Here, then, we have a very curious sequence of events which it may be well to recapitulate briefly in order to appreciate their full significance:
| 1737. | Oration of Chevalier Ramsay indicating Templar origin of Freemasonry, but making no mention of upper degrees. |
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| 1738. | Duc d'Antin becomes Grand Master of French Freemasonry in th e place of Lord "Harnouester." |
| 1738. | Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia, initiated into Masonry at Brunswick. |
| 1740. | Voltaire pays his first visit to Frederick, now King. |
| 1741. | Baron von Marschall arrives in Paris with a plan for reviving the Templar Order. |
| Templar degrees first heard of in France under name of "Scots Masonry." | |
| 1743. | Arrival in France of Baron von Hundt with fresh plans for reviving the Templar Order. |
| Degree of Knight Kadosch celebrating vengeance of Templars said to have been instituted at Lyons. | |
| 1750. | Voltaire goes to spend three years with Frederick. |
| 1751. | Templar Order of the Stricte Observance founded by von Hundt. |
| 1754. | Rite of Perfection (early form of Scottish Rite) founded in France. |
| 1761. | Frederick acknowledged head of Scottish Rite. |
| " | Morin sent to found Rite of Perfection in America. |
| 1762. | Grand Masonic Constitutions ratified in Berlin. 409 |
It will be seen then that what Mr. Gould describes as "the flood of Templarism," which both he and Mr. Tuckett attribute to the so-called Scots