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1485-1603 Tudor Period; Admiralty Penalties were those chosen for the Masonic penalties.
1. 1535 English Bible – “Hiram Abif” appears in this edition.
1539 Great Bible replaces previous editions – No reference to “Hiram Abif”. 1723 By this date H.A. would only have been known to Hebrew scholars.
2. 1580 Geneva Bible concordance, the name MACH means “the smiting of the builder”.
NB: If these two are correct then the Hiramic Legend was confined to the Master (became known as Master Mason).
