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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES .
[ Continuedfrom Page idf \ A MAN named Giovanni Rho , a Milanese , page to an eminent family in Naples , had long been desirous to become a Freemason ; but unfortunately fell into the hands of one of those false Lodges , who shamefully abuse the Secrets of the Order , and make it an object of trafficor to make use of a term among the
; Freemasons of Italy , they fumigate , or lead astray , instead of instruct their new brethren . These impostors have frequently duped honest men , who having got amongst them , believe they have discovered the Utility of an Order , whose secrets they are not acquainted with , and by this means have conceived ideas of Masonry very much to it ' s disadvantage .
Rho , after purchasing his initiation , sought to advance himself in the society ,, but found he was not called to any Lodge . This disappointment , far from checking his ardor , did but increase his passion for Freemasonry . When he met any one of those who had assisted at his reception , he saluted them as a brother , but they pretended not to know him . At first impatient , afterwards furious , he traversed the city of Naples and made to each person the sign which they had assured him was that of a Mason , but no return was
given to it . From that time his love for the society was turned into hatred , he found at last that hehad been duped . _ One of the spies of Pallante had noticed the signs of Rho , and did not fail to report it to the judge , who had discovered this sign by some traitor and in which he had instructed his emissaries . This informer of Pallante was one of those wretches , who , in spite of the police are so frequent in great citieswhere they exercise the profession of
, procurers . His name was Gaetano Massini , a native of Florence , his surname was Spadincorpo , from a thrust he had received in the exercise of his trade . With this person Pallante concerted the following scheme to gain over the Milanese . Spadincorpo became acquainted with him accidentally , it was the more easy as Rho was then out of place , parading the square of the Palace
Royal , as is customary for servants unprovided , and the indolent part of the common people . After some preliminary conversation , Spadincorpo promised to procure him a good place on a certain day , and told him also that he had something actually in view for him . Rho promised to be grateful . They appointed a time to present him to this new master . Spadincorpo conducted him on the appointed day to St . Salvadore , or the Jesuits house ; where ¦ Pallante had shut up their papers . Spadincorpo pretended that hia
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES .
[ Continuedfrom Page idf \ A MAN named Giovanni Rho , a Milanese , page to an eminent family in Naples , had long been desirous to become a Freemason ; but unfortunately fell into the hands of one of those false Lodges , who shamefully abuse the Secrets of the Order , and make it an object of trafficor to make use of a term among the
; Freemasons of Italy , they fumigate , or lead astray , instead of instruct their new brethren . These impostors have frequently duped honest men , who having got amongst them , believe they have discovered the Utility of an Order , whose secrets they are not acquainted with , and by this means have conceived ideas of Masonry very much to it ' s disadvantage .
Rho , after purchasing his initiation , sought to advance himself in the society ,, but found he was not called to any Lodge . This disappointment , far from checking his ardor , did but increase his passion for Freemasonry . When he met any one of those who had assisted at his reception , he saluted them as a brother , but they pretended not to know him . At first impatient , afterwards furious , he traversed the city of Naples and made to each person the sign which they had assured him was that of a Mason , but no return was
given to it . From that time his love for the society was turned into hatred , he found at last that hehad been duped . _ One of the spies of Pallante had noticed the signs of Rho , and did not fail to report it to the judge , who had discovered this sign by some traitor and in which he had instructed his emissaries . This informer of Pallante was one of those wretches , who , in spite of the police are so frequent in great citieswhere they exercise the profession of
, procurers . His name was Gaetano Massini , a native of Florence , his surname was Spadincorpo , from a thrust he had received in the exercise of his trade . With this person Pallante concerted the following scheme to gain over the Milanese . Spadincorpo became acquainted with him accidentally , it was the more easy as Rho was then out of place , parading the square of the Palace
Royal , as is customary for servants unprovided , and the indolent part of the common people . After some preliminary conversation , Spadincorpo promised to procure him a good place on a certain day , and told him also that he had something actually in view for him . Rho promised to be grateful . They appointed a time to present him to this new master . Spadincorpo conducted him on the appointed day to St . Salvadore , or the Jesuits house ; where ¦ Pallante had shut up their papers . Spadincorpo pretended that hia