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I, Tim Williams, of my own free-will and accord, in the presence of Almighty God, and this worshipful Lodge, erected to Him, and dedicated to the holy STS. JOHN, do hereby and hereon, most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear
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as I have heretofore done but with this addition: that I will not communicate the secrets of a FC to an EA, any more than those of an EA to the test of the world, neither this nor any of them to any person whomsoever,
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until, by strict trial, due examination, or lawful information, I shall find him, or them, as lawfully entitled to the same as I am myself.
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... that I will stand to, and abide by, all the laws, rules, and regulations of the Fellow Craft’s lodge, as far as the same shall come to my knowledge.
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... that I will answer and obey all due signs and summons sent to me from a Lodge of Fellow Crafts, or handed me by a brother of that degree, if within the length of my cable-tow.
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... that I will aid and assist all poor, distressed, brother Fellow Crafts, that apply to me as such and I finding them worthy.
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..., that I will not cheat, wrong, nor defraud a lodge of FCs, or a brother of this degree, knowingly, or wittingly.
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All this I most solemnly promise and swear with a firm and steadfast resolution to perform the same, without the least equivocation, mental reservation, or secret evasion whatever,
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binding myself under no less penalty than of having my left breast torn open my heart plucked from thence and given to the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air as a prey,
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should I in the least, knowingly or wittingly violate or transgress this my Fellow Craft obligation. So help me God, and keep me steadfast.
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Have you any signs pertaining to this degree
I have.
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Give me a sign
(Gives d/g)
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What is that?
The duegaurd of a FC
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Has it an allusion?
It has; to the position of my hands were placed when I took my Obligation.
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Give me another sign.
(Gives penalty sign)
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What is that?
The sign of a FC
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Has it an allusion?
It has, to the penalty of the Obligation.
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give me a token.
(gives token)
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Will you be off or from?
From.
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Q. From what, and to what?
A. From the grip of an EA to the pas grip of a FC.
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What is this?
The pass grip of a Fellow Craft.
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Will you be off or from?
From.
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From what, and to what?
From the pass grip of a FC to the true grip of the same.
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What is this?
The grip of a FC
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Give it me.
I did not so receive it, neither can I so impart it.
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Q. How will you dispose of it?
A. I will letter it and halve it with you.
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Q. Letter it and begin.
A. Nah begin you.
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The word is yours, you must begin.
(Begin word and letter it alphabetically A, C, H, I, J, N)
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