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34 142 Sig’d, and struck their aprons three times in Honour of the deceased”. James Anderson DD, author and compiler of what was the most important book on Freemasonry ever written, from which every Book of Constitutions in the world has descended; a close friend of Dr Desaguliers, a mover and shaker amongst Freemasons of that time, barely had a dozen brethren attend his funeral! Strange? Even Bro. Joshua Norton, who is mentioned elsewhere in this publication, and relatively unknown to the vast majority of Masons throughout the world, had 10 000 people At his funeral. But.. James Anderson… a mere dozen? Shakespeare Frontispiece of the First Book of Constitutions Bacon
141 “And whisper one another in the ear, and he that speaks doth grip the hearer’s wrist” - King John Act 4 Scene 2. “The plant that discovered the grave and thus revealed the murder of Polydorus” - Virgil Book III . “If circumstances lead me, I will find where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed within the centre” - Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2. And in fact these are only some of the direct references to Freemasonry that assiduous study of Shakespeare’s plays will reveal Now if I am correct in assuming that no-one would, in those days, have been able to make direct references to Masonic aspects and its ceremonies such as the quotations stated on the opposite page, unless he was in fact a Mason himself, then it follows that Shakespeare would have been a Freemason. Additional support of this contention lies I believe in his childhood upbringing and the people with whom he and his family were associated. Now, if Bacon was in fact the actual author of the plays and NOT Shakespeare, then we have no problem because Bacon was a Freemason, we are told. There is a very strong and large group of people throughout the world who do in fact believe that Bacon was the true author of the plays attributed to Shakespeare. There is no absolute written evidence that either of these famous men were members of the Order and I am also not a follower of either camp as to the true authorship of the plays, so in fact I must consequently go along with the assertion that Shakespeare wrote the plays which were attributed to him and accordingly I must also support the possibility that he was indeed a Freemason. 35 THE SCALD MISERABLE MASONS By Keith Stockley Who were they? Where did they come from? Who were the organisers? Our knowledge of the Scald Miserable Masons is very sparse, but at least know what they did. “For three megs a carcase to scran your Pannum Boxes, tickets can be had at all vantage points to view the Masonic procession. Vantage points are: The lodge in Brick Street, near Hyde Park Corner, the Barley Broth Women at St. Paul’s Churchyard,, Smithfield Hospital gate, Nan Duck’s in Black-Boy-Alley and Chick Lane.’ Thus ran the mocking invitation to the annual April procession of the Scald Miserable Masons; a pseudo-Masonic organisation which existed in the early 1700’s—the earliest days of organised Freemasonry. Londoners were well-used to seeing Masonic processions through the streets, but these were discontinued by Grand Lodge Regulation as a result of the mocking processions of the body known as Scald Miserable Masons. William Hone in his Every Day Book for 1838, cites two examples of the parades held by the Scald Miserable Masons, one having taken place on 27 April 1742 outside Somerset House and the other on 18 April in an earlier year. The parade s were designed to mock the Freemasons with ragged dress, a mockery of the funeral of Hiram , the ‘body’ covered with a chimney sweep’s stop cloth, accompanied by drunken ‘brethren’ and a makeshift band carrying a variety of unbelievable makeshift instruments. The broadsheet issued for these parades described them as ‘ solemn and stately processions’.
Page 1 and 2: GLIMPSES INTO FREEMASONRY EDITION N
Page 3 and 4: NOTES FOREWORD Many Masonic Lodges
Page 5 and 6: 177 noticed the doctor shook hands
Page 7 and 8: 1 175 THE GREEN DRAGON By Keith Sto
Page 9 and 10: 3 173 KING SOLOMON’S TEMPLE—DID
Page 11 and 12: 171 SOME QUOTATIONS OF NOTE Compile
Page 13 and 14: 169 Anderson states in his Constitu
Page 15 and 16: 167 and a Mason. As a result of act
Page 17 and 18: 165 PRINCE HALL By Keith Stockley P
Page 19 and 20: 163 Of course, few of us are intere
Page 21 and 22: 161 “Throughout the entire Nazi e
Page 23 and 24: its Masonic symbol”. 159 17 “ I
Page 25 and 26: 157 importance to Freemasons as it
Page 27 and 28: 21 155 To overcome this, a process
Page 29 and 30: 153 THE TWO PILLARS By V. Wor. Bro.
Page 31 and 32: 151 Another old book by Bro. Sir Wa
Page 33 and 34: 149 27 ur spot is the part with the
Page 35 and 36: 147 IT LOOKS LIKE STONEHENGE— AN
Page 37 and 38: 31 145 The first care if his Lordsh
Page 39: 33 143 THE HON. ELIZABETH ST. LEGER
Page 43 and 44: 139 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE By Keith St
Page 45 and 46: 137 still used today in every Book
Page 47 and 48: 135 THE POLYCRONICON By Keith Stock
Page 49 and 50: 133 Joshua Abraham Norton was born
Page 51 and 52: 131 LEWIS: The French word “Levee
Page 53 and 54: 129 MYSTERY IN LANGUAGE By Keith St
Page 55 and 56: 127 But what elements for scandal!
Page 57 and 58: 125 WILLIAM MORGAN By Keith Stockle
Page 59 and 60: 123 MASONIC FIRE Taken from “A Ma
Page 61 and 62: 121 55 Whatever the origin, since t
Page 63 and 64: 119 of the Sun, and follow his bene
Page 65 and 66: 117 59 CIRCUMAMBULATION MacKey—En
Page 67 and 68: 60 115 Aubrey was a good friend of
Page 69 and 70: 113 62 The name itself, of course,
Page 71 and 72: 111 64 Reference to “The Square
Page 73 and 74: 109 66 Constitution of the USA. He
Page 75 and 76: 107 Gelli was the head of the P2 Lo
Page 77 and 78: 70 105 PROPAGANDA DUE By Keith Stoc
Page 79 and 80: 103 72 Yet another Masonic link to
Page 81 and 82: 101 74 THE BELGIAN MEDALLION By Bro
Page 83 and 84: 99 GRAND CHAPLAIN HANGED FOR FORGER
Page 85 and 86: 97 78 Fortunately where this happen
Page 87 and 88: 95 80 ANTONY SAYER By Keith Stockle
Page 89 and 90: 82 93 NAPOLEON I by Keith Stockley
Page 91 and 92:
91 CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES & FREEM
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89 BOAZ—HAVE WE GOT IT WRONG? By
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