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Province Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.
he did not know whether it mighfc not trench upon the donations given to them to ask for snpport on behalf of any local institution . He hesitated , but he heard that in other provinces where such societies , existed they were not found to militate against the central societies whereupon he waa willing to modify the opinion whioh he first
formed and to support this institution . Having thanked the brethren for the very liberal and handsome manner in which fchey came forward to support him as Chairman of the Benevolent Institution this year , he said they were met to celebrate the first anniversary of this local institution . He had every reason to believe that it was
appreciated by the brethren , and receiving thafc support which would make ifc very successful . Its object was to educate children who would otherwise have small chance of being elected into the different schools , and ib was extremely deserving of their support . Nofc only was it desirable that the children should bo well educated , but well
put out in life . The toasfc was received with great enthusiasm , and Bro . 0 . A . Jellicoe , stated that the total amount in hand , before the starting of the festival fund , was £ 580 10 s 6 d , and , with interest added , it would amount to £ 594 14 s lid . Bro . G . F . Lancaster , the Hon . Secretary of the Institntion , in responding , read the Stewards ' lists of donations as under : — Lodge
Province - Bro . A . R . Holbrook - - 37 9 0 35 Medina - - H . H . Wheeler - - 28 4 6 76 Economy - J . Marks - - 23 14 4 130 Royal Gloucester J . Robertson - - 37 10 0 132 Unitv . - W . Farrance - - 16 0 6
175 East Medina - G . Pack - - 21 0 0 195 Hengist - W . B . Rogers - - 41 2 0 257 Phoenix - Ernest Hall - - 18 5 6 309 Harmony - J . W . Gieve - - 22 11 0 342 Royal Sussex - W . Beuttell - - 18 4 6 359 Peace and Harmony E . Brown - - 14 14 6 394 Southampton - G . J . Tilling - - 26 13 6 487 Portsmouth - J . W . Boughton - - 16 16 0
„ Ditto - - R . W . Beale - -550 723 Panmure - Richard Eve - - 21 1 0 804 Carnarvon - J . Collings - - 32 19 0 928 Friendship - E . Naylor - - 23 1 6 1069 United Brothers G . Whitehall - -660 „ Ditto - . W . T . Dupree - - 6 16 6
1112 Shirlev . - G . F . W . Mortimer - 10 10 0 1331 Aldershot Camp J . Taylor - -770 1428 United Service - E . Pratt - - 52 10 0 1776 Landporfc - J . Godding - - 52 10 0 1780 Albert Edward - W . Berry - - 9 1 6 1834 Duke of Connaught S . R . Ellis - - 13 2 6 1883 Wm . of Wykeham G . Ward - - 22 16 0 1903 Princo Edward of
Saxe-Weimar G . Backler - - 9 8 6 1958 Hundred of Bosmere W . J . Brown - 2 1 6 1990 Hampshire Emulation R . Eastrick - - 21 0 0 2016 Shalden - H . Harbor - - 11 5 6 2068 Portsmouth Ternperance - G . F . Bevis - - 5 G 3 6
2074 St . Clair - J . Brickwood -= - 31 10 0 2153 Hope - - W . Green - - 14 2 6 2208 Horsa - . The AV . M . - - 10 10 0 Chapter 342 Royal Sussex - J . E . Buck - » 7 7 0 1428 United Service - G . Orley - - -550 Total . 754 4 10
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Notes For Masonic Students .
THE INIGO JONES MS . THE following interesting communication has been placed at our disposal for publication by our esteemed Brother the Ilev . A . F . A . Woodford , Past Grand Chaplain . Wo are
convinced Bro . W . H . Rylands ' s letter will be acceptable to a large majority of our readers , and on their behalf we thank Bro . Woodford for his kindness in thus enabling us to place it before them .
Diuii BROTH ; -: U WOOM ' OKD , —As you ask mo about fcho editions of Lodge ' s Josephus , with reference to the Inigo Jones MS ., I do not like to refuse you , otherwise it was nofc my intention to attempt to criticise tho extraordinary handling to which the Old Charges have
recentl y been subjected . Whilst admiring the plodding industry of Dr . Begemann , which has received tho admiring approval of somo others , it is quite evident to me thafc ho haa much to learn in the art of such like research , and in tho consideration of IIS . texta .
Ihe Iuigo MS . is a very interesting one , in my opinion . To be"iu with , it is much better got up than any other copy of tho Charges 'and ifc is handsomely bonnd in book form . You will no doubt remember that when you lenfc ifc to mo some years ago I pointed out to you that tho lasfc fly leaf bore evidence of a ribbon having been afc some tin'o
there attached , with stiches , to carry a seal , a similar arrangement to that found in some of tho Regulations of the Order of fche Garter . -This , added to the careful manner iu which tho text is written its ornamental tail pieces—to say nothing of tho handsome scarlet
morocco binding , would seem to point out thafc it was prepared under authorit y for somo special purpose * ifc might be for some distinguished Lodge , or some royal or noble personage . Unfortunately b : th ribbon and seal havo now gone . That , in parts at least , it ia a copy of a much earlier MS , h quite
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clear , from the lasfc word alone . The scribe has nofc been able to read the old written form of the letter H , and has therefore converted Hallidom into Itallidom . And now as to the date fixed for ifc by Dr . Begemann . He says ( Freemason , 9 th July 1887 , p 382 ) , " I found , in the British Museum ,
an old English translation of the works of Josephus , wherein I discovered verbatim the two letters which are a particularity of the Inigo Jones MS . and its family—namely , the letter of Solomon to Hiram , and Hiram ' s answer to Solomon . The Inigo Jones MS . itself pretends to be of the yoar 1607 , but that cannot be the truth , as the English
translation of Josephus above mentioned was not published before 1670 . Therefore I studied the said MS . line by line , and compared ifc with all others , especially the Sponcer MS . of 1726 , whioh it resembles most of all . The result of my attentive research is thafc the Inigo Jones MS . is a compilation of 1725 , a falsification , nothing else . "
Again , " the text of the Inigo Jones MS . differs in many points and passages from the Spencer MS ., it is true , but in the main parts these two are identic , especially the two inserted letters are the same in both of them . These letters , as I told above , have been taken verbatim from fche following book : " The Famous and
Memorable Works of Josephus , a Man of much Honour and Learning among the Jews , Faithfully translated out of the Latine and French by Tho . Lodge , Doctor of Physio , London , 1670 . " There is a second edition of Josephus , of the year 1676 , bufc the compiler of the Spenoer and Inigo Jones MSS . made use of the first edition , as we may see
from some words in the second letter . " Referring to a sentence in the letter from Hiram to Solomon , a note is added . " The other edition of 1676 and a later one of 1699 read , ' who was a wise and virtuous Prince , ' meaning King David , Solomon ' s father . We may see from this difference that the compiler
made use of the 1670 edition j besides , the later editions have the correct ' Sidonians' instead of the strange ' Macedonians' in the first letter . " I have quoted the above sentences in full to show thafc ifc ia not safe to settle such matters off-hand , and that the " research " must
be much more " attentive " before we arrive at anything near the true state of the case under consideration . Dr . Thomas Lodge died in London , in September 1625 , therefore all editions after that date wero subject to the alteration of editors , and such was the case , as will be seen . The editions ordinarily entered in Bibliographical works are—1602 , 1609 , 1620 , 1632 , 1640 , 1655 , 1670 .
Among other editions of Josephus I have examined those of Lodge ' s translation printed in the years 1620 , 1640 , 1655 and 1670 , therefore Dr . Begemann wrongly states that 1670 is the first edition . Dr . Smith , in his Dictionary , adds a ? to the 1602 edition , bufc I do nofc see why Lodge , who was certainly having books printed before and at that
date , should nofc have issued his translation in 1602 . It is unnecessary , however , for tho present enquiry to discuss this point now , as the 1620 edition is sufficient to show the original translation , ifc being published during the lifetime of Lodge . It is , however , certain that in the Registers of the Stationer ' s Company there occurs : To Thomas
Adams—the future printer of Lodge ' s translation—wifch others , 26 June [ 1598]—" Entred for their copye The woovkes of fflave [ us ] Joseph [ us ] soune of Matthias . XX bookes of the Ancient history of Judea .
VII bokes of the warres of the Jnes [& c , and others ] . To bo translated out of French into English and to be their Copie to printe ; bringinge better and sufficient authoryfcy for yfc first ; and before they print yfc . " I agreo with Bibliographers thafc the 1670 edition is the last
of Lodge s translation , and not tho first , as wrongly stated by Dr . Begemann . The edition of 1 G 7 G , called by Dr . Begemann the second , is really not an edition of Lodge's translation at all . Tho titlo states thafc ifc is from the French of Arnanld d'Andilly . Tho text differs in many
places , not only in tho wording and additions , bufc in arrangement , the whole pagination being different . For examples the Letters of Solomon and Hiram occur on pp 206 and 207 .
The Preface informs us— " And that whereas the old translation of Dr . Lodge was , not undeservedly , complain'd of on many accounts ; much pains hath been taken in this edition to amend ifc , as fche reader will easily find by comparing ifc wifch the former . "
There can bo no doubfc but thafc the text of those letters as given in the " Inigo Jones MS . " and the "Spencer MS . " follows too closely the wording of Lodge ' s translation for them to have had more than one original and it seems most probable that the writers of the two MSS ., or their originals , copied from the printed book . But as thero
wero six previous editions to thafc of 1 G 70 , any one of the seven may have been used so far as Dr . Begemann could tell , having seen none of them , by the compiler of tho MSS ., because fchey would bo all available in 1670 . Ifc would most probably be a matter of chanco which edition came to the hands of tho different copyists who wrote the MSS .
I think , however , tho sp . 'ice of timo may be narrowed . Tho 1 G 20 edition , published during fcho lifetime of the translator , gives the more correct word Sidcnians , in the letter from Solomon to Hiram ; thia is repeated i ; : the 1 GJ 0 edition ( I have nofc examined that of 1635 , but ifc io of little consequence ) , bufc in the 1655 edition " Macedonians "
appaaid , whieh is continued up to , aud including that of 1 G / 0 , tho las I edition of Lodge's translation . For this reason Dr . Begemann is quite wrong when he makes his statement about the word in his note aa given above . The elder translation " Sidonians " did nofc return until a-i'flii * translation v . * as published in 1676 .
This limits apparently the margin of time to between fcho years 1 G 55 and 1670 but il docs not prove any date for the MSS ., except tint they cannot well bo earlier Hum 1655 , bub the edition of thab year has beon available ever since it was issued : therefore the Inigo
Jones MS . in ay havo been written afc any clato between 1655 and 1726 , the date of tho Spencer MS . Probably nothing but a study of tho MS . itself would fix even an approximately correct date . Agaic , if in 1670 , au editor corrects (?) tho words Sidonians ,
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Province Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.
he did not know whether it mighfc not trench upon the donations given to them to ask for snpport on behalf of any local institution . He hesitated , but he heard that in other provinces where such societies , existed they were not found to militate against the central societies whereupon he waa willing to modify the opinion whioh he first
formed and to support this institution . Having thanked the brethren for the very liberal and handsome manner in which fchey came forward to support him as Chairman of the Benevolent Institution this year , he said they were met to celebrate the first anniversary of this local institution . He had every reason to believe that it was
appreciated by the brethren , and receiving thafc support which would make ifc very successful . Its object was to educate children who would otherwise have small chance of being elected into the different schools , and ib was extremely deserving of their support . Nofc only was it desirable that the children should bo well educated , but well
put out in life . The toasfc was received with great enthusiasm , and Bro . 0 . A . Jellicoe , stated that the total amount in hand , before the starting of the festival fund , was £ 580 10 s 6 d , and , with interest added , it would amount to £ 594 14 s lid . Bro . G . F . Lancaster , the Hon . Secretary of the Institntion , in responding , read the Stewards ' lists of donations as under : — Lodge
Province - Bro . A . R . Holbrook - - 37 9 0 35 Medina - - H . H . Wheeler - - 28 4 6 76 Economy - J . Marks - - 23 14 4 130 Royal Gloucester J . Robertson - - 37 10 0 132 Unitv . - W . Farrance - - 16 0 6
175 East Medina - G . Pack - - 21 0 0 195 Hengist - W . B . Rogers - - 41 2 0 257 Phoenix - Ernest Hall - - 18 5 6 309 Harmony - J . W . Gieve - - 22 11 0 342 Royal Sussex - W . Beuttell - - 18 4 6 359 Peace and Harmony E . Brown - - 14 14 6 394 Southampton - G . J . Tilling - - 26 13 6 487 Portsmouth - J . W . Boughton - - 16 16 0
„ Ditto - - R . W . Beale - -550 723 Panmure - Richard Eve - - 21 1 0 804 Carnarvon - J . Collings - - 32 19 0 928 Friendship - E . Naylor - - 23 1 6 1069 United Brothers G . Whitehall - -660 „ Ditto - . W . T . Dupree - - 6 16 6
1112 Shirlev . - G . F . W . Mortimer - 10 10 0 1331 Aldershot Camp J . Taylor - -770 1428 United Service - E . Pratt - - 52 10 0 1776 Landporfc - J . Godding - - 52 10 0 1780 Albert Edward - W . Berry - - 9 1 6 1834 Duke of Connaught S . R . Ellis - - 13 2 6 1883 Wm . of Wykeham G . Ward - - 22 16 0 1903 Princo Edward of
Saxe-Weimar G . Backler - - 9 8 6 1958 Hundred of Bosmere W . J . Brown - 2 1 6 1990 Hampshire Emulation R . Eastrick - - 21 0 0 2016 Shalden - H . Harbor - - 11 5 6 2068 Portsmouth Ternperance - G . F . Bevis - - 5 G 3 6
2074 St . Clair - J . Brickwood -= - 31 10 0 2153 Hope - - W . Green - - 14 2 6 2208 Horsa - . The AV . M . - - 10 10 0 Chapter 342 Royal Sussex - J . E . Buck - » 7 7 0 1428 United Service - G . Orley - - -550 Total . 754 4 10
Notes For Masonic Students.
Notes For Masonic Students .
THE INIGO JONES MS . THE following interesting communication has been placed at our disposal for publication by our esteemed Brother the Ilev . A . F . A . Woodford , Past Grand Chaplain . Wo are
convinced Bro . W . H . Rylands ' s letter will be acceptable to a large majority of our readers , and on their behalf we thank Bro . Woodford for his kindness in thus enabling us to place it before them .
Diuii BROTH ; -: U WOOM ' OKD , —As you ask mo about fcho editions of Lodge ' s Josephus , with reference to the Inigo Jones MS ., I do not like to refuse you , otherwise it was nofc my intention to attempt to criticise tho extraordinary handling to which the Old Charges have
recentl y been subjected . Whilst admiring the plodding industry of Dr . Begemann , which has received tho admiring approval of somo others , it is quite evident to me thafc ho haa much to learn in the art of such like research , and in tho consideration of IIS . texta .
Ihe Iuigo MS . is a very interesting one , in my opinion . To be"iu with , it is much better got up than any other copy of tho Charges 'and ifc is handsomely bonnd in book form . You will no doubt remember that when you lenfc ifc to mo some years ago I pointed out to you that tho lasfc fly leaf bore evidence of a ribbon having been afc some tin'o
there attached , with stiches , to carry a seal , a similar arrangement to that found in some of tho Regulations of the Order of fche Garter . -This , added to the careful manner iu which tho text is written its ornamental tail pieces—to say nothing of tho handsome scarlet
morocco binding , would seem to point out thafc it was prepared under authorit y for somo special purpose * ifc might be for some distinguished Lodge , or some royal or noble personage . Unfortunately b : th ribbon and seal havo now gone . That , in parts at least , it ia a copy of a much earlier MS , h quite
Notes For Masonic Students.
clear , from the lasfc word alone . The scribe has nofc been able to read the old written form of the letter H , and has therefore converted Hallidom into Itallidom . And now as to the date fixed for ifc by Dr . Begemann . He says ( Freemason , 9 th July 1887 , p 382 ) , " I found , in the British Museum ,
an old English translation of the works of Josephus , wherein I discovered verbatim the two letters which are a particularity of the Inigo Jones MS . and its family—namely , the letter of Solomon to Hiram , and Hiram ' s answer to Solomon . The Inigo Jones MS . itself pretends to be of the yoar 1607 , but that cannot be the truth , as the English
translation of Josephus above mentioned was not published before 1670 . Therefore I studied the said MS . line by line , and compared ifc with all others , especially the Sponcer MS . of 1726 , whioh it resembles most of all . The result of my attentive research is thafc the Inigo Jones MS . is a compilation of 1725 , a falsification , nothing else . "
Again , " the text of the Inigo Jones MS . differs in many points and passages from the Spencer MS ., it is true , but in the main parts these two are identic , especially the two inserted letters are the same in both of them . These letters , as I told above , have been taken verbatim from fche following book : " The Famous and
Memorable Works of Josephus , a Man of much Honour and Learning among the Jews , Faithfully translated out of the Latine and French by Tho . Lodge , Doctor of Physio , London , 1670 . " There is a second edition of Josephus , of the year 1676 , bufc the compiler of the Spenoer and Inigo Jones MSS . made use of the first edition , as we may see
from some words in the second letter . " Referring to a sentence in the letter from Hiram to Solomon , a note is added . " The other edition of 1676 and a later one of 1699 read , ' who was a wise and virtuous Prince , ' meaning King David , Solomon ' s father . We may see from this difference that the compiler
made use of the 1670 edition j besides , the later editions have the correct ' Sidonians' instead of the strange ' Macedonians' in the first letter . " I have quoted the above sentences in full to show thafc ifc ia not safe to settle such matters off-hand , and that the " research " must
be much more " attentive " before we arrive at anything near the true state of the case under consideration . Dr . Thomas Lodge died in London , in September 1625 , therefore all editions after that date wero subject to the alteration of editors , and such was the case , as will be seen . The editions ordinarily entered in Bibliographical works are—1602 , 1609 , 1620 , 1632 , 1640 , 1655 , 1670 .
Among other editions of Josephus I have examined those of Lodge ' s translation printed in the years 1620 , 1640 , 1655 and 1670 , therefore Dr . Begemann wrongly states that 1670 is the first edition . Dr . Smith , in his Dictionary , adds a ? to the 1602 edition , bufc I do nofc see why Lodge , who was certainly having books printed before and at that
date , should nofc have issued his translation in 1602 . It is unnecessary , however , for tho present enquiry to discuss this point now , as the 1620 edition is sufficient to show the original translation , ifc being published during the lifetime of Lodge . It is , however , certain that in the Registers of the Stationer ' s Company there occurs : To Thomas
Adams—the future printer of Lodge ' s translation—wifch others , 26 June [ 1598]—" Entred for their copye The woovkes of fflave [ us ] Joseph [ us ] soune of Matthias . XX bookes of the Ancient history of Judea .
VII bokes of the warres of the Jnes [& c , and others ] . To bo translated out of French into English and to be their Copie to printe ; bringinge better and sufficient authoryfcy for yfc first ; and before they print yfc . " I agreo with Bibliographers thafc the 1670 edition is the last
of Lodge s translation , and not tho first , as wrongly stated by Dr . Begemann . The edition of 1 G 7 G , called by Dr . Begemann the second , is really not an edition of Lodge's translation at all . Tho titlo states thafc ifc is from the French of Arnanld d'Andilly . Tho text differs in many
places , not only in tho wording and additions , bufc in arrangement , the whole pagination being different . For examples the Letters of Solomon and Hiram occur on pp 206 and 207 .
The Preface informs us— " And that whereas the old translation of Dr . Lodge was , not undeservedly , complain'd of on many accounts ; much pains hath been taken in this edition to amend ifc , as fche reader will easily find by comparing ifc wifch the former . "
There can bo no doubfc but thafc the text of those letters as given in the " Inigo Jones MS . " and the "Spencer MS . " follows too closely the wording of Lodge ' s translation for them to have had more than one original and it seems most probable that the writers of the two MSS ., or their originals , copied from the printed book . But as thero
wero six previous editions to thafc of 1 G 70 , any one of the seven may have been used so far as Dr . Begemann could tell , having seen none of them , by the compiler of tho MSS ., because fchey would bo all available in 1670 . Ifc would most probably be a matter of chanco which edition came to the hands of tho different copyists who wrote the MSS .
I think , however , tho sp . 'ice of timo may be narrowed . Tho 1 G 20 edition , published during fcho lifetime of the translator , gives the more correct word Sidcnians , in the letter from Solomon to Hiram ; thia is repeated i ; : the 1 GJ 0 edition ( I have nofc examined that of 1635 , but ifc io of little consequence ) , bufc in the 1655 edition " Macedonians "
appaaid , whieh is continued up to , aud including that of 1 G / 0 , tho las I edition of Lodge's translation . For this reason Dr . Begemann is quite wrong when he makes his statement about the word in his note aa given above . The elder translation " Sidonians " did nofc return until a-i'flii * translation v . * as published in 1676 .
This limits apparently the margin of time to between fcho years 1 G 55 and 1670 but il docs not prove any date for the MSS ., except tint they cannot well bo earlier Hum 1655 , bub the edition of thab year has beon available ever since it was issued : therefore the Inigo
Jones MS . in ay havo been written afc any clato between 1655 and 1726 , the date of tho Spencer MS . Probably nothing but a study of tho MS . itself would fix even an approximately correct date . Agaic , if in 1670 , au editor corrects (?) tho words Sidonians ,