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Show [ io 3 V. So Mafons ariticnt Records tell, King Arhelftan* of Saxon Blood, Gave them a Charter free to dwell In lofty Lodge* with Orders good, Drawn from old Writings by his Son, Prince Edwin* General-Mafter bright, W h o met at Tork the Brethren foon, And to that Lodge did all recite. VI. Thence were their Laws and Charges find In ev'ry Reign obferv'd with Care, O f Saxon, Dan ifh, Norman Line, . Till Br it ifh Crowns united were : The Monarch firft of this whole Ille Was learned James* a Mafon King, W h o firft of Kings reviv'd the Stile O f great Auguftus : Therefore fing. C H O R US. Who can unfold the Royal Art ? Or fing its Secrets in a Song? they're fafely kept in Mafon's Heart* And to the antient Lodge belong. • [Stop here, to drink to the happy Memory of an the Revivers cf the antient Augufhn Stile. 1 PART |