Free-Masonry. Unparalleled sufferings of John Coustos, who nine times underwent the most cruel tortures ever invented by man, and sentenced to the galley four years, by command of the inquisitors at Lisbon, in order to extort from him the secrets of Free-Masonry; from whence he was released by the gracious interposition of His late Majesty, King George II. : To this edition is added, a selection of Masonic songs, and a complete list of lodges, foreign and domestic.

Title

Free-Masonry. Unparalleled sufferings of John Coustos, who nine times underwent the most cruel tortures ever invented by man, and sentenced to the galley four years, by command of the inquisitors at Lisbon, in order to extort from him the secrets of Free-Masonry; from whence he was released by the gracious interposition of His late Majesty, King George II. : To this edition is added, a selection of Masonic songs, and a complete list of lodges, foreign and domestic.

Author

Coustos, John.

Publication

New-York: :: Printed by Jacob S. Mott, for Charles Smith, no. 51, Maiden-Lane.,

--1797--

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Subject terms

Coustos, John.

Freemasons -- Directories.

Freemasonry -- Songs and music.

Inquisition -- Spain.

Freemasonry -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.

Songs.

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"Free-Masonry. Unparalleled sufferings of John Coustos, who nine times underwent the most cruel tortures ever invented by man, and sentenced to the galley four years, by command of the inquisitors at Lisbon, in order to extort from him the secrets of Free-Masonry; from whence he was released by the gracious interposition of His late Majesty, King George II. : To this edition is added, a selection of Masonic songs, and a complete list of lodges, foreign and domestic." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N24207.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 10, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• dedication
• PREFACE.
• INTRODUCTION.
• THE HISTORY OF THE SUFFERINGS OF JOHN COUSTOS, IN THE INQUISITION AT LISBON.
• ORIGIN OF THE INQUISITION, AND Its ESTABLISHMENT in various Countries.
  • Dawn of the INQUISITION in FRANCE, with the farther contests between the Em∣peror and Popes.
  • INQUISITION of ROME.
  • The INQUISITION established in SPAIN.
  • The Inquisition established in Portugal.
  • Attempts made to introduce the Inquisition into England.
• A DISTINCT ACCOUNT OF THE INQUISITION, AND Of the several things appertaining to it.
  • Cases or Circumstances which subject a per∣son to this tribunal.
  • The ceremony of the Auto da Fé, or act of faith.
  • The Solemnization of the Auto da Fé in which JOHN COUSTOS had the ill fate to walk.
  • The GALLEY.
• EXAMPLES OF THE INJUSTICE and CRUELTY OF THE INQUISITION.
• COPY OF THE POPE's BULL, Published against the FREE-MASONS, and taken notice of in page 35.
• A CHOICE COLLECTION OF MASONIC SONGS.
  • INVOCATION TO MASONRY.
  • THE ESSENCE OF MASONRY.
  • MASONIC VERSES.
  • TUNE—IN INFANCY.
  • COMPOSED BY BROTHER ANCELL.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER's SONG.
  • THE GRAND WARDEN's SONG.
  • THE MASTER's SONG.
  • THE WARDEN's SONG.
  • THE TREASURER'S SONG.
  • THE SECRETARY's SONG.
  • THE FELLOW CRAFTS SONG.
  • THE ENTERED APPRENTICE's SONG:
  • CALL TO REFRESHMENT.
  • SONG.
  • THE ROYAL ARCH.
  • MASONIC SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • COMPOSED BY MR. JAMES BISSET, Stewart of St. Alban's lodge, Birmingham.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
  • SONG.
• LIST OF FOREIGN LODGES, WITH THEIR NUMBER.
• to the reader