I. There shall be, from and after the day

of the Festival of Saint John the Evangelist next ensuing, a full, perfect, and perpetual union of and between the two Fraternities. of Free and Accepted Masons of England above described; so as that in all time here-. after they shall form and constitute but one Brotherhood, and that the said community shall be represented in one Grand Lodge, to be solemnly formed, constituted, and held, on the said day of the Festival of Saint John. the Evangelist next ensuing, and from thenceforward for ever,
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