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Coic clential Secretary .
TIE LODGE, ITS DECOR&TtON5, ETC.
The place in which this Lodge is hold represents the Audience Chamber of King Solomon . It is hung
with black, strewed with white tears ; and lighted by 27 lights, in 3 candlesticks, each having 9 branches,
placed on three sides of the Altar, in the middle of the room, as in the Master's Lodge .
Upon. the Altar are two naked swords, crossed, and a roll of parchment .
OPPICIRS, ETC.
The Master and Warden represent King Solomon, and Hiram, King of Tyre . They sit in the East,
-clothed in blue mantles, lined with ermine, each with a crown on his head and a sceptre in his hand .
There is but one other officer, the Captain of the Guards, styled ZerbaL
When there is a reception, the Master and Warden alone are in the room . The other brethren are all in
an adjoining room, armed with swords, and representing King Solomon's Guards . Except during a ,reception,
they sit in the Lodge, and the Captain of the Guards occupies the West .
CLOTIIING AND JEWEL.
The apron is of a white sheepskin, lined and bordered with bright crimson . On the flap is painted or
embroidered a triangle with equal sides . In the middle of the apron are the Hebrew letters T [In] . Below
this word, at the bottom of the apron, the letter 3 [B] : in the upper right band corner, the letter I (N] : and
in the upper left hand corner, the letter d [Sn] .
The jewel is a triple triangle : in the centre of each triangle whereof is engraved one of the foregoing
letters. It is a plate of gold ; and is worn suspended from a crimson collar .
The battery is
The age is M
X ? . . . i . e. [, .] years .