before the table, into which he shall put so many balls as there
be elders present, whereof there shall be one that is gilded, the rest
being white; and when the constable has shaken the urn, sufficiently to
mix the balls, the overseers shall call the elders to the urn, who from
each side of the church shall come up the middle alley in two files,
every man passing by the urn, and drawing out one ball; which, if it be
silver, he shall cast into a bowl standing at the foot of the urn, and
return by the outward alley on his side to his place. But he who
draws the golden ball is the proposer, and shall be seated between the
overseers, where he shall begin in what order he pleases, and name such
as, upon his oath already taken, he conceives fittest to be chosen,
one by one, to the elders; and the party named shall withdraw while the
congregation is balloting his name by the double box or boxes appointed
and marked on the outward part, to show which side is affirmative
and which negative, being carried by a boy or boys appointed by the
overseers, to every one of the elders, who shall hold up a pellet made
of linen rags between his finger and his thumb, and put it after such
a manner into the box, as though no man can see into which side he puts
it, yet any man may see that he puts in but one pellet or suffrage. And
the suffrage of the congregation being thus, given, shall be returned
with the box or boxes to the overseers, who opening the same, shall pour
the affirmative balls into a white bowl standing upon the table on the
right hand, to be numbered by the first overseer; and the negative into
a green bowl standing on the left hand, to be numbered by the second
overseer; and the suffrages being numbered, he who has the major part in
the affirmative is one of the deputies of the parish, and when so many
deputies are chosen as amount to a full fifth part of the whole number
of the elders, the ballot for that time shall cease. The deputies being
chosen are to be listed by the overseers in order as they were chosen,
except only that such as are horse must be listed in the first place
with the rest, proportionable to the number of the congregation, after
this manner."

Anno Domini

THE LIST OF THE FIRST MOVER

A.A. Equestrian Order, First Deputy
B.B. Second Deputy,
C.C. Third Deputy,
D.D. Fourth Deputy,
E.E. Fifty Deputy,

Of the parish of in the hundred of and the tribe
of, wh