Freemasonry in York and Yorkshire

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An Anagraime upon the name of Masonrie,
William Kay to his friend Robt Preston,
upon his Artt of Masonrie as Followeth:

Much might be said of the o noble Artt
A Craft thats worth estieming in each part
Sundry Nations Noobles & their Kings also
Oh how they fought its worth to know
Nimrod & Solomon the wisest of all men
Reason saw to love this Science then
Ile say no more lest by my shallow verses I
Endeavouring to praise should blemish Masonrie.

From York MS No 1. c. 1600. Found in Pontefract Castle at the demolishing, and given to the York Lodge by Dr Francis Drake (son and grandson of the Vicars of Pontefract) in 1732.

 

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