As well as unto edifying speech.
(Again three knocks are heard.)
(The curtain is drawn back, and there enter the Grand Master of the Mystic League, Hilary True-to-God; after him, Magnus Bellicosus, the Second Preceptor; Albertus Torquatus, the First Master of the Ceremonies; and Frederick Trustworthy, the Second Master of the Ceremonies. The persons who were before assembled group themselves on each side of the hall.)
Frederick Trustworthy:
Dear friends, this moment, when we join us first
At this our temple’s ancient holy gates
Is most significant for you and us.
The call which we have given to you now
Was strongly laid upon us by the signs