The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 313
THE WORSHIPFUL SOCIETY OF THE FREE MASONS
OF THE CITY OF YORK AND DIVISION.
.
Oath of Nimrod.
Apprentice Degree (is/).
I, do, in the presence of
El Shaddai and of this Worshipful Assembly of Free Masons,
Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plaisterers and Brick-
layers, promise and declare that I will not at any time hereafter,
by any act or circumstance whatsoever, directly or indirectly,
write, print, cut, mark, publish, discover, reveal, or make known,
any part or parts of the Trade secrets, priviledges, or counsells
of the Worshipful Fraternity or Fellowship of Free Masonry,
which I may have known at any time, or at any time hereafter
shall be made known unto me.
The penalty for
my
breaking this great oath shall be the loss of
life.
That I shall be branded with the mark of the Traitor and
slain according to ancient custom by being throtalled, that my
body shall be buried in the rough sands of the sea a cable's
length from the shore where the tide regularily ebbs and flows
twice in the twenty-four hours, so that my soul shall have no rest
by night or by day —
(Candidate signs the O.B.)
Given under my hand and sealed with my lips, this
day of I 9 I 3-
So help me El Shaddai and the holy contents of this book.
The First Master Mason—Take good heed to keep it right
well, for it is perilous and great danger for a man to forswear
himself upon the Holy Book.
Note.—We see here that the obligation refers
to trade secrets, and must therefore be of recent
origin. To prove this one only has to refer to the