a brother of this degree, to the value of one cent,
knowingly, myself, nor suffer it to be done by others,
if in my power to prevent it. Furthermore, do
I promise and swear, that I will not be at the initiating,
passing, and raising a candidate at one communication,
without a regular dispensation from the Grand Lodge
for the same. Furthermore, do I promise and
swear, that I will not be at the initiating, passing,
or raising a candidate in a clandestine Lodge, I
knowing it to be such. Furthermore, do I promise
and swear, that I will not be at the initiating
of an old man in dotage, a young man in nonage,
an atheist, irreligious libertine, idiot, madman,
hermaphrodite, nor woman. Furthermore, do I promise
and swear, that I will not speak evil of a brother
Master Mason, neither behind his back, nor before
his face, but will apprise him of all approaching
danger, if in my power. Furthermore, do I promise
and swear, that I will not violate the chastity of
a Master Mason’s wife, mother, sister, or
daughter, I knowing them to be such, nor suffer
it to be done by others, if in my power to prevent
it. Furthermore, do I promise and swear, that
I will support the constitution of the Grand Lodge
of the State of ——, under which
this Lodge is held, and conform to all the by-laws,
rules, and regulations of this, or any other Lodge,
of which I may, at any time hereafter, become a
member. Furthermore, do I promise and swear,
that I will obey all regular signs, summons, or tokens
given, handed, sent, or thrown to me from the hand
of a brother Master Mason, or from the body of a
just and lawfully constituted Lodge of such:
provided it be within the length of my cable-tow.
Furthermore, do I promise and swear, that a Master
Mason’s secrets, given to me in charge as such,
and I knowing them to be such, shall remain as secure
and inviolable in my breast as in his own, when
communicated to me, murder and treason excepted; and
they left to my own election. Furthermore, do
I promise and swear, that I will go on a Master
Mason’s errand, whenever required, even should
I have to go barefoot and bareheaded, if within
the length of my cable-tow.[3] Furthermore, do I promise
and swear, that I will always remember a brother
Master Mason when on my knees, offering up my devotions
to Almighty God. Furthermore, do I promise
and swear, that I will be aiding and assisting all
poor indigent Master Masons, their wives and orphans,
wheresoever disposed ’round the globe, as far
as in my power, without injuring myself or family
materially. Furthermore, do I promise and swear,
that if any part of this my solemn oath or obligation
be omitted at this time, that I will hold myself amenable
thereto, whenever informed. To all which I do
most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, with
a fixed and steady purpose of mind in me, to keep
and perform the same, binding myself under no less
penalty than to have my body severed in two in the
midst, and divided to the North and South, my bowels