The Old Charges Of The British Freemasons.

them in worke as ye manner is ( Scilicet ) mould stones when they com into this place , he shall refreshe them with money into ye next Lodge , also y ' every mason should serve the Lord treuly for his pay ancl every mason or M ' treuly to make end of his work be it task , or journey , and see y' ye have the covenant rehearsed all other y' belong to masonrie . Te charge was never iven to frie masone before this worthie clarke Eucld did ive ra there is

g any y g y , no frie mason neither M nor fellow y ought to take any more prentices during his life tyme but thrie , which prentices he must take for vii years ( y' is to say ) The first of them seven yeirs after he be frie mason , and then vii yeirs after his yeirs is expired to take another , ancl as ye next ancl y he ought to

take no more except he cause ane Lodge to be set and have the leave if all his masters ancl fellows of ye set Lodge and y' ye prentices so taken are lawfully taken and they y' are otherways taken are not lawfully taken . They that are lawfully taken , after they come out of their prentisschipe ought not to be name loses but they ought to be named frie men from their M or fellows if they have their M Discharge ancl all other y are not lawfully taken are to be namit losesthere ought neither M ' nor fellowsmake no frie mason except

, , one of his lawfnil prentice nor he ought not to be made frie mason except he give in his ( say ) before ane sett Lodge to see what he can begin from ye ground and furnish to ye tope for staining of a noble scienc . There ought no frie 1

mason neither M' nor fellow y' taketh his work by great to take any Loses , if he can have any frie masons or lawfull taken prentices , and if he can have none of them , he may take as many as will serve his tnrne and he ought not to let y know ye priviledge of ye compass Square , levell and ye plum-rule but to sett out their phimming to them , & let them work between y w' a lyne , ancl ought not to let them know any more for putting down ye noble science and if there come any frie mason , he ought to displace one of ye Loses , and put in his brother y' taketh worke or if y ' come one of ye lawfull taken prentices li leeways , and if he or neither have no work for them he ought to give them money , to bring them to ye next Lodge or next frie mason , also if any

JVT or rellow have any lawfull taken prentices doe run away ancl doe come there to M or fellow he shall sett him in worke till he can send his M ' word of him , and also if he pay any wages he shall answer his M and for ye performance of these covenent . We do swear , so God us helpe and holy dome ancl by the contents of this book to our jiower—fines . Be it knoucu . to all men to whom , these presents shall Extracted be me come that Robert Winsester hath lafuldone his dutie to

y AM upon the 1 . the science of Masonrie in witnes whereof I , John 2 3 and 4 dayes Wincester his Master frie mason have subscrib it my name of December anno ! ancl sett to my mark in the Tear of our Lord 1581 ancl in MDCLXXIIII . j the raing of our most Soveraing Lad y Elizabeth the ( 22 ) Tear .

Michael Faraday.

MICHAEL FARADAY .

BY RR 0 . , T . H . LEGC 10 TT .

MICHAEL FARADAT , the son of James and Margaret Faraday , was born at Newington , a southern suburb of London , on September 22 nd , 1791 . His father was a blacksmith , and had but recentl y come to reside in London . He had removed with his family from a small Torkshire village , near Settle . Though a clever workman , James Faraday did not at once find employment , ancl was therefore compelled to seek parish relief .