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SUBLIME PRINCE OF THE ROYAL SECRET. 481
of the 29th and 30th degrees. The commandingc
officer represents Bezaleel.
G.\ 3I.\ of G.\ Sir Knight, enclosed in this pentagon
you observe an equilateral triangle ; at its angles
are said to be encamped the Princes of the Royal
Secret, the Grand Inspector Inquisitor Commanders,
and such Knights of Malta as, having proved them-
selves true and faithful, have been accepted and
received among us. Within the triangle is a circle,
in which are said to be the quarters of the Sovereign
Grand Inspectors General of the 33d degree, who
serve as Lieutenant Commanders under the Most
Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander. In most of
the engraved tracing-boards of this degree, within
the circle is a cross with five arms of equal length,
which were to be the quarters of the five Princes
who, as Lieutenant Commanders, were in turn to be
second in command, and whose standards float at
the five angles of the pentagon.
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C.\ in C.'. Sir Knight, if you have in good faith
assumed the obligations of the preceding degrees,
the general features of which have now been sum-
marily recited to you, and if you have studied and
understood the doctrines which they teach and the
principles which they inculcate, you are entitled to
our regard and esteem, and are fitted to do the duties
of a good Mason ;
for you have bound yourself to do
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