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II. ThE WArrANT Of CONSTITuTION Of
ThE LODgE Of ThE NINE MuSES.

P ETRE, G.M.

T0 ALL AND EVERy our right Worshipful and loving Brethren,
L.S. WE, Robert Edward Petre, LORD PETRE, Baron of Writtle, in the
County of Essex, GRAND No’502 MAsTER of the Most Ancient
No. 502 and Honourable society of Free and Accepted Masons, Greeting:
KNOW yE, that WE, at the humble petition of our right trusty and well-beloved
Brethren, JOHN HuLL, Esq., RAPHAEL FRANCO, Esq., RICHARD
BARKER, Esq., ROBERT BIGGIN, Esq., ABRAHAM TEIXEIRA, Esq.,
IsAAC sEQuEIRA, M.D., BARTHOLOMEW RusPINI (sic) and several
other Brethren, do hereby constitute the said Brethren into a regular Lodge of
Free and accepted Masons, under the title or denomination of the Lodge of
THE NINE MusEs, to be held at the Thatch’d House Tavern, in saint James’s
street, Westminster. And do further, at their said petition, of the great trust and
confidence reposed in every of the same above named Brethren, hereby appoint
the said John Hull, L.J.G.W., to be Master; Raphael Franco, Esq., senior Warden;
and Richard Barker, Esq., Junior Warden, for opening the said Lodge, and for
such further time only as shall be thought proper by the Brethren thereof. It
being our will that this our appointment of the above Officers shall in no wise
affect any future election of Officers of the Lodge, but that such election shall be
regulated agreeable to such bye-laws of the said Lodge as shall be consistent with
the general laws of the society contained in the Book of Constitutions. And we
hereby will and require you, the said John Hull, to take special care that all and
every the said Brethren are, or have been, regularly made Masons, and that they
do observe, perform, and keep all the rules and orders contained in the Book of
Constitutions; and further, that you do from time to time cause to be entered