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q. How came you to be paſſed Maſter ?
a. By the help of the Square and my own induſtry.
q. How was you paſſed a Maſter ?
a. From the ſquare to the compaſs.
Ex. An enter'd Prentice, I preſume you have been.
Reſp. JACHIN and BOAZ I have ſeen.
A maſter-maſon I was made moſt rare,
With diamond, aſhler and the ſquare.
Ex. If a maſter-maſon you would be,
You muſt underſtand the rule of three :
And * MB ſhall make you free.(* M,Benach)
And what you want in maſonry,
Shall in this lodge be ſhown to thee.
Refp. Good maſonry I underſtand,
The keys of all lodges are at my command.
Ex. You are a heroic fellow, from whence came you ?
Refp. From the eaſt.
Ex. Where are you going ?
Refp. To the weſt.
Ex. what are you going to do there ?
Reſ. To ſeek that which was loſt, and is now found.
Ex. What is that which was loſt, and is now found ?
Reſ. The maſter-maſon's word.
Ex. How was it loft ?
Reſp. By three great knocks, or the death of our maſter Hiram.
Ex. In the building of Solomon's temple he was maſter-maſon ; and at high twelve at noon, when the men were gone to refreſh
