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Hiſtory of Maſonry.

ORIGIN OF MASONRY.

THE original inſtitution of Maſonry laid on the foundation of the liberal arts and ſciences, but more eſpecially on the fifth, viz. Geometry : For, on the building of the Tower of Babel, the art of Maſonry was firſt introduced ; and from thence handed down by Euclid, a worthy and excellent mathematician in Egypt. And he communicated it to Hiram the maſter-maſon, concerned in the building of Solomon's temple at Jeruſalem ; where was an excellent and curious maſon, that was the chief under the grand-maſter, Hiram, whoſe name was Mannon Græcus, who taught the art of Maſonry to one Carolas Marcel, in France who was afterwards elected king of France and from thence it was brought into England, in the time of Ethelſtane ; who ordered an aſſembly to be held every year in York, which was the firſt introduction of it into England And maſons were made the manner following.