Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

three west, three north, and three south; and that
they should, with others whom he should appoint,
go in search of the ruffians.
The three that pursued a westerly course, coming
down near the port of Joppa, met with a seafaring
man, of whom they made inquiry, if he had seen
any strangers pass that way; he informed them
that he had, three, who, from their appearance,
were work-men from the Temple, seeking a
passage into Ethiopia, but not having King
Solomon's pass, were not allowed to obtain one,
and had returned back into the country.
They returned and bore this information to King
Solomon, who ordered them to disguise
themselves and travel as before, with positive
instructions to find the ruffians and with as
positive assurance that, if they did not, they
twelve should he deemed the murderers, and
suffer severely for the crime committed.
They travelled as before, and after fifteen days of
weary travel and hardships, one of the brethren,
being more weary than the rest, sat down on the
brow of a hill, west of Mount Moriah, to rest and
refresh himself, and, on attempting to rise, caught
hold
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of an acacia, which easily giving way, excited his
curiosity: upon examination they found it to be a
grave.
About this time a party arrived with the ruffians,
and related that while sitting down to rest and
refresh themselves, they heard the following
horrid exclamations from the clefts of an adjacent
rock.