shipful Master of this Lodge, and now declares himself ready for installation. If any of you have any reasons to urge why he should not be installed, you will make them known now, or else forever hereafter hold your peace. Hearing no objections, I shall proceed to install him.
The Master elect then faces the Grand Master, who continues
Brother, previous to your investiture, it is necessary that you should signify your assent to those ancient charges and regulations which point out the duty of the Master of a Lodge.
I. Do you promise to be a good man and true, and strictly to obey the moral law?
Ans. I do.
II. Do you promise to be a peaceable citizen, and cheerfully to conform to the laws of the country in which you reside?
Ans. I do.
III. Do you promise not to be concerned in plots and conspiracies against the government of the country in which you live; but patiently to submit to the decisions of the law and the constituted authorities?
Ans. I do.
IV. Do you promise to pay proper respect to the civil magistrates, to work diligently, live creditably, and act honorably by all men?
Ans. I do.
V. Do you promise to hold in veneration the original rulers and patrons of the Order of Freemasonry, and their regular successors, supreme and subordinate,