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( 10 ) Q Have you any light in the lodge ?

A. Yes, 3.

Q What do they repreſent ?

A. The fun, moon and maſter-maſon ?

N. B. Theſe lights are 3 large candles, placed on high candleſticks.

Q. Why ſo ?

A. The ſun, to rule the day ; the moon, the night ; and the maſter- maſon, his lodge.

Q. Have you any fixed lights in the lodge ?

A. Yes.

Q. How many ?

A. Three.

N. B. Theſe fixed lights are 3 windows, ſuppoſed, though vainly, to be in every room where a lodge is held ; but more proper, by the four cardinal points, according to the antique rules of maſonry.

Q. How are they ſituated ?

A. Eaſt, ſouth and weſt ; to light the men to, at and from their work.

Q. Why are there no lights in the north ?

A. Becauſe the ſun darts no rays from thence.

Q. Where ſtands your maſter ?

A. In the eaſt.

Q. Why ſo ?

A. As the ſun riſes in the eaſt, and opens the day ; ſo the maſter ſtands in the eaſt, with his right hand upon his left breaſt, being a ſign, and the ſquare about his neck, to open the lodge, and ſet his men at work.

Q. Where ſtands your wardens ?

A. In the weſt.

Q. What is their buſineſs ?

A. As the ſun ſets in the weſt, to cloſe