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Time.
So waste not now in garish dreams Or idle pomp and praise , That Season which so fleeting seems , Ancl never with you stays ; But look , beyond this fading land However fair or bright , To where those goodly borders stand , Of Infinite deli
ght . " Time then is calmly teaching To us its sober truth ; Time seems evermore beseeching , Calm age and" fiery youth , " M . v g'fts and hours no longer waste , Nor despise my ancient lore ,
Make haste my friends , my friends make haste , To use my golden store , And then on you will gently fall My happier hopes to day , As hastening onwards one and all , My hours slip away . " Time after all is but the ladder ,
AVhich in its steps of love , Leads man to scenes far gladder , Dear friends , and God above ! AV .
Ms. Masonic Constitutions (Or Charges) No. 2.
MS . MASONIC CONSTITUTIONS ( OR CHARGES ) No . 2 .
THE "HAKLEIAN MS . No . 2051 . " ( MS . H HUGHAN ' S CATALOGUE ) A . D . 1650 ( CIRCA ) . { Copied direct from the original in the British Museum . ' ] " THE FREE MASONS OEDEBS AND
CONSTITUTIONS . " ( Continued from Page 91 . j And thus the Craft Geomatry Avas govrned there and that worthy Mr . gave it tho name of Geometry , and it is called Masonrie in this land longe afterit is IIOAV
; amongst us in the countrey of Jerusalem , King David begane the temple of Jerusalem , that is Avith the templum dei , and same King David loved Masons AVOII and cherished them , and gave them good paymt
and he gave charge that yu should hereafterwards , and after the decease of Zing David , Solomon that Avas son to DaAdd pfornied out the temple his father had begun and he sent afterwards Masons of diverse lands and gathered them together so that he had fourscore thousand workers
of stone ancl they were named Masons , and he had three thousand of them wch Avere ordained maisters and govrnours : ancl there was a king in another region that men called Hyrain and he loved well King Soloman and gave him timber for his Avorke , ancl he had a son yt Avas named Agnon and he Avas
Mi ' , of Geometry and he Avas cheife Mr . of all his masons , and Mr . of aU his graving workes and of all other Masons that belonged to the temple and this Avittnesseth the Biblo in libro 2 Sam . capite 5 . and this sonne Solomon construed both the charges and manorsthat his father had
, given to Masons , and thus Avas the worthy Craft of Masons conserved in the countrey of Jerusalem and in many other kingdomes glorious Craftsmen wafking abroad in diverse countries , some because of learneing mor Craft ancl other some to teach
there craft ; and so it befell yt a curious Mason who was named Nymus Greacus and had bine at the makeing of Solomon ' s temple and came into ffranee and there taught the craft of Masonrie to the man of ffranee that was named Charles Martill , he
loved Avell this craft ancl drew to him this Naymus Greacus and learned of him the craft and took upon him the charge and maners and afterwards by the grace of God he Avas elected Kinge of ffranee and Avhen he Avas in his estate he took many masons and made masons there that Avere non and get them in worke and gave them both
charge and manors ancl good payment well he had learned of other masons and confinned them a charter fro * yr to yr to hold there . And thus came the craft into ffranee : And this season Avas voyd both of any charge or masonrie until the tyme of St . Albonsand in this time the Kinge of
, England that Avas a pagan , and he walled tho towne that is IIOAV called St . Albons , and in Albons tyme a worthy knight Avas cosen stuard to the kinge and had govrmt of tho reahue and alsoe of making the toAvne Avallesand he loved masons Avell
, ancl cherished them and made there payment right good standing Avaiges as the realme did require , for he gave them evry Avoeko 3 s . 6 d . to there double wages , before
that tyme through all the land a mason tooke but a Id . a day . Ancl next to the tyme yt St Albones mended it he gat them a charter fro the kinge and his counsell and gave it the name of assembly and thereat he was himselfe and made masons and gave
them charges as yu shall heare hereafter . After the decease of St . Albones there came grevious warrs into England through nations , for yt good rule of Masonrie Avas destroyed untyll the tyme of Kinge Athe-* " 7 to 7 . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Time.
So waste not now in garish dreams Or idle pomp and praise , That Season which so fleeting seems , Ancl never with you stays ; But look , beyond this fading land However fair or bright , To where those goodly borders stand , Of Infinite deli
ght . " Time then is calmly teaching To us its sober truth ; Time seems evermore beseeching , Calm age and" fiery youth , " M . v g'fts and hours no longer waste , Nor despise my ancient lore ,
Make haste my friends , my friends make haste , To use my golden store , And then on you will gently fall My happier hopes to day , As hastening onwards one and all , My hours slip away . " Time after all is but the ladder ,
AVhich in its steps of love , Leads man to scenes far gladder , Dear friends , and God above ! AV .
Ms. Masonic Constitutions (Or Charges) No. 2.
MS . MASONIC CONSTITUTIONS ( OR CHARGES ) No . 2 .
THE "HAKLEIAN MS . No . 2051 . " ( MS . H HUGHAN ' S CATALOGUE ) A . D . 1650 ( CIRCA ) . { Copied direct from the original in the British Museum . ' ] " THE FREE MASONS OEDEBS AND
CONSTITUTIONS . " ( Continued from Page 91 . j And thus the Craft Geomatry Avas govrned there and that worthy Mr . gave it tho name of Geometry , and it is called Masonrie in this land longe afterit is IIOAV
; amongst us in the countrey of Jerusalem , King David begane the temple of Jerusalem , that is Avith the templum dei , and same King David loved Masons AVOII and cherished them , and gave them good paymt
and he gave charge that yu should hereafterwards , and after the decease of Zing David , Solomon that Avas son to DaAdd pfornied out the temple his father had begun and he sent afterwards Masons of diverse lands and gathered them together so that he had fourscore thousand workers
of stone ancl they were named Masons , and he had three thousand of them wch Avere ordained maisters and govrnours : ancl there was a king in another region that men called Hyrain and he loved well King Soloman and gave him timber for his Avorke , ancl he had a son yt Avas named Agnon and he Avas
Mi ' , of Geometry and he Avas cheife Mr . of all his masons , and Mr . of aU his graving workes and of all other Masons that belonged to the temple and this Avittnesseth the Biblo in libro 2 Sam . capite 5 . and this sonne Solomon construed both the charges and manorsthat his father had
, given to Masons , and thus Avas the worthy Craft of Masons conserved in the countrey of Jerusalem and in many other kingdomes glorious Craftsmen wafking abroad in diverse countries , some because of learneing mor Craft ancl other some to teach
there craft ; and so it befell yt a curious Mason who was named Nymus Greacus and had bine at the makeing of Solomon ' s temple and came into ffranee and there taught the craft of Masonrie to the man of ffranee that was named Charles Martill , he
loved Avell this craft ancl drew to him this Naymus Greacus and learned of him the craft and took upon him the charge and maners and afterwards by the grace of God he Avas elected Kinge of ffranee and Avhen he Avas in his estate he took many masons and made masons there that Avere non and get them in worke and gave them both
charge and manors ancl good payment well he had learned of other masons and confinned them a charter fro * yr to yr to hold there . And thus came the craft into ffranee : And this season Avas voyd both of any charge or masonrie until the tyme of St . Albonsand in this time the Kinge of
, England that Avas a pagan , and he walled tho towne that is IIOAV called St . Albons , and in Albons tyme a worthy knight Avas cosen stuard to the kinge and had govrmt of tho reahue and alsoe of making the toAvne Avallesand he loved masons Avell
, ancl cherished them and made there payment right good standing Avaiges as the realme did require , for he gave them evry Avoeko 3 s . 6 d . to there double wages , before
that tyme through all the land a mason tooke but a Id . a day . Ancl next to the tyme yt St Albones mended it he gat them a charter fro the kinge and his counsell and gave it the name of assembly and thereat he was himselfe and made masons and gave
them charges as yu shall heare hereafter . After the decease of St . Albones there came grevious warrs into England through nations , for yt good rule of Masonrie Avas destroyed untyll the tyme of Kinge Athe-* " 7 to 7 . "