The Wilson Manuscript Constitution.

of cunninge to performe the same soe that the Crafte have noe slander or dis-Avoorshipp thereby but that the lord maie bee Avell and truly served Alsoe y * noe maister take noe Avoorke but that hee take itt reasonably soe that the lord

may be Avell served Avith his oAvne good and the maister to live honestly and to paie his felloAves trulie theer pay as the manner is Alsoe that noe masters nor felloAves shall not supplant anie other of their Avoorke that is to say if he have

taken a woorke in hand or else stand M ' of the Lords Avoorke he shall not putt him out except hee bee unable of cuninge to end the Avoorke And alsoe that noe maister or fellowe take noe prentice but for the time of vii yeares

and that the prentice bee able of birth ( that is to say ) free borne & hole of limmes as a man ought to bee And also that noe maisters nor felloAves take noe alloAvances to be made mason AV * 11 the

asent and councell of his felloAves And that he take him for noe lesse time then yeares and that hee Avhich shall bee made a mason bee able in all maner of degrees That is to say free borne come of good kindred true and

noe bond man and alsoe that hee have his right limnis as a man ought to have Also that noe man take any aprentice unlesse hee have sufficient occupacon for to sett him on Or to sett three of his fellowes or tAvoe att at the least on

Avoorke . And also that noe maister or fellowe shall take noe man ' s Avoorke to taske that Avas Avont to goe to jornie Alsoe that every maister shall geve pay to his fellowes but as they deserve soe that hee be not deceived by false

Avoorkemen . Also that noe mason slander another behinde his backe to make him losse his good name or his Avorldlie goods Also that noe felfoAve Avithin the lodge or with out misauns Avere an other ungodlie or reproch fullAvithout

y some reasonable cause Also that every mason shall reverence his elder and put lim to Avoorshipp And also that noe mason shall be . . . common player att hazard or att dice nor att any other unlawful ! playes Avhereby the

crafte might be slandered And alsoe that noe mason shall use noe lechery nor bee noe bande Avhereby the crafte might bee slandered And alsoe that noe felfoAve goe into the toAvne night times . . . . of felloAves Avithoute hee have a felloAve Avith lim that maie beare him Avittnes that he Avas

in honest places . Also that every M ' and felloAve shall come to the assemblie if that he be Avithin fifty myles about him if he have anie Avarning And if he have trespassed against the crafte then for to abide the

award of the maisters and felloAves Also that every maister and fellowe that have trespassed against the crafte shall stand to the awarde of the maisters and felloAves to make them accorded if they cann and if they maie not accorde them then to goe to the common Lawe Also that noe maister nor felloAve make noe

moulde nor scruare nor rule to noe layare nor sett noe layare Avithin the lodge nor Avithout to heAve noe moulde stones Also that everie mason receive and cherish straunge felloAves AA'hen they come over the countries and sett them

a Avoorke if they Avill as the maimer is That is to say if they have moulde stones in his place or else hee shall refresh him Avith money to the next lodgeing Also that every mason shall truelie serve the lord for his paie And

everie maister trulie to make an ende of his Avoorke be it taske or jornie if hee have his demands and all that hee ought to have . Theis chargs that Avee have noAve rehersed unto you and all other that belonge to masons yee shall keepe soe helpe you god and your Hallidome .

HALF the discomfort of life is the result of getting tired of ourselves . GRAVITY is no more evidence of Avisdom than a paper collar is of a shirt . A COUNTKY paper tells this story of a neAv boy in one of the Sunday-schools : —

The precious youth was asked Avho made the beautiful hills about there , and rep lied that he did not knoAv , as his parents only moved into town the clay before , "