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( 8 ) throat cut, my tongue taken from the roof of my mouth, my heart pluckt from under my left breaſt, then to be buried in the ſands of the ſea, the length of a cable rope from the ſhore, where the ſea ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours, my body to be then burnt to aſhes, my aſhes to be ſcattered upon the face of the earth, ſo that there ſhall be no more remembrance of me among Maſons.

Q. What form is the lodge ?

a. A long ſquare.

q. How long ?

a. From eaſt to weſt.

q. How broad ?

a. From north to ſouth.

q. How high ?

a. Inches, feet and yards innumerable ; as high as the clouds.

q. How deep ?

a. To the center of the earth.

q. Where does the lodge ſtand ?

a. Upon the higheſt hill or loweſt vale, or in the valley of Jehoſaphat or any other ſecret place.

q. How is it ſituated ?

a. Due eaſt and weſt.

q. Why ſo ?

a. Becauſe all churches and chapels are or ought to be ſo.

Q. What ſupports a lodge ?

A. Three great pillars.

Q. What are they called ?

A. Wiſdom, to contrive : Strength, to ſupport : and, Beauty, to adorn.