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.
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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.
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Coustos, John.
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New-York: :: Printed by Jacob S. Mott, for Charles Smith, no. 51, Maiden-Lane.,
--1797--
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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 21, 2025.
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LIST OF FOREIGN LODGES, WITH THEIR NUMBER.
THE Steward's Lodge, (constituted 1735) Free∣masons Tavern, Great Queen ••••reet, London, 3d W. from October to May, Public Nights, 3d W. in March and December.
Time immemorial.
1 Lodge of Antiquity, Free-mason's Tavern, Great Queen street, London, (formerly the Goose and Gridiron, St. Pauls church-yard) 1st and 3d W.
2 Somerset house Lodge, Free-masons Tavern, Lon∣don, 2d, and 4th M.
1721.
3 Lodge of Friendship, Thatched-house Tavern, St. James street, London.
4 British Lodge, Nag's head, Carnaby square, Lon∣don, 1st, and 3d, Tu.
5 Westminster and Key-stone Lodge, Horn-tav. Palace-yard, London, ••st M.
1722.
6 Lodge of Fortitude, King's-arms tavern, Old Compton-street, London, 1st and 3d W.
7 L. of St. Mary-la-bonne, Cavendish-square Cof∣fee-house, London, 3d M.