ss the pavilion, with his face
toward the lord high sheriff, who shall be seated in the middle of the
pavilion, with certain clerks by him, one of which shall write down the
names of every elector, that is, of every one that drew a gold ball at
the middle urn, and in the order his ball was drawn, till the electors
amount to six in number. And the first six electors, horse and foot
promiscuously, are the first order of electors; the second six (still
accounting them as they are drawn) the second order, the third six the
third order, and the fourth six the fourth order of electors; every
elector having place in his order, according to the order wherein he was
drawn. But so soon as the first order of electors is complete, the lord
high sheriff shall send them with a copy of the following list, and a
clerk that understands the ballot, immediately to a little tent standing
before the pavilion in his eye, to which no other person but themselves,
during the election, shall approach. The list shall be written in this
manner:"
Anno Domini
THE LIST OF THE PRIME MAGNITUDE, OR FIRST DAY'S ELECTION OF
MAGISTRATES
1. The Lord High Sheriff, Commander-in-Chief,
2. Lord Lieutenant,
3. Lord Custos Rotulorum, Muster-Master-General,
4. The Conductor, being Quarter-master General,
5. The First Censor,
6. The Second Censor,
Of the tribe of Nubia, containing at the present muster 700 horse
and 1,500 foot, in all 22,000 deputies.
"And the electors of the first band or order, being six, shall each
of them name to his respective magistracy in the left such as are not
already elected in the hundreds, till one competitor be chosen to every
magistracy in the list by the ballot of the electors of the first order,
which done, the list with the competitors thereunto annexed shall be
returned to the lord high sheriff by the clerk attending that order, but
the electors shall keep their places; for they have already given their
suffrage, and may not enter into the ballot of the tribe. If there
arises any dispute in an order of electors, one of the censors or
sub-censors appointed by them in case they be electors, shall enter into
the tent of that order, and that order shall stand to his judgment in
the decision of the controversy. The like shall be done exactly by each
other order of electors, being sent as they are drawn, each with another
copy of the same list, into a distinct tent, till
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