DIPLÔME DE FRANC-MAÇON

Délivré à Marat par une loge anglaise, le 15 juillet 1774.

Thcre are io ceriify, That Brother Jean-Paul Marat ivas made a Mason and admittcd to the third Degree of Masonry, as appears by the Register of t'ie LodgeofFree and Acccpted Masons, regularly constituted and meeting at the Kings Hoad Gerrard street Soho signedby the Master Wardeis andSecretary,of the said Lodge, hereimto annexd,and you aredesi.d to receive him as a Brother after due examination. Given under the Seal of the Grand Lodge.

Ja. Heseltme, Grand Secretary.

London, J5tii Julg, A. 5774-AD 1774.

Grand Lodge, 24 july 1755.

Order.

That every certificate Granted to a Brother of his heing a Mason, shall for the future be sealed with the Seal of Masonry, signed hg the Grand secretary, for ivhich fwe shillings shall be paid to the usaje of the General Fund of Charity.

See the neiv édition of the Book of Constitutions, p. 268, print.'d on the geai- 1756. -^

En 1777, Marat est rentré en France, où nous le retrouvons, celte année même, « médecin des gardes du corps de Mgr le comte d'Artois », c'est-à-dire de la compagnie de gentilshommes la plus brillante de la cour. Comme il était logé dans les dépendances d«s

(1) Cf. Marat inconnu, chapitre iv.

(2) Inédit.