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indignantly protested,
and even
preamble in confirmation; which,
Indeed we have documentary proof- that as late as 1725
cites
passages
of the
however, prove quite the contrary .^
the lodge at Eochlitz acknowledged the supremacy of the Strassburg lodge (although this was
contrary to the laws of the realm), by paymg a trifling yearly tribute, and received from
It is true
Strassburg a copy of the Brother-book (1563).
there was an intermediate chief lodge, that of
—between Eochlitz and Strassburg—
Dresden—but
this does not affect the question.
already remarked, the articles of the 1462 code, in wliich Stieglitz's plan of numeration
has been adopted, will be referred to under the ordinary figures, in contradistinction to those
As
1563 code, which are distinguished by Iloman numerals.
of the
THE TOEGAU OEDINANCES OF
1462.
Concerning the worshipful Masters of Stonemasons of the Craft, the
and the Fellows of the Craft.
AU
Warde