THE OLD CHARGES OF BRITISH FREEMASONS.
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And
XI.
that they should deserve theire pay of the Lord or Master they should serve
And that they should ordaine
And that neither Lord nor man
the wisest of
XII.
them
to bee the
:
Master of their Lords
of Great Linage or Eiches or for favour should make
Eule and be governour of theire worke that hath but small
and
bee
knowledge or understanding in the science whereby the owner of the worke should
evill served and you ashamed of your worke-manshipp.
•worke
ordaine such a one to beare
XIII.
wrought
And
alsoe that they should call the governour of the
worke master whilest they
him.
witli
XIV. And many other charges that are to long to tell and to aU the charges hee made
them to sweare the
great oath which men used in that time
:
.
.
XV. And hee
XVI. And
:
.
ordered for them reasonable wages that they might live with honesty.
come and assemble themselves together once every
alsoe that they should
worke best to
yeare That they might take advice and councell together how they might
an theire owne creditt and honestie And to
serve theire Lord and Master for his proffitt
Correct amongst themselves
or science of Geometric
XVII. And
this
him
or
them
grounded there
that erred and trespassed
And
thus was the Craft
:
worthy Master gave
it
the
name
of Geometric
And now
it is
called
Masonrie.
XVIII. Sith the time when the children
is
now
called
of Israeli were
come
into the land of behest that
amongst us the land of Cannaan the countrie of Jerusalem, Kinge David began
the Temple which is called Templum Dominum and is now called with us the Temple
of Jerusalem and the same Kinge David loved INIasons well and cherished them and gave
good paiement unto them and gave them charges in manner as hee had in Egipt by Euclid
and other charges more as you shall heare afterwards And after the Decease of Kinge David
Solomon sonne unto the said King iinnished the Temple that his father had begunn and
hee sent after masons of divers towns and countries and gathered them together soe
that he had 24,000
Masons and 1000
of
them were ordayned Masters and governours
of
his worke.
XIX. And
there was another Kinge of another Land which was called Huram and hee
Solomon well and hee gave him timber for his worke and hee had a sonn named
loved Kinge
Aymon and hee was master of Geometric and the chiefest master of all his masons and
all liis graven and carved worke and of all manner of other masonrie that
unto the Temple and all this witnesseth the Fourth booke of the Kings in the
belonge
Governour of
Bible:
XX. And
had given
to
same Kinge Solomon confirmed both charges and manners that his father
masons and soe was this worthy craft or science of Masonrie confirmed in the
this