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Article AN OLD MASONIC TRACT. ← Page 2 of 2 Article KILWINNING, AND THE KILWINNING ARCHERS. Page 1 of 4 →
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An Old Masonic Tract.
The moral code , as delivered in the charges , is in the language of the day , severe ; and the tests have such reference to the capability of labour , as would almost make it appear that speculative Alasonry was at the time hardly in the ascendant ; thus no man could be admitted but '* whole of limbs , as a man ought to be . " And again , " that he have his right limbs as a man ought to have . "
The pamphlet is not without its value , even in the present day , for it has become a link in Masonic antiquity . The possessor of this copy , which chance has thrown in his way , might be envied , but that envy is not a Masonic virtue .
Kilwinning, And The Kilwinning Archers.
KILWINNING , AND THE KILWINNING ARCHERS .
THE annual meeting of the Kilwinning Archers was held on Saturday , the 26 th of August last , being the birth-day of H . R . H . Prince Albert , the present patron of that ancient society . On the occasion of obtaining his Royal Highness ' s patronage , the society presented him , through their deputation , with a handsome bow , and other accoutrements of a Kilwinning Archer , to the value of thirty pounds . We have not heard whether it is the royal patron ' s intention to give an " Albert arrow " or
other appropriate prize to be shot for . The association of the Kilwinning Archers , sprung originally from the taste created for archery by the institution of the weaponschaws , or district meetings appointed , by the Scottish parliaments , to be held periodically for the use of arms , more especially for the practice of archery . Oft had the serried ranks of the Scottish spearsmen felt the fell force of the southron shaft piercing through buckler and coat of steel ; and oft did the Scottish monarchs
endeavour , by decree and otherwise , to promote the practice of the powerful long-bow . Of this we have an early instance in the reign of James I . of Scotland , A . D . 1424 , when it was enacted , " That all men busk them to be archeres , fra they be twelve zeir of age ; and that within ilk ten pundis worth of lande there be maid bowmarkes , and speciallie neir to paroche kirkes quhairin upon halie days men may cum , and at the least schutte thrise about , ancl have usage of
archerie , ancl quha sa usis not the said archerie the Laird of the Land sail raise of him a wedcler . " And in a succeeding Act of the same year , "It is ordained that in ilk scheriffedome of- the realme be maid weaponschawinges foure times in the zeir . " In the reign of James II ., it is similarly " decreeted and ordained that the weaponschawinges be halden be the Lords spiritual and temporal
foure times in the zeir . And that the Fute-ball and Golfe be utterly cryed down , and not be used . And that how-markes be maid , at ilk parish kirk a pair of Buttes , and schutting be usid , and that ilk man schutte sex schottes at the least . " But in spite of these and similar enactments by succeeding sovereigns and their parliaments , to encourage archery by making it , in some sort , a holiday pastime , the use of the bow never became popular in Scotland as a national weapon , at least among the Lowland Scots . But the Highlanders , whom Lindsay enumerates as forming part of the army of James
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Old Masonic Tract.
The moral code , as delivered in the charges , is in the language of the day , severe ; and the tests have such reference to the capability of labour , as would almost make it appear that speculative Alasonry was at the time hardly in the ascendant ; thus no man could be admitted but '* whole of limbs , as a man ought to be . " And again , " that he have his right limbs as a man ought to have . "
The pamphlet is not without its value , even in the present day , for it has become a link in Masonic antiquity . The possessor of this copy , which chance has thrown in his way , might be envied , but that envy is not a Masonic virtue .
Kilwinning, And The Kilwinning Archers.
KILWINNING , AND THE KILWINNING ARCHERS .
THE annual meeting of the Kilwinning Archers was held on Saturday , the 26 th of August last , being the birth-day of H . R . H . Prince Albert , the present patron of that ancient society . On the occasion of obtaining his Royal Highness ' s patronage , the society presented him , through their deputation , with a handsome bow , and other accoutrements of a Kilwinning Archer , to the value of thirty pounds . We have not heard whether it is the royal patron ' s intention to give an " Albert arrow " or
other appropriate prize to be shot for . The association of the Kilwinning Archers , sprung originally from the taste created for archery by the institution of the weaponschaws , or district meetings appointed , by the Scottish parliaments , to be held periodically for the use of arms , more especially for the practice of archery . Oft had the serried ranks of the Scottish spearsmen felt the fell force of the southron shaft piercing through buckler and coat of steel ; and oft did the Scottish monarchs
endeavour , by decree and otherwise , to promote the practice of the powerful long-bow . Of this we have an early instance in the reign of James I . of Scotland , A . D . 1424 , when it was enacted , " That all men busk them to be archeres , fra they be twelve zeir of age ; and that within ilk ten pundis worth of lande there be maid bowmarkes , and speciallie neir to paroche kirkes quhairin upon halie days men may cum , and at the least schutte thrise about , ancl have usage of
archerie , ancl quha sa usis not the said archerie the Laird of the Land sail raise of him a wedcler . " And in a succeeding Act of the same year , "It is ordained that in ilk scheriffedome of- the realme be maid weaponschawinges foure times in the zeir . " In the reign of James II ., it is similarly " decreeted and ordained that the weaponschawinges be halden be the Lords spiritual and temporal
foure times in the zeir . And that the Fute-ball and Golfe be utterly cryed down , and not be used . And that how-markes be maid , at ilk parish kirk a pair of Buttes , and schutting be usid , and that ilk man schutte sex schottes at the least . " But in spite of these and similar enactments by succeeding sovereigns and their parliaments , to encourage archery by making it , in some sort , a holiday pastime , the use of the bow never became popular in Scotland as a national weapon , at least among the Lowland Scots . But the Highlanders , whom Lindsay enumerates as forming part of the army of James