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But if, after admission into the secrets of Masonry, any new brother should dislike their proceedings, and reflect on himself for being so easily cajoled out of his money, declines the fraternity, or secludes himself upon account of the quarterly expences of the Lodge, and the Quarterly Communications, notwithstanding he has been legally admitted into a constituted and regular Lodge, ho shall be denied the privilege, as a visiting brother of knowing the mystery for which he has already paid, which is a manifest contradiction, according to the institution of Masonry itself, as will evidently appear by the following treatise.
ENTERED PRENTICE'S DEGREE.
Q. From whence came you?
A. From the Holy Lodge of St John's.
Q. What recommendation brought you from thence?
A. The recommendation which I brought from the Right Worshipful Brothers and Fellows, of the Right Worshipful and Holy Lodge of St John's, from whence I come and greet you thrice heartily well.
Q. What do you come here to do?
A. Not to do my own proper will.
But to subdue my passion still;
The rules of Masonry in hand to take,
And daily progress therein to make.
Q. Are you a Mason?
A. I am so taken and accepted to be among Brothers and Fellows.
Q. How can I know that you are a Mason?
