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Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

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The first was the voice <strong>of</strong> Jubela, exclaiming:<br />

"Oh! that my throat had been cut across," &c.,<br />

&c.<br />

The second was the voice <strong>of</strong> Jubelo, exclaiming:<br />

"Oh! that my body had been cut in two," &c., &c.<br />

The third was the voice <strong>of</strong> Jubelum, exclaiming:<br />

"Oh! that my body had been cut in two," &c., &c.<br />

Upon which they rushed in, seized, bound, and<br />

brought them before King Solomon; who, after a<br />

due conviction <strong>of</strong> their guilt, ordered them to be<br />

taken without the gates <strong>of</strong> the courts <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Temple, and executed according to the several<br />

imprecations upon their own heads.<br />

King Solomon then ordered the twelve Fellow<br />

Crafts to go in search <strong>of</strong> the body, and, if found,<br />

to observe whether the Master's word, or a key to<br />

it, or any thing appertaining to the Master's<br />

Degree, was on or about it.<br />

The body <strong>of</strong> our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, was<br />

found in a westerly course from the Temple,<br />

where our weary brothers sat down to rest and<br />

refresh themselves.<br />

On removal <strong>of</strong> the earth, they came to the body <strong>of</strong><br />

our Grand Master, Hiram Abiff, which they<br />

found in a high state <strong>of</strong> putrefaction, and in a<br />

mutilated and mangled condition, it having been<br />

buried already fifteen days: the effluvia which<br />

arose from it compelled them to place<br />

involuntarily their hands thus (Master here places<br />

his hands in form <strong>of</strong> a duegard <strong>of</strong> a Master<br />

Mason, which alludes to the manner in which his

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