Blanchard J (anti-masonic) - Scotch Rite Masonry Illustrated Part I

1202 MASTER ELECT OF FIFTEEN.Theirgroans and complaint, were so lamentable, thatthey even moved the executioner, who cut off their headsand threw their bodies over the walls of Jerusalem toserve u food for the crows and wild beasts of the forest.Thus, my brother, we close the history of Muter Electof Fifteen.LECTURE MASTER ELECT 01 FIFTEEN.Most Illuatrioua Master-Brother inspector, are youa Grand Master Elected?Inspector-My zeal and my work have procured methis degree.Most Illustrious Master—Where have you been received?Inapectot—By Solomon himself in his audience chamberṀost Illustrious Master-—When did he receive you,and on what occasion?Inspector-When he sent me with my companions tofind the two other ruffians.Moat Illtsstrious Master—Were you inquiring afterthem yourself?Inspector—Yes, Most fllustrious Sovereign, and if Ihad not been named by Solomon I should at my ownexpense have gone to show my zeal in revenging thedeath of Hiram Abiff.Most illustrious Master-You felt then a great joywhen you saw those villains executed?Inspector—The three heads I wear on my ribbon area proof of it.Most illustrious Master-What signify these threeheads?Inspector-—They are the heads of the three assassinsof Hiram Abiff.Most Illustrious Master—What do you mean by threeheads? Did you not tell me you went in search of twovillains?LECTURE. 203Inspector—Because one of the villains had alreadysuffered before the other two were taken.Most Illustrious Master—What were the names of thetwo you brought to Jerusalem?Inspector—One was called JubeLa (Gi~ib) and theother JubeLo (Gravelot.)Most Illustrious Master—How were they discovered?Inspector-By the diligence of Bengabee, Solomon’sIntendant in the country of Cheth.Most Illustrious Master-What method did Solomontake to get them?Inspector—He wrote to lvi sacha, King of Cheth, desiringhim to make a strict inquiry for them.Most Illustrious Master—Who carried and deliveredSolomon’s letter to Maacha?Inspector—Zerbal, captain of Solomon’s Guards.Most Illustrious Master—Did Maacha hesitate togrant Solomon’s request?Inspccto.r—No; on the contrary he gave us guidesand a guard.Most Illustrious Master—Where were they found?Inspector—In a quarry called Bendaca’s quarry.Most Illustrious Master—Who was this Bendaca?Inspector—One of Solomon’s Intendants, who hadmarried one of his daughters.Most Illustrious Master—Row came these two ruffiansdiscovered?Inspector—By means of a shepherd who showed ustheir retreat.Most Illustrious Master—Who perceived them first?Inspector—Zerbal and Elignam, after five days’search.Most Illustrious Master—How were their chainsmade?Inspector—In form of a rule and square, on whichwas engraved the crimes they had committed, in orderto have their approaching fate before their eyes.Moat Illustrious Master—When did you return to