CLOSING
Risings:
WM one gavel, SW one gavel, JW one gavel.
WM – Brethren, I rise – rises- for the first time to ask if any Brother has aught to propose for the good of Freemasonry in general or Grand Lodge in particular -sits- .  Brother Secretary.
WM one gavel, SW one gavel, JW one gavel.
WM – Brethren, I rise – rises- for the second time to ask if any Brother has aught to propose for the good of Freemasonry in general or Provincial Grand Lodge in particular -sits- .  Brother Secretary.
WM one gavel, SW one gavel, JW one gavel.
WM – Brethren, I rise – rises- for the third time to ask if any Brother has aught to propose for the good of Freemasonry in general or this, the Bovey Tracey Lodge number 8698, in particular -sits- .  Brother Secretary.
Closing:
WM one gavel, SW one gavel, JW one gavel.
WM – Brethren, assist me to close the Lodge
ALL – rise
WM – Bro. JW, what is the constant care of every Mason?
JW – To prove the Lodge close tyled.
WM – Direct that duty to be done.
JW – Bro. IG, prove the Lodge close tyled.
IG – goes to door, gives EA knocks and returns to position in front of chair.
Tyler – responds with same knocks.
IG – Sp and EA Sn - Bro. JW, the Lodge is close tyled – cuts Sn.
JW – gavel EA knocks, Sp and EA Sn – WM, the Lodge is close tyled – cuts Sn.
WM – Bro. SW, the next care?
SW – To see that the Brethren appear to order as Masons.
WM – To order, Brethren, in the First Degree.
ALL – take Sp with EA Sn.
WM – Bro. SW, your constant place in the Lodge?
SW – In the W.
WM – Why are you placed there?
SW – As the sun sets in the W to close the day, so the SW is placed in the W to close the Lodge by command of the WM, after having seen that every Brother has had his due.
Chaplain – Brethren, before we close the Lodge, let us with all reverence and humility express our gratitude to the Great Architect of the Universe for favours already received; may He continue to preserve the Order by cementing and adorning it with every moral and social virtue.
ALL – So mote it be.
WM – Bro. SW, the labours of the evening being ended, you have my command to close the Lodge – gavel EA knocks with l h.
SW – Brethren, in the name of the Great Architect of the Universe, and by command of the WM, I close – ALL cut Sn – the Lodge. – gavel EA knocks and lower Cn.
JW – And it is closed accordingly until the first Wednesday of ………., emergencies excepted, of which every Brother will have due notice. – gavel EA knocks and raise Cn.
SD and JD – attend to TB and WTs, then stand to order in N and S facing E.
IG – goes to door, gives EA knocks and returns to position in front of his chair.
Tyler – responds with same knocks.
IPM – removes Sq and Cs, closes VSL and places Sq and Cs beside VSL. Takes a pace back, facing WM ped.
IPM, SD & JD – take Sp and give court bow.
SD & JD – return to position in front of respective chairs
IPM – moves to N of WM ped, facing W. – Brethren, nothing now remains, but according to ancient custom, to lock up our secrets in a safe repository, uniting in the act of F, F, F.
ALL – touch l b lightly with r h with each word ‘F’.