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Songs Of The Ceaft.
some further remarks on . the subject of Masonry , and the revolutions it has undergone in its principles . A ' : [>>• ¦ ¦ ¦ I . "
About 1740-42 Hogarth published a plate , entitled , " The Mystery of Masonry brought to Light by the Gormagons / ' and as the subject is well described in Hogarth ' s Works , by Nichols and Steevens , 8 vols , quarto , London , 1810 ( vol . ii . p . 159 ei seq . ) , we shall present our readers with what is there said . Messrs , Nichols and Steevens describe the plate in the following manner : —
" The Mystery of Masonry brought to \ light byrthe Gormogons . The references are to : —A . Chin Quaw -Kypo , 1 st Emperor of China ; B . The Sage Confucius ; O . In Chin , present ( Ecumenical Volgi ; D . The Mandarin Hangchh Done from y Original . Painted at Pekin by Mattchauter , Grav' d by Ho—ge , and sold by y Printsellers of Epndon , Paris and Eome . Hogarth inv . et sculp / 3
Underneath , these verses ¦ :. ' . " From Eastern climes , transplanted to our coasts , Two oldest Orders that Creation boasts Here meet in miniature , expos'd to view That by their conduct men may judge their due . ¦ " . The Gormogons , a venerable race Appear distinguish'd with peculiar grace : What honour ! wisdom ! truth I and social love ! Sure such an order had its birth above .
" But mark , Free-Masons ! what a farce is this ? How wild this mystery ! what a Bum they kiss ? t Who would not laugh , % who such occasions had ? Who should not weep to think the world so mad ? "
I should suspect that this plate was published about 1742 , when the Procession § of Scald Miserables had been produced to parody the
* " The Gormogon Society is advertised ( by command of the Volgi ) Oct . 26 , 1728 ; and afterwards frequently till 1730 . " f On this occasion the Print exhibits a trait of humour that may hitherto have escaped observation , To render the part presented for salutation more tempting , it has patches on , such as women wore at the time the plate was published . % Parody on the concluding couplet of Pope ' s character of Addison .
§ The contrivers of the mock procession were at that time said to be Paul Whitehead , Esq ., and his intimate friend ( whoso real christian name Was Esquire ) Carey , of Pall Mall , surgeon to Frederick Prince of Wales . The City officers did not suffer this procession to go through Temple Bar , the common report then being , that its real interest was to affront the annual procession of the Free-Masons . The Prince was so much offended at this piece of ridicule , that he
immediately removed Carey from the office he held under him . To this may bo added , that Paul Whitehead wan intinmto with our artist . Whitehead ' s house ( says Sir John Hawkins in his " Life of Samuel Johnson" ) was open to all his London friends , among whom were Mr . Hogarth , Isaac Ware the architect , George Latnbert and Hayman , tho painters , and Mr . Havard , the player—men ¦ who had spent all their lives in and about CoventGarden , and looked upon it as the school of manners , and an epitome of the world .
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Songs Of The Ceaft.
some further remarks on . the subject of Masonry , and the revolutions it has undergone in its principles . A ' : [>>• ¦ ¦ ¦ I . "
About 1740-42 Hogarth published a plate , entitled , " The Mystery of Masonry brought to Light by the Gormagons / ' and as the subject is well described in Hogarth ' s Works , by Nichols and Steevens , 8 vols , quarto , London , 1810 ( vol . ii . p . 159 ei seq . ) , we shall present our readers with what is there said . Messrs , Nichols and Steevens describe the plate in the following manner : —
" The Mystery of Masonry brought to \ light byrthe Gormogons . The references are to : —A . Chin Quaw -Kypo , 1 st Emperor of China ; B . The Sage Confucius ; O . In Chin , present ( Ecumenical Volgi ; D . The Mandarin Hangchh Done from y Original . Painted at Pekin by Mattchauter , Grav' d by Ho—ge , and sold by y Printsellers of Epndon , Paris and Eome . Hogarth inv . et sculp / 3
Underneath , these verses ¦ :. ' . " From Eastern climes , transplanted to our coasts , Two oldest Orders that Creation boasts Here meet in miniature , expos'd to view That by their conduct men may judge their due . ¦ " . The Gormogons , a venerable race Appear distinguish'd with peculiar grace : What honour ! wisdom ! truth I and social love ! Sure such an order had its birth above .
" But mark , Free-Masons ! what a farce is this ? How wild this mystery ! what a Bum they kiss ? t Who would not laugh , % who such occasions had ? Who should not weep to think the world so mad ? "
I should suspect that this plate was published about 1742 , when the Procession § of Scald Miserables had been produced to parody the
* " The Gormogon Society is advertised ( by command of the Volgi ) Oct . 26 , 1728 ; and afterwards frequently till 1730 . " f On this occasion the Print exhibits a trait of humour that may hitherto have escaped observation , To render the part presented for salutation more tempting , it has patches on , such as women wore at the time the plate was published . % Parody on the concluding couplet of Pope ' s character of Addison .
§ The contrivers of the mock procession were at that time said to be Paul Whitehead , Esq ., and his intimate friend ( whoso real christian name Was Esquire ) Carey , of Pall Mall , surgeon to Frederick Prince of Wales . The City officers did not suffer this procession to go through Temple Bar , the common report then being , that its real interest was to affront the annual procession of the Free-Masons . The Prince was so much offended at this piece of ridicule , that he
immediately removed Carey from the office he held under him . To this may bo added , that Paul Whitehead wan intinmto with our artist . Whitehead ' s house ( says Sir John Hawkins in his " Life of Samuel Johnson" ) was open to all his London friends , among whom were Mr . Hogarth , Isaac Ware the architect , George Latnbert and Hayman , tho painters , and Mr . Havard , the player—men ¦ who had spent all their lives in and about CoventGarden , and looked upon it as the school of manners , and an epitome of the world .