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To the secret and silent.
The great lodge of England.
The great lodge of Scotland.
To the memory of him who first planted the vine.
To the perpetual honour of freemasons.
The masters and wardens of all regular lodges.
To all masons who walk by the line.
To the memory of the Tyrian artist.
May all freemasons live in love and die in peace.
May love animate the heart of every mason.
May all freemasons ever taste and relish the sweets of freedom.
MILITARY.
May our commanders have the eye of a Hawke and the heart of a Wolfe.
To the memory of Wellington and all like him.
Chelsea Hospital and its supporters.
To the memory of Sir Thomas Picton, and all our brave countrymen who fell at Waterloo.
May every British officer possess Wolfe's conduct and courage, but not meet with his fate.
May the enemy's flag be surmounted by the British standard.
May the arms borne by a soldier never be used in a bad cause.
May British soldiers fight to protect, and conquer to save.
May the gifts of fortune never cause us to steer out of our lat.i.tude.
May the brow of the brave never want a wreath of laurel to adorn it.
May the army of Great Britain never feel dismayed at its enemies.
May the brave soldier who never turned his back to the enemy never have a friend turn his back to him.
May bronze and medals not be the only reward of the brave.
May no rotten members infect the whole corps.
May the laurels of Great Britain never be blighted.
May all weapons of war be used for warlike purposes only.
May the soldier never fall a sacrifice but to glory.
To the memory of Sir John Moore, and all the brave fellows who fell with him in the action of Corunna; and may their gallant conduct stimulate every British soldier in the hour of danger.
To the memory of all brave soldiers who fall in defence of their country.
The memory of a great general and splendid genius, though ambitious and tyrannic--Napoleon Bonaparte.
NAVAL.
May our iron-clads do as much as out-brave old oaks.
May John Bull ever be commander-in-chief of the ocean.
May Old England, a world within herself, reign safe for ever in her floating towers.
To the memory of Nelson, and all like him.
Greenwich Hospital and its supporters.
May every British seaman fight bravely and be rewarded honourably.
May rudders govern and s.h.i.+ps obey.
May no true son of Neptune ever flinch from his gun.
May no son of the ocean ever be devoured by his mother.
May our navy never know defeat but by name.
May our sailors for ever prove lords of the main.
May the deeds never be forgot that were done at Trafalgar and Waterloo.
May the cause of British liberty ever be defended by her hearts of oak.
May our officers and tars be valiant and brave.
