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

204 MASTER ELECT OF Fl ITEE~. LECTURE. 205Jerusalem?Inspector—The flfteenth of the month Ab, which answera to our month of July.Most Illustrious Master-How long were you on thevoyage? ~monthexactly.Most Illustrious Master-How many masters wereelected by Solomon to go on this expedition?Inspector—Fifteen, of which number I was one.Most Illustrious Master-Was there nobody else withyou?Inspector-Yes, King Solomon sent troops to escortusṀost Illustrious Master—What did you do with theruffians after you arrived at Jerusalem?Inspector-We carried them directly into the presenceof Solomon.Most Illustrious Master-What orders did Solomongive about them?I 1tspector—Afkr he had reproached them bitterly forthe enormity of their crimes, he ordered Achizar, GrandMaster of the household, to confine them in the towerthat bore his name, and that they should be executedthe next day at ten o’clock in the morning.Most Illutrious Master—With what kind of deathwere they punished?Inspector—They were tied naked by their necks andheels to two posts, their bodies cut open from theirbreasts to the ar’se-pubis and cross wise.Most Illustrious Master—Did they continue any timein that condition?Tnspector—They were thus exposed for eight hoursji& the hot sun, that the venomous flies and insects shouldsuck their blood; which made them suffer even morethan death itself. They made such lamentations andcries that they even moved the executioner.Most Illustrious Master-What did he do with themafterwards?Inspector-He was so moved with their cries, that hecut off their heads and flung their bodies over the wallsof Jerusalem, as food for the ravens and beasts.Most Illustrious Master—What was done with theirheads?Inspector—They were fixed on poles by order of Solomonand exposed to public view, with that of Akirop,in order to give an example as well to the people u tothe workmen of the temple.Most Illustrious Master—What was the name of thefirst villain?Inspector—According to the nine elected, they calledhim Abyram, but the word is only an emblem, as it signifiesviLlain or assassin. His right name is Jubelum(Akirop) and he was the eldest of the three brothers.Most Illustrious Alaster—On which gates were theseheads exposed?Inspector—On the South, East and West gates; thatof Akirop on the East gate, that of Jubelo (Gravelot) onthe West, and that of Jubela (Guibbs~) on the Southgate.Note S6.—”Ouibba. The names given to the Amasains of the thirddegree by some of the in,entors of the high degrees are of so singulara form as to hu,e almost irresistibly led to the conclusion that theseliames were bestowed by the adhereuts of the house of 5tuaris uponsome of their enemies as marks of infamy. 5uch. tot instance, is Romyel,the name of one of the Assassins in certain 5cottiah degrees, which iiprobably a corruptIon of Cromwali, Jubelum Guibba, another name of one.1 ihesa traitors, has m,,eh pussieS the Masonic etymologists. I thinkthat I have found its origin in the name of the Re,. Adam Oih, whowas an antiburgher clerg~ ni,,n of Edinburgh. when that city was takenlassession of by tbc young Pretender. Charles Edward, in 1745. the•~iergy generally tIed. lInt Gib removed oniy three miles from the city.where, collecting his I yai congregation, he hnrled anathemas for fivesuccessive Sundays against the Pretender, and boldly prayed for the,i,,wnfall of the rebellion. He subsequently Joined the loyal army, and atFalkirk took a rebel prisoner. So active was Gib in his opposition tothe cause of the house of 5tuart. and so obnoxious had he become thatseveral attempts were made by the rebels to take his life. On CharleeEdward’s return to Prance he erected in 1747 hia ~Primordisl Chspter~ atArras; and in the composition of the high degrees there practiced it isy~y probable that he bestowed the name of his old enemy Gib on ihemost atrocious of the Asussins who figured in the legend of third degree.The letter u was doubtless inserted to prevent the French in pronounelugthe name from falling into the soft sound of the 0 and calling theword Jib. The additional h and a were the natural and customary resultsof a French attempt to spell a foreign proper name.’—Maoksys RnqaJo.gaedi~ of Freemasonry Artiole Guibba.