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Dr. Dassigny's Enquiry.

by the nobility , gentry , and clergy , of Scotland , who with the utmost assiduity joined in the promotion of the Craft and Brotherhood , and so great a deference was paid to that noble order , that the Grand Master and Warden received an annual

stipend from the crown as also an acknoAVIedgment from every HOAV Brother in the kingdom at entrance , AVIIO had power not only to regulate Avhatever might happen amiss in the neighbourhood , but also to

hear and finally determine all controversies betAveen Mason and Lord , to punish the Mason if he deserved it , and to oblige both to equitable terms ; and this privilege remained until the unfortunate civil Avars ,

yet the great care the Scots took to preserve true Masonry proved afterwards very advantageous to England . The learned and magnanimous Queen Elizabeth beginning her reign in

troublesome times , Avas diffident of her subjects holding private assemblies , she therefore attempted to dissolve the annual communication of Free-Masonry as dangerous to her government and being a woman could

not be introduced into the fraternity ; but she thought it necessary to commission some noble persons to pay a visit to the Lodge at York , where being admitted , they threw aside their arms aud returned the

Queen a most honourable account of the antient fraternity , whereby her political fears and doubts Avere removed , and she let them alone as a people much respected by the noble and Avise of all political nations .

Upon her demise king James the VI . of Scotland succeeded to the crown of England , ( ivho Avas mason King ) revived the English Lodges , and as he Avas the first king of Great Britain , he was also the

firstprince in the world that recoA * ered Roman Architecture from the ruins of Gothic ignorance . For after many illiterate ages , Avhen learning again its drooping head uplifted , and the science of Geometry recovered its

ground , the polite nations then began to discover the confusion and impropriety of the Gothick Buildings , and in the 15 and 16 centuries the Augustan stile Avas raised from its rubbish in Italy , by many bright

Architects , but more particularly by the Great Palladia , who tho' not imitated there , Avas justly rival'd in England by our Great Master Mason Inigo Jones . And notwithstanding all true Masons pay due honour to the memories of those

Dr. Dassigny's Enquiry.

Italian Architects , yet the Augustan stile Avas not revived by any crowned head before king James the first of England , Avho employed the said glorious Inigo Jones to build his royal palace of Whitehall ; and

upon the king s demise his son Charles the I , being also a Mason king , intended to carry on his royal father ' s design according to Mr . Jones ' s stile , but Avas unhappily diverted by the civil Avars , and it is allowed

by all skillful Architects , that Master Jones ' s designs and erections are originals , and at first view discover his mighty genius in Architecture , for which he was as much honoured by the nobility and gentry of

Scotland as of England . Masonry could not help feeling the dismal effects of the wars in those times , but Avhen the royal family Avas restored and a general peace proclaimed throughout the

nation , it then began to flourish again , as appears by the productions of Sr . ¦ Christopher Wren and Sr . William Bruce , Avho folloAved the inimitable designs of Master Inigo Jones .

In tne reign of king James the II . the Lodges of Free Masonry in London , dwindled into ignorance , for Avant of being duly frequented and properly cultivated ; but after the revolution anno 1688 , the

glorious King William , tho' a Avarlike prince , had an excellent taste of Architecture , Avhich is evidently proved by his carrying on the building of the tAvo famous hospitals , Greenwich and Chelsea , together

with the palace of Hampton Court , Loo in Holland , & c , and the bri ght example of that prince influenced the learned of Great Britain to affect the Augustan style , as appears by the stately edifices erected since

throughout the kingdom of England and Ireland , not only in the reign of Queen Anne , but likeAvise in that of King George the I . and his Eoyal successor , the present majesty of these Realms , whom GOD long

preserve . To descr . be the mighty influence of the Craft of Free-Masonry in every age , and in every nation since the beginning of the Avorld , Avould require many volumes ; but Avere it expedient , it could easily be proved

that the kni ghts of Malta and many other religious orders and societies , did borrow their solemn usages from our ancient fraternity , who can with the utmost truth assert that no set of men can be better instituted , more decently installed , or

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Untitled Article 1
TO OUR READERS. Article 2
THE SAFE RETURN. Article 3
INDEX. Article 5
Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 7
HELIOTROPE. Article 8
MURIEL HALSIF. Article 8
DR. DASSIGNY'S ENQUIRY. Article 11
AN ORIGINAL DISSERTATION ON PUBLIC SPEAKING. Article 15
CHRONOGRAMS AND CHRONOPHONS. Article 17
ASSYRIAN DISCOVERIES. Article 20
A SONG FOR THE CRAFT. —CONCLUDED. Article 22
THE PALACE OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. Article 23
LET'S WELCOME THE HOUR. Article 25
A MASON'S GRAVE. Article 26
Review. Article 26
THE YOUNG WIDOW. Article 29
HOTEL INCIDENT IN THE RIVIERA. Article 30
AN ORATION FIFTY YEARS AGO. Article 34
HENCKABY BUDGINTON'S LITTLE DINNER. Article 38
IMAGININGS. Article 40
THE MYSTIC ORDER. Article 41
CONVERSATION. Article 43
LIVE MASONRY AS WELL AS TEACH IT. Article 45
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Dr. Dassigny's Enquiry.

by the nobility , gentry , and clergy , of Scotland , who with the utmost assiduity joined in the promotion of the Craft and Brotherhood , and so great a deference was paid to that noble order , that the Grand Master and Warden received an annual

stipend from the crown as also an acknoAVIedgment from every HOAV Brother in the kingdom at entrance , AVIIO had power not only to regulate Avhatever might happen amiss in the neighbourhood , but also to

hear and finally determine all controversies betAveen Mason and Lord , to punish the Mason if he deserved it , and to oblige both to equitable terms ; and this privilege remained until the unfortunate civil Avars ,

yet the great care the Scots took to preserve true Masonry proved afterwards very advantageous to England . The learned and magnanimous Queen Elizabeth beginning her reign in

troublesome times , Avas diffident of her subjects holding private assemblies , she therefore attempted to dissolve the annual communication of Free-Masonry as dangerous to her government and being a woman could

not be introduced into the fraternity ; but she thought it necessary to commission some noble persons to pay a visit to the Lodge at York , where being admitted , they threw aside their arms aud returned the

Queen a most honourable account of the antient fraternity , whereby her political fears and doubts Avere removed , and she let them alone as a people much respected by the noble and Avise of all political nations .

Upon her demise king James the VI . of Scotland succeeded to the crown of England , ( ivho Avas mason King ) revived the English Lodges , and as he Avas the first king of Great Britain , he was also the

firstprince in the world that recoA * ered Roman Architecture from the ruins of Gothic ignorance . For after many illiterate ages , Avhen learning again its drooping head uplifted , and the science of Geometry recovered its

ground , the polite nations then began to discover the confusion and impropriety of the Gothick Buildings , and in the 15 and 16 centuries the Augustan stile Avas raised from its rubbish in Italy , by many bright

Architects , but more particularly by the Great Palladia , who tho' not imitated there , Avas justly rival'd in England by our Great Master Mason Inigo Jones . And notwithstanding all true Masons pay due honour to the memories of those

Dr. Dassigny's Enquiry.

Italian Architects , yet the Augustan stile Avas not revived by any crowned head before king James the first of England , Avho employed the said glorious Inigo Jones to build his royal palace of Whitehall ; and

upon the king s demise his son Charles the I , being also a Mason king , intended to carry on his royal father ' s design according to Mr . Jones ' s stile , but Avas unhappily diverted by the civil Avars , and it is allowed

by all skillful Architects , that Master Jones ' s designs and erections are originals , and at first view discover his mighty genius in Architecture , for which he was as much honoured by the nobility and gentry of

Scotland as of England . Masonry could not help feeling the dismal effects of the wars in those times , but Avhen the royal family Avas restored and a general peace proclaimed throughout the

nation , it then began to flourish again , as appears by the productions of Sr . ¦ Christopher Wren and Sr . William Bruce , Avho folloAved the inimitable designs of Master Inigo Jones .

In tne reign of king James the II . the Lodges of Free Masonry in London , dwindled into ignorance , for Avant of being duly frequented and properly cultivated ; but after the revolution anno 1688 , the

glorious King William , tho' a Avarlike prince , had an excellent taste of Architecture , Avhich is evidently proved by his carrying on the building of the tAvo famous hospitals , Greenwich and Chelsea , together

with the palace of Hampton Court , Loo in Holland , & c , and the bri ght example of that prince influenced the learned of Great Britain to affect the Augustan style , as appears by the stately edifices erected since

throughout the kingdom of England and Ireland , not only in the reign of Queen Anne , but likeAvise in that of King George the I . and his Eoyal successor , the present majesty of these Realms , whom GOD long

preserve . To descr . be the mighty influence of the Craft of Free-Masonry in every age , and in every nation since the beginning of the Avorld , Avould require many volumes ; but Avere it expedient , it could easily be proved

that the kni ghts of Malta and many other religious orders and societies , did borrow their solemn usages from our ancient fraternity , who can with the utmost truth assert that no set of men can be better instituted , more decently installed , or

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