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Br BRO . JACOB NORTON . ( Continued from page i'l ) . rTlHB following is the full text of tbe document referred JL to in lire . Norton ' s communication : —

THE MIGHT OP THE FATHER OF HEAVEN—with the wisdome of his blessed sonn and tho goodness of the holy ghost be with ns att our begining and send us Good life here Living that wee may come to his blessed Kingdome that never shall havo ending . AMEN .

Goon BRETHREN and follows our purpose is to tell yon how this worthy Seyence of Masonry was first begunn before NOAHS flood , There was a man that was called LAMECH as it is written in the fourth Chapter of Genesis ,

& this Lamech had two wives the one named ADAH and the other ZiLiiAH by tho first wife ADAH he begatt two sonns the one named JArsAr . r , and the other JUBALL , And on the other wife ZILLAH he begatt A sonn & A daughter , And theso

fonr children found out the begining of all Crafts in the world , For the Eldest sonn JABALL found out the Craft of GEOMETRY , and he parted flocks of sheep & lands in the feild ; And first wrought houses of stone and tree , as it is

written in the Ghuptor aforesd , his brother JUBAU . found the Craft of Musick & song of Harpes & Orguns , The third brother TUBALL-CAINE found out Smith Craft of Gold , Silver , Iron & Steele Tho daughter the Craft of weaving ,

And the four children knew well that God would take vengeance for sinn either by fire or water Wherefore they wrought theire Sciences that they found in two pillers of stone that they might be found after the flood And the

ono stono was called Marble & would not burn with fire and the other stone was called LATE RATES aud that would now drowno with water , And the names of the Seaven

Liborall Sciences are these the first is GRAMMER and teacheth A man to Spoake truly & write truly the second is DIALECTICKE and that teacheth A man to diserno truth

from lalshood tho third is RHETOIUCKK and teacheth a man to Speake fairc in subtill formes , the fourth is AKITHMETICK and it teacheth to reckon npp all kind of Numbers and to Cast Account the fifth is GEOMETRY and that

contained Mete and measure , Ponderation and weight of all manner of things in the world for without GEOMETRY can No man buy or Sell nor no Craft in the world can bo without some Mete & Measure and that Containeth GEOMETRY

which is called MASONRY . The Sixth Science is Musick and it Containeth voice of tongue and Harpe or Orgun . The Seaventh Liberall Science is ASTRONOMIE And itt teacheth A man to the judgement of the STARRS and the

Planets . Now will I tell you how & in what manner these stones were found , that these Sciences were written in the Greate HERMERENS that was Tuball his sonn that was NOAH his sonn , these same HERMERENS , afterwards called

HERMES the father of wise men , ho found the one of these two pillers of atone , and found tbe Sciences written and he taught them to other men , And at the makeing of the Tower of Babilon there were Masons , first he much made

of the King of Babilon that was called NIMROD which was A Mason himselfe and Loved the Craft of Masonry as it is said with the Masters of Histories And when the Citty of Ninivie and other Citty ' s of the East were made then

NIMROD the King of Babilon sent thither sixty Masons att the Rogation of the King of Ninevie his Cosen , and when he sent them forth , he gave them A charge Every man , that they should be trno with one to another & that

they Love truly together and that they should Serve the Lord truly for his Pay , So that the master have all belonging him , and other more charges he gave them , and these were the first times that ever any Mason had any charge of his Craft , Moreover when Abrahm and Sarah his wife

went into Egipt there he taught the Seaven Liberall Sciences to the Bgiptians , and they had A worthy Scholler that was called EUCLED and he Learned ri ght well & was master of the Seaven Liberall Sciences , and in his dayes it

befell that the Lords & the States of the Realme had so many sonnes that they had begotten with theire wives , and some by other Ladies of the Land ( this land is hott &

plentious of generations ) so that they had no Competent Living to find theire children withall thereforo they tooke || a great Care And then the King of the Land

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made a generall Councell & Parliament to know how they might finde that theiro children might live honest as gentlemen , And then made A great Cry throughout all the Realm that if there were any man that could informe them , he should come to them & ho should be well rewarded for

his paines , After the Cry was made came tbe worthy Scholler EUUI - and said to tho King and to tho Lords , if you please to Lett me have yee Children to governe I shall teach them one of the Seaven liberall Sciences whereby they may Live honestly as gentlemen , under A Condition

that you will grant me a Comission and then that I may have Power to rule them after the Manner that the Science ought to be ruled , And xhen the King sealed the Comission , And then the worthy doctor tooke to him these Lords and taught tbe Craft of Geometry in practis to build Churches

Temples and Castles Towers & Mannors & seve (?) all Manners of buildings Aud he gave them a Charge as folioweth , FIRST that they should be true to the King or the Lord that they serve , and that they ordain the wisest of them to be Master of the worko and that neither for

Love nor the Greate Learning , nor no favour to sett them that have Little Cunning to the Master of the worke , which through the Lord should bo evill served and you also ashamed , Alsoe that they should call the Governor of tho worke Master so long as the worke Lasteth , and that

worke with , him and other charge that were too long to tell , And to all these Charges he made them Sweare A greate Oath that men usod att that time , & Ordained a great pay for them and reasonable , that they might Live honestly ; AND also that they might come & assemble together Every

Year once to know how they might work best to servo the Lord for his Proffit & theiro Wbrshipp , and to Correct within themselves them that had trespassed against the Craft and thus was tbe Craft grounded att the First And that worthy master EUCLED gave it the name of

GEOMETRY And now it is called throughout all the world Masonrye . Sith hence long after when tbe Children of Israeli were come into the Land of BEHASTIE that was called the Country of Jerusalem , King David begun tho temple that is now called voo and it is now Called

with us the temple of Jerusalem , And this King David loved well Masons , and he gavo them the charge as he had Learned by the Egiptians , and given by EUCLED and other charges that We shall heare afterwards ; After the decease of King David , Solomon

that was Davids sonn performed ont the the temple that his father had begun , and he sent his Masons into divers Countryes , and into divers Lands And he gathered them together so that he had four score thousand workers of stone , And they were all Called Masons , Besides the Lords whom

Solomon had appointed to Oversee the worke , Even three thousand And three hundred that were Ordained to bo Masters & Overseers of the worke , AND further there was another King of another Nation & called by men HURAM And he loved well King Solomon & gave him

timber to his worke , And he had A sonn named APLEO that was master of GEOMETRY , and was therefo of all the Craft of his Masons and of the gravoing and of the Carveing and all Manner of Masonry that belonged to the temple , as it is in the Booke of the Kings ; Where Solomon

Considering the Charge that his father had given him , And thus was the worthy Craft of Masonry Confirmed in that Country & in many others , then after men walked into Every Country some because of Learning more Craft & Cnning and some to teach others that had but Little

Cuning , And so it befell that there was A Cuning man named NBYMITS GRECUS that had been at the makeing of Solomons temple and he came into France and there he taught the SCIENCE to the men of France And there was one of Regaline in France that was named Charles , and he loved well such A worke And he drew him to this

NEYMUS GRECPS and he Learned of him the Craft and the Charge & the Manners , And after by the grace of God he was Elect to be King of France And when he was in his Estate he tooke Masons , and did help to make Masons that were None , And sett them on worke and gave them both

Charges & good pay , as he had learned of other Masons , & Confirmed A Charge from yeare to yeare to hold theire assembly when they wonld , & Cherished them well , And thus came the Craft into France , And England in that Season

Stood void as for any Charge of Masonry unto St Albons time , And in this time the King of England that waa A Varragon did wall the town about that now is Called St Albons . And St Albous was a worthy Knig ht & Steward of the Kings household & Governor of the Realme