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The Old Masonic Poem.
Of such goods as he hath taken , Of thy fellow ' s goods that thou hast spent , AVhere , and how , and to what end ; Such accounts thou must come to , When thy fellows will that thou do . Tenth point .
The tenth point presents well good life , To live without care and strife ; For if the mason lives amiss , And in his work be false , ( 6 ) y-wysse , And through such a false excuse May slander his fellows without reason , Though false slander of such often May make the craft catch blame .
If he do the craft such ( 6 ) vylany ; Do him no favour then securely . Nor maintain not him in wicked life , Lest it would turn to care and strife ; But yet him ye shall not delay , But that ye shall him constrain , For to appear wheresoever ye will , AVhere that ye will ( 7 ) lowde or stylle
, ; To the next assembly ye shall him call , To appear before his fellows all , And but if he will before them appear , The craft he must needs forswear ; He shall then be chastised after the law That was founded ( 8 ) by old dawe .
Eleventh point . The eleventh point is of good discretion , As ye may know by good reason ; A . mason , if he this craft well know , That sees his fellow hew on a stone , And is in point to spill that stone , Amend it soonif that thou can
, , And teach him then it to amend , That the whole work be not ( 9 ; y-schend , And teach him easil y it to mend , With fair words , which God thee has given : For His sake that sits above , AVith sweet words nourish him love .
Twelfth point . The twelfth point is of great royalty There as the assembl y holden shall be , There shall be masters and fellows also , And other great lords many more ; There shall be the sheriff of that country , And also the mayor of that city ,
Knightes and squires there shall be , And other aldermen , as ye shall see ' - Such ordinance as they make there , ' They shall maintain it whole together , Against that man , whoe ' er he he , That belongeth to the craft both fair and free ; If he any strife against them make , Into their ward he shall be taken .
( 5 ) Y-wysso ; certainly . ( 6 ) vylany : wickedness . ( 7 ) Lowde or stylle : Loud-or-still , a common phrase in Old Romancer . ( 8 ) By old dawe : in old days . ( 9 ) Y-schend : ruined , destroyed ,
The Old Masonic Poem.
Thirteenth point . The thirteenth point is to us full dear , He shall swear never to bo no thief . Nor succour him in his false craft , For no good that he hath bereft , And thou mayest it know or see , Neither for his good , nor for his kin . Fourteenth point .
The fourteenth point is full good law , To him that would be under ( 10 ) awe ; A gond true oath he must there swear , To his master and his fellows that he there ; He must be steadfast and true also , To all this ordinance , lvherosoa ' er he go , And to his liege lord the king , To be true to him above all thing .
And all these points here before , To them thou must needs be sworn , And all shall swear the same oath , Of the masons , be they willing , be they loth , To all these points here before , That hath been ordained by full good ( 11 ) lore . And they shall inquire every man , Of his party , as well as he can ,
If any man may be found guilty In any of these points specially ; And what he be , let him be sought , And to the assembly let him be brought .
Fifteenth point . The fifteenth point is of full good ( 12 ) lore , For them that shall be there sworn , Such ordinance at th' assembly was ( 13 ) layd , Of great lords and masters before said ; For ( 14 ) thy Ike that be disobedient , for certain , Against the ordinance that there is Of these articlesthat were moved there
, , Of great lords and masters all together , And if they be proved openly , Before that assembly , by and by , And for their guilt no amends will make , Then must they needs the craft forsake ; And so mason ' s craft they shall refuse , And swear it never more to use . But if that they will amends make ,
Again to the craft they shall never take ; And if that they will not do so , The sheriff shall come them soon to , And put their bodies in deep prison , For the trespass they have done , And take their goods and their cattle Into the king ' s hand , every ( 15 ) del , And let them dwell there full still , As long as it be our liege king ' s will . ( 7 * 0 be contimied . )
( 10 ) Awe : governance . : ( 11 ) Lore : learning , knowledge . ( 12 ) Lore : advice , knowledge . ( 13 ) Layd : provided . ( 14 ) Thy Ike : every-one . ( 15 ) Del : a part or portion .
A cordial affection is tlie life and soul of all societies , and must be much more so of those who claim to associate together upon the noblest maxims of charity and frienr'ship .
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The Old Masonic Poem.
Of such goods as he hath taken , Of thy fellow ' s goods that thou hast spent , AVhere , and how , and to what end ; Such accounts thou must come to , When thy fellows will that thou do . Tenth point .
The tenth point presents well good life , To live without care and strife ; For if the mason lives amiss , And in his work be false , ( 6 ) y-wysse , And through such a false excuse May slander his fellows without reason , Though false slander of such often May make the craft catch blame .
If he do the craft such ( 6 ) vylany ; Do him no favour then securely . Nor maintain not him in wicked life , Lest it would turn to care and strife ; But yet him ye shall not delay , But that ye shall him constrain , For to appear wheresoever ye will , AVhere that ye will ( 7 ) lowde or stylle
, ; To the next assembly ye shall him call , To appear before his fellows all , And but if he will before them appear , The craft he must needs forswear ; He shall then be chastised after the law That was founded ( 8 ) by old dawe .
Eleventh point . The eleventh point is of good discretion , As ye may know by good reason ; A . mason , if he this craft well know , That sees his fellow hew on a stone , And is in point to spill that stone , Amend it soonif that thou can
, , And teach him then it to amend , That the whole work be not ( 9 ; y-schend , And teach him easil y it to mend , With fair words , which God thee has given : For His sake that sits above , AVith sweet words nourish him love .
Twelfth point . The twelfth point is of great royalty There as the assembl y holden shall be , There shall be masters and fellows also , And other great lords many more ; There shall be the sheriff of that country , And also the mayor of that city ,
Knightes and squires there shall be , And other aldermen , as ye shall see ' - Such ordinance as they make there , ' They shall maintain it whole together , Against that man , whoe ' er he he , That belongeth to the craft both fair and free ; If he any strife against them make , Into their ward he shall be taken .
( 5 ) Y-wysso ; certainly . ( 6 ) vylany : wickedness . ( 7 ) Lowde or stylle : Loud-or-still , a common phrase in Old Romancer . ( 8 ) By old dawe : in old days . ( 9 ) Y-schend : ruined , destroyed ,
The Old Masonic Poem.
Thirteenth point . The thirteenth point is to us full dear , He shall swear never to bo no thief . Nor succour him in his false craft , For no good that he hath bereft , And thou mayest it know or see , Neither for his good , nor for his kin . Fourteenth point .
The fourteenth point is full good law , To him that would be under ( 10 ) awe ; A gond true oath he must there swear , To his master and his fellows that he there ; He must be steadfast and true also , To all this ordinance , lvherosoa ' er he go , And to his liege lord the king , To be true to him above all thing .
And all these points here before , To them thou must needs be sworn , And all shall swear the same oath , Of the masons , be they willing , be they loth , To all these points here before , That hath been ordained by full good ( 11 ) lore . And they shall inquire every man , Of his party , as well as he can ,
If any man may be found guilty In any of these points specially ; And what he be , let him be sought , And to the assembly let him be brought .
Fifteenth point . The fifteenth point is of full good ( 12 ) lore , For them that shall be there sworn , Such ordinance at th' assembly was ( 13 ) layd , Of great lords and masters before said ; For ( 14 ) thy Ike that be disobedient , for certain , Against the ordinance that there is Of these articlesthat were moved there
, , Of great lords and masters all together , And if they be proved openly , Before that assembly , by and by , And for their guilt no amends will make , Then must they needs the craft forsake ; And so mason ' s craft they shall refuse , And swear it never more to use . But if that they will amends make ,
Again to the craft they shall never take ; And if that they will not do so , The sheriff shall come them soon to , And put their bodies in deep prison , For the trespass they have done , And take their goods and their cattle Into the king ' s hand , every ( 15 ) del , And let them dwell there full still , As long as it be our liege king ' s will . ( 7 * 0 be contimied . )
( 10 ) Awe : governance . : ( 11 ) Lore : learning , knowledge . ( 12 ) Lore : advice , knowledge . ( 13 ) Layd : provided . ( 14 ) Thy Ike : every-one . ( 15 ) Del : a part or portion .
A cordial affection is tlie life and soul of all societies , and must be much more so of those who claim to associate together upon the noblest maxims of charity and frienr'ship .