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Show r 4P t SSB8R.9P! * : a B ffiflBUSfiSSffi^ S 3 T H E PROLOGUES and EPILOGUES As they were fpoken at • MASONS- Benefits. •• A PROLOGUE. y O U ' V E feen m e oft in Gold and Ermin dreft, A And wearing fhort-liv'd Honours on m y Brcaft$ But now the honourable Badge I wear, Gives an indelible high Character 5 And thus by our Grand-Mafter a m I fent, jjo tell youwhat by M A S O N R Y is mcant^ r If all the fecial Virtues of the Mind, If an extensive Love to all Mankind, If hofpitable Welcome to a Gueft, And fpcedy Charity to the Diftrefs'd, Jf due Regard to Liberty and Laws, fecal for our King, and for our Country's Caufe $ If thefe arc Principles deferving Fame, Let Mafons then enjoy the Praife they claim. Nay more 5 tho' W a r destroys what Mafons build, E'er to a Peace inglorious we would yield, Our Squares and Trowels into Swords we'll turn, [And make our Foes the Wars they menace, mourn 5 For their Contempt, we'll no vain Boafter iparc, ^Tnkfs by Chance w e meet a Mafon there,, £ An |