Excerpt from Reprint of the Rare 1772 Edition of William Preston's Illustrations of Masonry: With Biographical Notice Folved to feiedi Tome of the belt pieces on the fubjeet I could find, and to anncicr. A few commentaries, the more cfl'e 'tually to enfwer the end I had in view. With what propriety l have executed my de flgn, I muft leave the fraternity to deter mine. In may be fuflicicnt to obferve, that. As my intentions are good, I hope their candour and generofity will readily overlook any in accuracies they may difa cover under the refle tion, that my fud je b would not admit of that Open free dom of communication, which might have been expected from another theme, not under the fame afflictions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.