Excerpt from 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-Mason's Which Have Been Handed Down by Oral Tradition Only, From the Institution, to the Present TimeIt may likewise be a Matter of great Wonder. How the Magistrate could be guilty of so gross an Error, as to administer an Oath to this Anatomi'st, after he had taken (as he said) so solemn an Obligation, which certainly the Magistrate could by no means contradict, for which Reason he must appear to him actually for sworn, unless the Alderman thought the former Oath was of no Force, because it was administer'd by a Person who had not the same Authority with himself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.