Four Times Respectable College of Saint Andrew of Scotland

In the strongbox of the Saint Theodore College of Metz, there is a silver medal struck in Hamburg in 1740 which bears two swords in saltire surmounted by a bishop's hat; at the bottom is a pomegranate with its seeds displayed. On the reverse is a radiant star representing the jewel of Saint Andrew marked above it. This medal serves to prove the authenticity of this grade, and that it was known more than forty-five years ago.

The First is to carry the hands crossed over the head. The precise sign is to form a Saint Andrew's cross on the chest.

One seizes the other by the elbows from behind.

One takes oneself from one shoulder to the other with both hands after having carried them to the east and up to the forehead. — The password is BOAZ. — The Sacred word — NIASII.

Q: — Knight Brother Inspector, has nothing occurred during the session contrary to the Regulations?
A: — Yes, or No (according to the case) (This is the moment for accusations.)
Q: — Brothers Commissioners, each in your jurisdiction, do you have nothing to propose for the good of the College?
A: — Yes or no, according to the case. (This is the moment for proposals.)
Q: — Are the poor relieved?
A: — No, Serene Lord, but I am going to see to it (the collection is taken).
Q: — By what is a human of Saint Andrew particularly known?
A: — By the works of charity and Justice.

The Lord Master says — My brothers, we have exercised the first of these virtues, let us never stray from the other toward our brothers and even toward the profane who are equally our brothers as men. =

Q: — What is our principal duty?
A: — Discretion.
Q: — What is the surest guarantor of the security of our work, of the uprightness of our views, as well as of our successes?
A: — Secrecy, without which everything is debased and profaned; the even minute exactitude in the observation of our practices, without which relaxation in a single point brings the ruin of the whole; and finally, the continual remembrance of our vows and our promises.

After this response, one strikes as at the opening, then the Lord Master says:
Q: — What time is it?
A: — The end of the day.

May it also be, Knight Scotsmen my brothers, that of your work; go in peace, the college is finished.
When the college is to be followed by a banquet, the College does not end right away. The Lord Master stops at the 3rd question regarding the works of charity and adds — The work is finished, let us go consume them through a banquet, the frugality, decency, and pleasure of which tighten our bonds more and more.

Then it is only after the banquet that one asks the closing questions, beginning with the following four:
Q: — Are you four times Respectable Scotsman?
A: — The key of the brothers is at my command.
Q: — How will you make it known to me?
A: — If you know how to read.
Q: — How did you learn it?
A: — By writing.
Q: — How old are you?
A: — A thousand years and more.

The Lord Master then continues as above A small cross symbol (+).