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Are Ye a Fellow Craft?
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I am, try me
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How will ye be tried?
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By the square
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Why by the Square?
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Because it is an emblem of morality and one of the working tools of a FC
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What is a square?
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An angle of 90 degrees or the one fourth part of a circle
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What makes ye a FC
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My obligation
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Where were ye made a FC?
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In a legally constituted lodge of ancient free and accepted Masons working in the 2nd degree.
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Where were ye prepared?
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In a room adjoining a legally constituted lodge of ancient free and accepted Masons working in the second degree
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How were ye prepared?
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The same as in the preceding degree except my right knee & breast were bared hoodwinked with a cable tow twice around my naked right arm in which condition I was led to a door.
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Being hoodwinked how did ye know it was a door?
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By first meeting with resistance, afterwards gaining admission.
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How did ye gain admission?
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By giving 3 distinct knocks from without which were answered by a like number from within, with the question, who comes here
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Your answer?
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AJE a worthy brother who has been regularly initiated as an EA and now prays further light in Masonry by being passed to the degree of FC
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What was then asked ye?
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Was it of my own free will and accord that I made this request, was I duly and truly prepared & had I made suitable proficeincy in the preceding degree. All of which being answered in the affirmative, I was asked by what further rite I expected to gain the benefit of this degree.
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Your answer?
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By the rite of a password.
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Had ye the password?
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I had it not, but my conductor gave it for me.
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What was then told ye?
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To wait a time, with patience, until the WM was informed of my request and his answer returned.
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