twenty, nineteen, eighteen, seventeen, sixteen,
fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven,
or six of you, whereof You the said Sir Richard Bulkely, Sir Rees
Griffith, Ellis Price, and William Mostyn, Esqs. or three or two of
you, to be of the number; to repair to the said Place the Days
aforesaid, and calling to you such _expert men_ in the said _Faculty_
of the _Welsh Music_ as to You shall be thought convenient, to
proceed to the Execution of the Premises, and to admit such and so
many, as by your Wisdoms and Knowledges you shall find _worthy_, into
and under the _Degrees_ heretofore (_in Use_) in semblable Sort to
_use_, _exercise_, and _follow_ the _Sciences_ and _Faculties_ of
their _Professions_, in such decent Order as shall appertain to each
of their Degrees, and as your Discretions and Wisdoms shall prescribe
unto them: Giving streight Monition and Commandment in our Name and
on our Behalf to the rest not worthy, that they return to some honest
Labour, and due Exercise, such as they be most apt unto for
Maintenance of their Living, upon Pain to be taken as sturdy and idle
Vagabonds, and to be used according to the Laws and Statutes provided
in that Behalf; letting You with our said Council look for
Advertisement, by Certificate at your Hands, of your Doings in the
Execution of the said Premises; foreseeing in any wise, that upon the
said Assembly the Peace and good Order be observed and kept
accordingly; ascertaining you that the said William Mostyn hath
promised to see Furniture and Things necessary provided for that
Assembly, at the Place aforesaid.

"Given under our Signet at our City of Chester, the twenty third of
October in the ninth Year of out Reign, 1567.

"Signed
Her Highness's Counsail
in the Marchesse of Wales."

"_N.B._ This Commission was copied exactly from the original now at
Mostyn, A.D. 1693: where the _Silver Harp_ also is."

3. _Since this Commission has been in the Press_, _the Author has had an
opportunity to see the following Account of what has been done in
consequence of such a Commission in the tenth Year of the Reign of Queen_
Elizabeth. _This is translated from the Original in_ We