Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

The second way to read the alphabet is as
follows:
The upper left angle without a dot is a; the same
with a dot is b, &c.
High Priest then reads Exodus vi. 2, 3:
"And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I
am the Lord: and I appeared unto Abraham, unto
Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God
Almighty; but by my name Jehovah was I not
known to them."
p. 249
After examining the Key, he proceeds to read, by
the aid of it, the characters on the four sides of
the Ark.
High Priest (reading first side.)--Deposited in the
year three thousand. Second side--By Solomon,
King of Israel. Third side--Hiram, King of Tyre,
and Hiram Abiff. Fourth side--For the good of
Masonry, generally, but the Jewish nation in
particular. 1
High Priest (to candidates.)--Companions, here
are three mysterious words, in a triangular form,
upon the Ark, which, when first found, were