The free mason examin'd: or, the world brought out of darkness into light. Being, an authentick account of all the secrets of the antient Society of Free Masons, which have been handed down by Oral Tradition only, from the Institution, to the present Time. In which Is particularly described, the Whole Ceremony used at making Masons, as it has been hitherto practised in all the Lodges round the Globe; by which any Person, who was never made, may introduce himself into a Lodge. With Notes, Explanatory, Historical, and Critical. To which are added, The Author's Reasons for the Publication hereof, and some Remarks on the Conduct of the Author of a Pamphlet, call'd, Masonry Dissected. With a new and correct list of all the regular lodges, under the English Constitution, according to their late Removals, and Additions. By Alexander Slade, Late Master of Three Regular Constituted Lodges, In the City of Norwich.

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M.DCC.LIV. [1754]