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Show f S3 1 V. Of the Management of the Craft in working.' • All Mafons fhall work honeftly on working Days, that '•:hey may live creditably on holy Days 5 and the Time -appointed by the L a w of the Land, or onfirm'd by Qu- A'iom, fhall be obferved. hi; The rnoft expert of the Fellow-Craftfmen dial I be cho- . "fen or appointed the Mafter or Overieer of the Lord's Work, who is to be called Mafter by thofe that w^rk un- ' cler him: The Graftimen are to avoid all ill Language, ::and to call each other by no diiobligmg Name, but Brother or Fellow, and to behave tfiemfelycs courteouily within and without the Lodge. % The Mafter, knowing himfelf to be able of Cunnmg, fhall undertake the Lord's Work as reafonably as poflible, ;:and truly difpend his Goods as if they were his own, nor. lis he to give more Wages to any Brother or Apprentice :than he really may deferve.- Both the Mafter and the Mafons receiving their Wages •juitly, fhall be faithful to the Lord, and honestly firiifli their Work, whether Task or Journey, nor-are they to put the Work to Task that hath been accuftom'd to Journey, None fhall difcover Envy at the Profperity. ot a Brother, nor.fupplant him,.or put him out of his Work, it he be capable to finilh the lame $ for no M a n can finiih another's W o r k fo much to the Lord's Porfit, as he that lg thoroughly acquainted with.the Defigns and Draughts of ljim that began it. n__ 1\L When a Fellow-Craftfman is chofen Warden ot the Work under the Mafter, he fhall be true both to Mafter and Fellows, fhall carefully ovcr-iee the Work in the Matter's Abfencs to the Lord's Profit, and his Brethren dial 1 obey him. J-] ,,/! . . All M'fons employ'd, fhall meekly receive their W a ges without Murmuring or Mutiny, and not deiert t Maftcr.tilfthaWork is ifihiiVd. E $j A' i |