The "Inigo Jones" Ms.

WHEREFORE they took Conncell together with the King of the Land , How they mig ht find their Children Honestly as Gentlemen , But could find no Manner of Good way , And then Did they Proclaime through all the Land , that if there were any Man , that could Inform them , that he should be well rewarded for his Travel ! , And that he should hold him well pleased . AFTER this CRY was made ; then came the worth y CLARK EUCLYDE

, and said to the King and the LORDS . IF YEA will Give me Your Children to Govern , I will Teach them One of the Seven SCIENCES , whereby they may live Honestly , as Gentlemen should ; Under Conditions , that Yea will Grant them , and That I may have Power to Rule them after the manner that Science ought to be Ruled . And that the King and the Conncell Grant Anon and Seale his Commission And then

this Worthy Clark EUCLIDE took to him these Lord ' s Sons , and taught them Dhe SCIENCE of GEOMETRY , in Practiok , for to Work in STONE , all manner of worthy Work , thatbelongeth to Building of CHURCHES , TEMPLES , TOWERS , CASTLES ; And all other manner of Buildings ; And He gave them a Charge in this Manner . FIRST that they should be true to the King , and to the Lordthat they

, Serve ; and To the Fellowship whereof they are Admitted ; And that they should Love and be true to one another ; And that they should Call Each other his Fellow , or Else BROTHER ; and not his Servant or Knave , nor no other foul Name ; and that they should truely deserve their Pay of the Lord ; . Or the Master of the Work that they Serve . THAT they should Ordain the Wisest of them to be the MASTER of the

Work ; And neither for Love nor Lynage , Riches nor Favour , to Sett another , that hath but little Cunning , to be Master of the Lord ' s Work ; whereb y the Lord should be Evil Served , and they Ashamed ; and Also , that they should Call the Governour of the Work MASTER in the time that they work with him .

AND many other Charges He gave them , that are too long to tell , And to all these Charges He made them Swear a great Oath , that Men Usee ! at that time . AND He Ordain'd for them , a reasonable Pay , whereby they may live honestly ; And Also that they should come and Assemble together every Year Onceto consult how they might Work best to serve the LORDfor his profit

, , , And to their Own Credit , And to Correct within themselves him that had trespassed against the CRAFT . AND thus was the Craft Grounded there , And that WORTHY Clark EUCLEDE , Gave it the Name of GEOMETRY ; And now it ' s call'd through all the LAND MASONRY .

SITHENCE Long time after when the Children of ISRAEL were come into the Liicl of the IEBUSITES which is now call'd IERUSALEM King DAVID began the Temple , that is * Ann 0 Mundi - called ( TEMPLUM DOMINI ) with us the TEMPLE of o ^^ S " ^ IERUSALEM , alias the TEMPLE of the LORD . " ' THE same King DAVID Loved MASONS and Cherished them , and gave y Good Pay . And he gave them the Charges in manner as they were given in EGYPT , by EUCLYDE ; and other Charges more , as you shall Hear afterwards .

* . * AFTER the decease of King DAVID . SOLOMON sent to HIRAM King of TYRE for one who was a Cunnino-Workman ( called HIRAM ABIF ) the Son of a woma of the Line of NafitaK and of Urias the Israelite . & c . 1 _ Kings , SOLOMON to HIRAM the King . la ' wL KNOW thou that mj Father having a will to Build a Temple to God . Hath been withdrawn fro the Performance thereof b y the B 2