Chapter 5
ID. You shall not undertake any Man's Work, know-
ing yourself unable or unexpert to perform and effect the same, that no Discredit or Aspersion may be imputed to the Science, or the Lord or Owner of the said Work be any way prejudiced.
11. You shall not take any Work to do at excessive or unreasonable Rates, to deceive the Owner thereof, but so as he may be truly and faithfully served with his own Goods.
12. You shall so take your Work, that thereby you may live honestly, and pay your Fellows the Wages as the Sci- ence doth require.
13. You shall not supplant any of your Fellows of their Work, (that is to say) if he or any of them hath or have taken any Work upon him or them, or he or they stand Master or Masters of any Lord or Owner's Work, that you shall not put him or them out from the said Work, although you perceive him or them unable-to finish the same.
14. You shall not take any Apprentice to serve you in the said Science of Masonry, under the Term of Seven Years ; nor any but such as are descended of good and hon- est Parentage, that no Scandal may be imputed to the said Science of Masonry.
15. You shall not take upon you to make any one Ma- son, without the Privity or Consent of six, or five at least of your Fellows, and not but such as is Freeborn, and whose Parents live in good Fame and Name, and that hath his right and perfect Limbs, and able of Body to attend the said Science.
16. You shall not pay any of your Fellows more money than he or they have deserved, that you be not deceived by slight or false working, and the Owner thereof much wronged.
17- You shall not slander any of your Fellows behind their Backs, to impair their Temporal Estate or good Name.
i8. You shall not, without any urgent Cause, answer your Fellow doggedly or ungodly, but as becomes a loving Brother in the said Science.
19. You shall duly reverence your Fellows, that the Bond of Charity and Mutual Love may continue stedfast and stable amongst you.
20. You shall not (except in Christmas time) use any lawless Games, as Dice, Cards, or such like.
21. You shall not frequent any Houses of Bawdery, or be a Pander to any of your Fellows or others, which will be a great scandal to the Science.
22. You shall not go out to drink by Night, or if Occa- sion happen that you must go, you shall not stay past Eight of the Clock, having some of your Fellows, or one at the least, to bear you Witness of the honest Place you were in, and your good Behaviour to avoid Scandal.
23. You shall come to the Yearly Assembly, if you know where it is kept, being within Ten miles of the Place of your Abode, submitting yourself to the Censure of your Fellows, wherein you have to make satisfac- tion, or else to defend by Order of the King's Laws.
24. You shall not make any Mould, Square, or Rule to mould Stones, withal, but such as are allowed by the Fra- ternity.
25. You shall set Strangers at Work, having employ- ment for them, at least a Fortnight, and pay them their Wages truly, and if you want Work for them, then you shall relieve them with Money to defray their reasonable Charges to the next Lodge.
26. You shall truly attend your Work, and truly end the same, whether it be Task or Journey Work, if you may have the Payment and Wages according to your Agreement made with the Master or Owner thereof.
All these Articles and Charges, which I have now re-. cited unto you, you shall well and truly observe, perform and keep to the best of your Power, and knowledge. So help you El Shaddai and the true and holy Contents of this Book.
Then the Third Master addressing the candidate says, "The Traditional History and the Charges which have just been so ably delivered to you are the foundation stone, the commencement of the Worshipful Society of Free Masons,
in all parts of the World, and in all ages." The new "Fel- low of the Craft of Free Mason" is now invested with the Fellow's Apron and is presented with his actual working tools which are the Plumb, the Level, and the Square, an- other Straight Edge, and the Perfect Ashlar Square, which is a wooden frame with the ends overlapping like an Ox- ford frame, being the exact size of a Royal Cubit or 21% inches inside. He is now a Free Man and a Free Mason and in olden days became a freeman of the City or town in which he had been apprenticed.
When he begins to work in the Fellows or Second De- gree Yard he is told to commence in the N. E. corner with the new Fellows and there he is taught to make his rough dressed Ashlar Stone true and polished. Then his perfect work has to be submitted for inspection and to be tried. If the work is satisfactory he is given the word "Giblim" which means perfect stone squarer or expert mason.
You will find that this word Giblim and the word Bonai which was given to him when he was admitted to the Second Degree were known to Anderson and are referred to on page 12 in the Book of Constitutions published in 1738.
With this additional or superior word, Giblim, he also has an additional sign given to him of which there is no trace in the Speculative Ritual.
The sign is given by placing his left arm and hand, with thumb extended, in a perpendicular position pointing up- wards, and his right arm and hand, with thumb extended, in a horizontal position. Thus he represents all three of his new tools, the "square" by the angle of 90° formed by his two arms, the upright or "plumb-rule," by his left arm and the "level" by his right arm.
Having made his test piece which has been passed by the Inspector of Material and having served for a year as a Fellow, he is now eligible to apply to be advanced to the Ilird Degree, that of a Super Fellow. The following form has to be filled up and posted at the Yard or Quarry en- trance :
FORM C.
Application to the Super Intendent of the Works of The Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wall- ers, Slaters, Paviors, Plaisterers and Bricklayers.
I, , having well and truly served as a Fellow
of the Craft of Free Mason for one year, and being of the age of twenty-two years, humbly crave to be advanced to the Honourable Degree of Super Fellow of the Craft of Free Mason.
I further promise and swear that if once advanced to the Third Degree of the Fellowship I will for ever conform to all the ancient charges, usages and established customs of the Fraternity, as Super Fellows have done in all ages.
Witness my hand this day of , 191 r.
Signed
Witness
Certificate of Character
Signed '
Super Intendent of the Works. Approved :
Grand Master Mason VII° Enrolled :
Signed
Registrar.
