metals, and is faid to be the Inventor of Mufic. His
Defcent was from the fifth Generation of Cain. In Scripture it is
faid he became famous in working Metals, which Hiram afterwards
greatly improved.
Maf
 Maf. What were thofe Inftructions, Brother?
Anf. He inftruaed me as I flood in the Weft, Firjl, To
fhew the Mafter in the Eaft the due Guard or Sign of an
Entered Apprentice, and to take one Step upon the Firft
Step of the Right Angle of an Oblong Square, with my
Left Foot forming a Square. Secondly, To make two Steps
upon the fame Oblong Square, and to fhew the Sign of a
Fellow Craft. Thirdly, I was taught to take two Steps
upon the fame Oblong Square, with both my Knees bent,
and bare ; my Body upright, my Right Hand upon the Holy
Bible, both Points of a Pair of Compafles being pointed to
my Right and Left Breaft, where I took the folemn Oath or
Obligation of a Mafter- Mafon.
Maf. Brother, can you remember the Obligation you
fpeak of?
Anf. I'll do my Endeavour, Right Worfliipful, with
your Affiftance.
Maf. Pray ftand up, and begin.
Anf " I A. B. of my own Free Will and Accord, and
" in the Prefence of Almighty God, and this Right Wor-
" fbipful Lodge, dedicated to Holy St. "John, do hereby and
- hereon moft folemnly and fincerely fwear, that I will
** always hale, conceal, and never reveal, this Part of a
" Mafter-Mafon to a Fellow^Craft, any more than that of
" a Fellow-Craft to an Apprentice, or any of them, to the
" reft of the World, except in a true and lawful Lodge of
" Mafters, him or them whom I fhall find to be fuch, after
" a juft Trial and Examination.I furthermore do fwear,
" that I will attend all Summonfes fent to me from a Lodge
" of Mafters, if within the Length of a Cable-Tow. I
" will alfo keep all my Brothers Secrets as my own, Trea-
" fon and Murder excepted, and that at my own Free
'* Will.I will not wrong a Brother, or fee him wronged,
" but give him Notice of all Danger, as far as in my
" Power lies.And I alfo fwear, that 1 will conform myfelf
" to all the Laws and Inftitutions of this Lodge.All this
*' I fwear, with a firm and fixed Refolution to perform the
" fame, under no lefs Penalty than to have my Body fevered
" in two ; fhe o.ne Part carried to the South, the other to
" the North ; my Bowels burnt to Afhes, and the Afhes to
" be fcattered to the four Winds of the Heavens, that no
" farther Remembrance of fuch a vile Wretch may cxilr.
' among Men (and in particular Mafons). So help me
' God, and keep me ftedfaft in this my Mafter's Obliga-
*' tion." [Kiffis.tbt Bod,]
Maf,
 Maf. Thank you, Brother. Pray what was fhewn you
after you had received this Obligation ?
Anf. One of the Mafter's Signs.
[This Sign is given by drawing your Right-Hand acrofa
your Belly, which is the Penalty of the Obligation.
Then he gives the Mafter the Grip of an Apprentice,
who fays, What's this ? The Perfon anfwcrs, The
Grip of an Entered Apprentice.J
Maf. Has it got a Name ?
Anf. It has, Right Worfhipful.
Maf. Will you give it me I
Jnf. J AC H IN.
Maf. Will you be of or from ?
Arif. From.
Maf. From what, Brother ?
Anf. From an Entered Apprentice to a Fellow-Craft.
Maf. Pafs, Brother.
[He puts his Thumb between the firft and fecond Joint,
which is the Pafs-Grip, and you pronounce the Word
Shibboleth.]
Maf. What was done to you after that ?
Anf. He took me by the Grip of a Fellow-Craft, and
faid, What's this ?
Maf. Your Anfwer, Brother.
Anf. The Grip of a Fellow-Craft.
Maf. Has it got a Name ?
Anf. It has.
Maf. Will you give it me ?
Anf. BOAZ.
Maf. What was then faid to you ?
Anf. Rife up, Brother BOAZ.
Maf. Brother, what followed ?
Anf. He told me I reprefented one of the greateft Men in
the World, viz. our Grand Mafter Hiram, who was killed
juft at the finifhing of the Temple ; and the Manner of his
Death is thus related :
" There were originally fifteen Fellow-Crafts, who per
ceiving the Temple almoft finifhed, and not having received
the Mafter's Word, they grew impatient, and agreed to
extort it from their Mafter Hiram the firft Opportunity they
could find of meeting him alone, that they might pafs for
Mafters in other Countries, and receive the Wages or Pro
fits of Mafters ; but before they could accomplish their
Scheme, twelve of them recanted ; the other three were
pbftinate, and determined to have it by Force, if no other
Way
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Way could be found ; their Names were Jubela, Jubek%
and Jubelum.
" It being always the Cuftom of Hiram, at Twelve at
Noon, as foon as the Men were called off to refrelh them-
felves, to go into the Sanftum Santlorum, or Holy of Holies,
to pay his Devotion to the true and living God, the three
Affafiins above-mentioned placed themfelves at the Eaft,
Weft, and South Doors of the Temple. At the North
there was no Entrance, becaufe the Rays of the Sun never
dart from that Point.
" Hiram, having finifhed his Prayer to the Lord, came to
the Eaft Door, which he found guarded by Jubela, who de
manded the Mafter's Grip in a refolute Manner ; he re
ceived for Anfwer from Hiram, that it was not cuftomary
to afk it in fuch a Strain ; that he himfelf did not receive it
fo; adding, that he muft wait, and Time and Patience
would bring it about. He told him farther, that it was not
in his Power alone to reveal it, except in the Prefence of
Solomon King of Ifrael, and Hiram King of Tyre. 'Jubela
being diffatisfied with this Anfwer, ftruck him acrofs the
Throat with a twenty-four Inch Gauge. Hiram upon this
Ufage flew to the 6outh Door of the Temple, where he
was met by Jubelo, who afked him the Mallei's Grip and
Word in like Manner as Jubela had done before ; and on
receiving the fame Anfwer from his Mafter, he gave him a
violent Blow with a Square upon his Left Bread, which
made him reel. Upon recovering his Strength, he ran to
the Weft Door, the only Way left him of efcaping ; and on
being interrogated by Jubelum to the fame Purport, who
guarded that Paflage, (to whom he replied as at fjrft) he
received a terrible Fradture upon his Head with a Gavel *
or
When you come to this Part of the Ceremony of making a Matter,
it occalions Ionic Surprize ; the Junior Warden ftrikes you with a
twenty-four Inch Gauge acrofs your Throat ; the Senior Warden fol
lows the Blow by linking you with a Square on the Left Brealt ; and
almolt at the fame Inftant the Mailer knocks you down with the
Gavel. This is the Cuitom in molt Lodges ; and it requires no imall
Share of Courage, for the Blows are frequently fo i'evere, that the poor
Candidate falls backwards on the Floor ; and the greater his Terror
at this Uiage, the more the Brethren are plea lid. This Cuftom fa
vours too much of Barbarity ; and many lnliances can be produced
of Perfons in this Situation, who have requefted on their Knifes to ue
i'et at Liberty, and others who have made their Efcape as faft as pelli
cle out of the Lodge.-The French and Natives of Swijerland have a
more ltriking and iolemn Way of reprelenting the Death of Hiram.
When a Brother comes into the Lodge, in Order to be raifed to the
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or Setting Maul, which occafioncd his Deaths After this
they carried the Body out at the Weft Door *, and hid it
under fome Rubbifh till Twelve o'Clock the next Night,
when they met by Agreement, and buried him on the Side
of a Hill, in a Grave Six Feet perpendicular, dug due Eaft
and Weft.,
Maf. After you was thus knocked down, what was faid
to you then ?
Anf. 1 was told I reprefented one of the greateft Men in
the World lying dead, viz. our Grand Mafter Hiram.
Maf. Thank you, Brother. Pray go on.
Anf. As I lay on my Back, the Mafter informed me how
Hiram was found ; and by what Means the three Ruffians
were difcovered, as follows :
*' Our Mafter Hiram not coming to view the Workmen
as ufual, King Solomon caufed ftrict Search to be made; but
this proving ineffectual, he was fuppofed to be dead. The
Twelve Fellow-Crafts who recanted, hearing the Report,
their Confcicnccs pricking them, went to Solomon with white
Aprons and Gloves, Emblems of their Innocence, and in
formed him of every Thing relative to the Affair, as far as
they knew, and offered their Afliftance in order to difcover
the three other Fellow-Crafts, who had abfeonded. They
feparated, and divided themfelves into four Parties ; three
Eaft, Weft, North, and South, in queft of the Murderers.
As one of the twelve was travelling on the Sea-Side, near

Degree of Mafter, one of the Members lies flat on his Back, with his
Face disfigured and befmeared with Blood, on the Spot where the
Drawing on the Floor is made. His natural Surprize and Confufion
immediately appears, and one of the Brethren generally addrelfes him
to the Purport following: " Brother, be not frightened; this is the
" unfortunate Remains of a worthy Mafter, that would not deliver
*' the Grip and Word to three Fellow-Crafts, who had no Right to
" it ; and from this Example we learn our Duty, viz. to die before
" wedelivertheMafter'sPart of Mafonrv to thole who have no Claim
" thereto." On kneeling to receive the Obligation, the fuppoied
dead Brother lies behind you, and during the Time of adininillrin*
the Oath, and reading the Hiftory of his Death, he gets up, and you
are laid down in his Place. This is the moft material Difference be
tween the French and Ent^lijb Method of making a Mafter Mafon ; and
that it is more agreeable to Humanity than giving a Man a violent
Blow on the Forehead with a Gavel, muft be obvious to every Reader.
* In this Point the Mafons themfelves differ ; fome of them fay, he
was not carried out at the Weft Door, but buried on the Spot where
he was killed, in this Manner: The three Affaflios took up Part of
the Pavement, made a Hole, and covered him over with the Stones
as foon as they had crammed him in ; after which they conveyed the
Rubbiih out in their Aprons to prevent Sufpicion.
Joppa,
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Joppa, being fatigued, he fat down to refrefh himfeJf; but
was foon alarmed by the following hideous Exclamations
from the Cliff of a Rock : " Oh ! that my Throat had been
" cut acrofs, my Tongue torn out by the Root, and buried
" in the Sands of the Sea at Low Water Mark a Cable's
" Length from the Shore, where the Tide ebbs and flows
" twice in Twenty-four Hours, ere I had confented to the
" Death of our Grand Mailer Hiram !" " Oh ! (fays ano
ther) " that my Heart had been torn from under my naked
44 Left Breaft, and given a Prey to the Vultures of the Air,
" rather than 1 had been concerned in the Death of fo good
" a Mafter !"" But (fays a third) I ftruck him harder than
" you both ; 'twas I tbat killed him. Oh ! that my Body
" had been fevered in two, and fcattered to the South and
* North ; my Bowels burnt to Afhes in the South, and fcat-
" tered between the four Winds of the Earth, ere I had been
' the Caufc of the Death of cur good Mafter Hiram !" The
Fellow-Craft hearing this, went in queft of his two Aflb-
ciates, and they entered the Cliff of the Rock, took and
bound them fart, and brought them to King Solomon, before
whom they voluntarily confeffed their Guilt, and begged to
die. The Sentence pnffed on them was the fame as they
exprefTed in their Lamentation in the Cliff; jfuliela's Throat
-was cut acrofs ; Jubeh's Heart was torn from under his Left
Breaft; and Jubelum's Body was fevered in two, and fcat
tered in the South and North.
" When the Execution was over, King Solomon fent for
the Twelve Crafts, and dcfired them to take the Body of
Hiram up, in order that it might be interred in a folcmn
Manner in the Sanftum Sanilorum; he alfo told them, that
if they could not find a Key-Word about him, it was loft;
for there were only three in the World to whom it was
known ; and unlefs they were prefent, it could not be deli
vered. Hiram being dead, it confequently was loft. How
ever, as Solomon ordered, they went and cleared the Rubbifh,
and found their Mafter in a mangled Condition, having lain
fifteen Days ; upon which they lifted up their Hands above
their Heads in Aftonifhment, and faid, 0 Lord, my God!
This being the firft Word and Sign, King Solomon adopted
it as the grand Sign of a Mafter Mafon, and it is ufed at
this Day in all the Lodges of Mafters. "
Maf. Brother, when Hiram was thus found dead, how
was he raifed ? K
Anf. By the Five Points of Fellowship.
F Maf.
 Maf. What are thefe Five Points of Fellowmip ?
Anf. He was taken by the Entered Apprentice's Grip, and
the Skin flipped oft". Then he was taken by the Fellow-
Craft's Grip, which alfo flipped oft'; and laftly, by the
Mafter's Grip*.
Maf. Brother, it appears you could not have been raifed
but by the Five Points of Fellowfhip. Pray explain them.
Anf. Hand in Hand fignifies, that I will always put forth
my Hand to ferve a Brother as far as; in my Power lies.
F'oot to Foot, that I never will be afraid to go a Foot out of
my Way to ierve a Brother. Knee to Knee, that when
I pray, I lhould never forget my Brother's Welfare.
Breaft to Breaft, to fhew I will keep my Brother's Secrets as
my own. The Left Hand fupporting the Back, that I
will always fupport a Brother, as far as 1 can, without be
ing detrimental to my own Family.
Maf. Thank you, Brother.But pray, why was you de
prived of all Metal ?
Anf. Becaufe there was neither Axe, Hammer, nor Sound
f any Metal Tool heard in the Building the Temple of
Solomon.
Maf. Why fo, Brother ?
Anf. Becaufe it (hould not be polluted.
Alaf. How is it poflible, Brother, that fuch a large Build
ing fhould be carried on without the Ufe or Sound of fome
Metal Tool ?
Anf. It was prepared in the Foreft of Lebanon, and brought
down upon proper Carriages, and fet up with wooden
Mauls made on Purpofefor the Occafion.
Maf Why were both your Shoes taken off" from-your Feet ?
Anf. Becaufe the Place I ftood on, when I was made a
Mafon, was Holy Ground.
Maf. What fupports our Lodge ?
Anf. Three Pillars.
Maf. Pray what are their Names, Brother ?
Anf. Wifdom, Strength, and Beauty.
Maf. What do they reprefem ?

The Mailer's Grip is thus performed : You take a Brother with

the four Finger Nails of your Right Hand, and prefs clofe into the
lower Part of the Wrift of his Right Hand with all your Strength j
your Right Foot to his Right Foot, and his Right Knee to your Right
Knee ; the Right Breaft to that of your Brother, and your Left Hand
fupporting his Back. In this Pofitionyou whifper in his Ear Maha-
bone, or, as in the Modern Lodges, Mac Benach, which is the
Matter's Word.
Anf.
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Anf. Three Grand Mailers ; Solomon, King of Ifrael ;
Hiram, King of Tyre ; and Hiram Abiff, who was killed by
the three Fellow-Crafts.
Maf. Were thefe three Grand Mafters concerned in the
building of Solomon's Temple ?
Anf. They were.
Maf. What was their BuTinefs ?
Anf. Solomon found Provifion and Money to pay the
Workmen ; Hiram, King of Tyre, provided Materials for
the Building ; and Hiram Abiff performed or fuperintendei
the Work.
(End of the Majler's Leilure.)

The Form obferved at the Injlalment of a Mafler, and the other

Officers, on St. John's Day.
THE Year being expired, a proper Perfon is fixed on by
the Members of every Lodge to prefideover and govern
the Societies in the Capacity of Mafter. The Qualifications
for this Office are, iff, That he muft be regularly and
lawfully raifed : idly, He ought to be a Man of good Cha
racter, and irreproachable in his private Conduct : "$dly, He
muft be well verfed in the Laws and Conftitutions of the
Order, and ought to be temperate, cool, and quite perfect
in going through the before-mentioned Lectures, as all the
Queftions are put by him, and he is often obliged to affiff
the Brethren in makipg the proper Anfwers * ; for every
Mafon fitting round the Table anfwers in his Turn, in the
fame Manner as Boys at Church faying the Catechifm.
This is termed Working. For Inftance ; Suppofe a Brother
meets another, and afks him if he was at his Lodge laft
Night ? He fays, Yes. Well, repjies the other, Did you
work ? that is, did you go through the feveral Queftions and
Anfwers in any of the Lectures ?If any Member cannot,
or does not chufe to work, when the Queftion is put, and it
comes to his Turn, he gets up, and clapping his Hand on
his Breaft> addrefles himfelf to the Mafter, and begs tq be
excufed ; then the Left-Hand Man anfwers in his Room.
The Brethren having chofe a proper Man for this Office,
and he being approved of by the Grand Mafter, they pror
I have been in a Lodge, where the Matter was quite ignorant of
the common Rules of Grammar; frequently making fuel). egregious
blunders, that the Brethren could fcarce refrain from burfting into
Laughter; and often embellilhing his Queftions with, "Brethren,
*' you have lei a BoJy knovi as benv you cannot be raifed bul by the
" Five Points of FellowfUip, &c. tell *s <uibicb tbtj be"
F 2 ce<*
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ceed to the Inftalling him as follows: He kneels clown in
the South P<rt of the Lodge, and the late Mafter gives him
the following Obligation before he rcfigns the Chair, which
he repeats : ,
" I A. B. of my own fr?e Will and Confent, in the
" Prefence of Almighty God, and this Right Worlbipful
" Lodge, dedicated to St.. John, do moft folemnly and fm-
" cerely Iwear, that- 1 will not deliver the Word and Grip
" belonging to the Chair whilft I am Mafter, or at any
" Time hereafter, except it be to a Mafter in the Chair,
ie or a Paft-Mafter, him or them whom 1 fhall find to be
" fuch after due Trial and Examination. I alio fwear,
" that I will a& as Mafter of this Lodge till next St. Jehn'i
" Day; and fill the Chair every Lodge Night, if I am
" within the Length of my Cable Tow. I likewife fur-
" ther promife, that I will rot wrong this Lodge : But aft
" in every Refper. for the Good of Mafonry, by behaving
tC myfelf agreeable to the reft of the Brethren ; and main-
*' taining good Order and Regularity in this Lodge, as far
" as lies in my Power. All this I fwear, with a firm and
*' ftedfaft Relclution to perform the fame, under no lefs
" than the four following Penalties : My Threat cut
" acrofs, my Tongue torn out, my Heart torn from my
" Left Breaft, and my Body fevered in two. So help me
" God, and affift me in this my Obligation belonging to
" the Chair." [Kijfes the Book.)
The Paft-Mafter raifes him up, and takes off" the Jewels
and Ribbon from his own Neck, and pu.s it on the New
Mafter, taking him at the fame time by the M-.fter's Grip,
and Vhifpering in his Ear the Word CHIBBELUM*;
after which he flips his Hand from the Mafter's Grip to the
Elbow, and prefles his Nails in, as is done in the Grip of
the, Mafter under the Wrift.
The Senior and Junior Warden, Secretary, &c. receive
the Obligation as the Mafter, except the Grip and Word ;
there being none peculiar to tlicm.
Having now gone through the feveral Degrees and Lec
tures belonging to the Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft,
Mafter, and the Manner of Inftalment, I fhall clofe the
CHIBBELUM lignifies a worthy Mafbrt" 1 heOiigin~ofTu
. Words and Sign's among Free Mafons was on this Account : H1ram,
the chief Architect of the Temple, had lb great a Number of Work
men to pay, that he could not poflibly know them all ; lie therefore
gave each Degree,1 or Clals,a particular Sign and Word, by which he
could Uiftinguifh them more readily, in ordcy to pay them their
different Salaries. ..
Work
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Work with a few general Directions, dividing them under
the following Heads :
I. A Defcription ofthe Ornaments worn by the different Officers
when ajfembled in the Lodge, and their proper Places of fitting.
The Master, who fits in the Eaft of the Lodge, has
the Rule and Compafs, and Square hanging to a Ribbon
round his Neck, and a black Rod in his Hand, when he
opens the Lodge, near Seven Feet high.
The Senior Warden fits in the Weft, with a Level
hanging by a Ribbon round his Neck, and a Column
placed on the Table, about twenty-nine Inches long.
The Junior Warden's Place is in the South, with the
Plumb-Rule hanging by a Ribbon from his Neck, and a
Column in his Hand.
The Secretary wears the Crofs-Pens, hanging in the
fame manner.
The Senior and Junior Deacons have each a black Rod,
with the Compafs hanging round their Necks ; the Senior
fits at the Back of the Mafter, or at his Right-Hand; the
Junior at the Senior Warden's Right-Hand.
The Past-Master has the CompalTes and Sun, with a
Line of Cords about his Neck.
The Treasurer has a Key hanging from his Neck.
II. The Manner of giving the Signs of each Degree, and thi
Word belonging to it, with the Fellow- Craft and Majler's Clap.
The Majler's Sign, Grip, and Word, &c.
The Sign. Draw the Right-Hand edgeways acrofs your
Belly, which is the Penalty of the Obligation.
The Grip. Take hold of the Ri^ht-Hand of your Brother
with your Right-Hand, and prefs the four Finger Nails
hard under the Wrift of his Right-Hand ; put your Right
Foot to his Right Foot; your Right Knee to his Right
Knee ; and his Right Breaft to yours, with your Left-
Hand fupporting his Back.
The Word is MAHABONE; or, in fome Lodges,
MAC-BENACH.
The Pafs- Word is TUBAL-CAIN.
The Majler's Clap, is by holding both your Hands above
your Head, and ftriking them down at once upon your
Apron, both Feet keeping Time. They alfign two Rea-
fons for this Sign, viz. When the Twelve Fellow-Crafts
faw their Mafter lie dead, they lifted up their Hands in Sur
prize, and faid, O Lord our God! and that when Solomon
dedicated the Temple t the Lord, he ftood up, and lifting
up
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up both his Hands, exclaimed, 0 Lord my God, great art
'Thou above all Gods.
The Fellow-CrafCs Sign, Grip, Word, and Clap,
Sign. Put your Right-Hand to your Left Breaft, keeping
your Thumb fquare, and your Left-Hand upright, forming
a Square.
The Pafs-Grip, is by putting the Thumb-Nail of your
Right- Hand between the firft and fecond Joint of a Brother's
Right-Hand.
The Pafs-Word is S H I B B O L E T H.
The Grip is the fame as the Pafs-Grip, except preffing
your Thumb-Nail on the fecond Joint, inftead of between
the firft and fecond.
The Word is B O A Z.
The Fellow Craft's Clap is by forming the Sign of a Craft
as above, holding your Left-Hand fquare and upright ; then
clap your Right and Left-Hands together ; and afterwards
ftrike your Left Breaft with your Right-Hand, and from
thence give a Slap on your Apron, your Right Foot going
at the fame Time.
The Entered Apprentice's Sign, Grip, and Word.
The Sign. Draw your Hand acrofs your Throat edgeways,
The Penalty of the Obligation being this, that an Appren
tice would fooner have his Throat cut than difcover the
Secrets of Mafonry.
The Grip. Take a Brother with your Right-Hand, and
prefs hard with your Thumb-Na.il upon the firft Joint of
the Fore-Finger of his Right-Hand,
The Word. Whifper in his Ear J A C H I N.
The Mafter kneels upon both Knees in the Ceremony of
Making.
The Craft kneels with the Right Knee,
The Apprentice with the Left Knee,
III. The Form obferved in Drinking,
The Table being plentifully ftored with Wine and
Punch, fcfy-. every Man has a Glafs fet before him, and fills
it with what he chufes, and as often as he pleafes. But he
mull drink his Glafs in Turn, or at leaft keep the Motion
, with the Reft. When therefore a publick Health is given,
the Mafter fills firft, and defires the Brethren to charge their
Glaffes ; and when this is fuppofed to be done, the Mafter
fays, Brethrent are you all charged? The Senior and Junior
Wardens
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Wardens anfwer, We are all charged in the Smth and Weft.
Then they all fland up, and obferving the Mafter's Motion
(like the Soldier his Right-Hand Man) drink their Glaftes
off; and if the Mafter propofes the Health or Toaft with.
thre: Times three Claps, they throw the GlafTes with tha
Right-Hand at full Length, bringing them acrofs their
Throau three Times, and making three Motions to put
them down on the Table ; at the third they are fet down
(though perhaps fifty in Number) as if it was but one ; then
railing their Hands Bread high, they clap nine Times againft
the Right, divided into three Divifions, which is termed
Drinking with three Times three, and at the End they give a
Huzza.
Having at Length gone through my Flan, I have nothing
further to add than this, that the following is the beft Me
thod for a Stranger to gain Admittance, being what I have
often tried in many Places, in order to be fully fatisfied.
As foon as you come to the Door of the Lodge, you will
find the Tyler on the Outfide, with a drawn Sword in his
Hand, and a white Apron on. Afk him if there is a full
Lodge ? and tell him you fhall be glad of Admittance as a
viuting Member ; taking Care to provide yourfelf with a
white Leather Apron, which you may fliew him as if by
Accident. He will, perhaps, afk you what Degree you
are of, and defire a Sign, which you muft fhew him with
Readinefs, and likewife inform him what Lodge you be
long to.
It being contrary to the Rules of the Society that the
Tyler mould admit a Stranger, he will go in, and acquaint
the Mafter, that fuch a Perfon (mentioning your Name,
and the Lodge you told him you belonged to) craves Admit
tance. Upon which one of the Wardens will come out to
examine you. Draw your Right-Hand acrofe your Throat
edgeways, and he will fay, " What's that ?" Your Anfwer
muft be, " The due Guard of an Apprentice." Then he
will take you by the rirft Joint of the Thumb of your Right-
Hand, and prel's it hard with the Thumb Nail of his Right-
Hand, and afk, " What's this ?"You muft immediately
anfwer, " The Gripof an Entered Apprentice."If he is not
fully fatisfied with this, he will go further on in this Manner.
2%utf. Has it got a Name ?You muft anfwer, " It
has." Then he will afk you to give it him.
Anf. I'll halve it with you.Begin, fays he.Anf. JA.
Ma/. CHIN. Anf. JACHIN.
2j>uef. Will you be of or from ? Anf. From.
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%iuf. From what? Anf. From an Entered Apprentice to
a Ftllow-CraJt. He will tbea Jhift his Thumb from the
Apprentice's Grip towards the Fellow-Craft's, and afk,
\v Hat's this? Anf. TUe Pafs-Word of a FelJow-Craft.
Give it me, fays he. VVhifper in his Ear, SHIBBOLETH.
On this he will put his Thumb to the fecond Joint, ?.nd
fay, What's this? Jnf. The Grip of a Fellow-Craft. Has
it a Name ? fays he. Anf. It has. Pray give it me. Anf.
1 will letter it, or halve it with you. Mafon. I'll letter it
with you. Anf. Begin. Mafon. No, you begin. Anf. B.
Mafon. O. Jnf. A. Mafon. Z. Anf. BOAZ. -
What I have here offered being more than fufficient, you
will be admitted, and you muft put your Apron on, and
take your Seat. If there Ihould be a Making that Night,
you will be pcrftlt in the firit Principles, and know mors
than one in ten who have been Mafcuis many Years, and
have never read this Book.
If you fhould, after this, chufe to go to a lodge of
Mafters, the Ceremony is the fame as above ; but you are
interrogated as to the Grip, Pafs-Grip, and Word of a
M after, which you cannot fail of anfwering by reading the
Mafter's Part beforementioned. In all this you muft take
Care not to betray any Fear, but put on an Air of AiTurance.

The Ceremony obforvedat the Fret- Mafons Funerals, according t*

ancient Cujioin.
No Mafon can be interred with the Formalities of the
Order, ur.lcfs by his own efpecial Requeft, communicated
to the Mafterof the Lodge, of which he died a Member ; nor
unit fs he had been advanced to the third Degree of Mafonry.
The Mafter of the Lodge, on receiving Intelligence of
hir. Death, and being made acquainted with the Day and
Hour appointed for bis Funeral, is to illue his Command for
fummoning the Lodge j and immediately to make Applica
tion, by the Grand Secretary, to the Deputy Grand Mafter,
for a legal Power and Authority to attend the Proceffion,
with his Officers, and fuch Brethren as he may approve of,
properly cloathed.
The Difpenfation being obtained, the Mafter may invite
as many Lodges as he thinks proper, and the Members of
the faid Lodges may accompany their Officers in Form ; but
the whole Ceremony mull be under the Direction of the Ma
fter of the Lodge to which the Deceafed belonged ; and he,
and his Officers, muft be duly honoured, and chearfully
obeyed on the Occaiion.
All
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All the Brethren, who walk in ProceiEon, fhould obferve,
as much as poffible, an Uniformity in their Drefs. Decent
Mourning, with White Stockings, Gloves, and Aprons, is
moft fuitable and becoming. NoPerfon ought to be diftin-
fuifhed with a Jewel, unlefs he is an Officer of one of the
.odges invited to attend in Form, and the Officers of fuch
Lodges fhould be ornamented with White Saflies and Hat
bands ; as alfo the Officers of the Lodge to whom the Dif-
penfation is granted, who fliould likewife be diftinguifhed
with White Rods.
In the Proceffion to the Place of Interment, the different
Lodges rank according to their Seniority ; the Junior ones
Sireceding. Each Lodge forms one Divifion, and the fol-
owing Order is obferved :
The Tyler, with his Sword ;
The Stewards, with white Rods ;
The Brethren out of Office, two and two ;
The Secretary, with a Roll ;
The Treafurer, with his Badge of Office ;
Senior and Junior Wardens, Hand in Hand ;
The Paftmafter ;
The Mafter ;
The Lodge to which the deceafed Brother belonged, in the
following Order ; all the Members having Flowers or
Herbs in their Hands ;
The Tyler ;
The Stewards ;
The Mufic [Drums muffled, and Trumpets covered] ;
The Members of the Lodge ;
The Secretary and Treafurer ;
The Senior and Junior Wardens;
The Paftmafter ;
The Bible and Book of Conftitutions on a Cufhion, covered
with black Cloth, carried by a Member of the Lodge ;
The Master;
The Choirifters, finging an Anthem;
The Clergyman ;
The BODY,
Pall Bearers with the Regalia placed
thereon, and two Swords Pall Bearers;
crofled.
Chief Mourner;
Affiftant Mourners ;
Two Stewards ;
A Tyler.
G One
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One or two Lodges march, before the Proceffion begins,
to the Church-yard, to prevent Confufion, and make the
neceffary Preparations. The Brethren are on no Account
to defert their Ranks, or change their Places, but keep in
their different Departments. When the Proceffion arrives
at the Gate of the Church-yard, the Lodge to which the
deceafed Brother belonged, and all the reft of the Brethren,
muft halt, till the Members of the different Lodges have
formed a perfect Circle round the Grave, when an opening
is made to receive them. They then march up to the-Grave;
and the Clergyman, and the Officers of the adting Lodge,
taking their Station at the Head of the Grave, with the
Choirifters on each Side, and the Mourners at the Foot, the
Service is rehearfed, an Anthem fung, and that particular
Part of the Ceremony is concluded with the ufual Forms.
In returning from the Funeral, the fame Order of Procef
fion is to be obferved.
This is the Whole of Mafonry in all its Branches ; and '
I defy any Mafon to prove the contrary, being ready to
anfwer any Queftion propofed, which muft be carefully feal-
cd up, and directed for R. S. to be left with my Publilher,
mentioning the Name and Refidence of every Perfon defiring
any farther Information. And as to any anonymous Letters
or Threatnings on Account of this Publication, they will be
treated with Contempt, let them come from what Quarter
they will. I alfo declare, that I will always attend and vifit
at the Lodges mentioned in the Introduction, or any others,
as I have done for fome Years paft.
Odes, Anth^s, aid Son&s, fung in the btft Lodges.
O p E I.
HAI L to the Craft ! at whofe ferene Command,
The gentle Art? in .glad Obedience ftand :
Hail, facred Masonry! of Source divine,
Unerring Sov'reign of th' unerring Line :
Whofe Plumb of Truth, with never failing Sway,
Makes the join'd Parts of Symmetry obey :
Whofe magic Stroke bids fety Confufion ceafe,
And to the finifli'd Orders gives a Place :
Who rears vaft Sjtruclur.es from the Wornb of Earth,
And gives imperial Cities glorious Birth.
To Works of Art HR Merit not confin'd,
She regulates the Morals, fquares the Mind ;
Corrects with Care the Sullies of the Soul,
And points the Tide of Paflions where to roll :
r On
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On Virtue's Tablet marks her Moral rule,
And forms her Lodge an univerfal School,
Where Nature's myftic Laws unfolded Stand,
And Sertfe and Science join'd, go Hand in Han/.
O may her focial Rules inftru&ive fpread,
Till Truth ere<5t her long neglected Head!
Till thro' deceitful Night she dart her Ray,
And beam full glorious in the Blaze of Day !
Till Men by virtuous Maxims learn to move^
Till all the peopled World her Laws approve,
And Adam's Race are bound in Brothers' Love. }
ODE II.
.1X7AKE the Lute and quiv'ring Strings,
* * Myftic Truths Urania brings ;
Friendly Vifitant, to thee,
We owe the Depths of Masonry :
Faireft of the Virgin Choir,
Warbling to the Golden Lyre,
Welcome, here thy Art prevail :
Hail ! divine Urania, hail !
Here, in Friendfliip's facred Bower,
The downy wing'd, and fmiling Hour,
Mirth invites, and focial Song,
Namelefs Myfteries among:
Crown the Bowl and fill the Glafs,
To every Virtue, every Grace,
To the Brotherhood refound
Health, and let it thrice go round.
We reftore the Times of old,
The blooming glorious Age of Gold ;
As the new Creation free,
Bleft with gay Euphrofyne ;
We with god-like Science talk,
And with fair Aftraea walk ;
Innocence adorns the Day,
Brighter than the Smiles of May.
Pour the rofy Wine again,
Wake a louder, louder Strain j
Rapid Zephyrs, as ye fly,
Waft our Voices to the Sky ;
While we celebrate the Nine,
And the Wonders of the Trine,
While the Angels fing above,
As we below, of Peace and Love,
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ANTHEM I.
GRANT us, kind Heav'n, what werequcft,
Irf Mafonry let us be bleft ; .'
Direct us to that happy Place
Where Friendfhip i'miles in every Face :
Where Freedom and fweet Innocence
Enlarge the Mind and cheer the Senfe.
Where fcepter'd Reafon, from her Throne,
Surveys the Lodge, and makes us one ;
And Harmony's delightful Sway
For ever lheds ambrofial Day :
Where we bleft Eden's Pleafure tafte,
Whilft balmy Joys are our Repaft.
No prying Eye can view us here ;
No Fool or Knave difturb our Cheer :
Our well-form'd Laws fet Mankind free,
And give Relief to Mifcry :
The Poor, opprefs'd with Woe and Grief,
Gain from our bounteous Hands Relief.
Our Lodge the focial Virtues grace,
And WifdonTs Rules we fondly trace;.
Whole Nature, open to our View,
Points out the Paths we fhould purfue.
Let us fubfift in lafting Peace,
And may our Happinefs increafe.

ANTHEM II.
T> Y Mafons' Art th' afpiring Dome
f- On ftately Columns fhall arife,
All Climates are their native Home,
Their god-like' Actions reach the Skies.
Heroes and Kings revere their Name,
While Poets fing their lafting Fame.
Great, noble, gen'rous, good, and brave ;
All Virtues they moft juftly claim ;
Their Deeds fhall live beyond the Grave,
And thofe unborn their Praife proclaim.
Time fhall their glorious Ads enroll,
While Love and Friendfhip charm the Soul.

BONG
 SONG I.
[Taw, Attic Fire.]
ARISE, and blow thy Trumpet, Fame !
Free-Mafonry aloud proclaim,
To Realms and Worlds unknown:
Tell them of mighty David's Son,
The wife, the matchlefs Solomon,
Priz'd far above his Throne.
The folemn Temple's cloud-capt Towers,
Th' afpiring Domes are Works of ours,
By us thofe Piles were rais'd :
Then bid Mankind with Songs advance,
And through th' ethereal vaft Expanfe,
Let Mafonry be prais'd.
We help the Poor in Time of Need,
The Naked cloath, the Hungry feed,
'Tis our Foundation Stone :
We build upon the nobleft Plan ;~]
For Friendfhip rivets Man to Man, >CbcrusthreeTima.
And makes us all as one. J
Still louder, Fame, thy Trumpet blow ;
Let all the diftant Regions know
Free-Mafonry is this :
Almighty Wifdom gave it Birth,
And Heav'n has fix'd it here on Earth,
A Type of future Blifs.
SONG II.
[Tune, Rule Britannia.]
"1X7 HEN Earth's Foundation firft was laid,
vr By the Almighty Artift's Hand,
'Twas then our perfect, our perfect Laws were made,
Eftablifh'd by his ftrit Command.
Cbor. Hail, myfterious; hail, glorious Mafonry !
That makes us ever great and free.
As Man throughout for Shelter fought,
In vain from Place to Place did roam,
Until from Heaven, from Heaven he was taught
To plan, to build, to fix his Home.
Hail, myfterious, Sic.
flence illuftrious rofe our Art,
And now in beauteous Piles appear ;
"Which fkall to endlefs, to endlefs Time impart,
How worthy and how great we are.
Hail, myfterious, &c
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Nor we lefs fam'd for ev'ry Tye,
By which the human Thought is bound ;
Love, Truth, and Friendfliip, and Friendship focially,
Join all our Hearts and Hands around.
Hail, myfterious, &c.
Our Actions ftilr by Virtue bleft,
And to our Precepts ever true,
The World admiring, admiring fhall requeft
To learn, and our bright Paths purfue.
Hail, myftefious, &c.
SONG III.
[Tune, Goddefs of Eafe.J
(~* E N I US of Mafonry defcend,
**-* And with thee bring thy fpotjefs Train ;
Conftant our facred Rites attend,
While we adore thy peaceful Reign :
Bring with thee Virtue, brighteft Maid,
Bring Love, bring Truth, and Friendfliip here j
- While focial Mirth {hall lend her Aid,
To fmooth the wrinkled Brow of Care.
Come, Charity, with Goodnefs crown'd,
Encircled in thy heav'nly Robe,
Diffufe thy Bleflings all around,
To ev'ry Corner of the Globe :
See where fhe comes, with Power to blefs,
With open Hand and tender Heart,
Which wounded is at Man's Diftrefs,
And bleeds at ev'ry human Smart,
Envy may ev'ry 111 devife,
And Falfhood be thy deadlieft Foe,
Thou Friendfliip ftill fhalt tow'ring rife,
And fink thine Adverfaries low ;
Thy well-built Pile fhall long endure,
Through rolling Years preferye its Prime,
Upon a Rock it ftands fecure,
And braves the rude Aflaults of Time.
Ye happy Few, who here extend
In perfect Lines from Eaft to Weft,
With fervent Zeal the Lodge defend,
And lock its Secrets in each Brcaft :
Since ye are met upon the Square,
Bid Love and Friendfliip jointly reign,
Be Peace and Harmony your Care,
Nor break the adamantine Chain.
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Behold the Planets how they move,
Yet keep due Order as they run ;
Then imitate the Stars above,
And fhine refplendent as the Sun :
That future Mafons when they meet,
May all our glorious Deeds rehearfe,
And fay, their Fathers were (o great,
That they adorn'd the Univerfe.
SONG IV.
[Tune, In Infancy, &c]
LET Mafonry from Pole to Pole
Her facred Laws expand,
Far as the mighty Waters roll,
To wafli remoteft Land : -
That Virtue has not left Mankind,
Her focial Maxims prove,
Forflamp'd upon the Mafon's Mind,
Are Unity and Love.
Afcending to her native Sky,
Let Mafonry increafe ;
A glorious Pillar rais'd on high,
Integrity its Bafe.
Peace adds to Olive Boughs, entwin'd,
An emblematic Dove,
As ftamp'd upon the Mafons' Mind
Are Unity and Love.

SONG V.
LE T Drunkards boaft the Pow'r of Wine,
And reel from Side to Side ;
Let Lovers kneel at Beauty's Shrine,
The Sport of Female Pride :
Be ours the more exalted Part,
To celebrate the Mafon's Art,
And fpread its Praifes wide.
To Dens and Thickets, dark and rude,
For Shelter Beafts repair;
With Sticks and Straws the feather'd Brood,
Sufpend their Nefts in Air :
And Man untaught, as wild as thefe,
Binds up fid Huts with Boughs of Trees,
And feeds on wretched Fare.
But
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But Science dawning in his Mind,
The Quarry he explores ;
Indufiry and the Arts combin'd,
Improv'd all Nature's Stores :
Thus Walls were built, and Houfes rear'd,
No Storms nor Tempefts now are fear'd
Within his well-fram'd Doors.
When ftately Palaces arife,
When Columns grace the Hall,
When Tow'rs and Spires falute the Skies,
We owe to Mafons all :
Nor Buildings only do they give,
But teach Men how within to live,
And yield to Reafon's Call.
All Party Quarrels they deteft,
For Virtue and the Arts,
Lodg'd in each true Free Mafon's Breaft,
Unite and rule their Hearts :
By thefe, while Mafons fquare their Minds,
The State no better Subjedls finds,
None aft more upright Parts.
When Bucks and Albions are forgot,
Free-Mafons will remain ;
Mufhrooms, each Day, fpring up and rot,
While Oaks ftretch o'er the Plain :
Let others quarrel, rant, and roar ;
Their noify Revels when no more,
Still Mafonry fhall reign.
Our Leathern Aprons may compare
With Garters red or blue ;
Princes and Kings our Brothers are,
May they our Rules purfue :
Then drink Succefs and Health to all
The Craft around this Earthly Ball,
May Brethren ftill prove true.

4* Wj?<V $

AN:*
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A New and Correct LIST of all the English

REGULAR LODGES in Europe, Alia,
Africa, and America, according to thfcir Seniority
and Conftitution.
By Order of the Grand Master.
Brought down to the Year 17.75.
N. B. In the following LIST, M. flands for Monday, Tu.
for Tuefday, W. for Wednefday, Th. for Thurfday, F. for
Friday, and Sa. for Saturday.

1 T ODGE of Antiquity, at the 11 King's Arms, Wandfworth,

l_i Mitre, in Fleet-ftreet, for
merly the Goofe and Gridiron, in
St. Paul's Church-yard, ill and 3d
W. Conftituted Time immemo
rial.
1 Somerfet Houfe Lodge, Adel-
phi Tavern, 2d and 4th M. Time
immemorial.
3 Lodge of Friendlhip, Star and
Garter, New Bond-ftreet, 2d and 4th
W. Jan. 17, 1721.
4 Britilh Lodge, Sun, Curzon-
ftreet, May-fair, id and 4th Tu.
Jan. 19, 1721.
5 Tyrian Lodge, theTaIbot,Tot-
tenhara-Court-road, ill Th. Jan. 18,
1721.
6 Lodge of Fortitude, Roe Buck,
Oxford-ftreet, ift and 3d W. Feb.
*7, 17ai.
7 King's Arms, New Bond-ftreet,
ift and 3d F. Nov. 25, 1721.
8 Ionic Lodge, White Horfe, Da-
Tid-ftreet.Grolvenor-fquare, 3d Tu.
1722.
9 Dundee Arms Lodge, at their
own private Room, in Red Lion-
ftreet, Wapping, 1d and 4-tii Th.
1722.
10 Poll- Office, Chatham, ill and
3d M. March 1s, 1723.
ill Tu. March ;o, 1723.
12 Three Crowns, Eaft Smith-
field, ad and 4th F. April 1, 172).
1 3 Mourning Bulh Lodge, at the
Paul's Head, Cateaton ftreet, 2d and
4th M. 1723.
14 Anchor and Baptift Head
Lodge, at the Crown and Rolls,
Chancery-lane, id and laft Th.
Aug. i, 1723.
15 Golden Anchor, at the Ballaft
Key, in Eaft Greenwich, 2d and 4th
Tu. September 11, 1723.
16 Globe Lodge, at theCrown and
Rolls, Chancery-lane, lit Th. Sept.
18, 1723.
17 , Oft. 20, 1723.
1 8 UnifedTraders.Pewter Platter,
Crols-fticet, Hatton-garden, 2d anil
4th 1 li. Dec. 24, 1723.
19 Thatched Houfe, Norwich, St.
Andrew's, Norwich, ift Th. 1724.
zo Three Tuns, at Portfmouth,
1724.
21 CaftleLodge,Crown,Bow-lane,
2d and 4th M. Jan. 22, 1724.
22 Black Lion, at Stockton upon
Tees, in the County of Durham, 1 ft
aitd 3d F. Feb. 2, 1724.
23 TheGlobe, Fleet-ftreet, tft and
3dM. April, 1725.
a 24 Pon's
2 A LIST of Reg
4. Pon's Coffee Houfe, Caftle-ftr.
Leicefter-fields, lit and 3d Tu. May
25 St. Alban Lodge, Thatched
Houfe Tavern, St. James's-ftreet, ill
M. Jan. 31, t717.
26 The Crown; Little Cranbourn-
alley, ift and 3d Th. 1728.
ty >t-, 1728.
2$ St. John's Lodge, at Gibraltar,
jft Tu. March "9, 1729.
29 White Lion, Lynn Regis, Nor
folk, ift F. October 1, 1729.
30 Cattle, Quaker-ftreet, Spital-
fields, ift F. Jan. 26, 1730.
31 The Corner Stone Lodge, Lord
Arran's Arms, New Bond-ftreet, 2d
and 4th Tu. March. 25, 1730.
3a 11 , May 22, 1730.
33 Britannick Lodge, Thatched
Houfe, St. James's-ftreet, July 17,
*73- . .
34 Old Magpie,Bifliopfgate-ftreet,
d M. 1730.
35 ShipLodge,at theShip andCora-
pafs, Eaft Smithfield, 2d W. 1730.
36 Lodge of Oeconomy, Queen's
Amis Tavern, late Saturation and
Cat, Newgate-ftreet, ift and 3d M.
Jan. ii, 17-3J".
37 Kings Head, Borough High-
ftreet, 3d M. Feb. 2, 173 1.
38 Jer,uf3lem Lodge, at the New
Jerufalem Tavern, Clerkenwell, 2d
and 4th W. Dec. 17, 1731.
39 Feb- 7. >731-
40 . , March 3, 1732.
41 Ark Lodge, Three Kings, O-
range-ftreer, Bloomsbury, 2d and
4th W. May 25, 1732.
42 Sir John Falftaff, Old-ftreet-
road, ift Th. June 12, 1732.
43 King's Arms, Mary le Bon-
ftrect, Piccadilly, 2d and 4th Tu.
June 21, 1732.
44 , Sept. 8, 1732.
45 Royal Oak, at Derby, ift and
3d Tu. Sept. 14, 1732.
46 Anchor and Hope Lodge, Bol
ton le Moor, Lancalhire, Th. on or
before Full Moon, Nov. 9, 1732.
47 Sarum Lodge, at a private
Room, George-court, Salisbury, lit
and 3d W. Dec. 17, 1732.
uLar Lodges.
48 St. John's Lodge, at the Half
Moon, Fore-ftreet, Exeter, fecond
and laft F. 1732.
49 White Hart, Bath, ift and 3d
F. May 18, 1733!
$0 Lodge of Freedom, Mitre,
Fleet,-ftrpet, near Temple Bar, 1ft
and 3d M. May 23, 1733.
51 Old Hare and Hounds, Bury,
Lancalhire, next Th. to every Full
Mooni July 26, 1733. v
52 The Sun, St. Paul's Church-
yard, 2d and 4th W. Dec. 27, 1733.
_5 3 King's Head, New-It ret t, Bir
mingham, ift and 3d F. 1733.
54 Royal Exchange, Bofton, in
New England, 2d and 4th Sa. 1733.
. 55 Valenciennes, French Flanders,
1733- -. ,.
56 Oxford Inn, atPlymouth-dock,
ift ana 3d W. Jan. 26, 1734.
57 Strong Man, Eaft Smithfield,
late the Ship, at Hermitage; ift and
3d Th.Feb. 17, 1734.
58 The Swan, Wolvcrhamptdni
ift and 3d Th. March 8, 1735-
59 Coach and Horfes, High Hol-
born, ift W.June 11, 1735.
60 Stewards Lodge, Horn, Fleet-
ftr. Public Nights, 3d W. in Marcl
and December.
61 Mafons Arms, in Swalwall,
near Newcaftle-upon-Tyne, 1 ft M.
June 24, 1735.
62 Solomon's Lodge, Charles
Town, SouthCarolina, ift and 3dTh".
1735- r
63 Savannah, in the Province of
Georgia, 1735.
64 The Angel, Colchefter, 2d and
4th M. 1735.
65 Gothic Lodge, Swan, Shore-
ditch, 2d and 4th W. June 11, 173*.
6 6 King's Head, Norwich, laftTh.
1736. , .
67 , June 25, 173^.
68 ,Aug. 16, 1736.
69 , Sept. 20, 1736.
70 Conftitutional Lodge, May
Bulh, Shoreditcb, 2d and 4th F.
Dec. 2, 1736.
71 The Star, Coleman-ftreef, ift
and 3d M. Dec. u, 1736.
72 Pat*
 A LIST of Re gular Lodges.
_ jt Parham Lodge, Parham, An
tigua, Jan. 31, 1737.
73 Three Tuns, Spitalfields, 2d
and 4th Th. April 18, 1737. .
74 Braund's Head, New Bond-
ftreet, ift arid 3dTu. Aug. 24, 1737.
75 Sliakefpeare Tavern, Little
RuffeI-ftreet,Covent-garden, iftTu.
Sept. 21, 1737.
76 Blue Anchor, George- ftr.Fof-
ter-Iane, 1 ft and 3d W. Deo 8, 1 7 37.
77 Lodge of Relief with Truth,
Coach and Horfes, ini light lolbourn,
ad and 4th M. Jan. 27, 1738.
78 Coach and Horfes, Northgate-
ftreet, Chefter, 2d Tu. Feb. 1, 1738.
79 Bakers Lodge, St. John's, An
tigua, March 14, 1738.
80 The Crown, Princes-ftreet,
Lothbury, ad Tu. May 3, 1738.
81 Old.Cock, Halifax, Yorkfliire,
ad and 4th W. July ii, 1738.
82 The Great Lodge at St. John's,
Antigua, 1d arid 4th-W.N0v.22,! 738.
' 83 Th'e Fox, near the Square,
Manchefter, ift and 3d M. 1738.
84 Denmark Lodge, Crown and
Magpie, Whitechapel, 3d W. Jan.
10, 1739.
85 Mother Lodge, at Kingfton,
Jamaica,No.I. ift and 3d Sa. April 14,
1739.
86 Mother Lodge, Scotch Arms,
St. Chriftopher's, held at BalTeterre,
ift Th. June 21, 1739.
87 Crown S1 Ball, Playhoufe-yard,
Black-friars, ift Tu.' Aug. 24, 1739.
' -88 Eaft India Arms, John-ftreet,
Black's-fields, Horfelydown, ift and
3d W. oa. 8, 1739.
89 Albemarle Arms, South Aud-
Iey-ftreet,2d&4thW.Oft.25, 1739.
90 Philanthropic Lodge, Queen's
Head, Gray's-inn-gate, Holbourn,
3d M. Dec. 7, 1739.
91 Lodge of Prudence, Griffin,
Half Moon-ftreet, Piccadilly, 4th
Tu. June 26, 1740.
92 .July 10, 1740.
' 93 The Firft Lodge of Bengal, at
Calcutta, 1740.
1 94 St. Michael's Lodge, in Bar-
badoes, 1740. - in Norfolk, June 6, 1751.
95 -, April 14, 1741.
96 TwoChairmen,LittleWarwick-
ftreet, Cliaring-crofs, 2d and 4th Th.
Winter, 1d Summer, April 13,1 742.
97 Old Road, St. Chriftopher's,
June 17, 1742.
98 The Union, Frankfort, in Ger
many, 2d and 4th Th. June 17,1742.
99 i 1742.
100 The Angel, Dolgelly, in Me-
rionethftiire, North Wales, ift Tu.
Sept. 17, 1743.
101 Prince George Lodge, in
George-Town, Winyaw, South Ca
rolina, once a Month, 1 743.
102 , April 29, 1746.
103 The Angel, Norwich, 2d and)
4th Tu. May 9, 1747.
104 Anew Lodge, St. Eiiftatius,
Dutch Ifland, Weft Indies, June 6,
I7+7- <
105 Maid's Head, Norwich, 3d
Tu. Jan, 5, 1748.
106 Prince George, at Plymouth,
1ft and 3d M. May 1, 1748.
107 Bear and .Ragged Staff, St.
John of Madder-market, Norwich,
ad and 4th W. Jan. 9, 1749.
108 Second Lodge, in Bofton,
New England, at the Uritifh Coffee.-
houfe, in King-flxeet, 3d W. Feb.
i;, 1749.
109 No. I. at Halifax, in Nova
Scotia, 1749.
no Black Bull Inn, Trumping-
ton-ftrect, Cambridge, 2d M.March
31, 1749.
in Marblehead Lodge, at Maf-
fachufetts Bay, New England, May
i5. 1 750.
112 St. Chriftopher's, at Sandy
Point, July 20, 1750.
113 Newhaven Lodge, in Con
necticut, New England, Nov. 1750.
1 14 Swan with Two Necks, St.
Martin at Oak, Norwich, ad and
4th W. Feb. 12, 1751.
115 , Feb. 26, 1751.
116 Lodge of Love and Honour,
King's Arms, Falmouth, fecond and
laft Th. May 20, 1751.
1 1 7 The Angel, Great Yarmouth,
a * 118 King's
4 J LIST of Regular Lodges
iiS King's Head, Weft -ftreet, 139 Druids Lodge of Love and
Gravefend, ill and 3d Th. June 8, Liberality, at a private Room Re
druth, Cornwall, ift and 3d Th.
119 Sea Captains Lodge, Nag's Feb. 14, 1754.
Head, Leadenhall ftreet, lit and 3d 140 Role and Crown, Crown-
Tu. Aug. 29, 175i. ftreet, Weftminfter, 1d Tu. March
120 :, April 14, 175* i 1754-
121 St. John's Lodge, at Bridge- 141 Royal Oak, St. Martin's at
Town, in the Illand of Barbadoes, Oak, Norwich, ift and 3d M. March
4th M, April 23, 1752. 4. 1754-
122 The George, the Corner of 142 The Parrott, at Leeds, ift
Maggot's court, Piccadilly, 3d Tu. M. March 28, 1754.
Aug. 21,1752. 143 BlackBearinn.atCambridge,
123 At Chardenagore, Chief 4th M. March 29, 1754.
French Settlement in Bengal, Eaft 144 Angel and Porter, Golden-
India. lane, near Barbican, ift M. Apiil 5,
1 24 At Madrafs, in Eaft India. 754-
125 St. Peter's Lodge, in the 145 Crown Tavern, Leadenhall-
Illand of Barbadoes, ill and 3d Sa. ftreet, April 13, 1754.
Dec. 15, 1752. 146 St. Michael's Lodge, in the
126 OldCumberland Lodge, Lion City of Schwerin, in the Dutcby of
and Goat, Grofvenor-ftreet, 1d and Mecklenburgh, May 15, 1754.
4th M. Feb. 24, 1753. _ 147 Three Com paries and Bowl,
127 Crown and Horfe-flioe, Cor Silver-ftreet, Golden-lquare, 2d and
ner of Bartlet's- buildings, Holborn, 4th Th. June 4, 1754.
id W. March 5, 1753. 148 , Aug. 1754.
128 Standard, Piccadilly, ill and >49 , Sept. 1754.
3d M. 150 No. II. at St. Eullatius, Dutch
129 Lily Tavern, in Guernfey, Maud, Well Indies, 1754.
May 10, 1753. 151 ,061.29,1754.
130 Sea Captains Lodge, Three 152 Chequers, Charing-Crofs, 2d
Tuns, Corn-ftreet, Brillol, 2d and Tu. Nov. x, 1754.
4th Tu. Aug. 22, 1753. 153 Cumberland Lodge, Duke o f
1 3 1 Buffalo Tavern, Bloomfbury, York, Bemiet-ftreet, Kathbone-
2d and 4th Tu. in Winter, and '4th Place, id M. Dec. 14, 1754.
Th. in Summer, Oft. 23, 1753. 154 Crbmpton's Coffee - houfe,
132 Temple Lodge, Red Lion, Maiichefter, ill and 3d Tu. Feb. 4,
Carmarthen, South Wales, ift and 17S5-
3dM. Oft. 24, 1753. 155 Lodge in Capt. Bell's Troop
133 King's Head, Prjnce's-ftreet, in the Right Hon. Lord Ancram's
Cavendilh-lquare, 2d arid 4th W. Regiment of Dragoons.Feb. 7,1 755.
Nov. 5, 1753- 1 $6 No. VIII. The King's own
134 Church Style, St. Peter's Regiment of Foot, ift and jd Tu.
Mancroft, Norwich, ift and 3d W. Feb. 15, 1755.
Nov. 10, 1753. 157 Gloucefter Lodge, White
135 Evangelifts Lodge, at An Swan, Edinond's-court, Soho, ill
tigua, Nov. 10,1753. and 3d Tu. March 2, 1755.
1 36 Royal Oak, at Prefcot, Lan 158 Lodge at Willmington, on
cafhire, W. next before Full Moon, Cape Fear Kiver, in the Province of
Dec. 20, 1753. North Carolina, March, 1755.
137 Royal Exchange, in the Bo 159 JackNewbery.Chifwell -ftreet,
rough of Norfolk, in Virginia, ill ift and 3d W. April 5, 1755.
Th. Dec. 22, 1753. 160 George's Coffee'-houfe, Li
,38 . verpool, April 15, 1755.
itfi Union
 A LIST of Regular Lodges.
161 Union Lodge, in Charrles-
Town, South Carolina, 2d and 4th
Th. May 3, 1755.
16a Lodge of Regularity, Horfe-
Slioe, Jermyn-ftreet, ift and 3d Th.
May 5,1755-
163 Lodge of St. John the Bap-
tift, at Penzance, in Cornwall, 2d
and 4-th W. June 14, 1755.
1 64 Royal Oak, Great Earl-ftreet,
Seven Dials, ift and 3d M. June 17,
>755-
165 Duke St. Auguftine's, Nor
wich, ift and 3d M. June 17, 1755.
166 Three Black Birds, Foregate.
ftreet, Chefter, every other M. June
*4i 1755-
167 The Swan, m York Town,
Virginia, ill and 3d W. Aug. 1,
i75S-
168 The Twins, at Norwich, ift
and 3d F. Sept. 16, 1755-_
169 Golden Lion, High -ftreet,
Sunderland, Durham, ift F. Oft. 7,
1755-
170 Grand Lodge, Frederick, at
Hanover, Nov. 25, 1755.
171 The Plume of Feathers, Chef
ter, Dec. 2, 1755.
172 The Swan, Rider's - court,
Cranburn-alley, Leicefter-fields, ift
and 3d M. Jan. 20, 1756.
173 A Mailer's Lodge, atCharles-
Town, South Carolina, id and 4th
Th. March 22, 1756.
174 Port Royal Lodge, Carolina,
every other W. Sept. 15, 1756.
175 Sta. Croix, a Danilh Ifland
in the Weft Indies, 1756.
176 Burlington Lodge, White-
Horfe, corner of New Burlington-
Hreet, ift and 3d Th. Dec. 2, 1756.
177 Sea Captains Lodge, King's-
Head, High ftreet, Sunderland, ill
nd 3d Tu. Jan. 14, 1757.
178 Providence Lodge, in Rhode
Ifland, Jan. 18, 1757.
179 Shakefpeare, Covent- garden,
d and 4th W. Feb. 14, 1757.
180 , Feb. 17, 1757.
181 The Star, at Lynn Regis, in
Norfolk, 4th W. Feb. 21, 1757.
182 The Dove, in the Parilh of
St. Lawrence, Norwich, 2d W.
March 23, 1757.
5
183 Two Blue Polls, Arlington-
ftreet, Piccadilly, 4th Tu. May 4,
*757-
184 St. John's Lodge, private
Room, Weftgate-ftreet, Newcaftlc
upon Tyne, ift M. Oft. 13, 1757.
185 The Sun, at Shad well, iftand
3d M. Oft. 31, 1757.
186 Lodge of Reftitude, Coach-
makers Arms, Long-acre, 2d and
4th Th. Dec. 20, 1757.
187 No. II. St. John's Lodge,
Ann-ftreet, New York, 2d and 4th,
W. Dec. 27, 1757.
188 Three Tuns, Ayllham, Nor
wich, every other S. Feb. 18,
1758.
189 Pope's Head, South Side-
ftreet, Plymouth, 2d and 4th M. and
ift Tu. a Mailer's Lodge, March 1,
1758.
190 The Beaufort Lodge, atBrif-
tol, 2d and 4th F. March 8, 1758.
191 St. James's Lodge, at Barba-
does, March 20, 1758.
192 Lodge at Bombay, in the
Eaft Indies, March 24, 1758.
193 Corinthian Lodge, Golden
Lion, Church-ftreet, Soho, 3d W.
Auguft 6, 1758.
194 SeaCaptains Lodge, the Swan,
at Yarmouth, Norfolk, 2d Tu. Jan.
1, >759-
195 Marine Lodge, King's Head,
Fore-ftreet, Plymouth-dock, ill and
3d Tu. January 2, 1759.
196 The Sun, at Newton Abbot,
Devonfliire, 2d Tu. March 17,1759.
197 TheAngel.WeftTownofCre-
diton, Devonfhire, 1ll M. April 21,
1759-
198 , June 6, 1759.
199 , July 2, 1759.
200 Union Lodge, Union Coffee
Houfe, Piccadilly, 3d F. Aug. 24,
1759-
201 , Jan. 14, 1760.
202 London Lodge, London Cof-
fee-houfe,Ludgate-hill,Jan. 16,17 60.
203 The Mariners Lodge, St. An
drew, near the Hermitage, ill & 3d F.
204 Lodge of Utility, Filh and
Bell, Charles-llreet, Soho, 4th F.
Nov. 27, 1760.
205 Golden
f, A L I S T of R i, CU1AR
205 golden Lion, near theBridge,
at Leeds, in Yorklhire, 2d W. and
4th a Mailer's Lodge, Jan. 8, 1761.
106 St. David's Lodge, Kings
Head and Mafons Arms, Holywell,
North Wales, ad and 4th W. Jan.
i3, 761-
207 The ad Lodge of Bengal, at
Calcutta, lft Th. Feb. 7, 1761.
2o^ CaledonianLodge,Nag'sHead,
Leadehhall-ltr. 2d and 4th W. Mar.
9, 1761.
209 Square and CojnpafsWhite-
havenjCumberIand,idM.May41;76i
.no.Reltoration .Lodge, private
Room, Dai Ijngton, in Durham, laft
i;a. June 19, 1761.
.m Union Lodge, at, Crow-lane,
.11 Bermuda, iff W. Sept. 17, 1761.
>* ... T,Ja-?i?, J7i2-
213 St. George's Lodge, Hear Inn,
Exeter, o,d and 4th Th. J a 11.20,1762.
214, Green Man, at lul'wicji, in
Suffolk, Jan. 11,1762.
215' RojKTFijSdeijick, at, Rotter-
Jam,, Jan. .15,1761.
216 Hole in,' the Wfill, St Colne,
Lancalhire, ift Th^ Feb. 4, 1762.
'217 The (jeurge,- pigbeth-ftre.et,
Birmingham, ift and 3d Tu. Feb.
23,1762.
218 A private Room, at Eiddc-
ford, Devonfhire, March 18, 1762.
219 , May 21, 1762.
220 Merchants Lodge, at Quebec.
221 St. Andrew's Lodge, at
Quebec.
222 St.Patrick's Lodge, atQuebec.
213 A Lodge at Morifr.eal.
224 On board his Majefty's. Ship
Canceaux', at Quebec'.'
225 Seleft Lodge, at Quebec.
226 In the $zd Regiment of Foot,
at Quebec.
227 , May 2S, 1762.
228 The Fleece, Barnftaple, De-
vonlhire, ift and 3d M. May 28,
1762.
219 Eaft India Arms, at Deal,
lit' 'am) 3d M. June 8, 1762.
230 Loclge of Friendfhip, Lynn
Regis, Norfolk, 3d F. June 9, 1762.
131 Lodge of Inhabitants, at
Gibraltar, July 12, 17S2.
*;1 , Sept. 22, 1762.
LoD C E S.
233 Pall ad i a n Lod ge, G reen Dra .
gon, Hereford, ift Th. Oft. 12, 1762.
234 , Nov. 2, 1762.
235 The Door to Virtue, at Hel-
delham, in Germany, Dee. 27, 1762.
236 The Feathers, in theMarket-
place, Nottingham, 3d Tu. Jan. ;i,
,1763.
237 St. Mark's Lodge, South Ca
rolina, Feb. 8, 1763.
238 Univerfity Lodge, the Sun
Inn, Cambridge, 2d Th. March 1,
>7*3-
239 Black Bull, at Hexham, in
Northumberland, ift and 3d W.
March 8, 1.763.
240 Lodge of Regularity, at St.
John's Hall, Black River, Mufquito
Shore, iff and 3d Tu. March 8,
V763.
241 ,,May 1763.
242 Blue Bell, at Richmond, ia
Yorkshire, ift M. May 4, 1763.
143 King's Head, Dover, ift and
3d Th. Aug. 2, 1763.
244 , Aug. 6, 1763.
145 The Caftle, Duncow-lane,
Durham, ift Tu. Sept. 8, 1763.
246 Lodge of Amity, at the Haul
Over, up the, River Belife, in the
B.iy of Honduras, ift and 3d Tu.
Sept. 21, 1763.
247 White Eull, at Burnley, in
Lancalhire, every. Sa. nearelt th*
Full Moon, Oft. 9, 1763.
24.8. Union Lodge, at the Siev,
Little' Minories, 3d Th. Nov. 7,
i7&3- ;
249 Royal Mecklenburg, at th
Red- Lion, Hyde-park-cerner, ilt
Tu. Nov. 28, 1763.
250 Saracen '1 Head, Chelmsford,
Effex, 2d and 4th M. Jan. 18, 1764.
251 Royal Lodge, Thatched-
hbufe, St. JamesVltreet, late .the
.New Lodge at the Horn, Weftmin-
fter, ill F. April 4, 1764. - "
252 Royal Edwin Lodge, at Lyme
Regis, Dorferlhire, ill and^d M.
April 6j 1764.
253 La Sagefle St. Andrew, at
the Granadoes, May 1,1 764.
254 -. , May 3, 1764.
255 St. George's Lodge, Taun
ton, Somerfetfture, July 13, 1764.
256 Roic
 A LIST of Reg ular Lodges. j
156 Rofe and Crown, at Kendal, *8o Queen's Head, Chdfeay ilt
Weftmorland, ift W. July 31, 1764- M. Summer, 2d and" 4th in Winter,
257 The Globe, Harwich, 2d arid June 29, 176J.
4th Tu. Aug. 9, 1764. 28 i Red Lion, Rye, in Suflex, ift
- 258 Nag's Head, at I.ymington, and 3d Tu. July 10, 1765.
Hampfhire, ill and 3d F. Aug. 16, 281 Blue Boar, at Norwich, 2d
1764. and 4th M.
259 The Ship, at Feverlham, every 283 Red Lion,- at Fakenham, in
Other W. Aug. 28, 1764. Norfolk.
*6o Salutation, Topfham, Devori- 284 The Ship, St. Ive's, Cornwall,
flure, 2d and 4th W. Aug. 30, 1764. ift and 3d Tn. July 16/ r76;.
261 Horfe Shoe and Magpye, in 285 Duke's Head, Corner of Ro-
Worcefter-ttreet, Park, Southwark, binfon's-lane, Chelfea, 3d M. July
id Tu. Oft. 23, 1764. "7. 176s.
.262 Philarmonic Lodge, at the 286 Lodge at Joppa, in Baltimore
lied Lion, Me of Ely, Cambridge- County, in Maryland, Aug: 8,- 176 j.
Jhire, ift W. Oft. 2j, 1764. 287 Greyhound and bhakelpeare
. 263 Caledonian Lodge, the Half Inn and Tavern, Bath, 2d and 4th
Moon, Cheapfide, ift M. Nov. 15, Tu. Sept. ao, 1765.
1764- ,.; 288 A Lodge, No. I. conftituted
264 Swan Inn, Bridgewater, So in the Town of St. Hilary, in the
merfetfhire, ift arid 3d Mi Dec. 4, Iflandof Jerfey.
1764. 289 Woolpack, Warrington, in
265 , Dec. ii, 1764. Lancafhire, laft M. Nov. 8, 1765.
266 . 290 Lodge, No. I. at Madrafs.
267 The Crown, Swaffham, in 291 Lodge, No. II. at Madrafs.
Norfolk, ift M. Dec. 17, 1764. 292 Lodge, No. III.. at Madrafs.
268 The Angel, Minories, ift 293 Lodge, No. I. at Bencoolen;
and.3d.Tu. Jan. 8, 1.765. 29+ -t Dec. 7j 1765.
269 Blue Lion and Ball.Red-liori- 295 Tortola and Beef liland, ift
paffage, Red-lion-fquare, 3d F. Jan. and 3d W. Dec. 2ij 1765.
22, 1765. , 296 George and Crown, Wake
270 French Lodge, Horn, Doctors field, in Yorkfhire, Feb. 1$, 1766.
Commons, 2d and 4th M. Jan. 29, 297 King's Arms Punch Houfe,
176s- .. Shad Thames, ift M.Feb. 22, 1766.
271 The Three Butchers, War 298 Englifti Lodge at Bourdeaux,
wick-lane, ift and 3d Tu. Jan. 29, have met fince the Vear 1732, Mir.
i765- 8, 1766.
272 , Jan. xo, 176$. 299 The Dolphin, at Shoreharri,
273 Operative Malons, George, ift arid 3d Th. April 18, 1766.
Wardour-ftreet, Soho, ift and 3d 300 Operative Mafons, London-
Tn. March ij, 1765. Stone Tavern.Cannon-fti'eetj ift W.
274 Black HOrfe, in Shug-lane, May 17, 1766.
4th M. March 22, 1765. $01 Lodge of Friendfhip; Grown
275 Old Antelope Inn, Poor, in and Sceptre, Greenwich, May 26,
Dorfedhire, ift and 3d W. April 1, 1766.
i7&5- . 302 ', May 29, 1766.
... 276 Corinthian Lodge, White 303 , June 16, 1766.
Hart, in the Strand, 2d M. April 304 AfTyrian Lodge, the Swan,
Oxford-ftreet, 3d W. June 23^ 176*.
177 Crown and Rofe, Sheffield, 305 The Fleece, Well -court,
in Yorkfhire, 2d F. April 19, 176 y. Queen-ftrtet, Cheapfide, iecond wml
278 At Alorft, in Flanders, June laft F. July 26, 1766.
5, 176S; 306 Blue Bell, Fifher-ftreet* Car-
279 Black Bull, Coventry, rft and lifle, in Cumberland, ift and 3d F,
3d M. June 20, 1765. Aug. 1, 1766,
V>7 Union
8 jtfLIST /Regulai Lodges
307 Union Lodge, Globe, St. Pe 330 Royal York ofthe Friendftup,
ter'* Church-yard, Exeter, Aug. 6, at Berlin, Middle Mark of Branden-
1766.
308 , Sept. io, 1766
309 Blue Boar, near Red-lion-
ftreet, Holborn, 4th W. Sept. iG,
1766.
310 La Loge de Sagefle, a Havre,
"Normandie, en France, Oft. 8, 1766.
311 Ship Mailers Lodge, Valiant
Soldier, without Southgate, Exeter,
Oft. 31, 1766.
31X The Star, Watergate-ftreet,
Chefter, 3d Th. Nov. 28, 1766.
313 St. Nicholas Lodge, Private
Room, Newcaftle upon Tyne, Nov.
29, 1766.
314 Sion Lodge, Private Room,
North Shields, Northumberland,
Nov. 19, 1766.
315 Crown & Thiftle, near Tower
Hill, ad and 4th M. Dec. 4, 1766.
3 1 6 Lodge of Peace, GunTavern,
Billingfgate, 1dTh. Dec. 19, 1766.
317 Black Friars Bridge Lodge,
Mitre, Broad-wall, Chiift Church,
Southwark, 1d and 4th Th. Feb. 9,
1767.
318 Lodge of Zeal, Magdalen
Coffee-houle, St. George's Fields, 3d
Th. Feb. 16, 1767.
319 Fletcher's Tavern, Manches
ter, 1767.
320 Union Lodge, Bath Barge,
Queen-ftreet, Briftol, Feb. 17, 1767.
321 The Hart, Folkilone, Kent,
aft and 3d Th. March 16, 1767.
322 At Grenoble, in France,
March 18, 1767.
323 At Fort St. George, E. Indies
324 Lodge of Emulation, London
Tavern, Bilhopfgate-ftreet, ift and
3d W. April 11, 1767.
325 Lodge of Truth, the Cock,
Margaret-ftreet, Cavendilh-fquare,
3d Tu. 1767.
346 Mercers Arms,Mercer-ftreet,
Long-acre, illTh. May ai, 1767.
327 Three Lions, Marborough,
in Heflia.
328 Crown and Culhion, Parker-
ftreet, Lincoln's-inn-fields, 3d Th.
June 17, 1767.
329 Lodge of Unity, the Black
Raven, Tooley-ftreet, Southwark,
ad W. June 18, 1767.
burgh, June a6, 1767.
331 Lodge of Integrity, Paviours
Arms, Swalfow-ftreet, Junea6, 1767.
33a Britifh Society Lodge, Royal
Oak, Great Earl-ftreet, Seven Dials.
333 , June 30, 1767.
334 Red Lion, Butcherhall-lane,
Newgate-llreet, ift M. July 4, 1767.
335 Britilh Union, Rotterdam,
Aug. 1, 1767.
336 King's Head, Hampftead, ift
Th. Aug. 5, 1767.
337 Three Pillars, Rotterdam, 2d
Tu. Aug. ai, 1767.
338 Roy alWhiteHartLodge, Hali
fax, North Carolina, Aug. s1, 1767.
339 Muficians Lodge, Crown and
Anchor, Turn-again-lane, Snow-
hill, 3dF. Sept. 11, 1767.
340 The Caftle, Dartmouth, De-
vonfhire, ad and 4th M. Sept. 15,
1767.
341 Suuex Coffee-houfe, in Weft
Smithfield, 2d W.Oft. 18, 1767.
342 Lodge of Amity, Private
Room, Canton, in China.
343 All Souls Lodge, Tiverton,
in Devonlhire, O&. 24, 1767.
344 The Ship, Ltadenhall-ftreet,
3d W. Nov. 27, 1767.
345 Cornubian Lodge, Launcef-
ton, Cornwall, Dec. 15, 1767.
346 Lodge of Liberty, River Lee
Tavern, Limehoufe-bridge, ad and
4th W.Dec. 15,1767.
347 Lodge of St. Amphibalus,
London Colney, Dec. si, 1767.
348 , Jan. 8, 1768.
349 The Swan, New-ftreet, Co-
vent-garden, ad and 4th M. 1768.'
3 ;o Eagle and Child, at Holyhead,
Anglefey, North Wales, every 3d
F. Jan. 25, 1768.
351 ., Jan. 27, 1768.
35a Builders Lodge, White-lion,
Shad well market, ad and 4th Th.
Feb. 8, 1768.
353 , March 5, 1768.
354 The 3d Lodge of Bengal at
Patna, March 11, 1768.
355 Le Vi&orie, City of Rotter
dam, Holland, March 17, 1768.
356 1 1 , March 24,1768.
357 Crown
 A LIST of Regular Lodges.
557 Crown and Anchor, New- 381 Nag's Head, Mitcham, Surry,
ftreet hill, Shoe-lane, 2d M. April W. nearell full Moon, Juhe at,
1768. 1769.
35? Lodge of Sincerity, Golden 3Sx Lodge of Hofpitality, Old
Anchor, in Artichoke-lane, near Crow, College Green, Briltol, ad
Virginia-ftreet, ift and 3d W. April and4th M.Aug. 12, 1769
i3, 1768. 383 Bacchus, Halifax, Yorklhire,
359JerufalemLodge,King'sArm, ift and 3d M. Aug. 18, 1769.
High Holborn, 4th W. May 1a, 384, Two Giants, corner of
i768. Church-ftreet, St. John's, South*
360 Bell and Anchor, Hammcr- wark, ad M.
fmith, ill Tu. May 21, 1768. 3S5 , No. 1, Sweden.
361 Hit Majcrty's 24th Regiment 386 , No. 2, Sweden.
of Foot, General Cornwallis, at 3X7 , No. 3, Sweden.
Gibraltar, June 11, 1768. 3 58 Gdldcn Lion, at Nefton,
36a Conttant Union, the City of Chcfliire.
Gaud, Flanders, July, 1768. 389 Lodge of Harmony, the;
363 The 4-th Lodge of Bengal, Horn, Doctors Commons, ill and
at Burdwan, Julv, 1768. 3d lu. Ocr. 27, 17S9.
364 The Caftle, Marlborough, 590 Lodge of Sincerity, Mitre
ad Tu. Julv, 1768. Inn, Plymouth,.Nov. as, 17^9-
365 St. Mary's Irtand, Scillyj July 391 Lodge of Alfred, in the
13. 176*- Univerfity of Oxford, Dec. 2, 1769*
366 -, Sept. 13, 1768. 392 , Dec. 16, 1769.
367 Crown, EiTex-ltreet, Oil. 30, 3'93 Sun in the Coldhoufe, at
1768. Manchefter, laft Monday.
368 Lodge of Perfect Union, irt 394 Lodge of Perfect Harmony,
his Sicilian Mijefty's Regiment of it Mons, Aultriari Netherlands,
Foot, Naples. Jan. ao, 1770.
369 L'Efperance, the King's" 395 , March i, 1770' j
Head, Gerrard-llreet, Soho. 396 Cortftkution Lodge, Oxford-,
370 Caftle arid Falcon Tavern, March 17, 1770.
Alderfgate- ftreet, 2d and laft W. .397 Lodge of Friemlfliip, Lord
Nov. i, 1768. Camden, ChUrch-row, Limehouie,
371 Sun Lodge, the City of May aa. 1770.
Fluftiing, in the Province of Zea 398 Crown Inn, at Devizes.Wilts,
land, Feb. 3, 1769. Lodge of True Friendfhip, ill and
372 Three Tuns, Stourbridgei 3d M. May a3, 1770.
WorCefterlhire, Feb. 6, 17^9. 399 Lodge of Prol'perity, Wind
373 White Lion, and Frying mill, Leatber-laBe, 4th, M. May
Pan, South\tark, March 1, 1769. *4, 177 . :
. 374 Exeter Inn, at Teignmduth, 400 St. Charles de la Concorde,
Devonfhire, ift and 3d M. March in the City of Brunfwick.
*+, 17*9- 401 Lodge of Fortitude and Per
375 , April 4, 176^. severance, Spread Eagle Lin,. Ep-
376 Lodge of Unity, Ship Ta fom, Th. nearelt full Moon, July
vern, Ratcliff-crofs, ad and 4th M. a8, 1770.
April 11, 1769. 40a , Sept, to, 177a.
, 377 Royal George Lodge, at 403 Lodge of Temperance, at
Newton Abbott, April ao, 1769. Bury, Laneafhiie.
378 Beaufort Lodge, in Swanfea. 404 Royal Alfred Lodge, at Difs,
379 Well Chofen Lodge, in Na in Norfolk; M. after every full
ples, April 26, 1769. Moon, July i6, 1770.
380 Lodge of Virtue, Qvieeri's- 405 New Inn, Chrift Church,
Head Tavern, Cheap-ftreet, Bath, Hants, Nov. 23, 1770.
id and 4th M. Junt 6, 1769. b 406 Hare.
ip ^LIST /Rjc ular Lodges.
406 Hare and Hounds, Barnard
Caltle, Durham.
407 Queen's Lodge, Black Ilcrfe
and Crown, Victualling Oflke-
fquare, 1 it Tu. Jan. 26, 1771.
408 Jcrufalem Lodge, jerufalem
Tavern, Clerkenwell, 1ll and 3d
VV. Feb. 2, 1771.
409 Lodge of Indultry, Ben
lnhnlbn's Head, Shoe-lane, ;d Th.
March 19, 1771.
410 Lodge of Perfeft Un'.on, at
Leghorn, March 20, 1771.
4it Grey Hound, at Blandford,
Porlttfliire, 2d and laft W. March
48, 1771-*
412 Lodge of Sincere Brotherly
Love, at Leghorn, April 10, 1771.
415 Lodjre of Kriendlhip, Hand
and hottle, Biidgrnorth, ill and 3d
W, April 20, 1771.
414 Lodge1 of Perfeft Union, St.
Petcriturgh, June 1, 1771.
415 A'ynnltay Lodge, Denbigh
shire, Aug. 31, 1 77 1.
416 Lodge of F riendlhip, Bunch
of Grapes, Plymouth Dock, ill and
3d VV. laft F. Matter Lod^c, Sept.
417 The Falcon, Princefs-ftreet,
Soho, lft Th. Cft. n, 1771.
418 Junior Lodge, Kingfton, Ja
maica, No. II.
419 Harmony Lodge, Kingfton,
Jamaica, No. III.
420 St. James's Lodge, Montngo
Bay, Jamaica, No. IV. 1 ft and sdM.
421 Union Lodge, St. James's
ParWh, Jamaica, No. V.
422 New Lodge, at Carlifie, Cum
berland.
423 Plough, at Whitby, York-
Siire, Feb. 3, 1772.
424 Marlborough Lo.lge, at Fort
Marlborough, Eait Indies, Feb. 10,
I/7J-
425 Lorlge of Vigilance, in the
Ifl.ind uf Grenada, i'eb. 15, 1772.
426 Lodge of Difcrctio!:, in the
Ifland of Grenada, March 2, 1772.
427 Torbay Lodge, at a Private
Room, at Paington, Devon, April
4. ?7i.
4:8 Union Lodge, St. Euftatia,
Welt Indies.
429 Lodge of Candour, at Sim-
bourgh, May 2, 1772.
430 Lodge of Freedom, at the;
King's. Head, Maiden, in Eflex,
June 4, 1772.
431 Lodge of Friendlhip, the
Bull, at Wrotham, Kent, June 19,
1772.
4.32 Rofe Tavern, Cambridge, ift
and 3d M. July 6, 1772.
433 Kole and Bunch of Grapes,
Snows-Melds, Southwark, 3d Sa. Oct;
10, 1772.
434 Lodge at Speights Town,
Barbadocs.
43 5 Lodge of Concord, at Antigua.
436 , Nov. 21, 1772.
437 Koyal Edmund Lodge, at
Bury St. Edmund's, W. preceding,
or on the Full Moon.
438 Union Lodge, at Venice,
Nov. 27, 1772.
439 Lodge at Verona, Nov. 28,
177a.
440 Lodge of Liberty, King's
Arms,Vauxha!l,illTh. Dec. 5,1772.
44 1 The 5th Lodge of Bengal, at
Dacca.
4 + 1 The 6th Lodge of Bengal, at
Calcutta.
443 The 7th Lodge of Bengal,
with the fiiit Brigade.
444 The 8th Lodge of Bengal,
with the third Brigade.
445 The 9th Lodge of Bengal,
with the fecond Erigade.
44(1 Union Ledge, Kingfton, Ja
maica, No. VI. April 23, 1773.
447 licaufort Lodpe, Kingfton,
No. VII.
448 Lodge at Detroit, in Canada,
449 Union Lodge, at Taunton,
Some; failure, lit and, 3d Tu. jun-e
7. 1773-
450 Apollo Lodge, at York, July
31, 1773-
451 Lodge of jehofaphat, White
Hart Inn and Tavern, Brcad-iircet,
Briltol, Aug. 14, 1773.
452 The 101I1 Lodge of Bengal,
at Muxailavad.
453 The nlh Lodge of Bengal,
at Calcutta.
454 Riling Sun Lodge, at Chefter,
Sept. 21, 1773.
45J St,