Seven deputies are annually returned by every tribe, whereof three are
horse and four are foot; and there be fifty tribes: so the Swallow must
consist of 150 horse, the Spray of 200 foot. And the rest of the classes
being two, each of them in number equal, the whole prerogative (beside
the provinces, that is, the knights and deputies of Marpesia and
Panopea) must consist of 1,050 deputies. And these troops and companies
may as well be called centuries as those of the Romans; for the Romans
related not, in so naming theirs, to the number. And whereas they were
distributed according to the valuation of their estates, so are these;
which, by virtue of the last order, are now accommodated with their
triennial officers. But there be others appertaining to this tribe whose
election, being of far greater importance, is annual, as follows in
The twenty-second order, “Whereby the first class having elected their
triennial officers, and made oath to the old tribunes, that they
will neither introduce, cause, nor to their power suffer debate to be
introduced into any popular assembly of this government, but to their
utmost be aiding and assisting to seize and deliver any person or
persons in that way offending, and striking at the root of this
commonwealth, to the Council of War, are to proceed with the other two
classes of the prerogative tribe to election of the new tribunes,
being four annual magistrates, whereof two are to be elected out of the
cavalry at the horse urn, and two out of the infantry at the foot
urn, according to the common ballot of the tribes. And they may be
promiscuously chosen out of any classes, provided that the same person
shall not be capable of bearing the tribunitian honor twice in the term
of one galaxy. The tribunes thus chosen shall receive the tribe (in
reference to the power of mustering and disciplining the same) as
commanders-in-chief, and for the rest as magistrates, whose proper
function is prescribed by the next order. The tribunes may give leave
to any number of the prerogative, not exceeding 100 at a time, to be
absent, so they be not magistrates nor officers, and return within three
months. If a magistrate or officer has a necessary occasion, he may also
be absent for the space of one month, provided that there be not above
three cornets or ensigns, two captains, or one tribune so absent at one
time.”
To this the Archon spoke at the institution after this manner:
“MY LORDS:
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