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Ms. Masonic Constitutions (Or Charges) No. 1.
gularly for masters and felloAVS viz . That noe Mr shall take upon Mm any Lord ' s work or any other men ' s work except he know Mmself to be of suficient skill and cuning to pform ancl finish ye same soe yt ye Craft thereby receive noe slander or discredit but yt ye Lord may be wol served
ancl have his Avork truly and suficiently done . And also yt noe Mr take any AA'ork at unreasonable rates but so reasonably yt ye Lord or OAVUI' may be true served Avth Iris OAA' 11 goods and yo Mr to live honestly thereby ancl to pay his felloAA's truly their
Avages as ye mannr is . And also yt no Mr or felloAV shall suplant anothr of his work yt is to say if any Mr or felloAV have taken any Avork to doe and therefore stand as Mr of ye sd Avork yee shall put him out of it unless he be unable of skill and cunning to pform ye same to ye end and also yt
noe Mr or 1 ' OIIOAV take any apprentice unclr ye terme of seA'en yeares and yt such aprntice suficiently able of body and sound of lymbs and also of good birth free born noe Allan but descended of a true and honest kindred ancl noe bondman ancl also yt noe Mason take any aprntice unless he have suficient occupation lvhcreon to
employ two or throe felloAA's at yo least . And also yt noe Mr or felloAV put any to take any Lord's Avork yt Avas Avont to work Journey work . Ancl also yt every Mr shall g ive Avages to his Felknves according as his Avork doth deserve yt lie be not deceh'ed by false Avork . And also yt none
shall slandr anotlir behinde his back Avhereby he may loose his good name or AA'ordly riches . Also yt no felloAV Avithin ye lodge or Avithout shall misansweT or reprove unlaAvfully anotlir Avithout cause . And also yt every Mason shall reverence his eldr brothr and put Mm to honour . Also yt noe Mason shall be a comon player att cards or dice or any othr unknvfull
game or games Avhereby ye Science may bo slandered and disgraced and also yt noo felloAV at any time goe -f rom his felloAves of ye lodge into any toAA'ne adjoyning except he have a felloAV Avith him to Avitness y t he AA'as in honest place and civill company . And also yt every Mr and fellow shall
come to ye Assemblio of Masons if it be Avithin I : miles about him if he have any Avarning of ye same . And if lie or they have trespassed or offended against ye craft all such soe trespassing shall stand there at ye award and Arbitration of ye M ' astrs
and FOUOAA ' there and they to make them accord if they can or may ancl if they cannot agree them then to goe to ye comon LaAv ancl also yt no Mr or FelloAV make any mould rule or square for any Laj'cr nor set any Layer wth ye Lodge or
without to heAV any mould stones . And that every Mason shall cherish strange felloAA'es when they come out of othr countreys and set them on work if he can as ye nianr is viz . if he haA'e no stones nor moulds in yt place he shall refresh him
Avth money to suply his necessityes untill he come at ye next Lodge . Ancl also yt every Mason shall pfonne his work truly and not sleightily for his pay but to serve Ms Lord truly for his Avages and also yt every Mr shall truly make an end of his
Avork Avhetker it be b y Tax or by Jorney viz . by measure or by clayes if ho have his pay and all othr covents pformed to him by ye Lord of yo work according to ye bargaine . These charges yt AVO have IIOAV rehearsed to yu and to all oths here prsent
AA'ch belongeth to Masons yu shall AA'ell and truly keep to yor poAvr so help you God and by ye contents of yt booke—Amen . "
Endorsed . " Found in Pontefraet Castle at the Demolishing , and Given to this Lodge by Francis Drake !' "A . D . 1736 . "
t > A second endorsement at end of Roll , p j —< ALWAYS TELL TEE TRVTB : —The
groimd-Avork of all manly character is veracity , or tho habit of truthfulness . That virtue lies tho foundation of everything said . HOAV common it is to hoar parents say : " I have faith in my child so long as it speaks the truth . He may have faults , but I know
he Avill not deceive . I build on that confidence . " They are right . It is just and laAvful ground to build upon . So long as the truth remains in a child there is something to depend on ; but when truth is gone , all is gone ; all is lost unless tho child is speedily AVOII back to veracity . — National Freema-iou .
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Ms. Masonic Constitutions (Or Charges) No. 1.
gularly for masters and felloAVS viz . That noe Mr shall take upon Mm any Lord ' s work or any other men ' s work except he know Mmself to be of suficient skill and cuning to pform ancl finish ye same soe yt ye Craft thereby receive noe slander or discredit but yt ye Lord may be wol served
ancl have his Avork truly and suficiently done . And also yt noe Mr take any AA'ork at unreasonable rates but so reasonably yt ye Lord or OAVUI' may be true served Avth Iris OAA' 11 goods and yo Mr to live honestly thereby ancl to pay his felloAA's truly their
Avages as ye mannr is . And also yt no Mr or felloAV shall suplant anothr of his work yt is to say if any Mr or felloAV have taken any Avork to doe and therefore stand as Mr of ye sd Avork yee shall put him out of it unless he be unable of skill and cunning to pform ye same to ye end and also yt
noe Mr or 1 ' OIIOAV take any apprentice unclr ye terme of seA'en yeares and yt such aprntice suficiently able of body and sound of lymbs and also of good birth free born noe Allan but descended of a true and honest kindred ancl noe bondman ancl also yt noe Mason take any aprntice unless he have suficient occupation lvhcreon to
employ two or throe felloAA's at yo least . And also yt noe Mr or felloAV put any to take any Lord's Avork yt Avas Avont to work Journey work . Ancl also yt every Mr shall g ive Avages to his Felknves according as his Avork doth deserve yt lie be not deceh'ed by false Avork . And also yt none
shall slandr anotlir behinde his back Avhereby he may loose his good name or AA'ordly riches . Also yt no felloAV Avithin ye lodge or Avithout shall misansweT or reprove unlaAvfully anotlir Avithout cause . And also yt every Mason shall reverence his eldr brothr and put Mm to honour . Also yt noe Mason shall be a comon player att cards or dice or any othr unknvfull
game or games Avhereby ye Science may bo slandered and disgraced and also yt noo felloAV at any time goe -f rom his felloAves of ye lodge into any toAA'ne adjoyning except he have a felloAV Avith him to Avitness y t he AA'as in honest place and civill company . And also yt every Mr and fellow shall
come to ye Assemblio of Masons if it be Avithin I : miles about him if he have any Avarning of ye same . And if lie or they have trespassed or offended against ye craft all such soe trespassing shall stand there at ye award and Arbitration of ye M ' astrs
and FOUOAA ' there and they to make them accord if they can or may ancl if they cannot agree them then to goe to ye comon LaAv ancl also yt no Mr or FelloAV make any mould rule or square for any Laj'cr nor set any Layer wth ye Lodge or
without to heAV any mould stones . And that every Mason shall cherish strange felloAA'es when they come out of othr countreys and set them on work if he can as ye nianr is viz . if he haA'e no stones nor moulds in yt place he shall refresh him
Avth money to suply his necessityes untill he come at ye next Lodge . Ancl also yt every Mason shall pfonne his work truly and not sleightily for his pay but to serve Ms Lord truly for his Avages and also yt every Mr shall truly make an end of his
Avork Avhetker it be b y Tax or by Jorney viz . by measure or by clayes if ho have his pay and all othr covents pformed to him by ye Lord of yo work according to ye bargaine . These charges yt AVO have IIOAV rehearsed to yu and to all oths here prsent
AA'ch belongeth to Masons yu shall AA'ell and truly keep to yor poAvr so help you God and by ye contents of yt booke—Amen . "
Endorsed . " Found in Pontefraet Castle at the Demolishing , and Given to this Lodge by Francis Drake !' "A . D . 1736 . "
t > A second endorsement at end of Roll , p j —< ALWAYS TELL TEE TRVTB : —The
groimd-Avork of all manly character is veracity , or tho habit of truthfulness . That virtue lies tho foundation of everything said . HOAV common it is to hoar parents say : " I have faith in my child so long as it speaks the truth . He may have faults , but I know
he Avill not deceive . I build on that confidence . " They are right . It is just and laAvful ground to build upon . So long as the truth remains in a child there is something to depend on ; but when truth is gone , all is gone ; all is lost unless tho child is speedily AVOII back to veracity . — National Freema-iou .