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( 4 ) according to the rules of Maſonry, as delivered by their tradition, ever ſince Adam which I ſhall leave the candid reader to determine.

From the accepted Maſons ſprang the real Maſons : from both ſprung the Gormogans, whoſe Grand-Maſter the Volgi deduces his original from the Chineſe, whoſe writings, if to be credited, maintains the hypotheſis of the Pre-Adamites, and conſequently muſt be more ancient than Maſonry

The moſt free and grand ſociety, is that of the grand Koihebar, which conſiſts of a ſelect company of repſonſible people, whoſe diſcourſe is concerning trade and buſineſs and promote friendſhip without compulſion or reſtriction.

But if, after admiſſion into the ſecrets of Maſonry, any new brother ſhould diſlike their proceedings, and reflect upon 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 quarterly communications, notwithſtanding he has been legally admitted into a conſtituted and regular lodge, he ſhall be denied the priviledge, as a viſiting Brother, of knowing the myſtery for which he already paid, which is a manifeſt contradiction, according to the inſtitution of Maſonry itſelf, as will evidently appear by the following Treatiſe.