V034- CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AN EXACT REPRODUCTION U MACNAB MASONIC MS." A.D. 1722. EDITED BY WILLIAM WATSON (OF LEEDS), P.M., P.PROV. G.S. OF WKS. AND HONORARY LIBRARIAN OF WEST YORKSHIRE. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN (of tokquay), p.s.g.d. of england, etc., etc., etc. fSonbon : George Kenmni;, 16, Gkkat Queen St. Printed by .M''Cori^uoi)Alk & Co. Limited, Leeds. 1896. PI Cornell University y Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/cletails/cu31924030275105 iw wxp %) 4^i}£Jj hii^rst kdlt a fjotuc of itoiul ancC, Old Jimtbi tnio^oratihr aihc^ aoicLjuv&i^roiocfa:^' cMc'tfocjc/hMrm himriiqcrc) ivcndoL tah- vzm&nd^ I y C\ hmm ^lau "^4 JO % '^ij cr*^ i'tmr^ Zr.^-^J722 ^,^ 3^^^a>TM fPic^cifz,!^ Reduced facsimile of portions of "THE MACNAB MASONIC MS., A.D. 1722," In the possession of the Provincial Grakd Lodge ok West Yorkshire. FnoM ^ I.HOTOGRAI.H i)Y H. CECIL WATSON, Headinclev, Leeds. AN EXACT REPRODUCTION OF THE u MACNAB MASONIC MS." A.D. 1722. EDITED BY WILLIAM WATSON (of LEEDS), P.M., P.rROV. G.S. OF WKS. AND HONORARY LIBRARIAN OF \yEST YORKSHIRE. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ^VILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN (of TORQUAY), P.S.G.D. OF ENGLAND, ETC., ETC., ETC. George Kenning, 16, Great Queen St. Printed by MCCorquodale & Co. Limited, Leeds, 1896. SPECIAL EDITION OF 250 COPIES. TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE EACH. (Posi free. ) mis ^Bpo3rapl)icol "iteproSucfion of t^e " iiTacnab gSIasonic ^S^," is ■^cspccffitllB anb ^rafernallp 5>c6icofc5 fo §."^., i8."g»., &c., &c, &c., ^rooincial ^ran5 faster of ^est ^orks^ire. ^eebs : 1896. 3ntrobuction. The Province of West Yorkshire has done its part nobly in making known the character and texts of copies of the "■Old Charges" which are in its possession or owned by pr one or more of its Lodges. No other Masonic Library I has such a collection of these invaluable Manuscripts, now numbering eight — equalled only by the British Museum; there being two others located in West Yorkshire and five in North and East Yorkshire, making fifteen in all in the County. Through the generosity of the lamented Brother, the R.W. Thomas W. Tew, P.G.D.Eng. (late Prov. G.M.), the whole of these MSS., save the 8th, in West Yorkshire, have been reproduced in the important series edited by my friend Bro. William Watson, the zealous Honorary Librarian, as follows : — I. " Thomas W. Tew MS." ... 17th century 1889. also 2nd edition .. 1892. 2. " William Watson MS." ... A.D. 1687 1891. 3- "Clapham MS." ... 1700 circa 1892. 4- " Waistell MS."... .. A.D, 1693 1892. 5- "Hughan MS."... .. 17th century 1892. 6. "Stanley MS." ... .. A.D. 1677 1893^ 7- " Thomas W. Embkton M t Lodge No. 302 ... The 'S." ... 17th century 1893- 43 " Hope MS." ... 1 7th century . . 1892. Ab Lodge No. 61 The " Pyoiity MS." ... 1 8th century... 1892. Most of these contain Introductions by me, and there are also portions of the MSS. in fac-simile, as frontispieces to the Repro- ductions, so that the work has been done most thoroughly on behalf of the lamented Donor. The Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire requested the "York Lodge," No. 236, to permit "the Ancient Rolls of Constitutions in its possession to be reprinted, with photo- lithographic illustrations, in a uniform manner with those recently published by the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire [the Honorary Librarian really], in order that the whole of such docu- ments at present known to exist in the county may be available to Masonic students." The Committee appointed — The W.M. No. 236 (Bro. J. B. Sampson), Bros. J. Todd, M. C. Peck, and T. B. Whytehead, with Bro. Peck as printer and publisher — issued a most artistic volume in 1894 (which is still for sale), having also an Introduction by me, and contains the following MSS. with a portion in fac-simile of each scroll : — The " York MS. No. 1." ... The " York MS. No. 2." ... The " York MS. No. 4."* ... The " York MS. No. 5." ... The " York MS. No. 6." ... The "Scarborough MS. (G. L. Canada)' A.D. 1600 circa. A.D. 1704. A.D. 1693. A.D. 17th Century. A.D. 17th Century. A.D. 1705. Since then, the following Manuscript has been acquired for the West Yorkshire Masonic Library. Owing to the good offices of Bro. T. A. Withey, of Leeds, I had an introduction to Captain J. Macnab, R.N.R., of Liverpool, who had a copy of the " Old Charges " presented to him by the late Bro. Younghusband (of the same City) and was willing to part with it, on condition that it was placed in a permanent Collection ; the sum to be paid for the document being devoted to Masonic, Charities. In pursuance of an old promise of mine to do my utmost to raise the number of MSS. in the West Yorkshire Masonic Library to eight, I at once agreed with this zealous craftsman for its purchase, nominating that Library as its resting-place with the warm approval and co-operation of Bro. Watson, who likewise agreed to my condition, that it should be named after the recent owner. The document was originally a Roll of paper measuring some twelve feet in length and nearly seven inches in width. It is now composed of fourteen strips, having been thus divided (most unfortunately), and lacks the Invocation as well as the early part of the Traditional History before "Note I pray you, that these Seven are contayned under Geometry," the first five lines preserved being imperfect. The MS. being thus divided doubtless makes it easier to read the Scroll, but it is much to be regretted that it has been so maltreated. The margin at the right hand has also been cut very Note. — * No. 3 of a.d. 1630 has long been missing. • closely, to the loss sometimes of a concluding letter or two. The writing, which is very distinct and clear, appears to have been the work of two or three Scribes, and on the whole is more correct than the majority of such documents. It is now carefully mounted throughout on fine calico and runs, in length, to a little over ten feet. At the foot of the Scroll, in red ink of about the same period, and by one of the Scribes (according to my judgment) the following is written : — George IVebJi^ 1^22. being 2j years old March y' 23. A water mark -in the paper of one of the strips has a crown with the letters "G.R." below, which agrees well with the estimated period of transcription, viz., the third decade of the eighteenth century. The text belongs to the Roberts Family, and so I number it F5, it having as companions the " Grand Lodge MS. No. 2," the " Harleian MS. No. 1942," the " Rawlinson MS." and the "Roberts" Reprint of 1722, the latter being numbered Fi and the others F2 to F4 respectively. The Scribe (or Scribes) followed his own fancy as to several names, e.g., Eda for Adah or Ada; Nema for Naamah; Lasuie for Lunie (Fi) or for Lucium (F2 and F3); and Emeas, the others having Eniens. Marble and Latres agree with the remainder of the Family, but this Roll is again original in its mention of Alemongrecus, in lieu of " Memon Grecus," and also has Annon for Hiram Abiff as the "Grand Lods;e MS. No. 2" ; the "Harleian" and the "Roberts' having Anon. The wages noted as paid in St. Alban's time "three shillings six pence ye week,'' accords with the other manuscripts referred to, and so the curious error of "Sheep and Lands" for Lambs (excepting F4). The " Grand- Lodge " reading is the more correct, however, as "y* teachinge of discreet men," rather than "or discreditt men teaching" as this MS. and the "Harleian" and "Roberts." The nth and 12th agree with the "Grand Lodge" and "Roberts" save that they are reversed, the shorter one being omitted in the " Harleian." Nos. 21 and 22 are separately enumerated as the " Grand Lodge" and "Roberts" but united in the "Harleian" as No. 21, and all agree in the Ten Miles limit. At the conclusion of these 26 Rules, a brief obligation is added like unto the 8 " Harldan" and " Roberts ^^ and then follow the "New Articles," as in the former, only separately numbered, with the heading: These Articles following were added here unto since by ye best Mrs. & fellowes. There are a few peculiarities in the " Ratiilinson" transcript that I should like to be assured are in the original located in the Bodleian Library. For the sake of instituting an exact comparison, a certified copy is much needed, prior to its testimony being accepted as favouring the various readings of either of the other MSS. and the typographical reproduction. There are differences in the "Roberts" text which were probably not in the original, but due to errors of the transcriber or printer, such as " by virtue of your Dominion '' (re Euclydes) instead of Commission. The Macnab MS. has some independent readings, one in particular being noteworthy. Its 23rd Rule has the additional words : — "or if it be kept onst in A Quarter or as often As is " concluded of by ye Lodge you be long to." The long O.B. comes immediately after the New Articles in the " Harleian " but ends the " Grand Lodge" in which it is termed the " Oath of Secresie." The Macnab, however, is more discreet, and merely says " I.A.B., &c." There are only three MSS. (hence their special value) and the " Roberts " print that contain the new articles, viz., the " Grand Lodge No. 2,'' the "Harleian No. 1942," and the "Macnab." These are undated in the manuscripts, but to " Roberts " is the heading. "Additional Orders and Constitutions made " and agreed upon at a General Assembly held "at on the eighth Day of December, " 1663." In the "Book of Constitutions," a.d. 1738-46, the date is given as 27th Deer., 1663, " according to, a copy of the Old Constitutions" when these Regulations were agreed to. I think it likely Dr. Anderson obtained the "New Articles" from the Roberts print, but made some alterations in the text, as customary with him, such as the insertion of the title " Grand Master " instead of Master. The Regulations are thus numbered in the three Manuscripts ''Roberts," Sec.:— " Harhian " 26 27 28 29 30 — 31 ''Grand Lodge'' 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 "Macnab" I 2 3 4 5 6 "Roberts" I 2 3 4 5 6 7 " Dr. Anderson " I 2 3 4 5 6 — The 7th refers to the Oath of Secrecy which is not given in the various Books of Constitutions from 1738 to 1784. There are not a dozen, of over sixty Manuscripts traced, that contain the Charge to Apprentices, and of these six are located in Yorkshire, four being in the famous West Yorkshire Masonic Library, viz. : — D. 20 Clapham A.D. 1700 circa, E. 7 T. W. Embleton .. 17th Century, E. 8 Waisiell A.D. 1693, F. 5 Macnab A.D. 1722 ; the others belonging to the valuable York Collection (Lodge No. 236) and the Lodge of Hope, No. 302, Bradford. As explained in my Introduction to the "Ancient York Masonic Rolls" (1894), I think it likely, although most of the MSS. are deficient of the interesting Apprentice Charge, that it was in general use for Masonic purposes, only not ordinarily preserved as a part of the usual Roll of the Old Charges, but as a separate document. The clauses are simply those that would be common to the Apprentice Indentures of the period, only that these have a Masonic flavour. On the general question as to the text of the operative and speculative Constitutions and their relation to the Fraternity, I must refer those desiring more information to my " Old Charges of British Freemasons" lately published. WM. JAMES HUGHAN. Zhc **nDacnab riDS/' 1722. [The commencing part, in italics, is supplied from the ' ' Roberts Pamphlet," A D. 1722.] C:be Ibistor^ of free fiDasons, etc. [The Almighty Father of Heaven, with the IVi/dom of the Glorious Son, thro the Good- nefs of the Holy Ghoft, Three Perfons in one Godhead, be with our Beginning and give us his Grace so to govern our Lives, that we may come to his Blifs, that never shall have end. Amen. Good Brethren and Felloivs, our Purpoje is to tell you how, and in what maimer the Cra/t of Mafonry was begun, and afterwards how it was founded by worthy Kings and Princes, and other wife Men, hurtful to none, and also to them that be true, we will declare doth belong to every Free Mafon to keep firm good Faith, if you take Heed thereunto it is well worthy to be kept, which is contain' d in the Seven Liberal Sciences as follows, viz. Imprimis, Ifs Grammar, that teaches a Man to fpeak truly, and write truly. II. It's Rhetorick that teaches a Man to fpeak fair, and in fubtle Terms. III. Ifs Logick that teaches a Man to difcern Truth from Falfhood. IV. Its Arithmetick that teaches a Man to Accompt, and reckon all Manner of Numbers. V. It's Geometry that teaches Mett and Meajure of any Thing, and from thence cometh Mafonry. VI. Ifs Mvfick that teacheth Song and Voice. VII. Jt's Aftronomy which teacheth to know the Courfe of the Sun, Moon, and other Ornaments of Heaven.^ ^ Note I pray you that \hese Seven are ^ contayned under g&ometry for it teacheth ^ met & nieafure, pondera/'/r!i« and weight for * every thing in & upon y= who/if earth for you to ' know that every Crafts man workes by meafure " he or shee that buys or selles by weight & measure ' husbandmen navigators planters &co : All of them " use Geometry ; for neither Grammar, Rethorick Logick " nor aney other of y^ faid fciences can subsist withou t " Geometrie Ergo most worthey laudable & honorable IF you aske mee how this fcience was ffirst inven ted my anfwer is this that before y= generall deluge which is comonly caled Noes flood there was A ma« called Lamech as you may read in y' fourth of genesis who had 2 wives y^ one called Eda y« other Zilla by Eda hee begot 2 fonnes Jabell & Juball by Zilla hee had one sonne called Tuball & a daughter called Hsiamah these four children found y= beging of all y= crafts in world Jabell found out Geometry & he Devided flocks ^ of fheep & Lands hee first built a house of stone and timber Juball found out mufick Tuball found out Smiths trade or craft alfo of gold silver copper Iron and Steel Nema found out y= craft of weaveing and these children knew y' god would take vengeance for Sinn either by fire or water ttherfore they did write these Scyences y' they had found in two Pillars of stone y' they might be found after y' god had taken vengeance, y= one was Marble that would not burn y^ other was Latres y' would not drown in y^ ™ water so y' y= one would bee Preferved & not confumed if god would any people to live upon y« earth NoTE.^The terminal words or letters in italics are missing from the original MS. and are supplied from the Roberts Pamphlet. 13 ^^ it resteth now to tell you how these stones were foun^ where on y= faid Sciences were writen after y= said deluge ii- It so pleafed god that y= great Hermarmes whose Sonne Lasuie was who wos y sunne of Sem : who was ye Sonne of Nod y= faid Hermarmes y= father of wisemen hee found one of y= 2 Pillars of stone he found these Scyences written there in hee taught them to other men & at y« Towre of Babilon king of bab *' who was Nemorth was a mafon & loved ye Science and when ye city of Nineue & other citys of y= East should bee builded Nemorth sent thither threescore Mafons at y= defire of y^ King of Nineue & when they went forth hee gave them Charge after this maner that they fliould be true one to another and love one another that he might have worship by them in sending them to his Cuzin ye King he gave them Charge concerning their Science & then was y= first time that aney Maso n ™ had charge of his worke or Science ii- Alsoe Abraham & Sarah went into Egipt & taught y Egiptians ye seaven liberall sciences & he had an Ingenious Scholar called Euclides who perfectly learned y= said liberall Sciences It hap pened in his dayes that y^ Lord & States of the Relme had soe maney Sonnes unlawfully begotten by other mens Wifes & Ladyes that y= Land was burthened with them haveing small means to maintaine them withall the ^ King underflanding thereof caused a parliam ent to be called or Sumoned for redrefse but being soe Numberlefs y' noe good could be done then he caufed a proclamation to be made thro ugt y' Realme y' if any man could devife aney cours e how to mantaine them to enforme y*^ King and he fhould be well rewarded where uppon Euclide s came to y= King & said thus my Noble Soverigne If I may have y' order & Government of thefe Lords Sonnes I will teach them y' seaven liberall ™ Sciences whereby they may live honeftly like Gentlem Note. — The writer of the original MS. has e\idently omitted a line which should have come between line.s 39 and 40, as follows : — " Masonry was much made on for the King of Babylon," which is given in the Roberts' Reproduction. 14 provided you will Grant me power over them by Vertue of your comifsion which was immediately effected & their M"^ Euclides gave them thefe admonitions following 1 To be true their King 2 to be true one to another 3 to their Mafter they serve 4 not to mifcall one another Knave or Such like 5 to do thir worke Soe duely y' they may deferve their ** wages at their Masters hands 6 to ordaine y' wifest of them M' of their Lord & M'^ worke 7 to have fuch reafonable wages y' y= workmen may live Honeftly and with Credit 8 To come & Afsemble together once in y= Yeare to toke counfell in there crafte how to worke best to ferve their Lord & M' for his proffitt and their own credit and to correct such as have offended Note that Masonry was heretofore termed geometery and since thence y' children of Israeli came to y= land "" of Behest which is now called Emeas in y« cuntry of Jerusalem & King David loved well Masons he began A Temple that is now called y' Temple of our Lord or y= Temple of Jerusalem & he cherifhed Masons & gave them good payment & did give them charge as Euclides had given them before in Egipt & further as followeth & after y= decease of king Daved Solomon his son finifhed y= Temple that his father began he sent for Masonons of Diverf Lands to y^ number of 2400 of which number "° 4000 elected & nominated mailers & Governours of y"= worke & there was a king of another ragion our cuntry called Haram who loved well King Soloni on & he gave him Timber for his worke & he had a Son y' was called Annon & he was Mailer of Geometry & he was cheif Mafter of all his Mafons of carving worke & of all other Mafonry y' belong ed to y^ Temple as a-ppers by y= bible in Libro Regum capite Qarto. And King Solomon confirm ed all things concerning Mafons y' Daved his father had "" given in charge & these Mafons did Travel divers cuntreys Sum to augment theire knowledge in y' said Artt & to Instruct others. And it happened y' A curious Mason named Alemongrecus y' had been at y= building of folomens Tempi e came into ffrance & taught y'= Scince of Mafonry to y= ffrenchmen & there was a King of ffrance called Carolus IS Mortell who loved gretly MafOnery who sent for this said Alemongrecus & learned of him y« said fcience & becam e one of y* ffraternity & there upon began great workes & liberaly did pay his workmen, he confirmed them a '^ large Charter & waf yearly prefent at their afsembly which was a great honour & encouragement to them : • And thus came y= Science into ffrance, y^ knowledge of Masonery was unknown in England untill S' Alban came thither who Inftructed the King in y= said Science of Masonery alfo in Divinity who was A Pagan : he walled y^ Town now called St Albans he became in high favour with y= Kinge in somuch as he was Knighted & made y^ Kings cheif fleward & ye Realm was Governed by him under y' said King he gretley cherished & loved Masons & ^^ truly paid them there wages weekly, vi'^^ was three fhi llings six pence y* week, he purchased them a Charter from y^ King to hold a generall Assembly & councell Yerly. he made many Masons & gave them such a charge as hereafter is declared. It happened prefently after y= Martyrdome of Sant Albion who is truly termned Englands Protomartir that a certaine King Invaded y^ Land & deflroyed most of y^ Natives by fire and Water that y"= Seine of Masonry was decayed '^ untill y= Raign of King Athelston w J some write Adleflon who brought y= Land to peac & reft from y^ Infulting Danes : he began to build maney Abbeyes Monafteries & other religous houfes as also Castles & divers foretrefses for defence of his Realme he loved Masons more then his father. He greatly Studed Geometry & fent into maney Lands expert in y= science, he gave them A very large Charter to hould a yearly Affembly & POWER to correct offenders in y^ said science and y^ King himfelf caused A generall Affembly of "" all Masons in his Realme at Yorke & there made many Mafons and gave them a deep charge for obfervation of all such Articles as belonged Masonry and delivered — them y« said chirter to keep — & when this afsembly was gethered to gether he cawsed a cry to be made that if aney of them had aney writing y' concern Masonery or could Informe y'' King of aney thing or matter that was wanting in y= said charge already deliverd that they or he fhould fhow them tt y' King "" or recite them to him & there were Som in Greek & fum in ffrench and sum in Englifh and other languages where upon y« King caufed a booke to be made which declered how i6 y= Science was first Invented & y" utility thereof which booke he commanded to be read & plainly declared when a man must be made Mafon y' he might fully underfland what Articls, Rules, &. orders he was A bliged to obferve & keep & from y' time untill this day Mafonry hath been much respected & preferved & divers new Articles have been added to y= said Charge "" by good advice & confent of y^ best Masons & fellowes Tune unus ex Senioribus teneat librum illi qui Jusjurandum reddat et ponat manu libro vel fuper librum dum articulett precepto Sibi legantur Saying thifs by way of exortation : My Loving & refpective frinds & brethren I humbly befeech you as you love your selvs Eternall welfare your own credit & your own good to be very carefull in Obferving of thefe Articles y' I am about to read to thifs deponant for you are obliged to perform them as well as he '*" Soe hopeing of your care herein I will by gods Grace begin the Charge. 1 I am to Admonifh you to honour God & his Church y' you ufe no Herefe nor error in your underflanding or difcreditt men teaching. — 2 I am to admonifh you to be true to our Soveraign Lord y= King committing no treafon mifpriiion of treafon or fellony & if aney m" shall commit treafon y"^ you know of you shall give notice to his Majesty his privicouncellors or some other that hath commicion ^"" to enquire thereof 3 You shall be unto your iifellows & Brethern of ye Scince of Mafonry & to do to them as you would be done unto. 4 You shall keep Secrett y^ obfcure & Intricate par'^ of y' Science not difclofing them to any but fuch as fluddy & ufe the fame. 5 You shall do your worke truly & faithfully endeavorin g the profifitt & advantage of him who is the owner of the said worke. ^ 6 You shall call masons fellowes & brethern w*out Addition of Knave or aney other bad language 7 You shall not take your neighbours wife villanoafly nor his daughter nor his maide to ufe ungodhly. 8 You fhall not carnally lie with aney woman y' is belonging to ye houfe where you are at Table. 9 You shall truly pay for your Meat & drinke where You are at table. 17 10 You shall not undertake aney mans worke knowing Your self unable & unexpert to performe & effect y« ^" Same y' no asperfion or discreditt may be imputed to y« Scince or y« Lord or owner of y* said worke be aney wife prejudiced. 1 1 You shall soe take your worke y' thereby you may live honellly & pay your fellowes truly as y= Science doth repuire. 12 You shall not take your worke to do at exceffive or unreafonable rates to deceive y« owner thereof but so as he may be truly & faithfully ferved with his own good. ■-"^ 13 You shall not Supplant aney of your fellowef of there worke that is to fay if he or they or aney of them hath or have taken any worke upon them or him or he or ^^y stand M"^ of aney Lords worke y' you shall not put him or them out or from y^ said worke although you perceive him or them unable to finifli y^ faid worke. 14 You shall not take a apprentice to serve you in y= said Science of Mafoonry under y« terme of 7 year nor aney but such as are of good & honest '"'' parentage defcended, that no scandall may be imputed to y= Science of Mafonry. 15 You shall not take upon you to make aney one Macon without y= privity & consent of 5 or 6 of your fellowes & none but fuch a one y' is free bort^ & whose parence live in good fame & name & y' hath his perfect limbes & perfonall of body to attend y= said Science. 16 You fhall not pay aney of your fellowes more money then he or they have deferved y' you be "° not deceived by sleight or false working & y= owner thereof much wronged. 17 You Ihall not flander any of your fellowes behind their back to impare their temporall eflat e or good name. 18 You fhall not w^out urgent caufe anfwer your fellow doggedly or ungodlily but as becometh a loving Brother in y« said Science. 19 You fhall duely reverence your fellow y' y= bond of charity & mutuall love may continue ^ fledfast & stable among you. 20 You shall not except in Chrifmas use aney lawles games as cards Dice or fuchlike. Note. — In the " Roberts Pamphlet " Articles ii and 12 arc reversed. 2 1 You shall not frequent aney houfes of bowdrey or be a uphoulder to any of your fellowes or others w'^'' will be a great Scandell to the Science. 2 2 You shall not goe out drinke by night or if any occision happen y* you must goe you shall not flay paft Tenn of y= cloke having fom of your fellowes or one at y= least to bare you Wittnefs of y= honeft. ^ place you were in & your good Behaviour to avoid Scandell. 23 You shall come to y^ yearly afsembly if you know where it is kept or if it be kept onst in A Quarter or as ofen As is concluded of by y= Lodge you be long to if it be within Ten Miles of your Abode submitting your felf to y= censiire of your fellowes where in you have erred to make satiffaction or to defend by order of y^ Kings Lawes. 24 You shall °°' make any mould square or rule to mould "" Stones w'l" all but such as are allowed by the fraternity 25 You shall fet Strangers on worke having Imploy ment for them at least A fortnight & truly pay them there wages & if you have not worke to set them to you Shall relive them with money to defray there reafnable charges to y« next lodge. 26 You shall truly attend your worke & truly end y^ same whether it be taske or journey worke if you may have your wages & payment truly according to y= bargine made w''' y'= Mafler or owner thereof ^'' These Articles & charge w<=h I have rehersed to you you shall well & truly keep & obferve to your power so helpe you god & y'^ holy contents of this booke. These articles following were added here unto since by y= best M"'^ & fellowes First that no perfon whatfoever degree be accepted a free mafon unleft. there be A Lodg of 5 free Mafons at y^ least whereof one be a Master & too Wardins of that limitt or divition where such a lodg fhall be kept & Another that worketh Stone ™ Seconly that no perfon shall be accepted A free Mafon but such that is of able body honefl parentage good reputation & obfervers of y' laws of y= Land. Therdly that no perfon fhall be admitted into aney Lodg or afsembly untill he hath brought a certificate of the time of his Exeption from y= Lodg that accepted him into y*^ freternity from y= Master or Wardins you fhaU'bring your Note. — The ^^ Koberts Pamphlet" has *^ Eight" not "Tenn," as at line 258. 19 Certificate or anote to y« Mailer or Wardins which you com to 'he end that he may be enrolled ^^ in such priority of place as y= perfon defervs to y= end that the whole company & fellowes may y^ better know each other. Fourtly that for y* future y' s"* Seciety Company & fraternity of free Mafonry shall be regulated and governed by one Mr and too Wardins as y* s"^ companey shall thinke fitt to Chuse at every yerly generall Afsembly Fiftly that no perfon shall be accepted mafon unleis he be one & twenty yers of age or more ™ Sixtly that no perfon hereafter shall be accepted a free Mason or know y= Secrets of y' S"* Socity until! he shall first have taken y= Oath of Secrefie hereafter followinge. — VIZ:— I A B &c &c this charge helongeth to An apprenties is as foUoweth VIZ I You shall truly honour God & his church y= King your Mr & Dame, you shall not absent your self out w* y= Licence of both or one of them from their fervice ==" by day or Night. You fhall not purloyne or Steal nor be privie or accerfary to any to y= purloyning or Stealing to y« value of sixpence from them or either of them. 3 You fhall not commit Adultery or ffornicattion in y= house of your M"^ w'*" his Wife Daughter or Maid. 4 You fliall not difclofe your M"" or Dame their councell or secretts which the have imported unto you or what is to be concealed spoken or done with in the Prefence of his houfe by them or either of them or aney ^ free Mafon 5 You fhall not mantaine any difobedient Argument with your M'^ or Dame or aney free Mafon 6 You fhall reverently behave your felf to all free Mafons useing neither Cards or Dice or any other unlawful! games Chrifmas excepted. 7 You shall not haunt or frequent any taverns Alehoufe or such like as to go unto them except upon your M"' or Dames or one of their affaires or w''' there or one of there confents. — ^ 8 You fhall nott committ Adultery or ffornication in any mans houfe where you goe or be at table. 9 You shall not Mary or contract your felf to any Woman dureing your apprentifhip. 20 lo You shall not ileal any mans goods but efpeciall your fald Mafler or aney of his fellow Mafons or Sufer aney one to flfeal of their goods but fliall hinder y^ fellow if you can. If you cannot you fliall acquaint your Mafler & his said fellowes Prefently. George Webst^ 1^22 being 27 years old March y" 25. Transcribed by me this 14th day of February, 1896, from the original manuscript. WILLIAM WATSON, P.M., HONORARY LIBRARIAN WEST YORKSHIRE. HS395 .mT """"""" "^'"^ *" ^mSiS^I/IP!iS^.nSLS}S.:M9nat> mas Manufactured by GAYLORD BROS. Inc. Syracuse, N.Y. Stockton, Calif. o.in.an? ^924 030 275 105