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OMPILED first by Mr., 1720, when he was Grand Master, and approved by the Grand Lodge on St. John Baptist's Day,  1721, at Stationer's Hall, London; when the Most Noble Prince  Duke of Montagu was unanimously chosen our Grand Master for the year ensuing; who chose , M.D., his Deputy Grand Master; Mr. and Mr., Jun., were chosen by the Lodge Grand Wardens, and now, by the command of our said Right Worshipful Grand Master , the author of this book has compared them with, and reduced them to the ancient records and immemorial usages of the fraternity, and digested them into this new method, with several proper explications, for the use of the Lodges in and about London and Westminster.

I. The Grand Master, or his Deputy, hath authority and right not only to be present in any true Lodge, but also to preside wherever he is, with the Master of the Lodge on his left hand, and to order his Grand Wardens to attend him, who are not to act in particular Lodges as Wardens but in his presence and at his command; because there the Grand Master may command