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History of the Masonic Persecutions in Different Quarters of the Globe
History of the Masonic Persecutions in Different Quarters of the Globe Author:George Oliver Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. AN APOLOGY FOR THE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS. iCUASIONED RY THEIR PERSECUTIONS IN THE CANTON OF BERNE, WITH THB PRESENT STATE OF MASONRY... more » IN GERMANY, ITALY, FRANCE, FLANDERS, AND HOLLAND.i Then the witeh Began a magic song, One long low tone, through teeth half closed, Through lips slow moving, muttered slow ; One long contmued breath. Till to her eyes a darker yellowness Was driven, and fuller swoln the prominent veins On her loose throat grew black. Then looking upward, thrice she breathed Into the face of heaven; The baneful breath infected heaven; A mildewing fog it spread Darker and darker; so the evening sun Poured his unentering glory on the mist, And it was night below." Southey. The Free and Accepted Masons, so famous in our times, are a society of men of all ages, conditions, religions, and countries, who have ever been such lovers i The following papal decree was issued against this pamphlet by the Apostolical Chamber at Rome in 1739 :—" The 18th day of Feb. 1739. The sacred congregation of the most eminent, and most reverend cardinals of the holy Roman See, and inquisitor-general in the Christian republic against heretical pravity, held in the convent of St. Mary Supra Miner- van], thoroughly weighing that a certain book, written in French, small in its size, but most wicked in regard to its bad subject, entitled ' The History of, and an Apology for the Society of Freemasons, by J. G. D. M. F. M., printed at Dublin for Patrick Odoroko, 1739,' has been published to the great scandal of all the faithful in Christ, in which book there is an apology for the society of Freemasons, already justly condemned by the Holy See ; after a mature examination thereof, a censure, and that published by our most holy lord. Pope ...« less