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( 7 ) Q. What did the Senior Warden do with vou ?

A. He preſented me, and in ſhewed me how to walk up (by three ſteps) to the Maſter.

Q. What did the Maſter do with you ?

A. He made me a Maſon.

Q. How did he make you a Maſon.

A. With my bare bended knee and my body within the ſquare, the compaſs extended to my naked left breaſt, my naked right hand on the Holy Bible, there I took the obligation or oath of a Maſon.

Q. Can you repeat that obligation ?

A. I will do my endeavour. Which is as follows.

“ I Hereby ſolemnly vow and ſwear in the preſence of Almighty GOD and this right worſhipful Aſſembly That I will hail and conceal, and never reveal the ſecrets or fecreſy of Maſons or Maſonry that ſhall be revealed unto me unleſs to a true and lawful Brother, after an examination, or in a juſt and worſhipful lodge of Brothers and Fellows well met.

I furthermore promiſe and vow, That I will not write them, print them, mark them, carve them or engrave them, or cauſe them to be written carved or engraven, on wood or ſtone, ſo as the viſible character or impreſſion of a letter may appear whereby it may be unlawfully obtained. All this under no leſs Penalty, than to have my