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470 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. BITE.
the Book of Constitutions and Statutes of the Order, a
naked sword, a sceptre, and a balance. In the West
are the two "Wardens. In front of each is a table,
covered with crimson cloth, lined and edged with black,
and strewed with tears. On each cover, in front, are
the four letters N-K.\ M-K.\ On each table are two
naked swords crossed.
The Hall is divided iuto two parts by a balustrade.
In the West is the camp of the Princes.
OFFICERS AND TITLES.
The Master is styled Illustrious Commander-in-Chiet
the two Wardens, Lieutenant Commanders ; and the
Orator, Minister of State. Beside these officers, there
are a Grand Chancellor, Grand Secretary and Keeper
of the Seals and Archives, Grand Treasurer, Grand En-
gineer and Architect, Grand Hospitaller, Grand Master
of Ceremonies, Grand Captain of the Guard, Grand
Standard-Bearer, and Grand Sentinel.
There are also in the Hall, west of the officers, on the
right and left, fourteen members, clothed in red, with
out aprons, and each having on his breast, suspended
from a black ribbon worn as a collar, the jewel of one
of the degrees—viz. : numbering these members from
one to fourteen, they wear respectively the jewels of
the 30th, 28th, 25th, 21st, 19th, 18th, 16th, 14th, 13th,
10th, 8th, 7th, 5th, and 3d degrees.
The first five are the Standard-Bearers of the Corps
that encamp around the pentagon, and the last nine are
Commanders of the Corps that encamp around the
nonagon ; the camp is as shown in the following illus-
tration :
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