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174 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. KITE.
Princes entered into a league to free the Holy Land
from the oppression of the infidels, the good and vir-
tuous Masons, anxious for so pious an undertaking,
offered their services to the confederates, upon condition
that they should have a chief of their own
election, and whose name was only made known in
the hour of battle ; which ' being granted, they ac-
cepted their standard and departed.
The valor and fortitude of these Elected Knights
were such, that they were admired by, and took the
lead of, all the Princes of Jerusalem, who, believing
that their mysteries inspired them with courage and
fidelity to the cause of virtue and religion, became
desirous of being initiated. Upon being found
worthy, their desires were complied with, and thus
the Royal Art, meeting the approbation of great and
good men, became popular and honorable, and was
diffused to the worthy throughout these dominions,
and thus continued to spread, far and wide, through
a succession of ages to the present day.
You will now, my brother, be seated among the
Grand Elect.
CLOSING.
PRAYER.
O Most Holy and Glorious God, thou who dwell-
est between the Cherubim, and art known in heavec